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SovietOmega
04/25/20 2:04:24 AM
#203:


Folks have tried to explain into the badlands' lack of guns, and they all fall short at some point because of course it makes no logical sense. It's just one of those things that is the way it is so that all the amazing wire fu action scenes can be reasonably justified.

edit: also, you didn't rank the badlands

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04/25/20 2:05:30 AM
#204:


handsomeboy2012 posted...
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.
That is something of an advantage, I'll admit.

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norenxaq
04/25/20 2:28:32 AM
#205:


narnia

I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet
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04/25/20 2:33:16 AM
#206:


norenxaq posted...
narnia

I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet
36 minutes ago, broseph.

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redrocket
04/25/20 2:36:15 AM
#207:


The Verse (Firefly/Serenity)

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MetalmindStats
04/25/20 2:44:05 AM
#208:


Spider-Verse (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)

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norenxaq
04/25/20 2:50:29 AM
#209:


oih...just saw that
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Johnbobb
04/25/20 10:53:10 AM
#210:


A coffin buried underground (Buried)

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04/25/20 5:10:33 PM
#211:


SovietOmega posted...
Folks have tried to explain into the badlands' lack of guns, and they all fall short at some point because of course it makes no logical sense. It's just one of those things that is the way it is so that all the amazing wire fu action scenes can be reasonably justified.

edit: also, you didn't rank the badlands
Will add it into my next ranking.

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04/25/20 5:36:30 PM
#212:


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
Underground (Undertale)
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
Firefly Universe
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Skyworld
Hoenn
Spider-Verse

Dutch Empire Tier
The Expanse Universe
Pern
Calradia
Pandora (Borderlands)
God of War Universe
Narnia
The Badlands
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
Far, Far Away
Ravenloft
Fables Universe
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Willamette Parkview Mall
Kingdom Hearts
A Coffin Buried Underground
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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Fables Universe: All the fairytale creatures and characters are real, they secretly live in New York City, theres a secret Adversary corrupting their realms, etc. Ever notice how its always New York or LA? If you wanted to have a secret community of monsters, wouldnt it be smarter to do it in like Boise or Denver? Somewhere that has all the amenities you need, but wont attract international attention? Or maybe even just have a small town all to yourselves thats off the beaten track. What Im saying is basically anywhere except New York City. Regardless, look. I dont care about fairytales at all. Like ten years ago, there was a grimdark fairytale genre of movie, and I saw them, and I wanted to kill myself. Fables predates that, but its the same basica idea.

Far Far Away (Shrek): Im just going to say it, Im sorry if this offends anyone: Shrek ruined kids films. After Shrek, everything had to be ironic, and were still sort of in that situation. The only big kid movie since Shrek that doesnt have some kind of subversion of expectations is Tangled. Even Frozen has a scene where Elsa is like LOL YOU CANT MARRY A DUDE YOU JUST MET. I blame Shrek. It is 100% Shreks fault. Also, I dont like Puss in Boots.

Underground (Undertale): After complaining about subversions of expectations in Fables and Far Far Away, heres where Im going to reveal myself as a giant hypocrite. I avoided playing Undertale for years because I thought it couldnt be that good, and then I finally played it, and it was absolutely that good. I generally dislike hate, silly atmospheres starring little kids thats so popular in indie games, and yet, here we are. Everything in this game is just masterfully designed to get you, including the setting, obviously. Anyone mind if I ask a stupid question? So, in Genocide, Undyne is like Alphys contacted Asgore and told him about you, hes totally gonna mess you up, then when you get to Asgore he doesnt know whats going on. What is the deal with that?

Narnia: My only exposure to Narnia is the first of the movies that came out fourteen years ago? Ish? Anyway, I saw it with my sister, who doesnt watch movies and never watches fantasy. We got to the part where Santa Claus gives a little girl a knife and she was like what. Anyway, Narnia itself does not excite me. Sorry. I get the Jesus allegory, I get it all, Im just not that into it.

