A setting for a game which has not been over used.

[The Long Road]

I would like to see a setting which takes place inside someones mind, not like 'Freeman's Mind' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J80KD4BG7M] inside the mind, I mean like playing through someones sub conscious or their dreams.

Have you even watched this [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2-Psychonauts] series?

 

[Loviathan]

On an aircraft, mid flight. - I can't really think of any games like this, but I can imagine that it could be executed really well if someone had the vision to do it.

 

[cahtush]

half-life?

 

[Red Right Hand]

Vietnam. Why are there not more games set in Vietnam!? I don't think i'm alone in saying that that would be brilliant.

Motherwell in Scotland.Ha! doubt anybody even knows that place.

I do. And that would be quite fun, if it was done GTA style. I can't really think of any other way of doing it. Still any game where I could kill endless hordes of neds in tracksuits would be a must buy for me.

 

[Cogwheel]

Pre-colonisation South America. That shit would be awesome in a game. Let me play as the Aztecs or something.

Look, Sid Meier made enough people hate Montezuma already, let's not end up working for him.

A utopia.

Show me a game with a utopia setting.

Easy. Dwarf Fortress.

...What?

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Utah. Soooo many possibilities...

I'm kind of thinking a Starcraft-type game where it's suddenly discovered that Utah is indeed the central nexus of deific power on the planet, and you control one of several various cults who are attempting to fight for control of it...

Mormoncraft?

The War of 1812 is pretty underused. I guess because people don't want to use (oh wait, Reach), and game companies think they don't want to play as the English.

 

[Hawk of Battle]

Spoiler: White Death

You see? Totally awesome.

 

[KungFuCthulhu]

Mesopotamia. Has anyone done that?

 

[newfoundsky]

The sun.

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[HentMas]

I have to say

the Aztecs, the Mayans (any mesoamerican prehispanic culture actually)were quite an amazing group of people, if they used them (with all their magic and legends) to build a game out of it, let me point it out.

you have "hunting" "mistics" "particularly fatal ball games" "Gods" "demons" "warriors" "sacred relics" "monsters" "war" "peace" "incredible monuments" etc etc etc.

damn... its a whole "lore" that has gone unexplored by videogames, i´m sick of seing all those "medieval fantasy" things, I WANT TO TURN INTO A DAMN JAGUAR AND KILL MY ENEMIES!, OR FIGHT QUETZALCOATL FOR THE GOOD OF TLALOC!.

i have seen them only in Age of Empires, and they didnt made them justice.

 

[newfoundsky]

On an aircraft, mid flight. - I can't really think of any games like this, but I can imagine that it could be executed really well if someone had the vision to do it.

The end of Modern Warfare. . .

 

[HighLordJimmy]

Sometime during the Napoleonic Wars, or just generally around that era. It'd be awesome to go charging at people with bayoneted muskets.

 

[SuccessAndBiscuts]

Motherwell in Scotland.Ha! doubt anybody even knows that place.

I also know of this mythical "Motherwell"...

On topic: Personally I think some of the clan warfare and infighting that has taken place in Scottish history could make an interesting game.

Also ancient Egypt, because chariot drive bys would be awesome if done well.

 

[GideonB]

How about North Korea... It ain't been done before... I don't think.

 

[Dr. Whiggs]

How about North Korea... It ain't been done before... I don't think.

Bzzt! Wrong!

I suggest Detroit.

No, wait, post-apocalyptic games are everywhere...

How about one where you play as a butt? And you can scream in terror whenever your owner tries to sit down only your screams sound like poots.

 

[freedomweasel]

I would like to see a setting which takes place inside someones mind, not like 'Freeman's Mind' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J80KD4BG7M] inside the mind, I mean like playing through someones sub conscious or their dreams.

like psychonauts?

 

[Sinker]

For me not enough games are played in the twisted land scape of peoples minds see psychonauts as an example.

 

[maturin]

half-life?

Everyone knows the best shooting games are set in Eastern Europe. Half-Life 2, STALKER, Arma 2. Arcade, free-roam and simulator.

But I want to ride around Samarkand, Bokhara and Isfahan during the Seljuk Empire or something. Something with the Silk Road.

Or speaking of roads, how about Polynesian Oregon Trail?

Or an Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime mythology adventure title. (Put every other game's time manipulation to shame.)

I want to play as a wolf in the Carpathians while the Ottomans are fighting Vlad the Impaler.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Mythical China.

Jade Empire...and...umm...

 

[JaymesFogarty]

Well Assassin's creed 2 handed it up to me on a silver platter; The renaissance is a brilliant setting. Pity all that animus nonsense gets in the way. I'd like an option to replay the game but get rid of all that contrived balls.

I find that the two simultaneous settings make the game and the storyline more dynamic. Desmond is the jam that holds each game together. Although it can seem annoying, and unnecessary, it helps cement the idea of a real and dynamic world.