Okay, the only thing that would make World War II games original again is if they were set in an alternative time-line. Not magic and superheroes alternative, but something like a major, pivotal battle that lead to the allies success (like, say, D-Day) goes horrifically wrong and the allied forces must rethink there plan of attack. I think that'd be quite interesting...well, it would at least be better that knowing the Nazi's are going to loose again!!!!
Idea for an actually original WWII game.
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Don't say that word!Furburt said:
Ever since my crazy goth ex always called herself surrealistic I've hated that word
How about you play as Hitler as he tries to stop the Madagascan threat? Of course no one knows of that or Hitler's greatest downfall at the hands of Madagascans, so it would make a perfect game.LordNue said:
How about doing something really obscure, like playing as Tito's partisan force or something..Croatians are good at FPS's, right?
Yeah, so I was in a surrealistic mode the other day because I was tripping balls, surrealistically of course, and I decided to paint a surrealistic painting representing my surrealistic inner feelings, and through this surrealistic experience, I surrealistically realized the real meaning of surrealism.Hubilub said:
Sorry, I'm in one of those moods.
You have no idea how close that was to a description of my ex...zenoaugustus said:
Now all you have to do is carve in hearts on your chest with a knife
WW1 GAME, DAMNIT
EVERYONE SAYS IT'D BE DUMB AND BORING
BUT THEN THEY COMPLAIN THAT ALL THE WW2 GAMES ARE DUMB AND BORING
HYPOCRISY, MUCH?
Sorry for caps, but Dear GOD it annoys me
EVERYONE SAYS IT'D BE DUMB AND BORING
BUT THEN THEY COMPLAIN THAT ALL THE WW2 GAMES ARE DUMB AND BORING
HYPOCRISY, MUCH?
Sorry for caps, but Dear GOD it annoys me
There's an abundance of commies in the Socialist Gamers GuildNeonbob said:
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I would certainly play this game. They could have a sub-plot where the German protagonist is battling his sense of nationalism with his sense of morality, and honestly regrets fighting for Hitler but does because it is his country and he loves his country. Then, in the middle of a gunfight, he could decide to desert once he got out of the fight. You would complete the level, and be heading back to the convoy to go to base, and an American that everyone thought was dead would kill you before being shot by everyone else.
I'd find it compelling anyway.
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Just because the outcome was total loss for the axis, does not mean they scored no victories of their own during the way, you could always cast an epilogue if it helped. That or have the game end with the main character(s) scoring a minor, personal victory of their own.Paladin426 said:
I will politely pass on that one. And instead, I'll go make myself a sandwich and play it off like nothing happened. In fact you should do that! IN FACT! That'd be a great WWII game returning to the OP. You get to play as the post-war Nazis and the game is about making a sandwich and playing it off like nothing happened to anyone the last few years. What do you think?Hubilub said:
You know, WWII games are overdone, but they're like UT. They never get old ('cept for World at War, That was an awful game).
I would love a game from axis perspective. There were soldiers that didn't believe what their government was right. I wanna play as one of them.
WWI would also be interesting, but how the heck do you make a game out of trench warfare? Just saying.
I would love a game from axis perspective. There were soldiers that didn't believe what their government was right. I wanna play as one of them.
WWI would also be interesting, but how the heck do you make a game out of trench warfare? Just saying.
I have a even more original idea for a WWII game. You play a Swiss businessman. who uses shrewd business dealings to make a profit off the war. The game consists of your secret dealing to keep both sides at war to fill your pocket, until you get found out and attacked by germans making you have to go on the lam. You slowly work as a illegal dealer stealing goods out of Germany for the allies and encouraging criminal activity from the citizens. You never really play as the smuggler in these games.
People don't like playing bad guys?Kiefer13 said:
There are lots of popular games where you play thieves, assasins, mobsters etc.
And even when you're one of the good guys in a game you're still often a mass murderer, but with a flimsy story as a 'justification' for your killing spree.
No, i think no game developer dares to make a serious WW2 game where you play on the axis side. To make the game realistic the majority of nazi people and soldiers would have to be not evil. Most of them were not sadistic or anything like that and probably fought because they had to, or because they really believed they were doing the right thing.
Such a game would be popular (if it were any good that is), but soon there would be accusations of the developers being 'nazi sympathizers'. And certain powerful lobby groups would throw there weight around to get the game banned.