Historical Similarities in the Games to Real Life?

April 23, 2007, 12:27 PM

Has any one else noticed how the Turks are alot like the SS in Germany in real life? Aeris describes them as being heartless and doing dirty jobs like kidnapping and murder? i think Square Soft gets some of there story lines from our Histroy?
Has anyone else picked up on anything else like that?

April 23, 2007, 1:22 PM

Yeah, the Turks did remind me a bit of Nazis... Hmm. Maybe they could be like a corrupt intelligence agency, like a lot of countries have? (Good example- FBI)

April 23, 2007, 1:34 PM

yeah i never thought of it like that thats a very good point i think they probably do get there story lines from historical events and kinda base them around things that have happened in the past

April 23, 2007, 11:13 PM

Exactly.
Thank to this thread now I'm actually doing some thinking here...

How about the fact that mako reactors resemble our own nuclear reactors, plus the dangers associated with them.
And I totally agree with Nazi thing. That's a good point.
I'll try to think of some more later.

My Character Profiles · April 23, 2007, 11:55 PM

Don't forget the knights of the round; in relevance to King Arthur!

April 24, 2007, 12:52 AM

OH!
And meteor in reference to how they seem to always smash into the planet and destroy all life on it.

April 24, 2007, 2:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Warbourne

How about the fact that mako reactors resemble our own nuclear reactors, plus the dangers associated with them.

yeah and the Shinra kind've represent a corrupt form of government, hungry for power. Midgar seems to be the only advanced city in the game (sorta like the US or another big country) and a lot of the other cities seem less advanced (look at the early difference between Midgar and Kalm.) it seems to represent our world today where you've got a few big powers in charge and a lot of the others are just sorta left on their own

April 24, 2007, 3:06 AM

Turks kinda sound like a German-ish evil crew i think but what government doesnt have that kind of secret group?

April 24, 2007, 3:26 AM

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Originally Posted by 2of9

Turks kinda sound like a German-ish evil crew i think but what government doesnt have that kind of secret group?

To that I say none.

How 'bout the cannons in Junon and Midgar. Since we're in this WWII context I associated those with 'Big Bertha' and the other German rail guns at the time. Extremely long range and devastating power.

My Character Profiles · April 24, 2007, 3:26 AM

Lol the Turks always reminded me of chicago mobsters...until I looked up the geographical reference to the real Turks...