what games capture an american aesthetic well?
>american aestheticactually exclusively means Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
>>729078727Any GTA
>>729078727American truck simulator.It feels really nice driving through middle of America
>>729078727Far Cry 5
>>729078727'hogs
>>729078727have to add:life is strangetlou series the walking dead
>>729078727Deadly Premonition
>>729078727
>>729078727Cuckold Simulator.
life is strange
>>729080581grim
-Days Gone-Max Payne 1+2-Psychonauts-Bully-Destroy All Humans
Deus Ex (NY levels specifically)
>>729080581>our culture is (insert societal cancer)kek
GTA obviously
>>729078727>American aesthetic
>>729078727Days Gone
>>729078849some of it yeahit is hard to pull "american" specifically out of most things culture or culture related because america has been the dominant culture for so long that it has warped everything around it
>>729078727GTA obviously
RDR 1 and 2, western kino is by far the coolest american setting
>>729080581>holiday treeK I N O
>>729081118I was more meaning that an "american aesthetic" is hard to define because of how varied the landscape actually is, such that "american culture" beyond stereotypical aspects such as obesity and flags and freedom is similarly hard to define.Texas and Montana are vastly different places in the same way Oregon and Florida are.
>>729078727No More Heroes, ironically enoughFlawlessly captures the feeling of living in a tiny shithole town where nothing happensGuy who's dead broke but owning a really expensive bike and dressing like a clown really spoke to ne
>>729078727Orcs Must Die
fallout 76
>>729081638All it needs is a rape option and it's perfect
>>729081470People should be asking for state specific aesthetics instead yeah, if you're born in Texas you won't have much if anything in common with someone from like Nebraska.
>>729078727Starfield
>>729080581>taco bellKEK
>>729078727Cyberpunk
>>729080581When I saw this the first thing that came to mind was Apple pie. It’s genuinely the most American thing I can think of
>>729080119WTF? Nowhere around Chicago looks like this. Did they just place Chicago on the West coast and hope no one would notice?
>>729080581>[FRENCH] Louis Vuitton>[ITALIAN] Guccio Gucci>[FRENCH] Chanel>[GERMAN] Adidas>American owned Mexican food>American owned Chinese food>Explicitly non-christian holiday tree>Buggery Flag
>>729080581>almost entirely consists of corporate brands and the dollar sign, indicating the idolation of money.>right-hand (often considered dominant) side dedicated to woke-ism>left-hand side dedicated to shitty bipartisan political system.>christmas tree symbolizing the most commercialized holiday in existence.Wow. Nailed it. 100% accurate.
>>729082929So american culture is multi-ethnic backgrounds, commercialism, freedom of religion and right to bugger other boys?
>>729082929How does one company (LVMH) have such a stranglehold on the low income psyche?>Louis Vuitton>Hennessy>Tiffany Company>Fendi>Marc Jacobs>Givenchy>Sephora>Armani>Dior>Celine>Dom Pérignon>Emilio Pucci>Veuve Clicquot>Tag Heuer
>>729081470There are some good example of this in the thread, like RDR2 and Days GoneThe issue is that there are large sections (population-wise) of America that are relatively flat urban sprawls and most of the people making games live in those parts of the country. America has some absolutely stunning areas and unfortunately we never see those in video games. Zion National Park is the most beautiful place I've ever visited and I doubt I'll ever see a game there
>>729083106yeah, turns out this wasn't as dreamy of a combo as it initially seemed
>>729078727Dark souls 1 blight town
>>729083498Cheap veneer of status
>>729080581where guns and oil
>mfw Yuropoors say shit like "America has no culture!" while on the internet
>>729078727I visited the state around the same time when the game released and Fallout 76 is actually a pretty damn good representation of the state. Even the cranberry bog area actually exists.
>>729083682The internet is not culturally american.
>>729083682American culture is basically European history with Chinese sensibilities wearing a cowboy hat.
>>729081643>Flawlessly captures the feeling of living in a tiny shithole townI got this feeling in dead rising case zero.
>Americans literally live in heaven on earth given to them by God yet they complain
>>729082929Agree with the fashion brands but Taco Bell and Panda Express are extremely American
>>729084109yeah, but its filled with americans
>>729078727>AppalachiaFallout 76Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 not the whole game but there was that small town zombies map>California Need For Speed 2015Dead Island 2>BayouRDR2Hunt Showdown >MidwestAlan Wake both gamesSilent Hill>Colonial Assassin's Creed 3And the Grand Theft Auto games Ironically most of these games were made by europeans
>>729084374>Ironically most of these games were made by europeansAlan Wake is a little special in this regard because the connections between Finland and Washington state are real. I'm sure Sam Lake has spent time in Washington before and knows people that live there.
