Come to think of it, For regions that actively funding the videogame industry, i'm surprised with how few representation or videogames that came out there
>>7199312811001 nights game when!?!??!.Or is there a 90s-2000s mac or pc game of that already
>>719931281How come they don't have more devs there? Considering how many oil princes love vidya and anime and they spend millions and millions on stuff like hats in Dota 2... you would think they would maybe open up their own studios, start schools for vidya development and more?
>>719931460I dont know of any other stories from that region. Except Arab the simpsons
xzr 1 and 2 (called exile in the western release for the genesis) was a pretty cool series. you played as an arab time traveler that takes hallucinogenic substances and other drugs while fighting monsters and whatnot. I would love a remake of this series desu.
>>719931281the chinese made picrel in an arab settingthere's only a little bit of islam in it though, and it seems they really like belly dancers
>>719931556This
>>719932660In their defense, the Middle East was a pretty cool place before Islam. We only have little pieces of it, what Islam couldn’t destroy or was too ingrained in their culture. Like Christianity, it took these things and made it their own.
>>719933309>>719931556drawing people (and animals iirc) is haram, no joke.they're being cucked out of artistry by their own religion
>>719933535yeah, my theory is that their depiction of arabs is strongly influenced by ancient arabs from the silk road
>>719933538It genuinely boggles the mind. Imagine destroying the art of an entire region for over a millennium. They don’t even have music. This religion should not be tolerated.
>>719931281>drawing/art: HARAM>music: HARAM>depicting some kind of super natural power (like a Hadoken): HARAM>stepping into the bathroom with your right foot instead of left: HARAM>shaving beard: HARAM>brushing your teeth with right hand: HARAM>have any kind of critical thinking: HARAM>challenge the statues quo: HARAM>try to preach logic/progressive ideas: HARAMThe Arab world in a nutshell, and then they wonder why Palestinians are getting slaughtered, religious interpretation is just out of fucking control.Personally, I blame the hadiths for this.
>>719934858>t.
>>719933535It was so cool that they’d bury female babies alive
>>719931556Gaming and shit is kinda frowned upon especially "wasting time" to create vidya and stuff like that
>>719931281That means they are based and they actually care about games rather than faggotry.
>>719934918I'm a muslim and he aint really wrong, the thinking outside of the box part is applicable to all religions though, gotta keep the cattle brainwashed
>>719931281Even Sega was afraid to bring Shiba in Virtua Fighter.I never forgive that. Shiba was a very good design.
>>719934939>wasting timeDoesn't oil sheiks spend all their time doing useless shit all the time?
>go to the local pagan temple >pray to Al-Uzza for a bountiful season and protection>come back to home>you son tells you about this new religion that’s taking over>”eh, I don’t feel like it. I’ll keep pray to my goddess”>”acktully, they destroyed all the statues and if you don’t convert they’ll behead you”Fucking zoomers I swear to Uzza
>>719935036I thought it was a heavily debated thing?
>>719934938>look guys Islam stopped it. That means we’re the good guys. Now convert or die!
>>719934938Which part of the ME did that? Too my knowledge what's now Saudi Arabia had a big religious prostitution culture so females wouldn't be a burden.
There's The Magic of Scheherazade. It's even got a time-traveling cat wife.
>>719935036Shaving your beard isn't haram, and tons of Muslims hate Muslim country leaders because either they're corrupt or they're being bought off
>>719931281انا من المنطقة اللي انت ترمس عنهاI'm from the region you're talking about. and I don't really care about representation. I actually prefer if we're not represented. at one point I used to play a lot of Doom WADs. and another point I used to play a lot of soulslike. and every now and then I'll break the monotony by playing online games or different genres of single player games.I had fun without any representation and I actually don't want the representation at all. I prefer it this way. I don't mind the representation. Although I'm religious so I do mind islamic representation and this is because I concluded that religion doesn't exist to be entertainment and video games are just a part of the entertainment industry. However we have culture unrelated to religion or islam specifically. I don't mind those at all. I don't mind 1001 style fantasy depictions in video games. Like everyone else I used to like the Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy. and the new metrodvania is also great. I also don't mind non fantasy settings or ancient pre-islamic settings like the Assassin Creed that was set in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic era and Rome was involved in that game.I guess the only depictions I don't like are modern war games that pretend that the great Satan the Jewnited States is the good guy while the jihadi resistance is the terrorist side which is the opposite of true.anyway now that we're here let me ask you which era of history or fantasy version of our region would you like to be represented in a /v/diya?
