That weird feeling when a game is set in YOUR hometown

Never felt it, never will. Davis, CA wouldn't be a good place to set a game. Neither would OKC, where I grew up. Even Sacramento, where I was born, wouldn't be great.

@damnable_fiend said:

part of the reason I love Scott Pilgrim is because it's set in my hometown of Toronto.

Same here! It's really neat to see some downtown landmarks throughout the game.

@Zenogiasu said:

@damnable_fiend said:

part of the reason I love Scott Pilgrim is because it's set in my hometown of Toronto.

Same here! It's really neat to see some downtown landmarks throughout the game.

Yeah, especially since Toronto is almost always used as a stand in for American cities in movies. It's not a city with a lot of mystique, so it's understandable that it's not featured very much I suppose.

Palm Bay, Florida probably won't be showing up in any games soon, unless it's a high school football game. Fun fact about Palm Bay High, it's actually located in Melbourne!

@themangalist: B-b-b-but Edison Chen!

@SAC said:

I wa hyped as hell for Fallout: New Vegas because (you guessed it) I grew up there. Just seeing what Fallout 3 did with the DC surrounding (visitng familiar locations) was one of my favorite parts of that game so I could not wait to do that to my stomping grounds.

F:NV is pretty real to life in other ways; most specifically all of the surrounding towns and stuff (primm, nipton, searchlight)

and north vegas is a shithole also so correct in that respect as well

Well no, neither Uppsala nor Stockholm are very common game locations. I do remember there being a Stockholm race track in PGR3, and I would say that was fairly accurate except for the fact that there isn't any real race track there as far as I know.

The only game set (loosely) on Venezuela that I know is Mercenaries 2 and thats probably going to be the only one.

small town Massachusetts? nah, i dont think any games will be set here. maybe boston, but not in my crappy town. its not even spooky for a horror game, its not "homey" for the whole russia invades the US thing, doesnt have good roads for racing. it just sucks.

@AngelN7 said:

The only game set (loosely) on Venezuela that I know is Mercenaries 2 and thats probably going to be the only one.

that game was horrible, but i kinda really liked it lol

New York duders speak up on this one, your hometown is destroyed every tuesday in games

Growing up in NYC gta 4 was like a trip to the city

@Socialone: The Biodome is fun to check out once, just to see all the animals and whatnot, but the botanical gardens right next to it are a must see. It's such a beautiful place, with miles of flora from across the world in one location (I'm a biology major, which is kinda why I enjoy it so much).

Dues Ex: Human Revolution is set in Detroit which is my hometown.

@MostlyBearded: No no, I meant the top of the tower itself, not the whole area. The installations are great, I went there countless times in my youth, but the top of the tower with the huge elevator thing, this isn't worth it for locals.

@MordeaniisChaos said:

@Draugen said:

Never gonna happen for me, I'm afraid. I'd love to see a game set in the tiny, little Norwegian fishing village I'm from, though.

It's called Half ife 2.

Also, Seattle needs more games that take place in it! It's a really cool city and seeing the Troll Under the Bridge in a game would be kick ass.

Yeah, I am from Seattle. They need more games here!

@Video_Game_King: There are game that take place on the Moon. Isn't that where you live?

It'd be pretty amazing to play a free-roam game, similar to the AC franchise in Stockholm, where I live.

I live in Reno, which I feel Fallout 2 pretty much nailed. We don't have anything as nice as flaming barrels or illegal prizefights though...

The town I was born in was Lewisville, TX, which is right outside of Dallas. Have there been any games set in Dallas? I don't know.
I live in Colorado Springs, CO right now, and I doubt there's ever going to be any games set here.

@Halos_god said:

@Video_Game_King: There are game that take place on the Moon. Isn't that where you live?

There are several issues with the sentence you have typed before me.

There will never be a game set in my hometown.

The closest to a game set in my hometown was the Knoxville Cough in Homefront, and that's... not even close, to be honest. Like... 2 hours away from my hometown.

I remember there being a Finland track in Excite Truck, that's it for games I've played.

Never heard of a game set in North or South Dakota.

