Board 8 > Anagram rates and ranks fictional settings

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Dusk, Pennsylvania (DUSK)

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Galaxy Far Far Away

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Unova
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Johnbobb posted...

Castle Rock (various Steven King works)

Why just use Castle Rock? I'd say rank the whole Stephen King multiverse and stop beating around the bush. The Dark Tower --> It's all connected. For real unlike MCU and MCTV.

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FakeAccount3000 posted...

Why just use Castle Rock? I'd say rank the whole Stephen King multiverse and stop beating around the bush. The Dark Tower --> It's all connected. For real unlike MCU and MCTV.

read Brandon Sanderson
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I'm not clear in what way that's a response. Just like, in general? Did he write something with Stephen King?

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FakeAccount3000 posted...

I'm not clear in what way that's a response. Just like, in general? Did he write something with Stephen King?

very good connected universe
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FakeAccount3000 posted...

Why just use Castle Rock? I'd say rank the whole Stephen King multiverse and stop beating around the bush.

Because Castle Rock is by far the most iconic Stephen King location and there's little to no use trying to include minor, slightly-connected stories in that

it's like saying the Overlook Hotel and Salem's Lot and the Gatlin Cornfields are all the same setting just because they're all written by Stephen King and might have brief cameos


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Strangereal (Ace Combat)

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Speaking of which, I'll nominate the Overlook Hotel next.

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British Empire Tier
Foundation Universe
Middle-Earth
Oceania
Derelict Alien Spacecraft

French Empire Tier
Discworld
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Snow Crash Universe
Uplift Universe
Planescape
Tetris Universe
Silent Hill
Fallout Universe
Von Braun
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe
Flatland
Aurbis
Spira

Spanish Empire Tier
Gotham City
Babylon 5
Forbidden Lands
Ivalice
Rapture
The Sixth World
The Sprawl
Athas
Warhammer 40K Universe
Scadriel
Dresden Files Universe
Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters
One Piece Universe
Xanth
Yharnam
Orthogonal Universe
Half-Life Universe
Lensman Universe
Zones of Thought Universe

German Empire Tier
Amestris
Mountain and Sea Realm
Bionis and Mechanis
Oz
The Island (Lost)
Hyrule
Eberron
Japanifornia (Ace Attorney)
Hades
SCP Universe
Nosgoth
Roshar
Zemuria
Valhalla
Organization of North American Nations
Agrabah

Portuguese Empire Tier
Castle Rock
Manhattan (Escape from New York)
The Twilight
Unova
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Hoenn

Dutch Empire Tier
The Expanse Universe
Pern
God of War Universe
Fallen London
Bright Falls
Dusk, Pennsylvania
Gallowmere
Duelist Kingdom
Mushroom Kingdom
Raccoon City
Rimworld
Arcadia Bay
Deepsea Metro
America (Death Stranding)
Alrest

Italian Empire Tier
2001 Universe
Ravenloft
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Willamette Parkview Mall
Kingdom Hearts
Arcadia and Stark
Mount Massive Asylum
London (Shawn of the Dead Universe)
Mineral Town
Space Jam
Katamari Universe
Superjail! Universe
Dream Land
Pac-Man Universe

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Willamette Parkview Mall: I mean, I wouldve just said the Dead Rising Universe, but okay. Poor zombies. First their genre gets oversaturated to hell both in movies and video games, then the Walking Dead sucks, then malls themselves start dying all over the country. A mall might actually be the safest place in a zombie apocalypse now, if just because no one will be there. Anyway, Willamette is fine. I accept it as an unrealistically gigantic mall. I could maybe accept a mall this size in New York or Los Angeles or something, but Willamette is a town of 50000 people in Colorado. Nope.

Pern: Humans from Earth colonize a planet, but every 250 years, spores rain down from the sky and kill all organic material, so the humans are forced to use dragons to defend themselves (actually genetically-engineered animals). Regardless, the humans have regressed to a preindustrial society with a few remnants of their past, like flamethrowers. I wonder how actually effective flamethrowers would be in medieval warfare? I need a military historian here, stat. Alright, Ill level with you: I like my sci-fi sci-fi and my fantasy fantasy. I make an exception here and there, like for Warhammer 40K, but generally that is my preference. Sci-fantasy is not my deal. I realize that this is actually sci-fi and the fantasy elements are just science, but ehhhhh its close enough to ping on my dislike radar, sorry.

