Fiction in Fiction
games which have a fictional world in itself that are also considered to be real (as in you can go into them), be it gameplay or story wise.
suggestions are welcome!
suggestions are welcome!
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there are worlds inside the paintings
Ivalice is a fictional book world
whole premise of the series
Entire series
entire series
the whole game is set inside a book they get transported to
whole game is a fairy tale book story told to a kid
the land of apocrypha seems to be inside a book
i wasn't going to include this but since the digital world does create a mind of it's own and there's sentient life in it i think it counts
Painted World for I and III
Paper Mario's world is a book of fiction
Most Extreme, Savage and Ultimate fights are exaggerated retellings of your characters own exploits. You, as a player, then relive them for your own amusement.
Korean Folk Town is inside a book
everyone is sucked to a videogame world
all the games
you go inside a mural
Fort Condor minigame
Entire series. 100 Acre Woods, Space Paranoids, Symphony of Sorcery and Verum Rex (the other Disney worlds don't count for this)
you go into an actual board game
protagonist is sucked inside a videogame
forest stories. you can game over in them. DLC has the diaries
Presumably paintings are worlds in themselves, not portals. Big Boo's Haunt is inside a model of the mansion.
you are sucked into the movie world
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oh! sorry for double post but i remembered, it happens in DQ11 when the party gets sucked into a mural
Great list!!
Dreamscaper is a game where you go into your own dreams. Not sure if that would count as "fictional" though...?
The realm of Apocryhpa is a world added in Skyrim's Dragonborn expansion. Again I'm not clear if this qualifies since I'm not sure to what degree it's "fictional," but you do enter it by reading a book; I always assumed it was a 100 Acre Wood situation but reading the wiki makes it seem like it's just another place.
That's... all I have apparently. I went through my whole list thinking this was more of a trope and I could find a bunch of them, but I come to you with only these paltry offerings. I didn't play enough of it to know for sure but don't one or all of the Alan Wake games have this as a mechanic? Anyway great list idea!
Dreamscaper is a game where you go into your own dreams. Not sure if that would count as "fictional" though...?
The realm of Apocryhpa is a world added in Skyrim's Dragonborn expansion. Again I'm not clear if this qualifies since I'm not sure to what degree it's "fictional," but you do enter it by reading a book; I always assumed it was a 100 Acre Wood situation but reading the wiki makes it seem like it's just another place.
That's... all I have apparently. I went through my whole list thinking this was more of a trope and I could find a bunch of them, but I come to you with only these paltry offerings. I didn't play enough of it to know for sure but don't one or all of the Alan Wake games have this as a mechanic? Anyway great list idea!
Also I think some or all of the Sword Art Online games might fit for this but again I haven't played enough to say for sure.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is pretty much like Mario 64 in the sense that you go into paintings which can be considered to be their own worlds
@theia yeah i was going to add Rebirth but i kinda decided against it so i would spoil people so soon lol
but omg i was trying so hard to remember that DQ one too thanks!!!
@cowboyjosh
yeah i'm avoiding "dreams" and "psychological spaces" like in Persona because that's not really what i'm looking for. but apocrypha seems to be a book in itself so i'll add it! also Alan Wake does qualify yeah
but omg i was trying so hard to remember that DQ one too thanks!!!
@cowboyjosh
yeah i'm avoiding "dreams" and "psychological spaces" like in Persona because that's not really what i'm looking for. but apocrypha seems to be a book in itself so i'll add it! also Alan Wake does qualify yeah
For NieR, you also go inside the diaries in the DLC stuff
@Archagent aaah i've never done DLC so i didn't know that!
kkkkk... dragon ball xenoverse
A few suggestions for the list:
Super Bullet Break is a classic "sucked into a videogame" situation.
The setting of CrossCode is a VR MMO, but the game world and everything in it is hosted on an actual moon. That is to say, the virtual world exists on top of, and interacts with the real world. You could go to that place in real life and see players running around and doing game stuff.
Would Disgaea item worlds count as fictional worlds?
Super Bullet Break is a classic "sucked into a videogame" situation.
