Simply put, I have a question for us fellow readers. If you had to live in a COG/HG story what would it be, who would you be, would you use your knowledge of the reality to your advantage or would you play along?
If I personally had to decide which story to be, in it would be heroes rise. I would use my knowledge of the events in the story to beat Victon by using my knowledge of the existence of Artillery to team up with Protigal to find her and reveal VictonÅ lies, Before the death ray and before my RO prodigal dies. #WHY
A Study In Steampunk. I kind of like the idea of exploring the dynamics of the Imperial Army and basically what it entails. And for another reason is; when Finch goes all Reichenbach Fall on me, Iāll call Woodward out on his lie and follow Finch into the pits. And then I get to go all-out Punisher on the Vlaski enemies. And at the end of it all, I basically get the guy and the good ending.
If I am to live in one of the world of CoG, that world is my realityā¦simply put , what is reality ? Reality is only real if we believe it to beā¦ some would argue that the world which we live now isnāt āRealā as well , it may be a fragment of another personās dream where we are just scripts of a long storyā¦Lol
Wellā¦ i had read quite a number of interactive novels from CoG/HG, few will forever reside in my mindā¦
a) Vampire House
b) Great Tournament
c) Heats of The House
d) Broadway : 1849 (i havenāt finish but i already know this will forever find a place in my soul)
If i have to choose one to live inā¦ i think i would choose the alternate world in Heart Of The Houseā¦ because that world is simply Haunting, charming and mesmerising ā¦ the whole world gives me a feeling of āAweā as if i am watching the never ending Sunset from a remote villageā¦ i admit that most of the scenery of such gothical master piece had already plant inside my head through movies like Johnny Deppās Sleepy hallow , and the moment when i read Heart of the Houses, the sleepy hallow scenario where carriage race through the muddy road towards uncertainty appear in my mind instantly ā¦
and the moment where i was so ill and had to be taken to the local inn for recovery was precisely when i was starting to have my bad flu after returning from town in late evening ā¦ so the delusion i was having due to my flu was synchronising with my characterās first delusion when he ( or me) almost drown in the bath tube , the moment when someone clutch my shoulder and pull me out from being drown was in tune when i need to breath in fresh air from my āblocked noseā condition (due to my flu)ā¦ and the story depicted my character had witness a lady who was glowing in a transluscent awe apparently was the one who save me from drowning in the bath tube totally struck meā¦ the word āAngelā already forming in my mind even before i read it from the novel ā¦ the choice which i made in communicating with her will be the exact word forming with my own lips ā¦
The moment when i start to know Oriana , i was thinking āI will be damned ā¦ based on how most stories in such circumstances , she is likely a Demon or Evil beings , and should i choose an evil path in the end ?ā But the story smarty build up her character as a mysterious charismatic Enigma , the longing of following her around is like the Moth who blindly flying towards the Fireā¦
But hey i got a happy ending in the end, and i am now the new owner of an Ancient Power that secretly protecting the world ā¦ there is still unfinished business between my relationship with Oriana , and there will be eternal struggle with the āFormless worldā ā¦ In addition, there are still ambiguous origins regarding Angel, Demon and God(s)ā¦ both this world and the Formless world are such fascinating worlds to be explore, great adventures lie ahead for certain ā¦ and the Star-Crossed Love relationship between me and Oriana had yet to conclude , so Yesā¦ i would love to live in this mesmerising world
Almost everyone has access to magic, there is a clearly-defined Big Good that is at least somewhat active in the world, and other than dangerous wildlife and death cults, itās not comstantly torn apart by strife, war, or apocalyptic events.
Or the country of Lemuria, in Magikiras. An egalitarian society possessing both magic and advanced technology seems like a fair enough tradeoff for the threat of shadowy monstrosities I may never have to face.
I mean, I find a lot of COG games have compelling and lovely settings, but thereās a difference between wanting to visit them and wanting to spend the rest of my life in them.
Well I know which game I definitely wouldnāt want to live in, Alter ego. That game bullies me so much xd. I swear I have honestly only gotten a happy playthrough once, and then I really had to try hard to get it. My other ones I got depressed and committed suicide, another one I was a psychopath, another one I tried the whole game to get a husband only to fail, another one I managed to get a husband but only managed it as I just didnāt go on dates with them so couldnāt get any bad dates that would ruin the relationship , so just sticking with each other out of fear of being alone and in pretty much every playthrough my parents die early. So yeah that game is so mean to me :ā( .
As for a game I would want to live in, well no game with an antagonist(s) who is stronger/more evil than a normal human, I wouldnāt want an action packed life. Kinda boring but Iād want to live in the world of a day off work so bad. Itās just like our world except 1,000 times funnier and a world where literally anything can happen(or it certainly feels that way anyway ), though that does kinda break my antagonist rule seeing as you can end up with zombies roaming around, but that is just one possibility out of loads so hopefully if I was living in that world that wouldnāt happen to me .
