Religion in Games? And realness.....

[Krynth]

So yea guessin the title and description sums it all up as to why I am posting this but yea what do think about it? Cause when I get this real time system working on my game I was gonna have church going on Sunday (may not be called Sunday on the game...actually what were days called back then?) Well I'm gonna have two religions actually similar to how Fable has it...............light and dark.

[Darkfox]

Well my main character (Darkfox/Father Ren) is a wandering priest who likes to stick his nose in when things get rough or an evil pressence is involved (he's kinda odd). He isn't perfect but he tries his best to stick to his cause and reasoning.

It actually makes some games cool, I mean, look at the Megaten series.

[Krynth]

lol yea I've played some games that had religion but they never had a role in the game other than the many doom-sayers around saying PREPARE FOR THE END! then the hero saves everyone before it happens............cause I'm really thiking of adding it into my game lie I said before but wasnt sure either it be a good idea ad that I wanted to avoid the cliche of doom-sayers and fanatics, and actually have the church be a church and do something

[Hell Angel]

Yeah, my game is completely built on religion.

And days in the Medieval ages were the same days as today, but few games here are ACTUALLY built in resemblence to the actual Medieval ages.

[Krynth]

yea as much as I want to say I'm doing that for my game its obvious I'm not seeing how I got magic and all that, are the days spelled the same or do I need to change that? cause i want to get the medievel feel to the game at least......

[Darkfox]

I'm one of those crazy types who like to mix things up. But I guess thats why I call it Chaos Realm XD then again I'm also talking about spanning different eras.

Medieval, hm. My general knowledge is some of the structure styles and some clothes they wore.

[Krynth]

lol Might and Magic other than Star Ocean are the only I've played that mixed eras together, never like my knight going around with a shotgun or w/e though......

well any knowledge on the medieval era would help me alot for my game (i use to read alot about when i was lil but now i cant remember alot of it, use to know the steps for a squire to become a knight which i was gonna add to the game)

[Hell Angel]

The graphics alone can difuse the Medieval essence, though. No doubt you're using 'Japanese-Incarnation' of Medieval style sprites.

[Krynth]

that they do....but then not sure where to find better graphics for the game to make it more real

edit: srry razor, ive never been good at typing fast so if it seems others are replying faster, I then I feel that I need to do that

[Razor]

Krynth, try not to (ie: don't) quote someone if you're posting directly after them. Ta.

Anyway:  God? In my video games? It's more likely than you think.

His name is Aruseus, and he'll be introduced in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. He is a "creation" species pokemon, and the ingame lore is that he created the whole freaking universe. After it did that, it created time and space. Then, in a Legend of Zelda type twist, it made your basic necessities for human living, but instead of Power, Wisdom and Courage, it was Emotion, Knowledge and Will.

Anyway, in the old days, you might remember how Mew has the DNA of all pokemon in it, well now lines have been drawn to Adam and Eve. You know, because Adam and Eve made are the start of humans, so does Mew create all pokemon. Except for the previously mentioned ones, and those few manmade ones.

In conclusion: pokemon = Japan making everyone a Christian.


Or a Zelda fan.

[Almeidaboo]

I nkow this` kinda off topic, but this thought has crossed me mind several times...

Anyone noticed that RPGs are really some God discussion tools?? I mean, I have killed God in countless times. Xenogears, Grandia, etc. Not just that, but RPGs are often picturing religion as something evil. DId anyone get the message behing those guys in black that followed Sephiroth, be they crazy or not? Or, as DF said, Megaten games (in Digital Devil Saga he completely creates a new concept of afterlife, that guy is a genius!).

I think that through RPGs people transmit a lot of ideology. I myself do not follow any religion, I have my own religion, that I created. But still, I can΄t say that all those games did not influence my opinion about God and stuff (first of all I really think that the "going back to the planet" thing of FF7 is true).

Anyway, just some thoughts. Dude, if you feel comfortable, put religion in your game, yes. But be careful.

[Cosmos]

Religion in games? Eh it can work as long as you're not trying to brainwash people into it <<;;. Games have religion in them all the time, specially rpg games.

[Drace]

Dead Rising has a religious cult in them who believe they need to 'salvate' the world of zombies by killing humans. Of course, I killed their leader, Sean.

[neb87]

I just get the sword a chop up the other photogrphy so he dosent keep askin for a pic the whole time

[ZeroKirbyX]

My primary game is really based on religion, mainly the typical "If we evolved... what created what we evolved from?" type scenario.