Poll: Why isn't Australia in any shooters?
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Small, professional, not so up on the high tech toys but manages to produce some of the best light infantry in the world. Equipment is chosen mostly on maximising interoperability with US military.Teiraa said:
A what? A WHAT?Dylan Bonnett said:
My great-grandfather didn't tear arse around Palestine on horseback shooting Ottomans and Germans just so you could talk like some seppo.
No, he did it for shit and giggles.
There was once a man who held up banks, robbed the rich, and gave to the poor all along the Australian countryside.
In his final stand, he wore a chain mail suit of armor and fought off a small militia of police officers.
The setting was late 1800's I believe.
He carried a machete and a rifle.
This is a true historical event and figure, and sounds like a great game to me.
Thinking something similar to Red Dead Redemption.
In his final stand, he wore a chain mail suit of armor and fought off a small militia of police officers.
The setting was late 1800's I believe.
He carried a machete and a rifle.
This is a true historical event and figure, and sounds like a great game to me.
Thinking something similar to Red Dead Redemption.
I'd like to see a bit more diversity in shooters than just having Brits and Americans. And Nazis. But Australia got a pretty good deal out of TF2. The Sniper, the back story and of course
Anyone who voted 'no good battles' is strongly advised to look up the Kokoda Trail and the Battle of Long Tan.
But all in all, what the Aussie 'Digger' might lack in toys like Predator drones, laser designators for missiles from big aircraft etc, they make up in balls and brains. Not to say our Transatlantic cousins aren't brave or smart, but due to the small size of the Army, fighting smart is our best option....
....not that the Army would say no to a few A-10 Warthogs or AH-64 Apaches, you know if you got some spares
Pretty much this, although I understand some of our equipment such as the ASLAV (a modified LAV25) is in demand in Afghanistan and Iraq due to the modifications we made to it that allow it to operate well in the desert since I think military testing here involves kicking the ever loving shit out of the gear in the middle of the Red Centre.RhombusHatesYou said:
But all in all, what the Aussie 'Digger' might lack in toys like Predator drones, laser designators for missiles from big aircraft etc, they make up in balls and brains. Not to say our Transatlantic cousins aren't brave or smart, but due to the small size of the Army, fighting smart is our best option....
....not that the Army would say no to a few A-10 Warthogs or AH-64 Apaches, you know if you got some spares
Also Australia is a genuinely interesting place with a rich history and a swanky modern culture.
America... is America. It's kind of become that faceless corporation of the world. All it knows is glorifying past wars and making wars up to glorify itself. Don't believe me? Show me a game featuring American heroes that isn't based on WWII, the Cold War or a fictional tale?
Meanwhile Australia could be host to the original Prison Break. I kid, I actually figure Oz would be more of a place to suit the likes of sports games. It just gives off that kind of vibe.
America... is America. It's kind of become that faceless corporation of the world. All it knows is glorifying past wars and making wars up to glorify itself. Don't believe me? Show me a game featuring American heroes that isn't based on WWII, the Cold War or a fictional tale?
Meanwhile Australia could be host to the original Prison Break. I kid, I actually figure Oz would be more of a place to suit the likes of sports games. It just gives off that kind of vibe.
I had this same conversation just recently. Australia would be a great setting for an FPS really, it has a strong blend of natural and industrial elements almost at all times...it would allow realism without being brown and grey all the time.
That said, we're not important enough. We haven't 'hosted' enough battle, and we're an afterthought to much of the world. We can't even make the games ourselves because of the ridiculous cost and lack of support, and my guess is anyone that manages to break into the industry from Australia and reach a position of power will probably feel more antagonised by Australia than indebted.
In short, it would be nice as an environmental aspect, but we haven't done anything to deserve special treatment nor the means to make it ourselves.
That said, we're not important enough. We haven't 'hosted' enough battle, and we're an afterthought to much of the world. We can't even make the games ourselves because of the ridiculous cost and lack of support, and my guess is anyone that manages to break into the industry from Australia and reach a position of power will probably feel more antagonised by Australia than indebted.
In short, it would be nice as an environmental aspect, but we haven't done anything to deserve special treatment nor the means to make it ourselves.
Here's a simple solution: don't make the player human. Make them something small, like a cat. If you think the spiders and snakes are a threat to humans, just think what they're like for an animal that size.
Or if you want to make the player character a native Aussie species, you could have the local wildlife declaring war on the rabbits and other introduced animals.
I can just imagine a wallaby with an appropriately-sized shotgun gunning down rabbits.
Or if you want to make the player character a native Aussie species, you could have the local wildlife declaring war on the rabbits and other introduced animals.
I can just imagine a wallaby with an appropriately-sized shotgun gunning down rabbits.
Well this is simply untrue.Harbinger_ said:
Honestly, it is probably because Australia holds limited political interest on a world stage and is only involved in major wars as the allies or the UK or USA.
I do admit that I decry the lack of a great number of nations in various historical and modern conflicts.
However, outside of a military shooter, I don't know how well Australia would work. It would be really cool if a game like, say, Far Cry 3 were to be set in australia, but how the hell would they explain all of the armed mercenaries? Is there a huge black market for weapons? I'm honestly asking.
However, outside of a military shooter, I don't know how well Australia would work. It would be really cool if a game like, say, Far Cry 3 were to be set in australia, but how the hell would they explain all of the armed mercenaries? Is there a huge black market for weapons? I'm honestly asking.
From what I understand, gunplay isn't allowed over there.
I kid, but also sort of serious, there's a lot more people in the U.S. and it's easier to sell a modern shooter that's in the U.S. to the U.S. than something about Australia, not to mention if they targeted a shooter specifically at Australia it couldn't have any of the gore you expect out of a modern shooter.
I kid, but also sort of serious, there's a lot more people in the U.S. and it's easier to sell a modern shooter that's in the U.S. to the U.S. than something about Australia, not to mention if they targeted a shooter specifically at Australia it couldn't have any of the gore you expect out of a modern shooter.
I remember the Chindits - a unit made up of mostly Ghurkas, Brits and Aussies - playing a prominent role in Medal of Honour: Rising Sun. Does that count? Also, as someone above me pointed out, snoipin's a good job fer Aussies, mate.
How about an alternate history in which Japan attacks and conquers Australia during WWII? In can be like Resistance, only good.
How about an alternate history in which Japan attacks and conquers Australia during WWII? In can be like Resistance, only good.