Firefly Universe: I remember people used to rally around Firefly as an unfairly cancelled series, and its true. But Firefly is honestly, like, its fine. I dont think it had more than maybe two seasons in it anyway. Like, okay, its fine that the space empire is an evil bureaucracy that wants to control everyone because evil, I get that, and the heroes are losers at the margins. The Wild West aesthetics are at least more justified here, it does make some sense theyd have horses and stuff. One thing I always thought was weird was people hailing this as like visionary for showing a combined American-Chinese culture in the future, and Im like what? The characters say like two Mandarin words in the entire show, its just the Wild West in space. Like, look, maybe if the show had gone on for longer, we could have learned more about the Alliance or whatever, but it was always going to be a paint-by-numbers space empire. As for the Reavers, look. I accept cannibalistic space barbarians in something like Warhammer 40K, where nothing matters, but if youre trying for any amount of seriousness, then we have to ask questions like how people who cant even speak because theyre so angry can maintain spaceships. Also, I want to shout out to whoever I argued with thirteen years ago on Board 8 about this show, I dont know his name, but he was like oh this is the most realistic depiction of space ever, the only time theres sound in space is when they shoot through a nebula which technically constitutes an atmosphere for sound to move through and I was like dude come on no one thought of that.

Spider-Verse: Im not quite sure how to rank this, since the setting is just Spidermans New York City, except a multiverse of them with many Spidermen. The city itself is just New York through a cool faux-comic lens, but the multiverse concept is also basically just what yo
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norenxaq
04/25/20 6:08:05 PM
#213:


re morales: one of his male ancestors could have been hispanic
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Johnbobb
04/25/20 6:12:52 PM
#214:


Anagram posted...
A Coffin Buried Underground: Uhhhhhhhh

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Overwatch universe


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handsomeboy2012
04/26/20 4:54:29 AM
#215:


Persona
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04/27/20 11:59:07 AM
#216:


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
Underground (Undertale)
Planescape
Tetris Universe
Silent Hill
Fallout Universe
Azeroth
Von Braun
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe
Mid-World
Flatland
Aurbis
Persona Universe
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
Firefly Universe
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Skyworld
Hoenn
Spider-Verse

Dutch Empire Tier
The Expanse Universe
Pern
Overwatch Universe
Calradia
Pandora (Borderlands)
God of War Universe
Narnia
The Badlands
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
Far, Far Away
Ravenloft
Fables Universe
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Willamette Parkview Mall
Kingdom Hearts
A Coffin Buried Underground
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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Overwatch Universe: I specifically remember Overwatch being advertised as a future worth fighting for, and my reaction was what future isnt worth fighting for? Like even Mad Max futures still have people fighting for them. I maintain that this is a stupid description. I like some of the clean iPod aesthetic the technology has, and I like the Mad Maxness Australia has going on for no reason, but the history of the world with the robot slaves and racism and all that makes zero sense. When the first trailer was released, people compared it to Pixar, but Overwatch is trying for more care about our worldness, I guess? Not a big fan, to be honest. Also, Moira really clashes with the rest of the game, I hate her.

Persona Universe: Does anyone else think that they need a better name than Persona User? Just saying. So, its hard to really rank this because each game has a different aesthetic and explanation for the second universe, but overall, I think the idea of peoples unconscious ideas coming to life and the heroes only being able to deal with them by accepting something about themselves and tremendous trauma is genius. Persona 4 has the strongest method of gaining a persona, where you need to accept who you are, but the others are still solid. Im not a fan of the cute mascot characters, though. Ill be curious if P6 keeps P5s aesthetic, since P5 did so well.

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NFUN
04/27/20 12:11:38 PM
#217:


Killer Instinct Universe

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Pirateking2000
04/27/20 12:12:39 PM
#218:


Land of Ooo (Adventure Time)

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Johnbobb
04/27/20 12:37:06 PM
#219:


Jefferson Island (MadWorld)

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Kira_Amaya
04/27/20 12:45:40 PM
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MarkS222222222222222
05/01/20 1:40:51 AM
#221:


The future in Back to the Future 2

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05/01/20 1:57:00 AM
#222:


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
Underground (Undertale)
Planescape
Tetris Universe
Silent Hill
Fallout Universe
Azeroth
Evil Biff Future
Von Braun
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe
Mid-World
Flatland
Aurbis
Persona Universe
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
Killer Instinct Universe
Unova
Firefly Universe
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Skyworld
Hoenn
Spider-Verse