The setting of CrossCode is a VR MMO, but the game world and everything in it is hosted on an actual moon. That is to say, the virtual world exists on top of, and interacts with the real world. You could go to that place in real life and see players running around and doing game stuff.
Would Disgaea item worlds count as fictional worlds?
@Westrep For CrossCode VR is a step removed from what i'm looking for and i'm looking more for something where the world is alive on it's own even without external input (or minimal)
for Disgaea i don't consider the item world to fall into any type of artistic fiction so i wouldn't add it
for Disgaea i don't consider the item world to fall into any type of artistic fiction so i wouldn't add it
o plot do xenoverse é que você (um personagem que você cria) é um patrulheiro do tempo muitos anos no futuro de dragon ball (e num plano temporal separado) que trabalha pra uma organização que tem como missão proteger a história de dragon ball de uns doidinhos que tão tentando interferir nos eventos por interesses próprios
então na prática é só viagem no tempo (por isso citei em tom de ironia) mas foi um exemplo que me veio em mente (obviamente por que querendo ou não a proposta comercial é um "participe você mesmo da história de dragon ball!") até por que "a história de dragon ball" em si é um conhecimento coletivo dentro desse universo, inclusive sendo armazenada em pergaminhos físicos que os personagens lêem pra ver se tá tudo como os conformes e "entram" se tiver alguma coisa de errada
então na prática é só viagem no tempo (por isso citei em tom de ironia) mas foi um exemplo que me veio em mente (obviamente por que querendo ou não a proposta comercial é um "participe você mesmo da história de dragon ball!") até por que "a história de dragon ball" em si é um conhecimento coletivo dentro desse universo, inclusive sendo armazenada em pergaminhos físicos que os personagens lêem pra ver se tá tudo como os conformes e "entram" se tiver alguma coisa de errada
Lots of digimon games.
Digimon World 1 starts by being sucked into the world
Digimon World 3 starts by entering a VR world
Digimon Cyber Slueth (+ Hacker's Memory) have a VR Space that the Digimon Invade
I don't remember the rest but I think both DS games also do this, maybe
Digimon World 1 starts by being sucked into the world
Digimon World 3 starts by entering a VR world
Digimon Cyber Slueth (+ Hacker's Memory) have a VR Space that the Digimon Invade
I don't remember the rest but I think both DS games also do this, maybe
Danganronpa V3
The game Princess Crown is set entirely in a story book that an old woman is reading to her granddaughter. Getting a game over is referred to as "falling from the book world"
Gex as a series has Gex enter TV worlds.
Not sure if this fits the criteria exactly but from what I recall, the entirety of Super Mario Bros 3 is a stageplay acted out within the Mario universe.
@ZapRowsdower oh yeah i can't believe i forgot Gex!!!
@Fizza that's a tiny bit removed from what i'm looking for i feel like, but it's a weird one to think about for sure
@Fizza that's a tiny bit removed from what i'm looking for i feel like, but it's a weird one to think about for sure
Danganonpa V3 is THE fiction in fiction game
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Fun idea for a list! I think the Hello Charlotte games fit pretty well into this category, using a TV as a portal to its other worlds
Hello Charlotte 3 is also incredibly explicit about it, to put it as vague as possible
Hello Charlotte 3 is also incredibly explicit about it, to put it as vague as possible
Seeing Gex next to Princess Crown is like psychic damage
Good list
Good list
The simpsons game where one of the levels is inside a videogame
In Mario Party 3, they literally go inside a Mario Party board game that becomes alive
@dishy what the heck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this was one of the top games i thought about when making this list i can't believe i forgot it
@DoctorIssa which one? i'm not that well-versed in simpsons games is it the movie one?
@gabtoschi you are so right and it's my favorite mario party can't believe i forgot about it
everyone else i've added the suggestions to the list!
@DoctorIssa which one? i'm not that well-versed in simpsons games is it the movie one?
@gabtoschi you are so right and it's my favorite mario party can't believe i forgot about it
everyone else i've added the suggestions to the list!
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