Oddest use of Ireland in a video game perhaps?

BlitzKrieg

So I play War Thunder. Its a lot of fun and I really enjoy it.

But the developers have a strange use for Ireland



http://warthunder.com/en/news/219/current/


Not the first time they've name dropped Ireland specifically

last time it wad to announce one of their maps was *inspired* by the landscape of Ireland

Pilots!

War Thunder proudly presents first screenshots for the new maps for the Arcade Battles of the upcoming global update!

Meet two maps with working titles «Cliffed Coast» and «Desert Coast»!

Cliffed Coast

Cliffed coast is a quiet rural region by the sea. Walls of an ancient castle rise above the gorgeous rolling lowlands. Small villages are scattered about beneath tall cliffs. The map was inspired by the picturesque views of the green meadows and hills of Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdB8sXL3peU

Genghiz Cohen

WE'RE FAMOUS LADS!

Kiith

I've always wanted to shoot down some planes over the skies of Ireland, and in 2013 i'll get my wish :P

BlitzKrieg

I might add the map *inspired by ireland* really doesnt look like Ireland.

Lucena

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

I might add the map *inspired by ireland* really doesnt look like Ireland.

The south half of Westeros, now THAT'S inspired by Ireland.

Broken Sword 2. Probably the worst Irish accents in gaming.

Retr0gamer

CS Condition Zero's bizarre final level set in a Belfast high rise was pretty damn strange.

RobertFoster

Wasn't Folklore on the PS3 set in Japanese Ireland? The brief few minutes of video I saw of it seemed odd, but not sure if it had anything to do with the setting.

Professey Chin

RobertFoster wrote: »

Wasn't Folklore on the PS3 set in Japanese Ireland? The brief few minutes of video I saw of it seemed odd, but not sure if it had anything to do with the setting.

Yep. Good enough game to play. Awful accents though. And a talking scarecrow wearing a Union Jack. Feckin japanese :pac:

Gran Hermano

One of the regiments in The Witcher 2 - all the soldiers had strong Dublin accents.

Morag

RobertFoster wrote: »

Wasn't Folklore on the PS3 set in Japanese Ireland? The brief few minutes of video I saw of it seemed odd, but not sure if it had anything to do with the setting.

It was set in Doolin, it was very odd.

Falthyron

Deleted User wrote: »

Broken Sword 2. Probably the worst Irish accents in gaming.

You're thinking of Broken Sword 1 :P

Retr0gamer

Ah begorrah, he's right!

o1s1n

Morag

Nah worst accent has to be in Shadowman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B560lCn5kGU

Clareman

There was a video game on the Amstrad called Tir na nOg

glynf

Kiith wrote: »

I've always wanted to shoot down some planes over the skies of Ireland, and in 2013 i'll get my wish :P

Just pray you don't crash land in Kerry..

Was it 1 or 2 that they went to Ireland? Also, that. fucking goat.

Professey Chin

Deleted User wrote: »

Was it 1 or 2 that they went to Ireland? Also, that. fucking goat.

1. Fcuking goat.

Oh and MORE BEER OVER HERE!!!

magick

Clive Barkers Undying took place in Ireland in 1923, FPS horror game, and a dam scary one at that.

MightyMighty737

Maybe I'm pulling this out of my rear end, but wasn't Nina from the original Tekken on the original playstation from Ireland? Perhaps Dublin?

SeantheMan

Over in Korea now. One of my students told me they play an RPG called "Mabinogi" , a lot of Koreans do.

When I had a look into see what type of game it was when I went went home, I was suprised to find out the names of some characters and places in the game

For a start, the world is called "Erinn"

Other place names include Bangor, Sidhe Sneachta, Coill, the Uladh continent, Sliabh Cuilin, Tara, Tir Chonaill, Tir na nOg, and the story starts off about the goddess Morrighan


http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/
http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/view/Generation_1:_Advent_of_the_Goddess

Lordhogo

In Frederic the Resurrection of Music (a decent mobile rhythm game where you play as the late composer Frederic Chopin and take part in musical duels across the globe), there is a level where you duel a group of Irish Poles/Leprachauns in the Irish countryside to a Celtic type song.

I tried to find a video of the level but no luck. Please tell me I'm not the only one to have experienced this bizarre encounter.

Lordhogo

Lordhogo wrote: »

In Frederic the Resurrection of Music (a decent mobile rhythm game where you play as the late composer Frederic Chopin and take part in musical duels across the globe), there is a level where you duel a group of Irish Poles/Leprachauns in the Irish countryside to a Celtic type song.

I tried to find a video of the level but no luck. Please tell me I'm not the only one to have experienced this bizarre encounter.

Please tell me this is a real game and not an LSD trip!

XxMCRxBabyxX

MightyMighty737 wrote: »

Maybe I'm pulling this out of my rear end, but wasn't Nina from the original Tekken on the original playstation from Ireland? Perhaps Dublin?

I can't remember if they gave Nina a specific hometown but she was definitely Irish!