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

Italian Empire Tier
2001 Universe
Far, Far Away
Ravenloft
Jefferson Island
Fables Universe
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Willamette Parkview Mall
Kingdom Hearts
A Coffin Buried Underground
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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Killer Instinct Universe: Its almost inconceivable how many fighting game franchises there are that Ive never played. Every time I think I know them all, I learn about another. Id heard the name Killer Instinct before, but Id never seen the games in action. I like how theres an evil corporation just named UltraTech. Whats the most pointless evil corporation in vidoh hell we all know its Umbrella. There are humans, mutants created to test their strength, and a demon whose head is split in two, because why not? Alright, look, this looks like a low-rent version of Mortal Kombat. I appreciate the DKC-esque graphics, thats very interesting for a SNES title, but as an actual universe in itself, eh?

Land of Ooo: Sorry, I plan to watch Adventure Time at some point, cant read about for fear of spoilers.

Jefferson Island: The most interesting thing about MadWorld is it being in black-and-white to get around Wii limitations. Its one of those games thats like 2% more memorable than the random dreck no one ever thinks about, so it occasionally comes up. Alright, so this island is where people compete in a gladiatorial game, and its probably in Nevada. Look, okay, look. Same thing with Killer Instinct. It has a sort of neat visual style, but the world itself is nothing special.

Earth Bet: An alternate universe with superheroes, where the superhero culture has a million unwritten rules and bizarre politics. Interesting concept, but Im not a big enough superhero fan to read it, sorry!

Evil Biff Future: I watched Back to the Future dozens of times as a kid. Im not joking, I broke the VCR by getting BttF2 stuck in it, I watched it that many times. It wasnt until I rewatched it when I was like 25 that I realized future Biff was Donald Trump. How many celebrities have been culturally relevant huge deals since 1985? Not many. Anyway, I love the super 80s of BttFs alternate timelines. The glitz, the ugly glamor, the evil Trump casino, all of it. Fun fact: they wanted Martys siblings to be in the evil future, but the sister was pregnant at the time, and they were like We cant include her being pregnant here or else Marty undoing this future effectively kills his nephew, but it would be weird to include his brother and not his sister, so they just cut both characters.

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NFUN
05/01/20 2:19:28 AM
#223:


note: I know basically nothing of Killer Instinct's world I just took a guess that it could be cool

next on Mick Gordon's list

DOOM

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SovietOmega
05/01/20 2:33:12 AM
#224:


Since I just bought Disgaea 5 today (steam's got it on sale for $20 right now)...

Disgaea

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Eddv
05/01/20 2:42:10 AM
#225:


Warhammer Fantasy

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redrocket
05/01/20 2:51:44 AM
#226:


Battletech

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Hbthebattle
05/01/20 2:57:25 AM
#227:


El Nido Archipelago (Chrono Cross)
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Snake5555555555
05/01/20 3:27:35 AM
#228:


Yautja Prime (Predator)

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Raka_Putra
05/01/20 4:50:22 AM
#229:


The Wizarding World (Harry Potter)

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Johnbobb
05/01/20 10:53:51 AM
#230:


Paradise Falls (Up)

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Kira_Amaya
05/01/20 11:02:13 AM
#231:


Gensokyo (Touhou Project)

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05/02/20 1:37:01 AM
#232:


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
Underground (Undertale)
Planescape
Tetris Universe
Silent Hill
Fallout Universe
Azeroth
Warhammer Fantasy
Evil Biff Future
Von Braun
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe
Mid-World
Flatland
Aurbis
Persona Universe
Spira
Alola
Star Trek (Kelvin)

Spanish Empire Tier
Gotham City
Babylon 5
Wizarding World
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
BattleTech Universe
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
Killer Instinct Universe
Unova
Firefly Universe
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Skyworld
Hoenn
Spider-Verse

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

Italian Empire Tier
2001 Universe
Far, Far Away
Ravenloft
Jefferson Island
Fables Universe
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Paradise Falls
Willamette Parkview Mall
Yautja Prime
Kingdom Hearts
A Coffin Buried Underground
El Nido Archipelago
Arcadia and Stark
Mount Massive Asylum
London (Shawn of the Dead Universe)
Mineral Town
Space Jam
Gensokyo
Katamari Universe
Superjail! Universe
Dream Land
Pac-Man Universe

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Doom Universe: For me, the defining Doom moment will always be when I was like nine or ten, went to Frys with my mom, and there was a station to play the latest Doom at. I dont even know what game it was. I sucked really hard, and an employee smiled at me and showed me how to cheat by opening up some command console or something (I dont remember the exact details) and giving myself infinite ammo. As for the setting itself? Ironic stupidity is really the only way it could have gone. Its just Theres a portal to Hell on Mars, a marine kills everything, hes so badass the demons are scared of him. Being stupid on purpose was the only thing you could have really done with that, so I respect that.

