Historical periods that are barely ever explored in games
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That's not quite true. Romans had sexual taboos just as strong as ours, but they had completely different taboos. For instance, oral sex was considered filthy, but anal penetration was considered perfectly fine. That's as long as you're the top, of course. Murals of sex acts were common in public places, prostitution was a state-regulated industry under Augustus, and public baths were basically hotbeds of indecency.Deshara said:
Yeah, that guy took a level in badass like everyday that he lived. He would make a fascinating protagonist. I might add that we haven't really explored the Huns well - especially given the richness of their empire.Sleekit said:
I would vote for the scottish clans, or perhaps the Irish. We also have never looked at some of the awesomely powerful Native American tribes like the mohawk, blackfoot confederacy or the Haida.
+1 to the Byzantine era, but with a little changeup. Set it in pre-Ottoman, pre-Latin Empire Constantinople, and make it about a person who has lost his or her faith. Bonus points if you set it during the time when the debates over iconoclasm were taking place.
I would personally love to see some games in the first World War. I know it wasn't the most dynamic front around, but it's still a period I am very interested in. I also think it might very well allow for a more mature story considering how brutal conditions were.
Beyond that, part of me is still rather sad that this one game called 'B.C.' got cancelled forever ago. Dinosaurs and cavemen living together might not exactly be authentic, but the concept of keeping your tribe alive by hunting and gathering with a dynamic ecosystem sounded really cool. But that might be a tad off-topic. Regardless, a game set in some tribal era might be fun to explore.
Beyond that, part of me is still rather sad that this one game called 'B.C.' got cancelled forever ago. Dinosaurs and cavemen living together might not exactly be authentic, but the concept of keeping your tribe alive by hunting and gathering with a dynamic ecosystem sounded really cool. But that might be a tad off-topic. Regardless, a game set in some tribal era might be fun to explore.
I would love to play an action/ RPG game that takes place in the setting of Gilgamesh. It would have to be a 30% mythological and 70% realistic type of setting.
Yeah that sounds like it would have been pretty cool. I have day-dreamed about games like that before.Pessimismus said:
Ancient Egypt especially. In games other then those city-builders, there are really no games that have you in Ancient Egypt. I would love to see a game set there, maybe an action adventure or even a first person game with the whole gods and goddesses complex.
There is a game currently, being developed that you can get through Steam Early Access.
It's called Verdun and it's a Multiplayer FPS set in WW2.
I haven't tried it myself (I don't like Early Access, but it definitely seems worth a look.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/242860/
It's called Verdun and it's a Multiplayer FPS set in WW2.
I haven't tried it myself (I don't like Early Access, but it definitely seems worth a look.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/242860/
Even if we're just talking America, we haven't really touched the War of 1812 or the Mexican American War. For the former, it could be one of the few times where you could justifiably play America as the underdogs, and portray the fear, panic and doubt that went along with fighting a force as strong as the British armed forces (Also, the Battle of New Orleans would be freaking amazing. To be honest, I'd totally buy Andrew Jackson: The Game. The man was a badass.) And for the latter, the Mexican American War could combine exploration and combat with life on the desert frontier.
This may have been said already, but that's actually something that America also suffered in the Civil War, where entire towns had generations of men wiped out as regiments were decimated. The end result being that afterwords, America made sure to mix recruits up, often spreading them between regiments and sending them to different theaters.Sleekit said:i think when it comes to WW1 you'd have to be very careful not to glorify the war...WW1 still looms large in the cultural landscape of some countries and still stings...in the UK mostly because of horror of the "pals battalions" where entire social groups of men enlisted, fought and died together thus rendering individual communities with entire generations lost "all at once"...a lot of people in places like the UK don't move around much geographically and personally i walk past a village war memorial every day with 8 members of my own family on it...and those memorials are everywhere...even in the smallest hamlet...RicoADF said:
WW1 is held up as the archetype of "the horrors of war" even now...after we've dropped nukes on people...
people would be extreamly sensitive to any "glorification" of it...
or to put it another way WW1 is the reason to a great many people this isn't just a picture of a field of flowers...
i like the Madmans idea for a horror game tho
There is the prince of persia games, but I I find the idea of a medieval persia/ancient middle east setting fascinating.
Also, classic mythologies and pantheons. ancient Greece/Rome, Egypt, the norse gods.
Also, classic mythologies and pantheons. ancient Greece/Rome, Egypt, the norse gods.
No, no more american civil war, please this is so overdone....
We should get more pre-roman times games or asian and african (possibly even american) cultures prior to colonization. How about the Chinese colonization expedition, when Chinese ruled half of Africa without spililng a drop of blood? (granted that ruling really lasted less than a year and did absolutely nothing, but technically the local lords bowed to chinese emperor).
We should get more pre-roman times games or asian and african (possibly even american) cultures prior to colonization. How about the Chinese colonization expedition, when Chinese ruled half of Africa without spililng a drop of blood? (granted that ruling really lasted less than a year and did absolutely nothing, but technically the local lords bowed to chinese emperor).
I want a WW2 survival horror game, set in Nazi Germany, where you play as a Jew, hiding away, trying to find a place to live. Maybe you hop the border to Switzerland, maybe you die.
There was a sort of similar game to what you had in mind in development not too long ago(not a survival horror game, but it deals with that sort of side of events).Evil Smurf said:
It's called Imagination Is the Only Escape.
Sadly, it was cancelled because of the "dark imagery and subject matter".
Because apparently that's a valid reason.
GG Nintendo of America.
As a history Major i'm the wrong person to ask for this 
. My main one is Europe between 1820 until 1913. The rise of Prussia and wars like the Crimean War and the Unification of Italy and Germany provide interesting subjects of both military evolution between the Napoleonic and the modern era as well as political evolution of European empires and states leading up to the first world war, but the era seems to be completely ignored by any culturally relevant mediums. If you go by them nothing at all happened between Napoleon and the First World War, and even those have only been touched on a couple of times themselves.
Edit: For all the people who want a world war one shooter, there is two i can show you, both currently in development but one is a alpha release on Steam. Verdun is the Alpha release, a multiplayer based FPS: http://www.verdungame.com/
The Trench is a interesting single player FPS where u spend 3 days preparing your trench for the coming assault then defend it. Its still in development by a small indie team but hopefully the beta will come out soon: http://www.thetrench1916.com/
. My main one is Europe between 1820 until 1913. The rise of Prussia and wars like the Crimean War and the Unification of Italy and Germany provide interesting subjects of both military evolution between the Napoleonic and the modern era as well as political evolution of European empires and states leading up to the first world war, but the era seems to be completely ignored by any culturally relevant mediums. If you go by them nothing at all happened between Napoleon and the First World War, and even those have only been touched on a couple of times themselves.Edit: For all the people who want a world war one shooter, there is two i can show you, both currently in development but one is a alpha release on Steam. Verdun is the Alpha release, a multiplayer based FPS: http://www.verdungame.com/
The Trench is a interesting single player FPS where u spend 3 days preparing your trench for the coming assault then defend it. Its still in development by a small indie team but hopefully the beta will come out soon: http://www.thetrench1916.com/