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Beat Writer
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Each of us has a preferred setting for his game( not talking about genres). Be it WW2, present day, futuristic, fantasy, western, steampunk, whatever. But what do you consider to be the worst possible setting ; do you consider it bland, boring, over-used, under-used, speak your mind.

Guess i should say one to, hmmm ... japanese fantasy, just like below said, final fantasy horrifies me

Gone Gonzo
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World War setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overused.

/thread

Press Junketeer
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Fantasy worlds. Like Final Fantasy ish. Some of the ideas for the worlds are just too absurd. Yes Originality is good, but there is such a thing as going over the top.

Beat Writer
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TheRedLucario:
World War setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overused.

/thread

ya it is...

Off topic: What does /thread mean?

Infamous Scribbler
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Sewers... eugh.

Panken:

TheRedLucario:
World War setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overused.

/thread

ya it is...

Off topic: What does /thread mean?

It's an expression used after an opinion is expressed, when the poster believes their opinion to be true and superior. Basically it means 'end of thread'.

Gone Gonzo
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Panken:

TheRedLucario:
World War setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overused.

/thread

ya it is...

Off topic: What does /thread mean?

"Close Thread"

The '/' means end or close.

Basically "I have given the best answer, no need for any more discussion."

Although it's probably used less arrogantly than that, that's the gist of it.

So /sarcasm would be used to indicate that the previous statement was sarcastic and everything afterwards isn't.

Muckraker
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I'm just sick of the short brown hair white guy space marine protagonist that is in virtually every single game. (Yes I know Yahtzee pointed that out)

Gone Gonzo
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TheRedLucario:
World War setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overused.

/thread

Don't be a dick, /thread makes you look like an idiot.

World War 2 happens to be my favourite setting.

My least favourite is anything boring and brown. Fallout 3 comes to mind.

Pulitzer Laureate
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I'm tired of fantasy settings that do nothing original with them.

Fantasy is nice, but I don't want the same cookie cutter forests + elves + orcs again.

Paperboy
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WORLD WAR 2, for the love of God, stop with WWII, it has been in so many games, its sooooo F*****G BORING

and the fantasy theme(you know... the one with...wizards,thieves,knights...)

Copy Clerk
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I really can't stand the setting in most Final Fantasy games, or JRPG's in general, if it's not some cutesy land full of happy furry animals and rainbows, it's an absurd mashup of sci-fi, steampunk, fantasy, and all kinds of stupid stuff. Bleh, not for me.

Edit: And I really don't see why people hate WWII games so much, I know there is a lot, but personally WWII games are some of my favorite. They're so freaking epic.

Gone Gonzo
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Brown/grey crumbling ruins, world war two, the apocolypse in any fallout esque way seen one bombed out city/ruins seen em' all. Grey metal spaceships with dim lighting/corradors, sewers, massive expanses of desert, IN SPAAAAAAAAACE, sci-fi cities/laboratories, caves.

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WrongSprite:

TheRedLucario:
World War setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overused.

/thread

Don't be a dick, /thread makes you look like an idiot.

World War 2 happens to be my favourite setting.

My least favourite is anything boring and brown. Fallout 3 comes to mind.

Wow you must be the most boring person ever.

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Beat Writer
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No insult intended but some of you guys can derail threads worse than a pack of bisons... someday those skills will be put to good use...

Gone Gonzo
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I don't know why, but i dislike games being set in the south, the whole "bayou" thing does not really appeal to me. I don't know if i can enjoy L4D2, and Point Lookout kind of got on my nerves.

Beat Writer
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Nmil-ek:
Brown/grey crumbling ruins, world war two, the apocolypse in any fallout esque wayseen one bombed out city/ruins see nem all. Grey metal spaceships with dim lighting/corradors, sewers, massive expanses of desert, IN SPAAAAAAAAACE, sci-fi cities/laboratories, caves.

... May i dare ask WHAT setting you like then?

Gone Gonzo
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Official "Worst-Setting-EVAR" is Warhammer 40000. It's so over-the-top and grimdark that it's not even funny.

But JRPGs come in as a close second.

