- Sep 23, 2018
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So, I was one of those kids in the 90s that was introduced to video games as a real thing, not just pong or space invaders and the like.
One of the first games I started with was C&C Red Alert. Then I was introduced to stuff like Lords of the realm 2 and Starcraft. Eventually I had an N64 and played golden eye and starfox and all those great games.
The big deal for me was when xbox came around and I discovered Halo, Halo was my first dual joystick game, that was where I first learned the concept of movement stick and visual stick, which over arched into everything we have today.
My two all time favorites hands down were Halo and Elder Scrolls. Then there was stuff like Battle for Middle Earth 2 and Chrome Hounds. Each of these games have their obvious reasons why, with how distinct each of them are.
Now the point for why we are here...
I have spent my whole life for the last twenty years where the most popular games were violent and warfare in some nature. Literally almost every game had some kind of weapon in your hand the vast majority of the time.
Growing up this was really exciting, I loved war movies and I still enjoy Braveheart all these years later.
But now, today, I ask the simple question, why are we fighting?
I have two main realms of interest in my life at this point. Medieval Life and Space Age Life. Its a duality that I jump back and forth from depending on the day or week.
Im not saying that I am becoming a pacifist, god forbid... But I look at trailers for new games now and all I see is how the game fights. Im bored... I look at stuff like Vikings, Game of Thrones, The Expanse, Firefly/Serenity, and what I see is regular people in a regular world just trying to live their lives. Then, they find themselves in a conflict that cant be escaped, they must either fight or their worlds come to an end. That has been reality for thousands of years.
I want to explore these two realms first as just a person in them. See the world for what it is. Then encounter conflicts that I may or may not have any stake in, and be able to have a peaceful existence if realistically possible.
Dont get me wrong, I do love conquest, raiding and looting, going out to make my name and fortune... Thats really damn fun... But that isnt all we have in life.
I look at games like Crowfall coming out. Its a total sandbox player driven everything. No scripted quests or crap just there to occupy your time. But a world designed for people to be dropped into an environment together to tell their own stories with each other.
Thats amazing... But still the game is centered around PVP I want a reason to fight, and a realistic shake and not having to fight when there is another way to handle things.
I forced myself to finish 'The 100' and god that show was stupid... Bad science, irrational plot development, and 'on the ground' level politics that make no sense to me what-so-ever. There was a vast array of options where peace could have been made and sustained, but the writers deliberately took a goose shit all over everything because they are haters setting everything up for the sole purpose of Jasper making his speech that humans are bad and validating the sentiment... Human hating, LIfe hating, garbage, that in an honest world should never have been put on the screen.
Im tired of bad stories with forced political people-hating garbage.
I loved the expanse, one of my favorite shows of all time... Honest, sincere, real world people with real world problems and situations. Real desperation to find some way to solve our problems and make the world a better place for our people... I ate that up, and would love to play a game in that world...
So with all of this, I go back to the point.
Why are we always fighting?
Are there any games like this out there?
The ones that I know of. Banished, Patrician 3. Caesar 3, I tend to see a lot more of these kinds of games in the past. Like new game developers just dont understand what everything is about.
The thing about the majority of people, is that they are stupid. Giving people what they want is stupid, trying to teach people what they really should want and allowing them to make an intelligent informed decision is much better. Popularity is essentially stupidity... Increasing the number of morons in a room does not raise the IQ of the room.
Guess at this point im starting to rant so ill quit... xD
Basically said what I have to say, hope for some suggestions on any hidden gems out there in the world, and maybe some good discussion to come out of this. Let me know what you think
One of the first games I started with was C&C Red Alert. Then I was introduced to stuff like Lords of the realm 2 and Starcraft. Eventually I had an N64 and played golden eye and starfox and all those great games.
The big deal for me was when xbox came around and I discovered Halo, Halo was my first dual joystick game, that was where I first learned the concept of movement stick and visual stick, which over arched into everything we have today.
My two all time favorites hands down were Halo and Elder Scrolls. Then there was stuff like Battle for Middle Earth 2 and Chrome Hounds. Each of these games have their obvious reasons why, with how distinct each of them are.
Now the point for why we are here...
I have spent my whole life for the last twenty years where the most popular games were violent and warfare in some nature. Literally almost every game had some kind of weapon in your hand the vast majority of the time.
Growing up this was really exciting, I loved war movies and I still enjoy Braveheart all these years later.
But now, today, I ask the simple question, why are we fighting?
I have two main realms of interest in my life at this point. Medieval Life and Space Age Life. Its a duality that I jump back and forth from depending on the day or week.
Im not saying that I am becoming a pacifist, god forbid... But I look at trailers for new games now and all I see is how the game fights. Im bored... I look at stuff like Vikings, Game of Thrones, The Expanse, Firefly/Serenity, and what I see is regular people in a regular world just trying to live their lives. Then, they find themselves in a conflict that cant be escaped, they must either fight or their worlds come to an end. That has been reality for thousands of years.
I want to explore these two realms first as just a person in them. See the world for what it is. Then encounter conflicts that I may or may not have any stake in, and be able to have a peaceful existence if realistically possible.
Dont get me wrong, I do love conquest, raiding and looting, going out to make my name and fortune... Thats really damn fun... But that isnt all we have in life.
I look at games like Crowfall coming out. Its a total sandbox player driven everything. No scripted quests or crap just there to occupy your time. But a world designed for people to be dropped into an environment together to tell their own stories with each other.
Thats amazing... But still the game is centered around PVP I want a reason to fight, and a realistic shake and not having to fight when there is another way to handle things.
I forced myself to finish 'The 100' and god that show was stupid... Bad science, irrational plot development, and 'on the ground' level politics that make no sense to me what-so-ever. There was a vast array of options where peace could have been made and sustained, but the writers deliberately took a goose shit all over everything because they are haters setting everything up for the sole purpose of Jasper making his speech that humans are bad and validating the sentiment... Human hating, LIfe hating, garbage, that in an honest world should never have been put on the screen.
Im tired of bad stories with forced political people-hating garbage.
I loved the expanse, one of my favorite shows of all time... Honest, sincere, real world people with real world problems and situations. Real desperation to find some way to solve our problems and make the world a better place for our people... I ate that up, and would love to play a game in that world...
So with all of this, I go back to the point.
Why are we always fighting?
Are there any games like this out there?
The ones that I know of. Banished, Patrician 3. Caesar 3, I tend to see a lot more of these kinds of games in the past. Like new game developers just dont understand what everything is about.
The thing about the majority of people, is that they are stupid. Giving people what they want is stupid, trying to teach people what they really should want and allowing them to make an intelligent informed decision is much better. Popularity is essentially stupidity... Increasing the number of morons in a room does not raise the IQ of the room.
Guess at this point im starting to rant so ill quit... xD
Basically said what I have to say, hope for some suggestions on any hidden gems out there in the world, and maybe some good discussion to come out of this. Let me know what you think