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Why don't more video games feature revolution?

Someone was asking about games that feature revolution in another group, and I realized that it's hard to think of that many games with a revolution in them, or feature revolution as central to the plot.

Which seems weird to me, because while I was thinking of games to answer that question, I realized that a revolution is basically the perfect setting for a video game. Basically every video game starts you off as weak and hopeless, and as you progress you get more powerful, gain more allies, collect more resources, and so on until you are an unstoppable force. A revolution is the perfect narrative backdrop for this traditional system of progression.

Yet I can think of so few games that feature a revolution. Skyrim might count. XCOM 2 kinda fits the bill. Maybe there's some deep trove of hidden rpgs that I've never played that fall into this category, but everything I can think of falls more into the trope of fantasy magic evil thing that you have to get strong enough to go and punch.

So how about it, what games am I missing out on? Does anyone have good examples of games that feature revolution in some way or another?

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[–] ferristriangle@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

This website failed to tell me about Suikoden. I'm disappointed