I've lived in Shanghai/New York for the bulk of my first 18 years alive, so fucking everything is set in my home towns.

Sadly South Burlington, Vermont will never be a video game location.

Ireland has been barely touched on in games, so no nothing yet.

@killacam said:

i heard AC4 is taking place in halifax, nova scotia. pretty pumped.

If they ever make a game set in Halifax, I'll be the first to shit myself.

I guess my hometown would have a somewhat better chance than others, since it's next to the formerly longest steel arch bridge in the world, but those chances are still very slim.

@Video_Game_King: Such as?

Still waiting on GTA: GTA.

That would be one hell of a game. Skydiving off the CN tower into the Skydome? Doing a drive-by on those Bay street stock-trader cats? Blowing up Honest Ed's? Yes please.

All Toronto's got is that Scott Pilgrim beat-'em-up. Which had a couple funny references to the city, but not much. Mainly I loved how the coins you picked up were loonies, toonies and quarters.

Being from the suburbs, I can't have that experience. But I do empathize.

Also, more things should be set in Chicago.

I was going to say, "I don't know...", but now I realze that Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is attached to play the first mate on the whaling ship the Essex in the harrowing real-life naval thriller movie In the Heart of the Sea. The story chronicles the grim fate of the Essex’s crew from Nantucket (where I live) after the ship was attacked and capsized by a sperm whale, inspiring Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.

Depending on how this movie is marketed there could be a video game....I rather doubt it...but you never know these days. If they do make a game...expect some cannibalism. But like I said it would be a huge stretch to expect a game form this project unless they decide to make it a summer blockbuster because of the success of Hemsworth's other movies.

I don't actually live in Montreal, only an hour or so from it, but I loved playing that part in Deus Ex HR. I can't seem to remember any other game taking place there though.

Well I live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. Which is close enough. So far it has been featured in Fallout 3: The Pitt and is where that Last of Us demo takes place. Both are fairly accurate on how shitty the place is. Also any football, baseball, or hockey game usually features our stadiums. We are also the birth place of zombies with Romero's of the Living Dead series all take place around here. Also a lot of post-apocalyptic movies from like the past 5 years were film around here.

@Halos_god:

Well, none of them have ever accurately depicted Lunarian culture in any way whatsoever. It's either the blank surface of the Lunar Shield, or some made-up sci-fi/fantasy whatevers.

@Little_Socrates said:

Being from the suburbs, I can't have that experience. But I do empathize.

Also, more things should be set in Chicago.

Yeah, but Watch Dogs, at least in that preview, seemed to nail the look and feel of Chicago.

I live in olney md, a small town, and we where in Fallout 3. So there are still chances that you will atleast be in a game. By the way, olney dosent have a single tall building.

You figure if you live in Hong Kong, NY, LA or SPAAAAACE you have had a bunch of games in your town.

That said kind of pumped about AC4 bing in and around/Boston (Olde Tyme Boston) kind of I am sure there will be buildings and towers that are their for the game purposes).

I have not seen any of the Desomnd stuff and would "never stop playing" if the new secret hide-out was inside the Dunkin Donuts by North Station.

The first Left 4 Dead is as close to having a game in my home town as I've ever gotten. It was a bit surreal seeing the Allegheny National Forest sign at the beginning of Blood Harvest.

The only time I can remember Chicago being in a game was in Driver. Or maybe it was Driver 2. Driving by Wrigley was kinda neat.

I don't think a game will ever be set in Morristown, New Jersey.

Yea It's crazy when games are set in... the northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area.

Ha! A game set in Tucson. Like that would ever happen. Hamlet 2 was awesome though.

In video games set in the U.S. cities like New York, LA, and San Francisco hog most of the spotlight. While my hometown isn't tiny (Portland) the likelihood of it being the main setting of a video game is slim. I think the only way it's ever really been featured in a game is the Burnside skatepark in a few skateboarding games.

@Socialone: Oh, totally. You get a much better view from Mont Royal anyway (for free too :P)

I was born and raised in New York. My city has been decimated nearly 100 times...how do you think I feel?