The Dusk: I remember seeing ads for this game everywhere, with the waifu alchemist on them and everything. I will be honest: the only source of information I could find on this was from TVTropes, which I dont trust because it constantly exaggerates or harps on tiny things, so I dont feel comfortable rating this one, sorry.

Castle Rock: Without even reading a Wiki article on this town, I assume its populated by rural idiots, stereotypical bullies, and religious extremists, and that its somewhere in Maine? Yep, I knew it. ****ing Stephen King is getting too predictable. Is this the original small town thats a nexus for supernatural shenanigans? Is there where Buffy the Vampire Slayer got the idea?

Dusk, Pennsylvania: The Wiki article for this consists of one sentence: the town of Dusk is mentioned indirectly throughout the game, and the player goes through the foothills surrounding the town throughout the episode, it however does not physically appear until E1M8: Through the Gate and E1M9: Ghost Town, and finally E2M6: Erebus Reactor. Theres one picture of it, where a guy with a sword is looking at some chain link fence. I mean this looks like a perfectively serviceable rural town setting for a spooky horror game. What more can I say?

A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Before I say anything, let me just say this: I am done with Star Wars. I was the biggest Star Wars fan as a kid. I remember the exact second of Revenge of the Sith when I turned to my friend David and whispered Is this really bad? because I just could not comprehend that a movie could be so awful. I thought I was watching the movie wrong. I remember complaining about it on B8, and people were like NO WAY BRO REVENGE OF THE SITH IS GREAT, so I saw it again just to be sure, and I was like yeah, I knew it, Board 8 is full of crap. Then the sequels came out, and Jesus, The Last Jedi killed any remaining love I had for the setting. I saw The Rise of Skywalker out of obligation, just so I could say that I was done forever. Maybe Ill watch The Mandalorian in ten years, people say its good, but I am officially Star Warsed out. Oh, the setting itself? Its the most well-done paper-thin setting of all time. Like, I remember the EU trying to flesh things out, trying desperately to show how theres more to the story, but really, Star Wars has like five elements: Nazis, Rebels, Force, Dark Side, Young Hero. If I was the CEO of Disney and could do anything I wanted, Id have made the sequels about like Space Soviets instead of Space Nazis again, just to have SOMETHING be different. Look, I love Emperor Palpatine more than probably anyone else on Board 8, I love me some insane cackling poorly-acted monsters, but that only goes so far. The OT is great. Everyone loves it. Everyone agrees its wonderful. Seminal. Cool as hell. The prequels suck not because of lack of ideas, but because of poor execution. The acting in that trilogy is incomprehensibly bad. The sequels are well-made mechanically, but they suck because they dont progress anything and just harp on what we already had in the 70s and 80s But damn, the original assault on the Death Star is one of the best movie scenes of all time. Its just so good that they needed to copy it three more times in Star Wars alone. And the Jedi, po

Anagram posted...

the cowboy gym leader is actually a Japanese guy who immigrated and went full American, I appreciate that kind of thing.

WESTABOO

Pandora (Borderlands)
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regressed implies an involuntary change
the pernese chose to live an agrarian lifestyle

Sunnydale

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norenxaq posted...

regressed implies an involuntary change
the pernese chose to live an agrarian lifestyle

I didn't realize that, though it changes nothing. I'm not a big fan of that premise, it happens so rarely in real life, and rarely lasts more than a generation or two.

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Azeroth: The entire setting for Warcraft (not just the continent/planet)
Erozea: The entire setting for FFXIV (not just the alliance lands)
Albion: Setting for the Fable games
Worldwar Earth: Earth in the Worldwar setting (alternate history where aliens invade during WWII).
World War Z Earth: World War Z

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British Empire Tier
Foundation Universe
Middle-Earth
Oceania
Derelict Alien Spacecraft

French Empire Tier
Discworld
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Snow Crash Universe
Uplift Universe
Planescape
Tetris Universe
Silent Hill
Fallout Universe
Azeroth
Von Braun
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe
Flatland
Aurbis
Spira

Spanish Empire Tier
Gotham City
Babylon 5
Forbidden Lands
Ivalice
Rapture
The Sixth World
The Sprawl
Athas
Warhammer 40K Universe
Scadriel
Dresden Files Universe
Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters
One Piece Universe
Xanth
Yharnam
Orthogonal Universe
Half-Life Universe
Lensman Universe
Zones of Thought Universe

