To the precious few of you that actually go outside and travel, what RL city makes the best setting for a modern urban horror game?
>>97908242Berlin with its accepted and endless squalor. Walking there even now generates possibilities for adventure by every crackpot that inhabits the street.
>>97908242Retard.
>>97908242Cleveland, Ohio
>>97908242Tokyo, unironically.
>>97908242Why don't you just do some fucking research? Look up urban legends or crime statistics? Are you such a worthless faggot you can't even do that?
>>97908242I gotta be honest, unless you have some irrational fear of other humans what would be the word for that? “anthrophobia”? I don’t know cities mostly aren’t all that inherently scary. Like I’ve been to places like LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, Philadelphia, etc… they’re all honestly no more innately “creepy” than anywhere else… Maybe some super small, underpopulated town like Chloride AZ, can kinda invoke a certain feeling of awkwardness when walking the streets because you’re likely the ONLY one just walking around and you aren’t entirely sure what’s a shop, what’s a house, what’s open, what’s closed, and when you are in a store you’re the only customer, so it feels awkward…I mean you ever walk into a restaurant and there’s only 1 waitress and every table’s empty? It’s that kind of awkward, everywhere you go.But that’s not really a foundation for an “urban Horror”Now, there are some cities that I think would work well if you wanted to do, say, a sci-fi story, and there’s some that I think would work well for an “urban high-fantasy” adventure. Generally speaking, some very old or very eccentric cities (you know which ones) wouldn’t surprise you in the slightest to find gremlins lurking around in some abandoned basement, or something.
>>97908424Things keep crawling out of the lake. Sometimes they snatch people off the street but mostly they go to the Hall of Fame.
>>97908443Dude, chill. You’re acting like OP kicked your puppy or something. You need to relax.
>>97908546>"SPOONFEED ME" makes a thread a good contribution to the boardFuck off.
>>97908530>Maybe some super small, underpopulated townThis. Goes for Europe too, because lots of country towns are near abandoned now, so you have main streets that consist almost entirely of shuttered shops
>>97908530>they’re all honestly no more innately “creepy” than anywhere elseYes. Fear is in the mind. It begins there, it lives there, it's you that is afraid. Horror does not exist beyond yourself.Only by understanding this can one begin to construct a horror game.>>97908242You don't know what makes people afraid. You only know what you are afraid of, and you want others to be afraid of it, too, in order to validate and externalize your fear. That won't work.If you want your players to be afraid, you have lure them into that state of mind. Easier said than done, because to know the minds of others you must understand your own. And you do not.
>>97908549>few of you that actually go outside and travelThat "those few of you that actually go outside and travel" hit a nerve, didn't it?
>>97908443>you should not discuss things on the discussion board
Philly.
>>97908261Actually thought of Berlin as well.
>>97908242Omsk
>>97908777I have no clue what that sign says
>>97908242i'm not a weeb but i always thought small japanese towns were perfect for paranormal horror. something about how cramped and yet isolated they are seems kind of surreal to me. the old architecture, shrines, and cemeteries add to it as well. they're not exactly urban but they're as close to it as you can get while maintaining the sense of isolation that is so helpful in cultivating the feeling of helplessness which i consider a primary element of horror. there are probably other parts of the world with small but cramped towns or isolated urban districts like kowloon, but i'm not aware of them as far as i can recall.the original terminator movie did a good job of creating a sense of isolation by making the police useless and the general public selfish and vapid so los angeles became a kind of lonely labyrinth for sarah connor. any city known for it's selfishness and corruption or incompetence would probably work well.
>>97908242Birmingham, England.It's gotRacial ghettoes, fent AND spice zombies, a corrupt local government, and the bin men are on strike, so there's scavengable garbage everywhere.Also, at night the canals are an open pvp zone.
>>97908777What is it actually with Berlin and scat and vomit orgiesEvery travel story about Berlin seems to involve them at least tangentially
>>97908895Given the history of Berlin throughout the 20th century and what it’s been host to in that time, I can see how it could foster a local culture around doing everything and anything to achieve complete disassociation from reality.
>>97908866You know there are automatic translation tools available when you don't speak the language?>Shitting, pissing, and puking orgies are taking place here in this building! I am fed up with having to listen to it. That's why I have now contacted the property management. And my neighbor has, too, by the way. Choke on your shit!!!
