Current Events > Has your city ever been the setting in a game? Was it accurate?

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I guess there's a lot of of New Yorkers and Los Angeles-ers.

Detroit is in several games, and in every single game i see it in it is like 100x nicer in the game.

Maybe if they did a fallout set here it would look more accurate

Yes. But I'm in Los Angeles, lol. When I first started coming across games set in LA, I'd always drive around and explore and see if it matches up and if my neighborhood is there. Some have been more accurate than others. But typically, the individual neighboorhoods are never accurate. It only has the same general layout and just hits the more known landmarks like the Hollywood sign to the north, the santa monica pier to the west, etc.

I think Charleston was in Assassin's Creed 4.

Fallout 4

for some reason we're the small town midwest everyone loves to film their shit in
we've had like 5 movies shot here in the last 3 or so years

The original Watch Dogs with Chicago, and no it wasn't accurate.

I'm pretty sure all US capitol cities were featured in Rampage. I can't speak as to whether or not it was accurately represented.

I've yet to see Dallas in any game.

Vicious_Dios posted...

I've yet to see Dallas in any game.

JFK Reloaded

Vicious_Dios posted...

I've yet to see Dallas in any game.

What about sports titles?

Flauros posted...

JFK Reloaded

Made me spit out my beer. Not cool, man..

FortuneCookie posted...

What about sports titles?

I don't play sports games. I'm betting they just used stock stadium sets.

no, but somewhere close was the "inspiration" for a game.

i guess that one was kinda close.

"Phenac City" in Pokmon Colosseum/XD is at least 100,000 times smaller in that game than it is in real life, but I appreciate the representation anyway.

Lol no. I don't think there's any video games with a small booming coal town from the early 20th century.

Not counting sports stadiums, I can't think of any game.

Only one I know is DLC in Fallout 3. Anchorage. But I never played the dlc. So I don't actually know what it's like

Zikten posted...

Only one I know is DLC in Fallout 3. Anchorage. But I never played the dlc. So I don't actually know what it's like

It all takes place very high in the mountains and most of it is on narrow catwalks. The gameplay is based more around stealth. Eventually you will end up on a base where you do some missions and get some stealth armor and power armor that wont break on you.

Is Louisiana in any video game at all? I imagine if it were, it would just be NOLA that's represented, and I live in Baton Rouge.

toadfan64 posted...

Lol no. I don't think there's any video games with a small booming coal town from the early 20th century.

Trails from Zero

Vicious_Dios posted...

I don't play sports games. I'm betting they just used stock stadium sets.

Google had this to say.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/4/7/AAdlC_AAD8vv.png
I'm sure there are sports games which feature a city view of Dallas (accurate or not), but I'm not going to try and sift through dozens -- possibly hundreds -- of them to find out.

Kakariko Village here. Ocarina of Time got most things right. The Cucco lady is actually a man, but other than that, I'd have to be real nitpicky to find something unforgivably inaccurate.

infamous second son was set in seattle but it didnt really look anything like seattle

the amount of people who dont realize the space needle is like a mile outside of downtown and relatively small compared to most of downtown's skyscrapers is wild

Uh...if Philly has been the setting for a game Ive never played it.

Gotham City in Batman '89 is a fictionalized version of Indianapolis (where producer Michael E. Uslan went to college).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/5/4/AAdlC_AAD8v2.png

Am I allowed to count video game adaptations of Batman '89 as taking place in my nearest city?

Lukey_Bug posted...

Uh...if Philly has been the setting for a game Ive never played it.

There was a level on Tony Hawk 2 and I'm pretty sure Heavy Rain took place there.

The Scott Pilgrim game I guess?

Verdekal posted...

There was a level on Tony Hawk 2 and I'm pretty sure Heavy Rain took place there.

Ok than. I was more of a Tony Hawk 3 guy growing up and I've never played Heavy Rain so that probably explains that lol

NYC so the Spidermans games obviously. However I remember seeing Project Gotham Racing 4 the first time and was amazed at how well lower Manhattan was made.

GTA V was crazy accurate in certain parts. Venice Beach in particular.

Everyone has, Microsoft Flight Simulator exists.

@FortuneCookie posted...

Google had this to say.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/4/7/AAdlC_AAD8vv.png
I'm sure there are sports games which feature a city view of Dallas (accurate or not), but I'm not going to try and sift through dozens -- possibly hundreds -- of them to find out.

Shoot, I wasn't even expecting anyone to follow through, so you already did way more than I was prepared to invest into this topic.

Thanks, though.

Super_Slash posted...

Trails from Zero

Is it based off any specific US city by chance?

Nope. Not my little town. I can visit it in Flight Sim though. All the buildings are where they should be even though they're just generic.

New Reno was in Fallout 2, and Virgin Street in FO2 is based on the real Virginia St. and the big Reno sign is there. That's about as accurate as it gets.

No.

Super_Slash posted...

Is Louisiana in any video game at all? I imagine if it were, it would just be NOLA that's represented, and I live in Baton Rouge.

NORCO takes place in Louisiana

Probably live about 14 minutes from where AC:R is set.

Super_Slash posted...

Is Louisiana in any video game at all? I imagine if it were, it would just be NOLA that's represented, and I live in Baton Rouge.

Walking dead VR game for PS4 I believe

There are like 100+ games set in San Francisco where I grew up.
San Francisco Rush's take was super fun.

I'm on the border of southwest Washington State and Northwest Oregon now. I guess... Days Gone? I think there's a Need for Speed with a Portland track. Any NBA game with the Trailblazers of course.

Games, I don't think so. Movies, a few.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_set_in_Houston

NYC is obviously a lot, though it's always Manhattan, and never the other 4 boroughs.

Prototype 1 and 2 kind got some of the feel, but I remember playing Crysis 2 right after, and that shit was completely off lol.

I'd say Spider-Man/Miles Morales got it right the best, even though it's still not fully accurate. It gives me some of the same feels and vibes as when I'm in those actual parts of Manhattan.

Statue of Liberty is not as close to in-land as movies had made them.

I have to update my answer.

I totally forgot about playing Cross Country Canada on school computers when I was in elementary school.

It was like Oregon Trail but you're a trucker.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/4/1/AAaYRLAAD88J.jpg

toadfan64 posted...

Is it based off any specific US city by chance?

Not to my knowledge but it IS a small, laid-back coal town.

VeggetaX posted...

Statue of Liberty is not as close to in-land as movies had made them.

Games too. I remember True Crime:NYC they made the Statue of Liberty like it was 20 feet off the coast.

I've only been in the area for 6 years but DC is the setting for The Division 2 and it's kinda freaky how accurate a lot of the map is even though it's a simplified version of DC (otherwise it would take you at least 30 minutes to run across the map).