>>719936042>which era of history or fantasy version of our region would you like to be represented in a /v/diya?IraqThe only depictions I've seen that covers that country are the US invasions, so it'd be nice if we get something like AC Mirage where it depicts the country 1000 year ago
>>719936042I see what you are saying, and I do agree to an extent, but when you depict historical settings and mix it up with some fantasy, it tends to create an interesting theme that gets people interested, regardless if Islam is involved or not.I say fuck it, let it be, it might result in an interesting tale.Personally, would much rather see a pre-Islamic era setting, something that is heavily under studied or represented.
>>719936042At the moment, unless you're Japanese that isn't influence by "westerns", its really not a good idea to have ANY representation of any kind done by current devs right now, unless you want a bunch of stupid shit like having basketball players fill your setting and a girl boss with shitty shave hair cut is always right and mens are always wrong.
>>719936042Dunno, but I've always wanted a fantasy middle eastern game. The pre-abrahamic stuff is rife with content that could be used to make an interesting game.
>>719931281It's funny how much money Saudis are burning on dead end projects.It's a combination of being completely inept, being surrounded by yes men, and being advised by parasites.
>>719936042>anyway now that we're here let me ask you which era of history or fantasy version of our region would you like to be represented in a /v/diya?Idk whichever one had this.
>>719936042Though it's not in vidya, atleast modern vidya, Calimshan from the forgotten realms is an excellent non-isalmic Arabian setting.
>>719936464You don't know much about history, do you?
>>719935081>local city god the moment their idols are getting shattered by a rolling warhost backed up by a foreign deity
>>719931281arabs fund vidya because they like it, not for muh representation
>>719931281Uhmmmm sir it's only the liberal feminist sóylennial crownprince that's funding it and also actively ruining the next generations
>>719936042>anyway now that we're here let me ask you which era of history or fantasy version of our region would you like to be represented in a /v/diya?Pre Islamic for the novelty of seeing the equivalent of Celtic styled tribes with a mix of city state autism that prevailed during the early to mid Bronze Age. Each city having its own patron deity. Each one sends out a caravan representative to a sacred waterhole where all the gods have idols lined up like an astral meetup.
>>719939476They’re doing a pretty good job with SNK.
>>719932660>and it seems they really like belly dancersWho wouldn't like belly dancers they're great.
>>719931558Lawrence of Arabia? Or you could focus on any of the stuff going on there during either of the world wars.
>>719936042bronze age stuff would be cool
>>719940046Islam. From what I understand, the art almost died if it wasn’t for Ukrainians studying and practicing it in Egypt.
>>719944512Yeah I figured this post was going to get racist sooner or later.
>>719934938then they realized they could fuck them insteadbig difference habibi
>>719934938holy based
>>719934938Man I wish I could do that
>>719936042>which era of history or fantasy version of our region would you like to be represented in a /v/diya?early muslim conquest game would probably go pretty hardlike crusader kings but earlier
>>719931556Arabs are welfare leeches in gulf states. Ideally they would just live off oil money while the slaves do all the work but they instead import pajeets and take away their passports while also paying a lot of money for any western specialist(doctors, nurses, engineers etc.) that want to come in. They legit don't have enough devs to make a game because of this, I wouldn't be surprised if they lacked enough arabs with managerial skills to just hire rank and file devs to make "arabian" game.
>>719931281Arab here. Videogames are videogames there is no need for "representation" of anyone. Shove your american mental illness up your ass thank you.>>>719935036>I'm a muslim>Call religion brainwashingsure atheist fag. There are many debates and even among different sects or vs atheists etc
>>719948874Wrong because computer science wasn't that much advanced/taught here or considered videogame making as a real job similar why some countries like india and china didn't have much development until now actually it was limited to few countries before doujin/indie boom. It doesn't have nothing to do with capability programing isn't hard. Foreign labour is hired because it's cheap not because locals are lazy just like why japs will import indinas and other asians they want cheap labour which affected us as locals and damaged job market just like how euro and mutts are importing indians for cheap labour that fucked canada for example. Most new generation is educated and better capable but don't have much of a chance with market flooded with cheap labour
>>719931556>oil princesThey buy up game devs so they make more games that they like. I think that's what happened with Metal Slug.
