I want to build a better world, not live in the ruins
I want to build a better world, not live in the ruins
I’ve historically been an enjoyer of post-apocalyptic media, but as our actual times threaten to become as dystopian as our fiction, I’m finding it a bit harder than usual to stomach doom and gloom during my rare moments of free time.
Too many games–even some of the most commercially successful ones–are set in futures that are unpleasant at best and outright despairing at worst. Fallout, The Last Of Us, Horizon, Cyberpunk–they’re all a huge bummer. I could go on forever listing games like this, but something that’s got me especially downbeat about this preoccupation with pessimism is that it’s found even in my favourite place, strategy gaming
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That sounds like a rad concept for a game. I’d be interested in it.
Sounds like FF8.