German Empire Tier
Amestris
Mountain and Sea Realm
Bionis and Mechanis
Oz
The Island (Lost)
Hyrule
Eberron
Japanifornia (Ace Attorney)
Sunnydale
Hades
SCP Universe
Nosgoth
Roshar
Zemuria
Valhalla
Organization of North American Nations
Agrabah

Portuguese Empire Tier
Castle Rock
Manhattan (Escape from New York)
The Twilight
Unova
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Hoenn

Dutch Empire Tier
The Expanse Universe
Pern
Pandora (Borderlands)
God of War Universe
Fallen London
Bright Falls
Dusk, Pennsylvania
Gallowmere
Duelist Kingdom
Mushroom Kingdom
Raccoon City
Rimworld
Arcadia Bay
Deepsea Metro
America (Death Stranding)
Alrest

Italian Empire Tier
2001 Universe
Ravenloft
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Willamette Parkview Mall
Kingdom Hearts
Arcadia and Stark
Mount Massive Asylum
London (Shawn of the Dead Universe)
Mineral Town
Space Jam
Katamari Universe
Superjail! Universe
Dream Land
Pac-Man Universe

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Pandora (Borderlands): A planet built by the ANCIENT SUPER ALIENS as a prison for the ANCIENT SUPER THREAT. Standard setup, at least. Lots of dangerous wildlife to drive people away I like the cacti, I guess. Anyone mind if I switch gears slightly? Whatever happened to Avatar 2? Avatar made more money than God, and yet here we are, Avatar 2-less.

Sunnydale: I remember watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a kid and thinking the hellmouth concept was genius. Little did I know it was stolen. To be honest, I dont know much of the ironic humor I got when I watched this show, I imagine Id understand it better today. I like how because the town attracts supernatural shenanigans, it has things like five gothic cemeteries and a low property value thanks to the constant vampire crime. I also enjoy how everyone just ignores the vampires, but not for any supernatural reason, they just dont want to deal with it. There are towns like this in California in size and scope, though I wouldnt call them common. Is the most unrealistic thing in Sunnydale that it has a profitable magic shop? I used to live in walking distance of an occultism shop. I didnt move; they just shut down because no one ever went there. So did the other Slayers also live in or move to other hellmouths, or is it just Buffy?

Azeroth: Man, Azeroth sure has come a long way since Warcraft 1. Have you ever looked at the maps and lore there? Its the most barebones stuff possible. Alright, Im gonna break this down: the idea of the Burning Legion going around the universe being evil and Azeroth is just one random planet among billions is interesting. The idea that youre just a dude of no particular importance, trying to make his way in a vast and uncaring world is interesting. The idea that Azeroth is the only unconquered planet left, and youre the great hero everything depends on, is stupid. Thats the thing with WoW: its gone on for so long that it just needs more excuses for things to happen, so the writers just come up with anything. Some of it is cool, some of it is dreck. Like I like the idea of Allied Races, and clearly Blizzard wanted a racial variant of all the first five races for both factions, but who in Gods name decided to fart out void elves, lightforged draenei and mechagnomes? Speaking of which, its kind of unfortunate that basically all of the lore and events are centralized around the humans, orcs, and undead. Every so often, another race gets to do something, but thats the way it goes. There should be entire storylines where the night elves do something against the Alliances wishes, etc. Ah well. The truth is that Im blinded by nostalgia for Azeroth, so I cant hold its many flaws against it.

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Westeros

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Star Trek (Prime and Kelvin timelines)

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Alola
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redrocket posted...

Star Trek (Prime and Kelvin timelines)

Choose one, please

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Prime

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Kelvin
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Stargate

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Arcanum

cthulhu

MetalmindStats posted...

Speaking of which, I'll nominate the Overlook Hotel next.

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The world of Monster Hunter

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The Gourmet World / Human World (Toriko)

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Johnbobb posted...

Because Castle Rock is by far the most iconic Stephen King location and there's little to no use trying to include minor, slightly-connected stories in that

it's like saying the Overlook Hotel and Salem's Lot and the Gatlin Cornfields are all the same setting just because they're all written by Stephen King and might have brief cameos

>_> I think they are... kind of.

But fiiine, I'd do Midworld from the Dark Tower which has a bit more I guess. If you have to do it separate. Man does that name want to be Tolkien so hard.

