Why SF and not Defiance?

[Ronan DEx]

Northern Nevada (Tahoe / Reno) is on a line from SF to SL. Las Vegas is many miles to the south of Reno, but it's not too far off the track.

Ofc it's not direct, but I feel the areas provided are large enough that we can cross that Tahoe line and go down to LV similar to the trek from Madera > SF

[pyrolm]

I personally believe they are staying away from Defiance the town is simply because the game and the show are meant to be two different entities in the same world. Each has their own story that effects each other a bit here and there. The reason that we are not running around Defiance is because its not realistic for the story of the show. How would the show explain hey there's a million arc hunters running around Defiance but you can't see them. They are just trying to be realistic with the set up. We might visit Defiance in the future but I'm willing to be it will only be a Co-op, or solo mission set in the episode mission format.

I agree with this completely. They said that people would leave the show and show up in the game, or leave the game and show up in the show (which already happened with the first episode missions). I think that is how most of the connections will go between game and TV show or if some major event that effects the whole US we would see it in the game. You want to keep it separate for the people who don't watch the show or don't play the game so they can still be something by themselves and not rely on the other to be successful.

[Greyhawk]

I personally believe they are staying away from Defiance the town is simply because the game and the show are meant to be two different entities in the same world. Each has their own story that effects each other a bit here and there. The reason that we are not running around Defiance is because its not realistic for the story of the show. How would the show explain hey there's a million arc hunters running around Defiance but you can't see them. They are just trying to be realistic with the set up. We might visit Defiance in the future but I'm willing to be it will only be a Co-op, or solo mission set in the episode mission format.

Indeed Trion did an interview back in March that said the SyFy t.v guys didn't want to have to Arkhunters from the game shooting up their towns lol.

[ironhands]

so the two can each evolve on their own path, without stepping on each others toes too much

[Captain Nemo]

But if each evolve separately then what's the point of all this? If they lanched a game and a show that have the same general area and the same timeline in common, what's the point to separate them? Ok, one is a game and the other one is a tv show, I thought the idea was that one completes the other and vice-versa.

As for the vocal few who would demand the death of a character in the movie simply because they killed it, well, I guess they'd recieve just as much attention as one of those hobos sitting at the street corner with a sign that says "The wold ends tomorrow"... the only difference is, the hobo may be right.

And reading the replies, I have to wonder, how many people actually want the show and the game to be totally separated?

[Cmdr Pain]

Speaking of series connection, did anyone try Redeeming or entering the code on the Biomans chest. Please tell me it wasnt just me.

[Cmdr Pain]

Im guessing in future DLC there will be the actual town, who knows maybe even a player market wohooo, the Vorge or what ever they are called and them strange wolf bear bug things in a forest. Really makes for an anticipating ride. Hope im not wrong.

[Jamesdanex]

I'm curious, why make the game so far away from where the actual action takes place. If I know Syfy, the series will circle around that town while the main characters are put no-escape situations, but by the end of the episode they come out on top... come to think of it, that kinda sums up all the Syfy series that come to mind. And the name of the series is Defiance so I have doubts about it being about SF. Of course, I could be wrong.

Anyway, I kinda doubt there will be so much focus on SF. Why is that? The only reason I've heard was that players may kill a character in game and be upset at the fact that it's still alive in the series. Are we all 5 years old? Do we not understand how this works? Doubt any sane person will demand you "kill" a character in the series just because he offed him or her in the game world.

You said you want to hold a certain level of "contact" between the game and the series, but this just seems like a lazy solution. Granted you would have to release many updates to reflect the state of the series in the game world, but this is the endevour you took upon yourselves when you decided to try something like this.

I hope, that one day, if the game goes well and, especially, if the series go well, you will see fit to open the town of Defiance to players, cause that's the ultimate way for us to actually feel "close" to the series.

I was wondering the same thing, defiance seems to actually have an environment, where as paradise is dead and lifeless. :/

[RelativeBlue]

Speaking of series connection, did anyone try Redeeming or entering the code on the Biomans chest. Please tell me it wasnt just me.

I sure as shtako tried!
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[Erei]

Simply because it would have been complicated to avoid thousands of characters in the show, IE all the players.