Favorite Game Setting

Post by **King of Creation** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:41 pm

[Community -> Update]

The folks over at <a href=http://ve3d.ign.com/?fromint=1#582235">Voodo Extreme</a> have put up a new poll that could be of some interest to you.<blockquote>This week's poll is What is your favorite game setting? Choices include fantasy, historical, modern-day, post-apocalypse, sci-fi and wierd crap. Wierd crap would of course the the default choice for 'other'. That, or those wacky acid trip inspired console games that Nintendo likes to put out. Not that it's a bad thing, mind you.</blockquote> As of this time, Post-Apocalypse is trailing both Sci-fi and Fantasy. So go and do you duty!
 
 P.S. The poll in on the right hand side, under the banner ad.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:54 pm

Historical is pretty good too.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:57 pm

To be honest I just want RPGs that aren't fantasy based. Unfortunately all the big RPGs are based on fantasy this year, such as Dragon Age, Oblivion, Gothic 3.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:05 am

I really couldn't care less about the setting, if the plot and game system are immersive.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:47 am

Fantasy RPGs can be grand, 'tis just that the industry has been and will for many reasons continue to be saturated, inundated and suffocated by lowest common denominator fantasy tripe - because (and as demonstrated by Bioware and Bethesda as but two examples), more often than not, that's what sells. Blame humanity.

I'd be upset they omitted Steampunk if I cared about the poll.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:12 am

Alternate history is the best, IMO.

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:05 am

"Steampunk" is one of those weightless buzz words like "electroclash" or "avant garde" that only pretentious knobs use. Don't be a pretentious knob, Blargh.

I prefer sci-fi, myself.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:49 am

Subhuman wrote:"Steampunk" is one of those weightless buzz words like /EL SNIPPO STRIKES ONCE MORE !!1

Or alternately, a genre. Genre is after all defined by expression and the common desire to classify it. It exists, it can be and likely already is a genre. Like many things - a matter of opinion.

Subhuman wrote:Don't be a pretentious knob, Blargh.

*laughs*

And there I thought you had already made a decision.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:08 pm

I don't see how liking steampunk makes you pretentious. Like Blargh said, it's just a genre, and it's easy to define, unlike avant garde and such.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:36 pm

How about cyberpunk? Or is that a little too electroclash tribal groove for you, Subhuman?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:41 pm

When you live in Ontario, a lot of things will seem pretentious

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:13 pm

if you have electricity you are just a sheep. You have to make your own clothes out of your placenta and hunt animals with your finger-nails.

i like cyberpunk better than post-apocalypse

PsychoSniper · Post by **PsychoSniper** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:45 pm

Megatron wrote:i like cyberpunk better than post-apocalypse

new sig.

and WTF ? Nothing compated to post appoc

Lunchmeat · Post by **Lunchmeat** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:51 am

It'd be cool to see a film noir game.

Post by **King of Creation** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:10 am

Its called Max Payne.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:27 am

Or jRPG.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:10 pm

it'd be cool to see more film noir games. perhaps sin city will fix that. but probably not.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:56 pm

Max Payne kind of crashed in its attempt to do film noir, so I dunno? Clearly you are some kind of miscreant, King of Creation, and no doubt in cahoots with Mr. "James" Teatime.

What about cyberpunk-post-apocalyptic? D: You could even throw in a funky technelectroclash soundtrack, with the odd tribal groove for good measure.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:02 pm

what about a new tb syndicate wars game

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:01 pm

How about a game without elves and magic SHOCKING I SAY!