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British Empire Tier
Foundation Universe
Star Trek (Prime)
Middle-Earth
Oceania
Derelict Alien Spacecraft

French Empire Tier
Discworld
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Stargate Universe
Cthulhu Mythos
Snow Crash Universe
Uplift Universe
Planescape
Tetris Universe
Silent Hill
Fallout Universe
Azeroth
Von Braun
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe
Mid-World
Flatland
Aurbis
Spira
Alola
Star Trek (Kelvin)

Spanish Empire Tier
Gotham City
Babylon 5
Forbidden Lands
Ivalice
Rapture
The Sixth World
The Sprawl
Athas
Warhammer 40K Universe
Scadriel
Westeros
Dresden Files Universe
Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters
One Piece Universe
Toriko Universe
Xanth
Yharnam
Orthogonal Universe
Half-Life Universe
Lensman Universe
Zones of Thought Universe

German Empire Tier
Amestris
Mountain and Sea Realm
Bionis and Mechanis
Oz
The Island (Lost)
Hyrule
Eberron
Japanifornia (Ace Attorney)
Sunnydale
Hades
SCP Universe
Nosgoth
Roshar
Zemuria
Valhalla
Organization of North American Nations
Agrabah

Portuguese Empire Tier
Castle Rock
Manhattan (Escape from New York)
The Twilight
Unova
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Hoenn

Dutch Empire Tier
The Expanse Universe
Pern
Pandora (Borderlands)
God of War Universe
Fallen London
Bright Falls
Dusk, Pennsylvania
Gallowmere
Duelist Kingdom
Mushroom Kingdom
Raccoon City
Monster Hunter Universe
Rimworld
Arcadia Bay
Deepsea Metro
America (Death Stranding)
Alrest

Italian Empire Tier
2001 Universe
Ravenloft
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Willamette Parkview Mall
Kingdom Hearts
Arcadia and Stark
Mount Massive Asylum
London (Shawn of the Dead Universe)
Mineral Town
Space Jam
Katamari Universe
Superjail! Universe
Dream Land
Pac-Man Universe

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Westeros: Im not a huge fan of generic fantasy Europe, but Ill admit that Westeros is probably the best example of it. I mean, yeah: its generic fantasy Europe. I like the idea of seasons that have unpredictable lengths screwing everything up. I sort of like the idea of the Wall, even if the logistics dont make any sense. And yeah, Im gonna talk about logistics, deal with it. The more seriously youre trying to be taken, the more it matters, so Azeroth gets a pass on things Westeros doesnt. I dont know how to feel about the reduced importance of religion compared to real world medieval Europe, I kind of feel like those things were too tightly interlinked for the Maesters to function as they do, but Ill let it slide. Im not REALLY sure how I feel about a continent the size of South America being united by medieval technology. Even today, with modern technology, theres only one country the size of South America, and its only one country because 70% of it is Siberia. I realize they united it using dragons, so I guess I can accept it on the grounds that it hasnt fallen apart yet. One thing I dont accept is that everyone overlooks the Iron Islanders constant nonsense. Please. The Vikings got away with that because they were far away from everyone of importance, and their way of life fell apart the second large countries began to form. The last important Viking died in 1066. So to tell me that these large, powerful pseudo-countries havent already marched onto the islands and massacred every adult male is absurd. And yeah, I know that Ned Stark sort of did that when he was young, Im talking pre-Ned Stark. The Iron Islands would realistically have been wiped clean of all the not!Vikings centuries before the story starts. Aside from that, Im not a fan of rectangular continents? It looks ridiculously unnatural. I get it, I know Westeros is just England and Ireland put on top of each other and flipped vertically, but it looks insane. No landmass would ever form like that. Honestly, Westeros is most fun to look up insane fan theories about. My favorite one is that Westeros and Essos connect in the north and form a giant circle where most of it is frozen and controlled by the Others.


