Has gearbox thought of making a vietnam game?

[343 Guiltyspark]

Its the most interesting and phycological conflicts in american history

There is so much that people dont know about vietnam and what happened there.

I mean there are a few movies , but not one of them really captures what really happened ( Apoc now almost had nothing to do with the war itself and that is the best of the movies )

There is only one game that was truely good at bringing it out into the open , but it was made by a tiny developer with a low budget ( still came out amazing ) and that game was vietcong


Why hasnt gearbox taken up the task of showing the world what vietnam was really like from a first person perspective ?


The horrors of that conflict are the most unnoticed in history , and its sad that people dont know about it

[DiBBs]

key word: Unnoticed.

The thing is gearbox needs to make a profit in order to keep making games, and by doing so they have to make games that would be popular. The vietnam war was never popular, not even when it was still on. I'm not saying I wouldn't like a vietnam game, I would. But the chances of that are nill since its hard to make a game with the only cover being trees and trenches and getting the general audience of gamers to go out and buy it. BIA even has to be run and gun friendly this time around. and the last thing we need are more cod2's and 4's.

[fOgGy]

A Vietnam BIA is not out of the question but how it will work I don't know ?

[el expl0siv0]

Full Metal Jacket was pretty good, better then Apocalypse Now as far as vietnam movies go, especially because Apocalypse Now was based off of a book that had nuthin' to do with nam.
And also answering the question, why haven't the made one yet, it is because they have only made two of their own games, and apparently Randy P is a big WWII guy.
I don't think it is at all out of the question, I'm sure someone at GBX understands that there is some great storytelling potential in nam.

[lm2f]

Originally Posted by DiBBs

key word: Unnoticed.

The thing is gearbox needs to make a profit in order to keep making games, and by doing so they have to make games that would be popular. The vietnam war was never popular, not even when it was still on. I'm not saying I wouldn't like a vietnam game, I would. But the chances of that are nill since its hard to make a game with the only cover being trees and trenches and getting the general audience of gamers to go out and buy it. BIA even has to be run and gun friendly this time around. and the last thing we need are more cod2's and 4's.

the Iraq was is not popular either but CoD4 still sold like 10 million

[el expl0siv0]

Personally, I don't think it matters that the war itself is unpopular, especially in BIA's case, because they tend to focus on storyline and characters instead of the entire conflict.

[bozter]

They mabey will make like a Brothers in arms: vietnam!
Like call of duty 3 games with ww2 then POFF we are here and now.

I dont know the coolest war , if i can call it that is ww2.
That was the real deal.

[sgt_baker]

Originally Posted by bozter

They mabey will make like a Brothers in arms: vietnam!
Like call of duty 3 games with ww2 then POFF we are here and now.

I dont know the coolest war , if i can call it that is ww2.
That was the real deal.

war isnt cool war is hell you kill other people that aint cool people who say that are as stupid as the ass off a pig .I think they will do the pacific after this because gearbox is one of those companies who cover a whole storie before movingh on to the next one

[lowjunen]

yes but the point is, it's already been mentioned... the vietnam bit that is. Randy has HINTED that the next BIA will be during the BotB

[fOgGy]

Originally Posted by lowjunen

yes but the point is, it's already been mentioned... the vietnam bit that is. Randy has HINTED that the next BIA will be during the BotB

Yeah that would rock