StaceyPowers Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 We live in some pretty crazy times. What video games do you feel are most relevant to our times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Honestly, given the state of everything, I would say that any horror game and any drama game would be a good fit. Especially if any of those games deal directly with disease outbreaks and people trying to survive through it. Games like Outlast would be a good fit for the horror game. And for the drama, I think Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice would be a good fit. They just relate to where the world is in ways that gamers typically wouldn't pick up on unless they stopped to think about it. I probably have change coming back, but anyway, that's my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family sedan Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I want games to not remind me of the modern world. I don't want to see Mike and Stu driving a Hyundai Santa Fe. I want to see them in a '75 Blazer monster truck. I play NBA Live '03 to imagine what could have been for the great Paul Pierce, if he had stronger teammates in the early 2000's. And when I play Tony Hawk games, I usually go to Boston to see the classic architecture I would see on field trips as a kid. Video games can be great to reminisce with really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Family sedan said: I want games to not remind me of the modern world. I don't want to see Mike and Stu driving a Hyundai Santa Fe. I want to see them in a '75 Blazer monster truck. I play NBA Live '03 to imagine what could have been for the great Paul Pierce, if he had stronger teammates in the early 2000's. And when I play Tony Hawk games, I usually go to Boston to see the classic architecture I would see on field trips as a kid. Video games can be great to reminisce with really. The games I play never really encountered reality. I can't think of a single one on NES, SNES, or N64 that ever encountered reality with the exception of sports games and sims games. Just as a note, to me a sports game includes any form of car driving/racing game. Games based off TV and movies (Bond 007, Jeopardy, etc.) don't count. But to get back to my original point, I would have to try hard as hell, and do a lot of searching to find myself one game that even remotely seemed to relate to the human world or modern world in any way from any of those 3 systems. It would be fun, and interesting to do, but I know there are none in my library, with the exception of snowboarding games. Edited August 23, 2021 by The Blackangel Family sedan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I'd say GTA V with how corrupt the cops are, how aggressive and the glaring lack of empathy from the citizens and basically, just a lawless state where money is the only thing that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 9:51 PM, killamch89 said: I'd say GTA V with how corrupt the cops are, how aggressive and the glaring lack of empathy from the citizens and basically, just a lawless state where money is the only thing that matters. Agreed - basically this is how most of the world society is ran today. Everything is all about the money, taking from who and giving to who. The powerful getting stronger at the expense of the weak ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
