Why are there not many RPGs set in a US inspired setting? Did Fallout ruin it for everything else?
Why are there not many RPGs set in a US inspired setting? Did Fallout ruin it for everything else?
Jeremiah Myers
Other urls found in this thread:
Leo Ramirez
The US isn't all that interesting that everyone outside of it wants to tell a story in it and there's already plenty of other media saturating that space to begin with.
I mean i'd play it but I also don't think it's that special. And there's around 1800 more years of history to work with outside of the US.
Christopher Morgan
Everyone wants fantasy and shit for rpgs. And everyone else wants sci fi.
Leo Parker
For me I just hate how RPGs 99% of the time are either medieval high fantasy or scifi. What about having a high fantasy game but with a different aesthetic than medieval england ala LotR? What about one that's set in an egyptian or a greco-roman or a persian setting but still with orcs and elves and all that?
Leo Jackson
>medieval high fantasy
I would love that if it was actually medieval.
I can't think of a single fantasy RPG that is actually medieval and not just a pastiche of what people imagine Tolkien is like. (often without actually having read him)
Jack Myers
Why does the name of the fictional setting's country even matter? You could copy a real US town 1:1 and call it something like Florgville. You could take a hillside on Mars and call it Milwaukee. The US isn't that drastically different from basically any other developed western country on Earth. This applies to most modern countries too. Now IF it's true that people don't find the US interesting, it's because they most often look at history and culture for inspiration, and the US, frankly, doesn't have much to choose from in that regard.
Anthony Martinez
As much as it's shit on, Bioshock Infinite had some cool ideas with its setting that correspond to what you're looking for (although it's not an RPG)
Jose Butler
>Why are there not many RPGs set in a US inspired setting
you mean set in the US? deus ex, vtmb, fallout and freedom force come to mind.
Christopher Perez
Why would there be elves and orcs in those settings dude? Elf (Aelf) is from Old English/Anglo-Saxon, and so is orc (orcneas).
Brayden Morales
the only interesting thing America has is wild west shit
Charles Thompson
Americana Dawn, this game is never ever status, but Nintendo's Project S.T.E.A.M exists.
Justin Torres
>there will never be something like The Warriors wrapped into a nice expansive rpg
pretty gay desu
Jaxson Miller
Because a game's not allowed to take place in america unless it's scathing social commentary, name one game that takes place mostly in america and isn't trying to be commentary
Jordan Johnson
Zombies ate my neighbors?
Julian Wood
Because America only had 2 relevant wars in 300 years and everything else was just smooth sailing and infinite resources?
Sebastian Diaz
very clearly a commentary on 80s culture
Christian Roberts
>tfw no Wild West cowboy RPG
Carson Edwards
Brainlet post
Ethan Lopez
I don't really see how Fallout ruined it considering Fallout is basically the only game that managed to make Americana into a viable fantasy aesthetic.
Blake Morgan
this is the equivalent of
>GTA 6 IN BRASIL??? SIM???
plus nearly every distopian/cyberpunk RPG setting takes place in U.S.
Hudson Howard
>hear about Wild Arms
>got excited at the idea of a wild west JRPG
>game drops that wild west act after the tutorial and turns into a generic fantasy game