>>97908242Right now I'm in Granada (Spain). Pretty cool place, full of old and new buildings, with an intersting intersection of cultures. It certainly lends herself for urban terror
I always got this feeling from weird, isolated places within big urban areas. Broad Channel in NYC is a literal isolated maritime village in the middle of an uninhabited wetlands in the city. It feels like stepping into a forgotten twilight zone.
Any city in England especially the two biggest shit holes London and Birmingham.Fuck those two places in particular, not that where I live is much better
>>97908242The one you know best. That's all that really matters. Your knowledge of the city will be a thousand times more relevant than any feature of the city itself.
>>97908242One you feel safe into, and which suddenly isn't. Take Las Vegas. Peel off the lights and the laughter, the glamour of luck and the music, wake up into the storm drains with nothing but the company of unknown people, hear the sounds of water and realize it's time for cleansing the penniless filth again. And you have become part of the sacrifice.
>>97909291London is rich, cosmopolitan and extremely safe. More CCTV per person than even China. Any Lovecraftian beastie or slasher is likely to be detained and asked for its sanity-devouring loicense before it does any damage.Birmingham is a proper shithole though, excellent for urban horror, as are Glasgow and Manchester.
>>97909318Yeah fucking right, didn't you see the recent crime spree in one of the boroughs last month? The one that had an M&S (middle class supermarket chain) speak out against the mayor of London for not policing London better.Trust me dude London seems great but its a complete utter shit hole
>>97909318>London is rich, cosmopolitan and extremely safe.Having been there I can say that lasts only until 10:00pm on the dot. You lot are very punctual like that.
>>97908579Which game is this parasitic spoonsucking being used for?
>>97909291>Fuck those two places in particular, not that where I live is much betterThe Norf remembers buddy. One day we'll be deshittificated.
>>97909327Close that GB News and take an pacifier before posting here again, Baz.
>>97908242Montreal definitely has a few idiosyncrasies to it that could lend themselves to horror.>narrow staircases everywhere, both on the inside and outside of buildings>still have fucking cobblestones in Old Montreal>western city, western city, DRAGON GATE, Chinatown, Chinatown, Chinatown, DRAGON GATE, western city, western city>old churches everywhere but also being Catholic is forbidden>unless you're truly bilingual, it's entirely possible to take a wrong turn and end up somewhere where nobody speaks your language>worst maintained roads in the worldIt can honestly sometimes feel like you've ended up in a different city after only a few minutes, which I always consider to be a useful tool in horror.>end up in a primarily francophone area because you missed a turn>not sure how you did that, but the street you thought you were supposed to turn at was a one-way street headed in the opposite direction>truly lost, eventually stop for directions>they don't speak English>whatever, Mount Royal's in that direction, just head towards the St. Lawrence and you should hit Autoroute 138>taking a bit longer than you think it should>stop for directions>still no English>starting to get dark>pothole claims a tire, Pothole II: Son of Pothole claims the spare>No Parking signs everywhere>stop someone for help>no English>can't shake the feeling that isn't French, either
>>97909347Are you still going at it, faggot? How about you touch some actual grass so mentions of outside don't cause you to mentally disintegrate every time you see them?
>>97909388Old Montreal is GOATed both as a horror setting and in general.
>>97908242Combine the architecture, economy + crime of St. Louis, climate + gloominess of Upstate NY, geographical isolation of Minneapolis and density + ethnic make up of Philly, culture + social pathologies of NOLA and you've got yourself an ideal urban horror city.
Highly depends on the flavour of the horror. Dubai could probably work for something surreal as fuck, Lagos for something borderline cyberpunk and gritty (but not necessarily that dooming), Colorado Springs as some borderline King in Yellow mindfuckery thing (I took the most rightwing USA city I can think of).>>97908868Always felt this is less a consequence of japs building/roads being small and more how their cities generally stop right at the foot of the hills, actually. The labyrinthine feel of boom city centers helps tough.
>>97909347They asked this exact question with the same image for Esoterrorists/Fear Itself in /hsg/.
>>97908242Hong Kong.>old abandoned British-era infrastructure, sometimes surrounded by modern skyscrapers.>massive graveyards and Chinese ghost traditions>abandoned mansions, schools, and villages, sometimes with the skyscrapers of the city itself visible through vines and overgrowth.>massive concrete structures that have illegal adding and tower into the sky and surround you.If you set it in the 80’s, you can even use the Kowloon Walled City, which was terrifying in its own right despite the fact that your neighbors could hear you.
