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Re: Games you wish existed
« Reply #3690 on: March 05, 2014, 03:52:56 pm »

Slavic is still fairly European.

A full-on Middle-Eastern fantasy would be kind of cool, because Arabic mythology provides a couple non-human races that would be easily playable (Ifrits, for one). The Pacific Northwest and the Black Hills have mythologies and lifestyles that would make for an interesting game, too.

It shouldn't be about it being European, actually, just not the ISO Standard European Fantasy setting. Even Middle-Eastern-flavored settings are more rooted in the perceptions of Europeans thereof.
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« Reply #3691 on: March 05, 2014, 03:54:36 pm »

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And since no one believes in pre-Christian Slavic religions anymore, there's no one to offend!
Heh, you are wrong. I know quite a lot of guys who call themselves neopagans and worship Perun and others


Speaking about mythology related game. I would love a game based on Greek or Nordic mythology where you play as a god and participate in all that intrigues among the gods


Huh, I figured Euopean Neopaganism was mostly limited to Germanic and Celtic.

The more you know.
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« Reply #3692 on: March 05, 2014, 06:10:51 pm »

An RPG not based on European culture. I want to fight a Chinese lóng, not an European dragon, or Quetzalcoatl or something.
There's so much potential in world cultures for so many games and yet we seem to be strictly limiting ourselves to European (at best Middle Eastern)-esque fantasy.

And for that matter, a game based on Slavic folklore. Stuff like fern flowers, vilas, vodyanoys etc.
I want a RPG based on Canadian folklore and such. Like the...Windago, I think it was called. Basically, one of the many stories of them is that they can possess people, and they essentially become hyper-evil/powerful warrior-monsters.

Up in Canada, we ACTUALLY HAD Windago trials. Like a witch trial.
Seriously.
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Re: Games you wish existed
« Reply #3693 on: March 05, 2014, 06:13:28 pm »

I know close to nothing about Native American mythology and would love to see a game that incorporated pieces of it. Or a game that drew from the not-so-nice parts of Christian lore- you almost never see that, unless it's for the sake of including demons as an enemy or Hell as a location.
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« Reply #3694 on: March 05, 2014, 06:14:53 pm »

I know close to nothing about Native American mythology and would love to see a game that incorporated pieces of it. Or a game that drew from the not-so-nice parts of Christian lore- you almost never see that, unless it's for the sake of including demons as an enemy or Hell as a location.
Binding of Isaac did a great job of that, showing the dark, messed up bit of Christianity.
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« Reply #3695 on: March 05, 2014, 06:15:12 pm »

"So if I'm a Windago, don't you think I would have possessed the bailiff and had him shoot the judge? If I have super strength, why am I still wearing handcuffs? You're not all afraid that I'm a lot better than all of you, you're just irritated that I'm a little bit better than any of you."
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« Reply #3696 on: March 05, 2014, 06:18:14 pm »

"So if I'm a Windago, don't you think I would have possessed the bailiff and had him shoot the judge? If I have super strength, why am I still wearing handcuffs? You're not all afraid that I'm a lot better than all of you, you're just irritated that I'm a little bit better than any of you."
Remember. This was when 'rights' Was non-existent, and I'm pretty sure we were still called BNA. (British North America.)
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« Reply #3697 on: March 05, 2014, 06:22:13 pm »

Must have been when people were dumbasses too. I would have thought you'd need to have a basic level of intelligence to build a ship and sail it halfway across the world.
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Re: Games you wish existed
« Reply #3698 on: March 05, 2014, 06:35:36 pm »

I know close to nothing about Native American mythology and would love to see a game that incorporated pieces of it. Or a game that drew from the not-so-nice parts of Christian lore- you almost never see that, unless it's for the sake of including demons as an enemy or Hell as a location.
Well, I'd consider the Lakota or the whole of the Pacific Northwest peoples as some of the best sources for games stuff. The Lakota because they have some awesome monsters in their mythology (A fire-eyed shadow serpent with scales of mica whose gaze drives you mad/kills you, anyone?), and the Pacific Northwest could have great fun with canoeing, or dual-world gameplay of the surface and under the sea, where orcas and dolphins and porpoises take on human form.
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« Reply #3699 on: March 05, 2014, 06:46:27 pm »