For my opinion , some people in the āReal Worldā are more āEvilā than those in the world of CoG, in fact the real world is where the Antagonist(s) are stronger than normal human and Rule the world ā¦
Even in a small working place , there are Antagonist(s) and Hypocrite(s) who wear different masks based on circumstances , and they usually wonāt hold back in either back stabbing or ruining you ā¦
About demons, monsters, and Ghosts in the game, well sometimes they do look more honourableā¦Lol
But that is just my opinion , personally i wonāt have second thought if i can somehow live in an alternate world of my choiceā¦Lol
Itās a tie between Way Walkers and the Heroes Rise worlds for me. If the Way Walkers story, then Iād be happy with a slightly more interesting normal-for-that-world life. If Heroes Rise, if I had powers, Iād totally go full super-villain. Except, I probably wouldnāt be really āsuperā. Since Iād probably just use my powers to steal video games, consoles, books, & gaming pcs. Maybe some nerdy rare collectibles of my favorite series. lol
Thereā¦ arenāt a lot of CoGs/HGs that I would actually like to live in for one thing, I do like having modern technology and conveniences, which rules out a lot right thereā¦
Mmm, probably #1 choice would be @JimDās A Wise Use of Time, since I would actually really love having the main characterās ability to mess with time but this would have to come with the major caveat that I would only want to live there after the whole villain plot is taken care of :sushing_face:
Hmm, and Sixth Grade Detective wouldāve been a really nice childhood, but I donāt really want to be eleven again, so thatās a no (but if it were, say, a question of being reincarnated, that would be a distinct possibility )
Now, if the question were āwhich CoG/HG story would you like to visit,ā then the list would be far longer
Like this: [spoiler]This will be in spoilers[/spoiler]
about modern technologyā¦ i remember Sir Arthur Connan Doyle once remark, the challenge of writing a good detective story in a modern society is that, modern technology help solve lots of mystery and dilemma easily ā¦ hence there basically less dramatic approach for a modern detective to solve a mysterious case like Sherlock Holmes didā¦ basically it can be argue that modern technology make life less adventurous and less mysterious ā¦Lol
But then again, without modern technology, i wouldnāt be able to get to know such many wonderful adventures from interactive novel
Choice of Kung Fu, hands down. Though Iād prefer something other than the Pride of Dongfang Chu/Ip Man style climax, a bit more Louis Cha maybe. The whole counter cultural aspect of the Jianghu just works better if doesnāt interact with the mundane world. But who doesnāt like a parallel society where might makes right?
I think Iāll just go with the first thing what comes into my mind; it would be The Lost Heir bc I just love fantasy.
Also as for me to less likely to pick is any superhero stories, of course thatā if I imagine myself to be a complately average citizen and not the MC. The superhero genre draws in too many casualties and they are still the hero even if some citizens suffered just as long they stopped the villain.
Do WIPās count and do we get to live as our mcās in said story or as ourselves?
If I have to live as myself then I guess most of those worlds would be a death sentence for a short guy with celiacās like myself.
If I can be inserted in one of my mcās (and retain their skills and memories in addition to my own) then I guess my favourite, even though it is a WIP would be to swap with my Myrmidon āLordā Flash in @Moreau 's WIP.
From the published ones I guess it would be @ThomBās Evertree Inn, one of the sexiest guys loves/likes me and my elven mc is good enough at magic that it can replicate most modern conveniences. The long lifespan would be welcome too of course. @Fawkes āSeven Heirs of Ophaesiaā and the Waywalkers series would share third place. Theyād rank higher if the mcās there started out as young adults, while both the worlds and my mcās in them are nice, I wouldnāt exactly like repeating my childhood and teenage years.
The safe choice would probably be Psy High, a succesful highschool senior in the modern world, whether he chooses to retain the powers or not, so it would just be trading in my Dutch citizenship for an American one and possible super-powers or else at least a physical upgrade and knocking quite a few years off.
Honourable mentions would go to
Vendetta, but only if I could be my mc there too, obviously and the new kid in Town, Broadway 1849.
Thatās a tough question, so many beautiful and intriguing worlds have been created already, it gets really hard to narrow down a few, but personally, my selection would be CCH. There are a lot of games involving super powers and schools, but CCH has more of a realistic feeling to me, maybe itās because the MC is powerless, or because the people in Speck are not so overpowered when compared to most of the other games, but either way, it draws me to the that world more than any other game has done.
In terms of WIPās it would be BREACH, living life as one of the Archangels would beā¦ interesting, at the very least.
I have to put a honorable mention to Creatures Such as We here, because it would be very cool to live on the moon, even with all the downsides the game mentions, and also Waywalkers, for the gorgeous world of the game and the many paths that exist to be chosen.
I also want to say āHighlands, Deep Watersā, but I like being a sane person, so I would rather not live there.
My number one choice would be daria from the lost hier series, but not as the protagonist. Living in a magical world, fighting evil, and adventuring in general are definitely a worthwhile experience but not if it means immortality and the possibility of losing my identity. Alternatively the Great tournament would be a novel experience, and I have always dreamed of being a cat and perching on high shelves only to leap down onto the shoulder of my unsuspecting owner(pet), so that I could swipe the chicken off the plate they drop in surprise.
It getās a bit more difficult with wips. Kingdoms embers in ashes has appeal, and TOTEM would be a childhood dream come true. Freak amidst the neon lights would be good for my superhero fantasies, while aetherian spell academy would satisfy much of my modern mage curiosity. Though there are others, Iāll end with Mordred blood cries afar. Being a rebel greatly appeals to me.