Sounds like Sweden.Zhukov said:I'm trying to think of a game world with lots of fine food, a surplus of attractive and charming women with low standards, a good healthcare program and a distinct lack of violence but it's just not coming.
I think people are talking about living in the the universe created for the game, not being trapped within a game itself.Blood Brain Barrier said:None. Or the most realistic one. But really, I can't think of any that wouldn't be a complete nightmare. People that only say one or two lines? About 20 different textures? Invisible barriers that don't let you pass? Books on the shelves that aren't books? Yeah, that sounds terrific.
I agree. I think the Pokemon universe is just below the Fallout universe in places I'd LEAST like to live. In addition to what you stated in your post you have to also remember that the people of the Pokemon universe are assholes. You're a 10 year old kid walking along a street, and if they see you they run up to you and fight you.Therumancer said:I'm not sure if you've thought this through. While everyone knows about Pokemon only a relatively few people are trainers. Your typical Pokemon protaganist lucks into getting his first Pokemon and gear, but most people don't have that stuff. Indeed in one of the only Pokemon games I've played (Platinum I believe) your warned by your mother not to go walking around out in the tall grass, doing so at the beginning of the game almost gets you murdered by Pokemon.
In short the lifestyle of your typical inhabitant of this universe is to be some borderline peasant who lives in a one or two room shack surrounded by grass, woods, and other things full of hostile creatures with terrifying supernatural powers, ready to rip you to shreds at a moment's notice. The world is run by an elite class of trainers that have the power to control these things, they also control all of the media, books, etc... which are all about how great they and these Pokemon are. For entertainment you get to watch reality TV about... Pokemon.
As I understand the thread that's the trick of it, your talking about living in the world, not being the hero of the game (so to speak). Pokemon being what it is doesn't really go into much detail about it's world since it's focused entirely on the monsters, but if you really think about it with everything pretty much built for, and revolving around trainers, just being one of the random backround schlubs (an average inhabitant) must be a combination of boredom, and absolute terror... and to be fair when Pokemon include things like killer robots with buzz saws for hands, I don't get much of an impression of benevolence, especially given the beginning of that game I mentioned where it was pretty much spelled out that they are dangerous.
It doesn't really sell itself to me really. The whole "In the grim dark future of the 41st millennium, there is only war" doesn't make it sound like a nice place to live. If I was looking at a house and it described itself as grim and dark I probably wouldn't live there.MrPeanut said:Warhammer 40k
So much fun to be had.
You can get sacrificed to Chaos, eaten by space-locusts,whacked to pieces by green, semi-intelligent hogs, executed for heresy, captured by space elf pirates whose lifeblood is torture, or captured by undead space-pharaohs who will most likely use your soul to feed their invincible star gods.
Im sure i've forgotten a billion more fun things and that makes it all the more greater.
Now, to even try to decide which of those is the worst >_>
Britannia was okay, books were books, no invisible barriers (some insurmountable mountains and such though), and Granstream Saga was overloaded with dialogue, most of it somehow less inane than listening to most real world people speak as it turns out. Heck, in Ultima you had biological needs for sleep and food, could hunt wild game, get drunk, even their sexual encounters were more than just a fade to black (imagine if sex was just people blacking out as games like Fallout 3 would have to believe).Blood Brain Barrier said:None. Or the most realistic one. But really, I can't think of any that wouldn't be a complete nightmare. People that only say one or two lines? About 20 different textures? Invisible barriers that don't let you pass? Books on the shelves that aren't books? Yeah, that sounds terrific.
You're not the hero bro. You're just one of them farmers. If you can kill wolves with your bare hands, trust me, fame and fortune is awaiting you in THIS world.White_Lama said:World of Warcraft, so easy to make a living there.
"Oh shit, I need new pants. Oh well, I'll kill some wolves that are attacking farmers."
I could handle that, grow some crops, sell them, buy more stuff.Thyunda said:You're not the hero bro. You're just one of them farmers. If you can kill wolves with your bare hands, trust me, fame and fortune is awaiting you in THIS world.White_Lama said:World of Warcraft, so easy to make a living there.
"Oh shit, I need new pants. Oh well, I'll kill some wolves that are attacking farmers."
Well yeah that's agreed. It'd be easier to get healthcare in Dunwall than a job in England.White_Lama said:I could handle that, grow some crops, sell them, buy more stuff.Thyunda said:You're not the hero bro. You're just one of them farmers. If you can kill wolves with your bare hands, trust me, fame and fortune is awaiting you in THIS world.White_Lama said:World of Warcraft, so easy to make a living there.
"Oh shit, I need new pants. Oh well, I'll kill some wolves that are attacking farmers."
Certainly is easier to make gold in WoW than it is to get a job in this world.
At least in Sweden.