Netherworlds: When I was in high school and I mentioned liking FFT, my friend spent months trying to get me to play Disgaea. I never did. Demons and the dead people inhabit Hell, youre a demon prince trying to conquer everything, and two lolis follow you around, I guess. I dont mind everything being silly and dumb, but this is just not my bag, sorry.

Warhammer Fantasy: I never heard of Warhammer as a kid. When I was like 19, I discovered Warhammer 40K on Wikipedia, and I spent hours consuming all of the lore I could find. I was really interested by it because that was the height of my Star Trek mania, and this was like discovering a whole new thing, because it was. Then I discovered Warhammer Fantasy, and its pretty good. Its better than any official D&D setting, Ill at least give it that. Whoever made it said Lets take all of the Lord of the Rings stuff, but make it a bit more grimdark, add vampires and mummies for some reason, and add some comical stuff like Cockney orcs. I like a lot of the details, like elves and dwarves hating each other because of the War of the Beard, where elves shaved off a dwarfs beard and it triggered a disastrous war that ruined both of their empires, or dwarves who dedicate themselves to dying in combat and go around fighting the strongest monsters, or a near-mythical god-king in the distant past of humanity who founded the Empire (seriously, stop naming things the Empire or the Federation). What I dont like is the world map. I hate world maps that are just Earth, but a little different. I at least appreciate the main setting being not!Germany instead of not!England, I guess. Overall, Id say this is a more solid setting than most people give it credit for, and its a shame that its overshadowed so much by 40K.

BattleTech Universe: Ive never played BattleMech, but I did spend some time reading its Wikipedia and TVTropes articles a while ago. I do like space stuff, and I appreciate the level of trying to justify this the setting goes through. I like the idea of a big space empire splitting apart, some of the military leaving to unknown space, and then coming back to find the remnants fighting, and the remnants have bigger forces, but the old military has the height of technology from the old empire, and has developed a crazy warrior code that actually makes it harder to fight. I dont buy that stupid warrior guys can build crazy advanced space stuff, but Ill allow this under the Klingon Exception. Overall: pretty good.

El Nido Archipelago: In terms of series with only two games, Chrono definitely has the biggest divide between them in quality. I dont even really want to talk about this, I just want to complain about Chrono Cross. Look, heres the thing. Theres a species of Japanese writer thats obsessed with convoluted nonsense. They tend to love weird DNA stuff, time travel, nonsensical references to Christianity, and alternate dimensions. The most famous member of this species is Tetsuya Nomura, but there are others. Like, Chrono Cross. Couldve just been a game about time travel. No! Theres a supercomputer named FATE that causes the planet to be counterbalanced by an alternate dimension and fifteen-thousand years of time travel that causes islands to be terraformed in a small sea that forms the setting of the game and its like you have completely lost me.

Yautja Prime: Alright, Im just going to say it. I like the RedLetterMedia version of Predator better, where the Predators are just rich aliens on hunting vacations who wear monster masks to screw with humans. Predator 1 is the only good one. The last one, The Predator, is unbearably awful. I could talk for like 3000 words about all the things wrong in it, but the main one is lore. No one cares about Predator lore. The less you know, the more interesting they are. So being asked about the Predator homeworld is like being asked to ruin something interesting. Fine. Its a lava-ish hot planet with generic sci-fi cities. There you go.