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Star Trek (Prime): Talking only about the setting itself, and not the stories or atmosphere, I still really love Star Trek. Im done with Star Wars, but Ill watch even bad Star Trek. I mean, Ill never rewatch Discovery or Picard, but I still gave them a shot. Of course, you have to accept a ton of stuff that doesnt make sense, like how the Federation doesnt solve its existential problems by slinging around the sun, but fine, I dont actually care about that sort of nitpicky nonsense, I just find it funny to point out. And the ships! Star Trek has such great ship designs. I dont even know what to talk about Star Trek without talking about specific storylines, so Im going to pick out my favorite irrelevant, didnt-have-to-be-here-but-we-did-it-anyway piece of worldbuilding in the franchise. Theres an episode of Deep Space 9 where we go to Cardassia, the planet of fascist lizards, and learn that their trials arent to determine guilt or innocence, theyre just to publicly display how you did your crime, and everyone is always declared guilty. At the start of your trial, your spouse is allowed to say they divorce you, and when a defense lawyer with sixty years of experience accidentally wins a case, he goes pale and realizes hes going to be killed for this. Its so ****ing brilliant. Most other franchises would just say lol its a kangaroo court, but Star Trek went all the way, and I appreciate that.

Star Trek (Kelvin): How do you judge something thats basically the same, but worse? JJ Abrams at least had the decency to just say ALTERNATE UNIVERSE I CAN DO ANYTHING NOW, as opposed to a CERTAIN prequel series I can mention, but man, does Star Trek Into Darkness ever not understand this franchise. Beyond is okay, but its impossible to like it. I cant even remember Idris Elbas evil plan. It doesnt help that the movies hemorrhage cast members, with Carol Marcus just disappearing between movies and Anton Yeltsins unfortunate death in real life. And does anyone mind if I say that I hate how they made Sulu gay? George Takei said he always intended for Sulu to be straight even though hes gay in real life, but clearly Takeis sexuality informed the reboots decisions, because now Sulu is just gay when he never was in the originals. Like Im not insane, right? That is a completely bizarre decision to make, right?

Alola: The decision to focus this game on just Hawaii was a good one. The decision for the evil team to be split between dumb thugs and hyper advanced weido scientists was a good one. The decision for the plot to be about saving someones crazy mom instead of stopping pokegod from blowing up the world was a good one. The decision to have weirdo Hawaiian totems for legendaries was a good one. The biggest misstep here is with Ultra-Space. It was more interesting when it was implied to just be a Cthulhu realm with incomprehensibly bizarre pokemon that dont make sense to our mortal eyes or whatever. Then its revealed to just be another dimension where humans live, and they just have weird pokemon. Bad decision.

Stargate: Of the four Star franchises, Wars, Trek, Gate, and Search, Gate is easily my third favorite. That quote really sums up everything. In the eternal Trek vs Wars battle, one that shall never end, Gate is there. It never quite attained the level of prominence that the others did, and itll always be two steps beneath them, if it even retains that at all. People who love Stargate are the same people who answer Crash when asked Mario or Sonic? The funny part is that the entire premise of this series is ripped off of a Star Trek episode. What if the Greek/Egyptian gods were real, but were aliens? Heres the thing: Star Trek. Its a genius concept. Some guys are in a ship, they travel around and see the whatever planet every episode. Stargate says What if we remove the ship? Its arguably even more genius as a result. The problem is that where Wars has action and excitement and Trek has science and philosophy, Gate has nothing. Its just another adventure in space. And its very fun! Dont get me wrong. I love a completely insane pyramid spaceship ruled by ancient space worm gods with silly voices more than most people, and I love the Replicators even though theyre just the Borg, and I loooooove the Asgard being super geniuses who need humans because we can be smart, but also dumb, and they overlook things like bullets because theyre too primitive. Its all fun. But its easy to see why Trek and Wars have a level of immortality that Gate doesnt. Its easy to see why Trek and Wars still get new content, but Stargate: Atlantis kind of fumbled and Stargate: Universe was rejected by everyone. Gate is fun, and its concepts are fun, but it lacks a deeper idea to motivate it. That, and it was really buoyed by Richard Dean Andersons charisma, and when he left, a lot of the charm went with him.

Arcanum: I plan to play this at some point, so I dont want spoilers, sorry.

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Cthulhu Mythos: The Cthulhu Mythos, its like a thing. What if humans werent important at all? What if there were beings that see us the same way we see ants? They have their own wars and emotions and thoughts, and they literally dont care how they affect us. They dont even hate us, they just dont care. Also, I might be literally the most racist man in 1910s America. Its hard to really call this a coherent universe, because its really disconnected horror stories united by the idea of incomprehensible horrors at the edge of human understanding. Like I really like the idea that we know only a tiny fraction of what there is to know, and that as our science and philosophy improves, we will certainly accidentally uncover wacky shenanigans that will blow our minds and reveal how irrelevant we are, which will drive us insane. I guess thats it, what else is there to even really say? I guess I could talk about how this genre is inherently unfilmable, which is why Cthulhu might be the biggest like thing without a major film adaptation.

