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by fucking newbie 12/13/2012, 1:19am PST |
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I swear, every time some boring motherfucker from Eastern Europe with no aspiration of any kind except to be a fifties-style patriarch in his own family talks about games I cringe, and that's before they start their mutterings about how defiling the Lenin's corpse would feel so satisfying. We Eastern Euros like strategy games because chess is the default and has been for the last fifty years easy. We like them because we know them and are bored of the one we have.
To say nothing of Paralogic, which is a story game in the classic Russian sense where often story = dark motherfucking shit. Even the Witcher is based off a series that's darker than the conventional western stuff because Eastern European fantasy tends toward the kind of plot elements you see in the Brothers Karamazov. The Russian children's storybooks I was given to read from infancy had strong depictions of cruelty and violence, it's what we're raised on. Then someone gives us, what, Fable? Come on.
I will note that Evil Islands, made by Neval, has a more bland fantasy (probably for western appeal, ha) but it also has the meanest action-RPG system for called shots I've seen in a while. Want to stab someone? Choose the body-part. Bloody their shins, hamstring them, they won't walk. Fuck up their arms. Standard fare? Sure, but it's a requirement for success in a 3D visual package I'd never seen the like of before when it was released. Anyway, maybe Warsaw Pact countries also aren't dominated by the kind of marketing you have in the rest of the West that pushes for family friendly bullshit so they're not bound by content concerns. After that, they just make what they know. |
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Turkey Sandwich Guy presents: 4xgamer.com by turkey sandwich guy 11/21/2012, 2:55pm PST 
Isn't this what Caltrops is for? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/21/2012, 7:14pm PST
It's a site where nobody tells him the games he likes are shit! :) NT by Mischief Maker 11/21/2012, 8:15pm PST
Haha by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/21/2012, 9:17pm PST
The goals are just, you know... news. by turkey sandwich guy 11/21/2012, 9:31pm PST
Well AI War v.6 just came out. by Mischief Maker 11/21/2012, 10:29pm PST
I really want to get into it too by fabio 11/27/2012, 11:18am PST
What's the crazier game? AI War or Stronghold Crusader Extreme? NT by MM 11/27/2012, 12:23pm PST
When you're done making fun of Civ 2 cutscenes... by Mischief Maker 12/05/2012, 7:42am PST
Does the scale on your Russian import product explode like it does in Emperor of by fucking newbie 12/05/2012, 2:27pm PST
It's mostly like Age of Wonders 1 with a little Dominions 3 and HOMM by Mischief Maker 12/05/2012, 9:25pm PST
It's superior to Fallen Enchantress, though that goes without saying. NT by Mischief Maker 12/05/2012, 9:26pm PST
Re: Emperor of the Fading Suns by McMoo 12/06/2012, 6:13am PST
Eador is great! by EatingContest 12/12/2012, 3:06pm PST
Great line from the FAQ: by Mischief Maker 12/12/2012, 3:29pm PST
Talk about a hard-on for Soviet authoritarianism. by fucking newbie 12/13/2012, 1:19am PST
There's an iffy looking 4x that just got submitted to steam greenlight by jeep 12/13/2012, 1:36am PST
Thanks, jeep! Good lookin' out! NT by 4xgamer 12/13/2012, 11:41am PST
Happy Holidays to all our Caltrops friends! NT by The folks at 4xgamer.com 12/20/2012, 2:07pm PST
Fag. NT by Mischief Maker 12/20/2012, 7:19pm PST
Hahah! Good one! You guys always have the freshest material!!! NT by The folks at 4xgamer.com 12/20/2012, 8:05pm PST
3 exclaimations? Must have hit pretty close to the mark to get you so riled up. by Mischief Solo 12/20/2012, 8:39pm PST
Fag is a term of endearment here, dude. by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/21/2012, 8:42am PST
I'm now rooting for 4xgamer by Fullofkittens 12/21/2012, 9:03am PST
Re: Fag is a term of endearment here, dude. by Mischief Solo 12/21/2012, 9:26am PST
I don't like it. It's a Geocities account with wordpress software. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 12/21/2012, 11:56pm PST
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