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05/02/20 1:37:05 AM
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Wizarding World: Different writers have different strengths and different weaknesses. JK Rowlings greatest strength as a writer is that shes really good at coming up with weird, memorable ideas and characters. There are characters who barely show up in Harry Potter, but I remember them perfectly, and I only read the books once each, when they came out. There are little magical doodads that everyone remembers, too. Shes fantastic at coming up with this kind of thing and integrating it into the story well, like invisibility cloaks, enslaved elves who like their lot in life, different brands of flying broomsticks, and so on. Her weakness is logic. She has no ability whatsoever to determine how item A affects things outside of the narrow situation she designed it for. The Time Turner is the biggest offender for this, like, if the wizards can just make time travel devices and give them to children, how are there any issues? And dont say theres a limit on the Time Turner or whatever, because that horrible play confirms there isnt. Then there was another time when someone asked how old Dumbledore was when he died, she gave a number, people calculated the year of his birth, and she declared that they were wrong. Like, come on, here. My point is that although Hogwarts is this fantastic place full of amazing adventures that really get your imagination going, if you put 1% effort into thinking about anything, it all falls apart. Although, given what came after, maybe Im giving her too much credit. Invisible wizard poop is just where the problems with her start. I dont want to spoil Fantastic Beasts 2 in case someone out there wants to watch it, but it basically exposes Rowling as a horrible hack fraud who just got unbelievably lucky with Harry Potter. Jeez. Now that I think about it, is Harry Potter the last, like, HUGE book series that everyone lined up for and kept up with as they came out?

Paradise Falls: Im gonna just admit it: Ive never seen Up. Up is the only Pixar movie Ive never seen that people care about (Ive also never seen any of the Cars movies or the one with the dinosaur). But I mean, just looking at this, its a jungle with a really tall cliff and a waterfall, and it really exists. Thats cool, I guess? Im assuming the appeal of Up is not the location itself.

Gensokyo: I briefly read that as MegaTokyo and panicked. Then I realized what it actually was: that stupid setting that ruined every Most Powerful Fictional Character contest I ran back in the day. Control over boundaries, my ass. Anyway, this is a fantasy version of feudal Japan, but with little girls who have functionally omnipotent powers and silly hats. I approve of the hats, but nothing else. I mean, okay, I dont mind mystical feudal Japan, with magical lakes, kappa, and all of that, but the selling point of this universe is lolis with hats, and thats not my jam.

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05/02/20 1:41:20 AM
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that stupid setting that ruined every Most Powerful Fictional Character contest

Speaking of series that ruin versus debates
Nasuverse (Fate/Stay Night)
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05/02/20 10:40:44 AM
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Now that I think about it, is Harry Potter the last, like, HUGE book series that everyone lined up for and kept up with as they came out?
Maybe Hunger Games? Not Harry Potter level huge but it was pretty massive

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05/02/20 10:41:20 AM
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Chalkzone

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05/02/20 11:52:06 AM
#237:


Johnbobb posted...
Maybe Hunger Games? Not Harry Potter level huge but it was pretty massive
Ah, that's a good answer.

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05/02/20 12:19:24 PM
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Journey to the west
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05/02/20 12:22:38 PM
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Shadowrun

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05/02/20 4:59:19 PM
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I already did Shadowrun, under the Sixth World.

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05/02/20 5:36:18 PM
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J.K. Rowling really should have someone to keep her setting and details straight.

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05/02/20 6:18:33 PM
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Dune

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05/03/20 12:27:17 PM
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British Empire Tier
Foundation Universe
Star Trek (Prime)
Middle-Earth
Oceania
Derelict Alien Spacecraft

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

Spanish Empire Tier
Gotham City
Babylon 5
Wizarding World
Forbidden Lands
Ivalice
Rapture
The Sixth World
The Sprawl
Athas
Warhammer 40K Universe
Journey to the West Universe
Scadriel
Westeros
Colombia
Dresden Files Universe
Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters
One Piece Universe
Toriko Universe
Xanth
BattleTech Universe
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
Killer Instinct Universe
Unova
Firefly Universe
England (Monty Python)
Worlds of Strata
Septerra Core Universe
Animal Crossing Universe
USG Ishimura
Hopes Peak Academy
Skyworld
Hoenn
Spider-Verse

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

Italian Empire Tier
2001 Universe
Far, Far Away
Ravenloft
Jefferson Island
Fables Universe
Third Earth
Possum Springs
Los Santos
Nasuverse
Paradise Falls
Willamette Parkview Mall
Yautja Prime
Kingdom Hearts
A Coffin Buried Underground
El Nido Archipelago
Arcadia and Stark
Mount Massive Asylum
London (Shawn of the Dead Universe)
Mineral Town
Space Jam
Gensokyo
Katamari Universe
Superjail! Universe
Dream Land
Pac-Man Universe

