Hey, you alternative historians ;-)
I'm about to start my history paper dealing with counterfactual history in modern computer games (PC). Actually I wanted to present the corpus of games I'm going to work with and you might have some suggestions before I start. I am open for every kind of (constructive) criticism!
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World in Conflict --> guess a must-have for the Cold War gone Wild setting!
Hearts of Iron 2 /Addon --> interesting games in terms of long-term development
Medieval 2: Total War / Addon --> same as Hearts of Iron, but another setting
Command and Conquer Red Alert 2/3 --> classical AH setting?
Adventure:
Titanic: Adventure out of time --> actually I've only heard of this game but never played it. Still the idea seems intriguing.
RPG:
Fallout 1 / 2 --> this is debatable. Is Fallout AH or a clear sci-fi setting? I think as it's based on assumptions that where prominent in the US 50s, it surely has some images of history and presents those, which is crucial for my research.
Shooter:
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty --> one of the few shooters I had in mind, as it is settled in a clear alternative setting.
Fallout 3 --> actually the same as Fallout 1/2
Stalker: Shadow of Cernobyl(???) --> I had this one in mind, but admit that I don't see any traces of AH setting in here, so if noone suggests something else, I'm going to kick it.
I've also got two older games in mind:
Balance of Power by Chris Crawford
Shadow President
And I'll maybe look into Tropico3, as this is somehow settled to the Cold War Crisis.
So, this would be my corpus. Like to read your comments, feel free to debate!
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I'm about to start my history paper dealing with counterfactual history in modern computer games (PC). Actually I wanted to present the corpus of games I'm going to work with and you might have some suggestions before I start. I am open for every kind of (constructive) criticism!
[FONT="]strategy games:
World in Conflict --> guess a must-have for the Cold War gone Wild setting!
Hearts of Iron 2 /Addon --> interesting games in terms of long-term development
Medieval 2: Total War / Addon --> same as Hearts of Iron, but another setting
Command and Conquer Red Alert 2/3 --> classical AH setting?
Adventure:
Titanic: Adventure out of time --> actually I've only heard of this game but never played it. Still the idea seems intriguing.
RPG:
Fallout 1 / 2 --> this is debatable. Is Fallout AH or a clear sci-fi setting? I think as it's based on assumptions that where prominent in the US 50s, it surely has some images of history and presents those, which is crucial for my research.
Shooter:
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty --> one of the few shooters I had in mind, as it is settled in a clear alternative setting.
Fallout 3 --> actually the same as Fallout 1/2
Stalker: Shadow of Cernobyl(???) --> I had this one in mind, but admit that I don't see any traces of AH setting in here, so if noone suggests something else, I'm going to kick it.
I've also got two older games in mind:
Balance of Power by Chris Crawford
Shadow President
And I'll maybe look into Tropico3, as this is somehow settled to the Cold War Crisis.
So, this would be my corpus. Like to read your comments, feel free to debate!
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