Monster Hunter Universe: Oh Jesus, uhhhhhh does this franchise even have a world or a plot? Five minutes of googling reveals that there was once an ancient civilization that left behind some ruins, and the world has a ton of monsters all over it. I once watched a YouTube video about the newest Monster Hunter, and the guy made a big deal of how monsters sometimes fight amongst themselves, which lends verisimilitude to the game. That seemed kind of neat?

Toriko Universe: I know Toriko only from one thing. I follow an insane guy on YouTube who analyzes all Dragon Ball-related media, and one of the things he analyzed was a movie crossover of Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Toriko. When I saw that, I was like what the **** is Toriko? I love when you get an obscure nothing series crossing over with a big name like that. So, this planet is 30% humans, 70% inhospitable and filled with monsters, and this part has all of the best ingredients for food, so people need to enter it and find ingredients? Strange premise, but alright. I like how the people are drawn Fist of the North Star-style, but everything is silly and dumb.

Mid-World: I like the idea of Stephen Kings usually small-scale horror titles being united by this insane epic fantasy. Like, you wouldnt expect an alternate dimension King Arthur to exist in the same universe as Misery, yet here we are. I like the post-apocalypse feeling, I like the disconnected Western town aesthetic, its all good. Instead, lets talk about the movie. How much more could you screw up an attempt at a big movie franchise? Like, you cant call your main villain Walter. I realize thats his name, but the book calls him like the Man in Black. You call him Walter one time as a joke, then go back to the serious name. Its like if Darth Vader was called that one time, then the rest of the franchise just calls him Brent.

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Monster Hunter doesn't have a ton of plot but there's a lot of lore, some of it dubiously canon.

LIke the idea that the world used to be significantly more advanced and ended up warring against some very powerful dragons and creating super soldiers to pursue said war. It didn't go well and civilization was obliterated, leading to the current MH setting, where they have some level of tech but still fight monsters with massively oversized weapons. The hunters doing the fighting are descendants of the original super soldiers. So it's basically a bunch of Captain Americas vs various Toho monsters.

Of course that's all maybe canon, maybe not. I choose to believe it because it's cooler than the alternative which is basically nothing.

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Murphiroth posted...

Monster Hunter doesn't have a ton of plot but there's a lot of lore, some of it dubiously canon.

LIke the idea that the world used to be significantly more advanced and ended up warring against some very powerful dragons and creating super soldiers to pursue said war. It didn't go well and civilization was obliterated, leading to the current MH setting, where they have some level of tech but still fight monsters with massively oversized weapons. The hunters doing the fighting are descendants of the original super soldiers. So it's basically a bunch of Captain Americas vs various Toho monsters.

Of course that's all maybe canon, maybe not. I choose to believe it because it's cooler than the alternative which is basically nothing.

I legitimately had no idea that it had anything even approaching a plot or lore. I always just assumed it was "here's a village, go make stuff until you can kill a dragon or something."

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Columbia (Bioshock Infinite)

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Farscape

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Hmm

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The Badlands (Into the Badlands)

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Calradia (Mount and Blade)

Skyworld (Kid Icarus)
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British Empire Tier
Foundation Universe
Star Trek (Prime)
Middle-Earth
Oceania
Derelict Alien Spacecraft

French Empire Tier
Discworld
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Stargate Universe
Cthulhu Mythos
Snow Crash Universe
Uplift Universe
Planescape
Tetris Universe
Silent Hill
Fallout Universe
Azeroth
Von Braun
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe
Mid-World
Flatland
Aurbis
Spira
Alola
Star Trek (Kelvin)

Spanish Empire Tier
Gotham City
Babylon 5
Forbidden Lands
Ivalice
Rapture
The Sixth World
The Sprawl
Athas
Warhammer 40K Universe
Scadriel
Westeros
Colombia
Dresden Files Universe
Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters
One Piece Universe
Toriko Universe
Xanth
Yharnam
Orthogonal Universe
Half-Life Universe
Lensman Universe
Zones of Thought Universe

German Empire Tier
Amestris
Mountain and Sea Realm
Bionis and Mechanis
Oz
The Island (Lost)
Hyrule
Eberron
Japanifornia (Ace Attorney)
Sunnydale
Farscape
Hades
SCP Universe
Nosgoth
Roshar
Zemuria
Valhalla
Organization of North American Nations
Agrabah