SeantheMan

Yeah, she was Irish.
Prob not mentioned cause thread is new...but one that always stuck out for me was at the end of Metal Gear Solid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPSl6YS-UI

and of course, I knew I was going to like the game, but probably added immeasurably to my love of it when I heard his voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq5U33QevgI

AlmightyCushion

Gran Hermano wrote: »

One of the regiments in The Witcher 2 - all the soldiers had strong Dublin accents.

A lot of nordies in it as well.

ardinn

wiith the amount of game techs coming out of ireland over the last few years we are bound to get a look in - iirc alot of irish development company's get work for most of the big games coming out, it goes without saying ireland would have decent representation.

neaideabh

I remember when I had the SNES, I got a lend of this racing game (can't remember the title) and there were different characters you could choose to race with!

Anyways, in the booklet that came with the game they had one character who was called Learner Driver or something to that effect and his profile picture was a goofy/clumsy looking fella. To my horror, his nationality was Irish!

I had a quick google for SNES racing games it but couldn't find anything like it in the initial list that I saw but will try again! Talk about insulting!

AlmightyCushion

SeantheMan wrote: »

Yeah, she was Irish.
Prob not mentioned cause thread is new...but one that always stuck out for me was at the end of Metal Gear Solid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPSl6YS-UI

I do not remember that at all. What part of the game was it played in?

Dark Artist

MightyMighty737 wrote: »

Maybe I'm pulling this out of my rear end, but wasn't Nina from the original Tekken on the original playstation from Ireland? Perhaps Dublin?

Yes - to this day I still think it's odd as they never really elaborated on it since the first game, she never had an accent, even though they still list her as Irish in her bio.

I do remember her ending in Tekken 2 was set in a vaguely Irish-looking graveyard but that's it.

SeantheMan

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I do not remember that at all. What part of the game was it played in?

It's the end theme. After you save Otacon or Meryl, he drives out into the sunset with them on the back of his snowski :P , and then the credits roll and that's the theme and credits and video


Oh, for those who are bad at our language, the lady is singing in Irish.
The first words are "Ceard a tharla ?" - what happened.
And it goes on and on (an cuimhnight tu an tám nuair, a bhí tú sásta) can you remember the time that you were happy....etc

Skerries

SeantheMan wrote: »

It's the end theme. After you save Otacon or Meryl, he drives out into the sunset with them on the back of his snowski :P , and then the credits roll and that's the theme and credits and video


Oh, for those who are bad at our language, the lady is singing in Irish.
The first words are "Ceard a tharla ?" - what happened.
And it goes on and on (an cuimhnight tu an tám nuair, a bhí tú sásta) can you remember the time that you were happy....etc

Bláthnaid Ní Chufaigh translated that for the game

Lu Tze

Vaguely remember reading an interview with a guy working on some FPS years ago - he was irish and had included a bag of taytos on a table in random room in the game. Unfortunately cant remember the game. The article included a screenshot of it

Burgo

The main character from the sabateur was Irish.
A pretty enjoyable game, all the accents were way over the top, I hope that was what they were going for in any case!

eireannBEAR

were the feck were the ADR when all this dog fighting was going on over our skies!!!

Spear

Ireland appears as a territory on the World of Tanks clan wars map:

http://worldoftanks.eu/clanwars/maps/

(no direct link to it, just the general map).

The in-game map it corresponds to is dark and dreary...

Doctor DooM

Odin Sphere has a lot of Irish mythology lightly brushed along in it, along side other European countries.

The main theme has a "seanachi" version, so it's obvious this is deliberate.

Timmyctc

Ye should all Check out "Lords of the Realm 3" tis great craic RTS. Basically like a poor mans Total War but ye can play as Irish tribesmen. The campaign is called "Ard Rí na hÉireann" or maybe just "High King of Ireland" anyways. Great fun, awful accents but nothing quite like bating the Brits back out of the north and Uniting Ireland

lezflano

Colin Moriarty! Fallout 3 surprised no one mentioned him

eireannBEAR

Burgo wrote: »

The main character from the sabateur was Irish.
A pretty enjoyable game, all the accents were way over the top, I hope that was what they were going for in any case!

so why was he killing the nazi's again??:D

looks like a good game though.

brianregan09

The McCreary's in GTA 4 were Irish too weren''t they and even had vague references to the IRA i could be wrong

Professey Chin

neaideabh wrote: »

I remember when I had the SNES, I got a lend of this racing game (can't remember the title) and there were different characters you could choose to race with!

Anyways, in the booklet that came with the game they had one character who was called Learner Driver or something to that effect and his profile picture was a goofy/clumsy looking fella. To my horror, his nationality was Irish!

I had a quick google for SNES racing games it but couldn't find anything like it in the initial list that I saw but will try again! Talk about insulting!

A character called Learner Driver reminds me of Micro Machines or something like that

Duggy747

Top Gear 2 for the Snes had some Irish tracks like Galway and Dublin.

Nothing different than the other tracks but.........still :pac:

Doodee

We wanted to add Riverdancing Zombies to PvZ for a paddys day update.

True story.

Liam O

"Would you kindly"

Hamhide

tomb raider 5 had a level based in Ireland where you help a shady looking priest.

Jet Black

Played a bit of Alter Ego this week. The main character is Irish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-b96LZeKY