I know close to nothing about Native American mythology and would love to see a game that incorporated pieces of it. Or a game that drew from the not-so-nice parts of Christian lore- you almost never see that, unless it's for the sake of including demons as an enemy or Hell as a location.
Well, I'd consider the Lakota or the whole of the Pacific Northwest peoples as some of the best sources for games stuff. The Lakota because they have some awesome monsters in their mythology (A fire-eyed shadow serpent with scales of mica whose gaze drives you mad/kills you, anyone?), and the Pacific Northwest could have great fun with canoeing, or dual-world gameplay of the surface and under the sea, where orcas and dolphins and porpoises take on human form.
The Pacific Northwest peoples also have some awesome art. And the geographic area is a good setting regardless of the culture.
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« Reply #3700 on: March 05, 2014, 06:47:38 pm »

An RPG not based on European culture. I want to fight a Chinese lóng, not an European dragon, or Quetzalcoatl or something.
There's so much potential in world cultures for so many games and yet we seem to be strictly limiting ourselves to European (at best Middle Eastern)-esque fantasy.

And for that matter, a game based on Slavic folklore. Stuff like fern flowers, vilas, vodyanoys etc.
I want a RPG based on Canadian folklore and such. Like the...Windago, I think it was called. Basically, one of the many stories of them is that they can possess people, and they essentially become hyper-evil/powerful warrior-monsters.

Up in Canada, we ACTUALLY HAD Windago trials. Like a witch trial.
Seriously.
The Wendigo is also the result of what happens to cannibals. They supposedly turn into man eating monsters, associated with powers of cold, winter, and famine, and one of the ways they are described physically is with grey skin, an emaciated appearance, with no lips and no toes. Another pretty scary thing about them is that when they eat someone, they become larger. The thing is, this means that they get a larger stomach whenever they eat, so they are always starving.

This would be awesome, in either an RPG or a horror game.
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Re: Games you wish existed
« Reply #3701 on: March 05, 2014, 06:49:19 pm »

Shadowrun kinda tried doing some stuff with totemic shamans, but then used monsters from all over instead of specifically PNW, and also it seems like their treatment of shamans is probably way off. Possibly some sacrifices made for gameplay.
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« Reply #3702 on: March 05, 2014, 07:12:18 pm »

An RPG not based on European culture. I want to fight a Chinese lóng, not an European dragon, or Quetzalcoatl or something.
There's so much potential in world cultures for so many games and yet we seem to be strictly limiting ourselves to European (at best Middle Eastern)-esque fantasy.

And for that matter, a game based on Slavic folklore. Stuff like fern flowers, vilas, vodyanoys etc.
I want a RPG based on Canadian folklore and such. Like the...Windago, I think it was called. Basically, one of the many stories of them is that they can possess people, and they essentially become hyper-evil/powerful warrior-monsters.

Up in Canada, we ACTUALLY HAD Windago trials. Like a witch trial.
Seriously.
The Wendigo is also the result of what happens to cannibals. They supposedly turn into man eating monsters, associated with powers of cold, winter, and famine, and one of the ways they are described physically is with grey skin, an emaciated appearance, with no lips and no toes. Another pretty scary thing about them is that when they eat someone, they become larger. The thing is, this means that they get a larger stomach whenever they eat, so they are always starving.

This would be awesome, in either an RPG or a horror game.

Both. And you are one.
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« Reply #3703 on: March 05, 2014, 07:22:34 pm »

The thing about Wendigos, is they often get conflated with Werewolves.
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« Reply #3704 on: March 05, 2014, 09:47:00 pm »

I want a super-serious RAH RAH MANLY military shooter. Then the second level opens with a paratrooper drop set to It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls, and the entire rest of the game is crazy action movie shenanigans set to 80's and 90's pop music.
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