Portuguese Empire Tier
Castle Rock
Manhattan (Escape from New York)
The Twilight
Unova
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Skyworld
Hoenn

Dutch Empire Tier
The Expanse Universe
Pern
Calradia
Pandora (Borderlands)
God of War Universe
Fallen London
Bright Falls
Dusk, Pennsylvania
Gallowmere
Duelist Kingdom
Mushroom Kingdom
Raccoon City
Monster Hunter Universe
Rimworld
Arcadia Bay
Deepsea Metro
America (Death Stranding)
Alrest

Italian Empire Tier
2001 Universe
Ravenloft
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Willamette Parkview Mall
Kingdom Hearts
Arcadia and Stark
Mount Massive Asylum
London (Shawn of the Dead Universe)
Mineral Town
Space Jam
Katamari Universe
Superjail! Universe
Dream Land
Pac-Man Universe

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Colombia: In 1893, the US government built a flying city, and then it declared independence. Even though it was built in the late 1800s, everything follows a 1700s aesthetic, and although its the 1800s, they still have semi-modern technology. Is there a word for that? That kind of telling the audience the year and then using clearly advanced technology like its no big deal thing that Hideo Kojima also does? Anyway, the leadership then decides that the United States has strayed from the Founding Fathers original vision, so they need to maintain it by being super theocratic, fascist, and racist. Well, okay, Im willing to accept that theyre super racist, but then why allow black people into their city at all? Just because they need workers? I feel like if you can build a flying city with all this advanced technology, you can probably find a way to make manual labor less necessary, Im just saying. Anyway, overall, solid premise.

Farscape Universe: Oh, Farscape. Youre okay, I guess. Im something of an aficionado of space shows, and I can definitively state that 90% of them are pure, unwatchable garbage. Farscape isnt one of them, but its no Star Trek: TNG, either. Farscape feels like an attempt to do subversion of expectations before that was really a proper thing, and I generally dont like that kind of thing unless its masterfully executed, like something like Undertale. There are lots of weird things in Farscape that are fun and that I enjoy, but the overall world itself? Its kind of unpleasant, to be honest.

The Badlands: Im willing to accept a post-apocalypse where evil noblemen have taken over the southwestern United States and each specialize in an industry like slavery, farming, and so on. Im willing to accept that some technology survives, so people have cars and so on. But no guns? The technical expertise required to build a gun is far lower than that which is required to build and maintain a car, so they have to be able to build guns, they just refuse to use them because bad, so they use crossbows and swords? Immersion: broken.

Calradia: Oh god, this is the origin of that stupid meme map from 4chan? Learn something new every day, I guess. Alright, so this looks like the absolute most stock not!Europe Ive ever seen, right down to a not!Roman Empire that collapsed in the distant past. Yeah, Nords to the north, a Sultanate to the south, got it. The Wiki even describes most of its past as unknown, which makes it harder to judge, I guess, but eh.

Skyworld: Its hard to really judge this as a setting, because its super barebones. Its just Ancient Greece in the sky. The appeal of Kid Icarus (at least Uprising) is Pit, Palutena, and Hades just screwing around. The actual setting is barely present. I will admit that I didnt see the weird aliens coming, though. That game just constantly throws crazy stuff at you, it never lets up. Really good game, shame they never made another one.

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Is there a word for that? That kind of telling the audience the year and then using clearly advanced technology like its no big deal thing that Hideo Kojima also does

Anachronism?

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Anachronism?

Well, I meant specifically for too-advanced technology in a historical setting.

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Fables Universe (Fables comic)

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Far Far Away (Shrek)
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Underground (Undertale)

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Are people just going to nominate any setting I mention offhand?

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Narnia

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Calradia: Oh god, this is the origin of that stupid meme map from 4chan? Learn something new every day, I guess. Alright, so this looks like the absolute most stock not!Europe Ive ever seen, right down to a not!Roman Empire that collapsed in the distant past. Yeah, Nords to the north, a Sultanate to the south, got it. The Wiki even describes most of its past as unknown, which makes it harder to judge, I guess, but eh.

I actually like this more than other not Europe settings by including the not Mongols, not Byzantines, not Slavs and not Normans (there's a prequel). Better than the typical Western Europe, I guess.

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Are people just going to nominate any setting I mention offhand?

yes but I'm an Undertale rallier and only nommed it because I like it

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