8-Bit Dystopia
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- Elegan/tg/entleman, I have an idea for a classic gaming roleplay. A homage to the 8-bit and 16-bit era with a grimdark retelling, much like that excellent 80s pop-culture setting we had a thread on a few nights ago.
Imagine, if you will, a city stretching into infinity. The endless dark nights, bright skyscrapers dominating the skyline while chemical factories spew purple sludge into the river. A city dominated by crime syndicates, ancient clans, and high-tech conglomerates. From the tops of buildings high, the heroes and villians of the city watching the ant-like masses below them.
No More Heroes
One of the predominant themes of the setting is the fact that what we call a hero is gone. The world we know, Earth was destroyed and much of humanity with it. Those that survived fled to the very edges of humanities domain. One world, a former Mining colony becomes the City. Here the black and white of good and evil is gone. In its stead is a murky concept of shades of gray. Some of the most horrible atrocities committed are done for the sake of saving what remains. The heroes of this world are often no better than the monsters they fight and in a few cases, even worse.
This is not to say there is no hope. A few pure souls still stand against the encroaching darkness. Some are familiar faces others, unexpected and at times even shocking.