Gone Gonzo
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A magical school where all the pupils learn magic all day.

Gone Gonzo
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WrongSprite:

Don't be a dick, /thread makes you look like an idiot.

World War 2 happens to be my favourite setting.

It was a joke. Jesus. 'Least I didn't go "FIRST!".

And World War games I find completely unimaginative and brings nothing insanely fun. If you play one war game, you played them all, just with different graphics.

Gone Gonzo
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A Gas Station Restroom. The entirety of the game occurs in there.

Oh, you mean in an actual game? WW2 most definately needs a break.

Copy Clerk
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TheRedLucario:

WrongSprite:

Don't be a dick, /thread makes you look like an idiot.

World War 2 happens to be my favourite setting.

It was a joke. Jesus. 'Least I didn't go "FIRST!".

And World War games I find completely unimaginative and brings nothing insanely fun. If you play one war game, you played them all, just with different graphics.

I don't know, there is still some untapped resources for WWII games. Personally I'd love to play a WWII game taking place in Finland when they fought off Russia.

Beat Writer
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Kollega:
Official worst setting evar is Warhammer 40000. It's so over-the-top and grimdark that it's not even funny.

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you don't like wh 40000..... BURN THE HERETIC, TRAITOR OF THE IMPERIUM gzgzggzg sorry, fanboy rage, but you don't like 40k..... didn't think it was humanly possible...

Gone Gonzo
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hmmmm... impart from World War II? (due to it being overused) I think the potential for a REALLY IMAGINATIVE setting (like, say, a dream world!)... but the development team is crap. that setting would probably annoy me most because of the lost potential.

Infamous Scribbler
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Western. I never got into western games.

Gone Gonzo
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FoOd77:

TheRedLucario:

WrongSprite:

Don't be a dick, /thread makes you look like an idiot.

World War 2 happens to be my favourite setting.

It was a joke. Jesus. 'Least I didn't go "FIRST!".

And World War games I find completely unimaginative and brings nothing insanely fun. If you play one war game, you played them all, just with different graphics.

I don't know, there is still some untapped resources for WWII games. Personally I'd love to play a WWII game taking place in Finland when they fought off Russia.

Meh. War games aren't even that gory. Now No More Heroes....that was a great game.

Paperboy
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WW2 setting, overused in godlike proportions.

Beat Writer
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Kollega:
Official "Worst-Setting-EVAR" is Warhammer 40000. It's so over-the-top and grimdark that it's not even funny.

But JRPGs come in as a close second.

Warhammer 40K is so hyper-badass and GRIMDARK that you kind of have to approach it like parody. The presence of Orkz kind helps in viewing it that way. I guess I'm saying that it's so over-the-top that it IS funny, if you look for the humor in it.

I'll second the World War II motion. It wouldn't be so bad if original takes on the theme weren't so uncommon. It's almost always European Theater as the American or British forces. Hell, it was a notable change to be playing in that same theater as the RUSSIANS. That's a pretty low standard for variation.

Personally, my favorite WWII-themed setting version is the Wolfenstein series.

Gone Gonzo
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middle of the earth, that setting is terrible its all molten rock...

Muckraker
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TheRedLucario:
World War setting is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overused.

/thread

There are still unused World War settings, The Saboteur looks pretty good and a game based on the setting from the movie Defiance would be awesome.

Muckraker
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Sewer level.

Gone Gonzo
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I'd hate to play a game where I was trapped in a redundant forum question where there was really no point behind the question other than trying to rack up more posts...

Gone Gonzo
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World War, Middle-East disputes, and the western. Feels boring to me.

Gone Gonzo
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My least liked setting would be fantasy forests, like Elwynn Forest from World of Warcraft for example.

My favourite setting would be swamps, like in Morrowind.

Gone Gonzo
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A PK zone in an MMO.

Anonymous Source
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How about any setting/environment where a building/door/tree can't be knocked down/blown up. Really, advanced weapons and armor but your character gets stuck on a box/pole/etc?

IE Battlefield 2142, tough guy soldier can't run over 1 foot railroad tracks.

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