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ChalkZone: I saw like one episode of this forever ago, I was just a little too old for it when it first came out. The premise is fascinating: a kid can travel to the magical ChalkZone, where everything thats ever been drawn in chalk and then erased appears. The world itself looks like a chalkboard where things are drawn out of chalk, of course. Fantastic idea for a setting, which explains why this series has so much fan art even though it left no impression on wider pop culture. Too bad ChalkZone must be slowly dying, since schools have basically abandoned chalkboards in favor of whiteboards or smartboards.

Journey to the West Universe: This may sound weird, but its hard to judge this one because it feels like its the default Chinese epic that all other Chinese stuff steals from? Reading a synopsis of what happens in it (I hesitate to use the word plot) looks like a blueprint for the few other Chinese things Ive seen. Although, I ranked Lord of the Rings, so maybe Im just a jerk. Anyway, Ill focus on the part that everyone remembers: the Monkey King. Its interesting how whenever a Western video game wants to rake in those Chinese bucks, they immediately mine the Monkey King for ideas. I dont know, this feels weird. Do non-Western works ever try to appeal to the West by including King Arthur? Because if so, I want to see that.

Dune Universe: Foundation and Dune are basically the basis for most of the space opera genres deeper ideas. What can even be said about Dune? Theres a real verisimilitude here that doesnt exist in most other settings. There are a billion competing factions, completely insane uses of realish things (I can talk in such a precise way that normal people must obey me), explorations of what it means be the chosen one and peoples innate desire for a savior and inability to judge their worthiness for themselves, man, just so much is packed in here. Most important of all is the gay twink prostitutes with gas caps on their hearts so Baron Harkonnen can remove the cap and laugh evilly while they die, which is totally in the books and not something David Lynch invented out of whole cloth. Anyway, I hope the new Dune movies get to the fourth book (they wont) because thats the one where a guy turns into a giant worm with a human face.


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05/03/20 12:37:43 PM
#245:


There will never be a more deadly serious book starring a man-worm than God Emperor of Dune.

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05/03/20 3:27:08 PM
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"Do non-Western works ever try to appeal to the West by including King Arthur? Because if so, I want to see that."
"The first is that King Arthur is a girl...Im sorry, this series is everything I dislike."

From dipping my toe into the Fate series, I understand that the first game is good the series/movies of the game are good, but everything else is a pile of excessive fanwankery. But if it isn't your cup of tea, you're not really missing much either. It's kinda up there with Jojo, you either dig it, or it's whatever. You also probably wouldn't believe me if I told you just how many versions of Saber there are, because it is unreal. Kingdom Hearts makes more sense than there being so many versions of a female king arthur.

As far as deliberately appealing to western mythology goes, nothing really comes to mind except maybe that one sonic game.

Speaking of sonic...

Mobius (Sonic series)


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05/03/20 4:55:55 PM
#247:


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From dipping my toe into the Fate series, I understand that the first game is good the series/movies of the game are good, but everything else is a pile of excessive fanwankery. But if it isn't your cup of tea, you're not really missing much either. It's kinda up there with Jojo, you either dig it, or it's whatever. You also probably wouldn't believe me if I told you just how many versions of Saber there are, because it is unreal. Kingdom Hearts makes more sense than there being so many versions of a female king arthur.
It doesn't surprise me that Fate would be a KH-style mess.

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05/04/20 4:35:04 AM
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Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)

Also can we do several at once? I have more for you.

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05/04/20 5:42:55 AM
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Digital World (Digimon Adventure)

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05/04/20 5:49:47 AM
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Anyway, this is a fantasy version of feudal Japan, but with little girls who have functionally omnipotent powers and silly hats. I approve of the hats, but nothing else. I mean, okay, I dont mind mystical feudal Japan, with magical lakes, kappa, and all of that, but the selling point of this universe is lolis with hats, and thats not my jam.


They're pretty good hats though.

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05/04/20 5:54:42 AM
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Earth (from Outlander)

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05/04/20 6:22:17 AM
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The Oldest House (Control)

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05/04/20 7:34:39 AM
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Pandora (Jesus Incident Universe - Frank Herbert)

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