>>729084109Even though the Mountain West is associated with quintessential American-ness in pop-culture, it's also the least populated area of the country. It's kind of like saying all Brazilians live in the Amazon rainforest or all Chinese live in Shaolin temples atop limestone mountains. It's more of a scenic icon than actually representative of daily American experience. What most Americans see everyday is more like pic related.
>>729083740But America (and the rest of the world) is becoming culturally Internet
>>729084374>>Midwest>Alan Wake both games>Silent HillAre you baiting? This is the PNW not the Midwest.
>>729084715>What most Americans see everyday is more like pic related.This is the "burgerpunk" dystopia i heard about? You can't suffer in US, admit it
>>729078727Dead Rising will never be beaten in that regard.
>>729080118Ive been craving another playthrough of this for the longest time. Is arcade still around?
>>729084737America is two continents, what are you talking about
>>729081638game?
>>729084810>zooms outbut definitely still better than living in a commie block for sure
>>729085147The houses have trees and there are trees on the median. That's premium suburbia though.
>>729085074Factorio
>>729082837Yeah, the map is full of dumb shit like that. they did the slum ghetto areas really well tho. there's even tutorials on how to find oblock, which isn't in the game. just looks really close to the real thing
>>729085284how much would a house like that cost?
>>729078727Age of Empires 3
>>729085074call of jaurez bound in blood. I bought it cause it was always next to cod in the cheat books. there wasn't ever cheat codes for fucking cod but I'd check anyway
>>729084715This genuinely looks better than the best my country has to offer.
>only america has mountains and trees
>>729080581This isn't real American culture, American culture is a perfect distillation of other cultures with all the wokeness and pozzedness removed, just look at Ireland compared to Irish Americans
Ready or Not
I think Assassins Creed 3 is still the most cinematic game set in America. Too bad the rest of the game sucked ass
>>729078727Is that pupper okay?
>>729086304you wouldn't get it
>>729082929>he thinks the tree is a christian inventionkek, dumb golem
>>729087387yeah, he's max
>>729086847>ireland compared to irish americans okay>irish americansDid not retain any semblence of Irish culture whatsoever, infamously at odds with Irish Nationalism.>irishIrish people.sorry bostonian, you are not and will never be a real mick
>>729087850who's maintaining the nuclear powerplants or dams to keep lights on?I never played the game (and never will)
>>729082732that's german though
>>729080581>dollar signbased
>>729087671you lost, paganigger
>>729088683not really. you are the one paying the ultimate price
>>729087671it'd be one thing if it said yuletree, but here it's a 'holiday tree', which very much is a christmas with the christ removed
>>729085596ah, the laddergoat game
>>729088460there's a hydro plant that gets run by one of the groups iirc
>>729088793>Count Count.>Obsessed with numbers.>Hunched posture.>Crooked, long, pointed nose.Dude... did Sesame Street actually 'do a racism' under everyone's noses for literal decades?
>>729085596It's a polish game with American setting? wtf
>>729081638>You're a good man, Arthur Morgan...
>>729090289poland still looks like this. Its actually set in poland but ubisoft changed the title. everything else is the same
>>729081828There are already consenting sex modsBe the positive change you want to see
>>729084810>>729085284>>729085628American suburbs are probably the best homes in the world in terms of comfort. That's why it's so many people want to move here. It's just kind of boring if you're a young person craving adventure.>>729085389That picture is from my hometown of Racine, Wisconsin which isn't a hot real estate market. Median price is listed around $225K. The picture I showed is closer to the $300K+ side, and some of the more ghetto areas are going to be more like $175K.
>>729090086he’s even got the glasses every jew receives when they turn 45
>>729078727Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
>>729085074Jungle Jam: Boogie on the toilet
>>729090086>Sesame Street was conceived in 1966 during discussions between television producer Joan Ganz Cooney[1] and Carnegie[2] Foundation[1] jew[2] freemason
>>729093085>Carnegie Foundation vice president Lloyd Morrisett.>Morrisett attended Oberlin College etc etc
Is there any burgerpunk games?
>>729090597>poland still looks like thiskinda, add zabka stores and more parcel lockers
>>729084810>>729085147>>729085284Also there are essentially two kinds of American suburb: old suburbs and new subdivisions. Old suburbs are charmingly intimate: brick buildings, tree cover, narrower streets, and 10-15min drive to downtown. Whereas new subdivisions are very cookie cutter construction, multi-lane feeder roads, scraggly tree saplings, and arduous 45min+ commutes.Since migration is dictated mostly by employment opportunities and more recently migrants seeking warmer climates, the charming old suburbs in the Midwest/Northeast (outside of tier one metros like NYC/Boston) are bizarrely cheaper than the machine printed subdivisions in the South. There's also a weird dynamic where conservatives champion older idyllic suburbs as American Greatness but in practice these places are mostly inhabited by liberals.
