wel in cc3 its featrd as one of the countries where th econfilct escaltes but in shooters i never ever dit see autralia (sorry for bad englich)
Poll: Why isn't Australia in any shooters?
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Why do games have to be in places? I like Saints Row's 2 and its Still Water and other games with places that aren't real. It leaves a lot up to the imagination of the developer tahther than trying to make a replica of his own city so good that he can actually go to his own house open it and see his house furnished just like it is in the room where he keeps the TV where he plays.
OK, rant aside, it's because the developers and the audience (or so they think) are usually America. They don't know Australia and well, not knowing about the place you write about it very bad. When you have to take time to actually learn about it for a game that is most likely going to contain some unlikely story where you expect everyone to buy it for the multiplayer. It would be a very bad game. It would contain fake Australian accent, they would expect their politics to be inferior to American politics simply because they don't impose their politics on the rest of the world. They wouldn't know the laws, the culture, the country. IT would basically be a game with Americans running around having racial stereotypes and fake Australian accents in a world looking vaguely like Australia. I might be wrong though.
OK, rant aside, it's because the developers and the audience (or so they think) are usually America. They don't know Australia and well, not knowing about the place you write about it very bad. When you have to take time to actually learn about it for a game that is most likely going to contain some unlikely story where you expect everyone to buy it for the multiplayer. It would be a very bad game. It would contain fake Australian accent, they would expect their politics to be inferior to American politics simply because they don't impose their politics on the rest of the world. They wouldn't know the laws, the culture, the country. IT would basically be a game with Americans running around having racial stereotypes and fake Australian accents in a world looking vaguely like Australia. I might be wrong though.
Because Canada invades Australia wouldn't be of huge interest. They have to make it somewhat of a fair fight and Australia dose not boast a huge military. Two middle weights is not a fight that sells out the arena except for a rare championship match. Its the heavy weight matches which bring in the crowds so that is what they give us.
I couldn't think of a more equivalent nation, there probably is one but i don't know enough about the military powers of the modern nations in the 100,000-150,000 troop range.
I couldn't think of a more equivalent nation, there probably is one but i don't know enough about the military powers of the modern nations in the 100,000-150,000 troop range.
My guess is that they just haven't thought of it, but I think it could be really cool. You know some kind of Far Cry 2 style free roam through the Outback, maybe have a machanic where you have to look out for wild animals as well as human enemies (I mean lets face it Australian wild life is pretty bad ass). I mean I'd buy that.
Actually, I'm still waiting for the ultimate Mad Max game. I expected that, with post-apocalyptic free-roam games being so popular, someone would make it. Buuuut nooooo... It's all mutants and American stuff. At least Rage comes a bit closer.
Weeeeell almost. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpD6pkA83k8]Leviano said:
Wow, that's incredibly insulting.Harbinger_ said:
Anyway, OT: It's not like Australia is the only place on Earth that's never been featured in shooter. I guarantee the list of places that have been featured is much shorter then the list of places that haven't.
Perhaps an FPS set in a lawless, frontier Oz, a la Call Of Juarez. Or perhaps something with Ned Kelly.
I wonder actually. Australian feels like the perfect place for an Alternate Universe where the convicts took over and created a giant fortress full of brilliant super-villains planning to take over the world. Hey, it's better than "CyberNazis 5".
The end boss, of course, would have a chip on his shoulder and a hat on his head, but uses little to zero punctu-
The end boss, of course, would have a chip on his shoulder and a hat on his head, but uses little to zero punctu-
An American developer made a game with American's as the protagonist, huh. Who'd of thought... crazy, man. Just crazy.