Did I mention that Birmingham has rats the size of dogs, and is currently being taken over by Islamists?It's also a major nerve center of the human trafficking rings operating in Northern Europe.It's got this weird mix of old churches, and art deco architecture, slowly decaying into nothing, or else taken over by spidery growths of ugly modernist tat in the business districts, or a neon striplight garbage jungle haunted by junkies and hookers in the outskirts.My friends were robbed on the canals by a black fella with a Wakizashi, so there's a fair argument that it also has Ninjas.
>>97908242Bangkok
>>97909730Apparently KWC was nice to live in, society-wise (I suspect this was to mean "nicer for poor people than the rest", but still).Would make a cool contrast.
>>97909898>black fella with a Wakizashi, so there's a fair argument that it also has Ninjas.Ah yes, they encountered Yasuke.I mean to be fair to Birmingham, there is one thing it doesn't have.Purple Aki
>>97908242Philly
>>97908242Probably one of New Zealand's historical cities. It's first world enough that it's familiar at a glance to any person with western aesthetics but being an island nation with no where to escape to for safety makes it a prime closed room.The saccharine exterior and good marketing makes it easy to hide a horrific interior and the lack of military means the day isn't going to be saved by Militia Ex Machina.
>>97909974It's less so the people there, and moreso the environment
Stockholm. The islands, the river, the different shores. Though, maybe replace the Swedes with a culture that collectively has a spine.
>>97910255Wouldn't the locals being cephalopods just help in an urban horror setting?You try to go to the cops about the vampire slaughter house and they start going "Hur de dur, we shall call in the social wurkers, Bork Bork." before not doing anything and pretending you never reported it in the first place because they think it's immigrants or some shit?
>>97908242I am surprised nobody mentioned Moscow yet. It is one of the most dreadful large cities out there. It really looks like something out of an urban horror game. I would also like to add Instabul to the mix for very different reasons
>>97910170New zealand does not have any “historical cities”
>>97910255Stockholm is just comfyAlthough being around there at midsummer is a lil eerie since the city's empty
>>97910320Didn't the Maori only arrive there like 200 years or so before Europeans?
>>97909392How about you talk about some fucking GAMES on the BOARD FOR GAMES you shitslurping retard?
>>97910784Start any time, fag. Practice what you preach for once.
>>97908242New Orleans, ignore all the other answers. That city and all of Louisiana really is cursed, whether it’s the history of suffering, high crime rates, natural disasters, or spooky folklore.
>>97908242Depends on what you're going for. Are we talking like a Night City Cyberpunk feel. Then New York, Tokyo, Miami would be a good fit compare to a a small town in the middle of nowhere which works better for a more horror type of feel. Especially if you broke down there and all. Maybe you're going for more a western vibe or a Mountain man kind of feel. It all depends on themes you're looking for.
>>97908242Depends on what type of urban horror you're looking for, really.If you want to do some cosmic horror lovecraftian stuff, then a really old place built on top of even older, stranger places works really well. Think Istanbul, Rome, Damascus, places that have a truly ancient feel to them, that harbor secrets older than themselves, perhaps older than all of civilization.If you want to do that sort of weird occult urban horror, ala Kult or Unknown Armies, then have it be one of those big, modern, well-lit cities, but the ones that still have an underside of urban decay. The bigger it is the more that shit hides in plain sight, in apartments no one's bothered to check for years, or in street corners people know to avoid but don't know the reason, places like NYC or Hong Kong come to mind.Course you could also go for creepypasta-esque nostalgia stuff, in which case a small town in the suburbs works really well, or even better the place you or your players grew up in.If you're looking for something Vodoo you can go for New Orleans, if you're looking for something Gothic you can go for St. Louis, if you want vampires you can go to like, Romania.It entirely depends on what you want to go for.
Newark, New Jersey
>>97912168Might as well set it in NYC
>>97908261Cologne also gives you a wide array of stuff to pull from>myth has it the grand cathedrals construction time was sped up by its architect making a pact with the devil (and later commiting suicide because of it)>precursor of the grand cathedral was said to be haunted by demons>the grand cathedral is actually cursed by Satan>the mortal remains of the three magi present for jesus birth are said to be interred inside the cathedral>is one of the wealthiest hotspots of catholic church in the entire world>is a centre of Opus Dei>german media capital>centre of catholic faith, but also very liberal in terms of LGBTQ>hotspot for carnival (haunted clown shit might work here)>legends of Heinzelmännchen (essentially fae) getting involved with craftsmens work at night
