Persona 4 and Snowboard Kids 2 (Only games that matter IMO)
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I think they consulted on the Final Fantasy series, not sure how much of a role they played however.
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Thousands of them.
What I don't understand is why foreign developers make games about america. Like, Max Payne - set in NY, developed by swedish developers, Bohemia's Operation Flashpoint and Arma - cezch devs, about american soldiers. GTA 3 to 5 - british people, game set in USA. Battlefield 3 - swedish devs again, singleplayer is about american soldier. Even Resident Evil and Silent Hill are made by japans, but games take place in USA. And the list goes on and on.
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Because for a lot of them the U.S. is some far off land full of violence and craziness and Hollywood. It's like some fantasy land of insanity. If you happen to BE in the U.S., seeing 12,000 games all taking place in some Japanese guy's version of New York gets a little tiring, but I do understand why it happens. Although I wish the Persona games would take place somewhere, ANYWHERE outside of Japan after 4. Four games set in Japan is plenty! Let's have one in Soviet Russia!
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There are plenty of non-american publishers out there, like Ubisoft, Paradox, Focus, SEGA, Koch Media (Deep Silver is their video game publishing brand), Ascaron, Kalypso, Square-Enix (who now also owns Eidos's IPs), 1C to name a few.
I suspect that the main reason why so many games are set in the US is quite simply because almost everyone is familiar with the basics of the US. In a world where people can't tell the difference between Switzerland & Sweden it is probably just safer to let the games take place somewhere that people recognize, instead of having to introduce a whole new area (which can take some time, as you need to familiarize the player with the area).
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Machinarium
Operation Flashpoint
Hidden and Dangerous
Mafia
Legend of Grimrock
and many, many more :D
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Gothic, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Serious Sam and many others
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Mount & Blade is pretty popular, and is made by a turkish company.
You know Turkey as the country of Turkish Star Wars, Istanbul, Turkish Superman, Turkish Star Trek, Turkish Batman, and Kebabs.
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A selection of german titles =))
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Heroes of Might and Magic V and Might and Magic: Heroes VI
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