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Why are there no "western" games?

Started by November 08, 2003 09:55 AM
48 comments, last by BradDaBug 21 years, 2 months ago
quote:
Original post by modonnell
becuase western people who like bluegrass, etc. dont play games.


Yeah, just like people who like hunting don''t play games. Ever hear of a little game called Deer Hunter? Sold a million copies it''s first year and spawned a host of imitations.
There was a huge nice post about western games a couple months ago... may have been a year. i''ll try and find it later when im free if noone else has yet.
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quote:
Original post by modonnell
becuase western people who like bluegrass, etc. dont play games.

I''m a fan of nature and the free feeling in general that Westerns (among many other mostly-untapped genres) cater to. It''s foolish to think that another high-fantasy medieval or cyber-punk theme is the way to go because its so popular at present.
Check out Desperados at http://www.desperados-game.com/ It is pretty much like a western version of Commandos, if you''ve ever played that.
I for one enjoy bluegrass, country, and western ballads (as well as a number of other genres), and play the fiddle and the banjo. I''ve recently begun watching older western movies and series. It''s strange to think that Trigun is what got me watching series like Gunsmoke and The Rifleman again.

I also enjoy gaming (adventure games, platformers, MMOG, and CTF-style first person shooters mainly), and enjoy writing games as well. I do have to agree, though, I do not seem to be a particularly common breed.

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The first problem with developing an Old West themed game is the people who would likely create it. Where would they get their information? How would they approach it?

If you take a look, you''ll see that a lot, if not many, think an Old West game should look and feel like an old Western movie, which, of course, perpetuates cliches, is shallow, certainly lacking the finer nuances of the real Old West.

My Old West game, if and when it is developed, will be developed by a team that has access to a different (and more diverse) set of resources for inspiration.
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There was an RTS called America a year or so ago. It themed on the "Wild West".
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Original post by bishop_pass
My Old West game, if and when it is developed, will be developed by a team that has access to a different (and more diverse) set of resources for inspiration.


Which (type of) resources, that is if you don''t mind me asking?
kordova: check out some of his past topics started, he has written a whole lot about this on these forums before.

eh, he''ll probably be glad to give you a hand-picked list when he reads this though (i am assuming).
--- krez ([email="krez_AT_optonline_DOT_net"]krez_AT_optonline_DOT_net[/email])

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