Period of History You'd Like to See in a Video Game
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I'd like to see something set in the heyday of the Persian and/or Arabian Empires that *isn't* another Prince of Persia game. Could be action or adventure or RPG, I don't care. There's literally thousands of stories and legends to pull source material from.
Something involving the early Celtic culture, before they moved out of mainland Europe and were one of the only people with Iron and salt that would trade with other cultures.
Something involving the early Celtic culture, before they moved out of mainland Europe and were one of the only people with Iron and salt that would trade with other cultures.
That would be one hell of a boring RTS.uttaku said:
*Send troops behind trench*
Some fall into the mud attempting to make it to the trench and die.
Some suffer from fatigue.
*Sit in trench for several months*
The water in the trench makes your troops suffer from Trench Foot.
Some suffer from Dysentery.
*charge straight at a German Trench with a Machine Gun emplacment.*
All troops are killed.
I have argued time and again with my friends, that Victorian London would be the perfect next setting for the Assassins Creed series. Brilliant architecture to climb on like Big Ben, St Pauls etc. A complex political background including the British Empire, invention of the police force, independence of America and it's following civil war, Jack the Ripper, an industrial revoloution. You could have Charles Babbage, the mad inventor of the world's earliest computer, as a Leonardo-type accomplice. I'm sure there's more, but you can probably get a very good game out of that.
I think I speak for everyone when I say 'Dinosaurs'
Maybe a caveman/iceage battlefield type thingy. Battlefield BC? That'd be sweet.
Maybe a caveman/iceage battlefield type thingy. Battlefield BC? That'd be sweet.
There's no particular point in time that comes to mind, but I'd like to see more historical games, especially ones that allow immersion.
I suppose I'd like to play as a Bahri Mameluke during the failed Ninth Crusade, or perhaps as a Celt or Germanian making a futile resistance against the expansion of the Roman Empire in a non-RTS managerial role.
I suppose I'd like to play as a Bahri Mameluke during the failed Ninth Crusade, or perhaps as a Celt or Germanian making a futile resistance against the expansion of the Roman Empire in a non-RTS managerial role.
I agree with this, when Assassin's Creed was first launched I was hoping there would be a great variety of historical periods, but they seem to have become bogged down in the Renaissance. Hopefully more historical games will be launched using the same (if not, a similar) engine. They don't have to be Assassin's Creed titles, but I hope Ubisoft does more with the engine and the historical settings.FlameOfArnor said:
Play King Kong The Official Game of The Movie. The human parts are actually pretty good examples of survival horror against incredibly powerful dinosaurs and other monsters. And you also get to play as a giant gorilla wrecking shit. Win-win.Capt. Crankypants said:
OT: I want to see an RPG based in the Crusades. Assassin`s Creed brought one of my favourite periods of history to video games, and now I want to see it built on. You choose at the beginning whether you want to be a Crusader or a Saracen, and then you make choices down the line that affect the game world real-time...basically watch the movie Kingdom of Heaven, then think about how to work the concept into a video game.
Beat me to it..kman123 said:
Because who wouldn't like to play in a multiplayer match where you mount T-Rex's and through spears at other enemies?
A WWII FPS from the Axis perspective. Like the German Blitzkrieg, the North Africa campaign, The 2nd Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific Campaign, The Winter war.
Problem is as soon as a game like that would be announced it would be bombarded with criticism.
Other than that the only other thing I want to see in a WWII game would be Australia, in particular the Kokoda Track Campaign, I would love to see that done well in a video game.
Problem is as soon as a game like that would be announced it would be bombarded with criticism.
Other than that the only other thing I want to see in a WWII game would be Australia, in particular the Kokoda Track Campaign, I would love to see that done well in a video game.
For some reason I'm picturing a Koei "Warriors" game set during Kamehameha's conquest of Hawaii. At least if it's a "Warriors" game the fact that no one who doesn't live here knows anything about Hawaiian history and culture wouldn't be such a problem. And the Japanese seem to know more about Hawaii than the rest of the US does anyway.
On the other hand it'd also be somewhat interesting to have something a bit more realistic as well, but that would require someone who makes games to actually care about Hawaiian culture...
On the other hand it'd also be somewhat interesting to have something a bit more realistic as well, but that would require someone who makes games to actually care about Hawaiian culture...
This could actually be a truly fascinating if they really got into the whole psychology of it. Every WW2 game has German soldiers as mindless evil minions but they were people who were somehow convinced to do horrible things. Understanding something makes it a lot easier to prevent.ChupathingyX said:
A WWI FPS would be pretty awesome. First you'd have to do some long-range shooting and after that you'd have to run and shoot your way through hailfire, grenades and toxic gas to get to the enemy trench and kill them close-combat. Maybe a few missions in little towns or forests to keep it interesting.