American VS. European FM Authors

Aemanyl on 11/8/2018 at 16:24

Greetings from Europe, fellow taffers. I was just wondering: are there any slight differences (in style, gameplay, storytelling etc.) between missions designed by Americans and those created by Europeans? Have you ever thought about how one's nationality influences the shape of his/her fan missions?

Independent Thief on 11/8/2018 at 17:41

Quote Posted by Aemanyl

Interesting question-I think Europeans tend to go for castles and medieval stuff since they have those kinds of environments on their own turf. I can't speak for other American authors, but I've tended to lean towards more sci-fi environments since there really isn't any particularly interesting architecture to get inspiration from in my neck of the woods.

Azaran on 11/8/2018 at 18:48

Sensut draws lots of inspiration from his native Romania, with the amazing Dracula and Bathory campaigns

Aemanyl on 11/8/2018 at 19:25

Independent Thief, I agree. European cultural heritage and medieval architecture are a huge inspiration for fan missions here. An example would be Christine's "Raven Creek" campaign, which has a very strong German/Central European atmosphere and architecture! Or Zontik's "King's Story". More historical missions would be cool.

Bulgarian_Taffer on 11/8/2018 at 21:19

I've tried to recreate an orthodox church once - in Secrets of Avidan.

downwinder on 12/8/2018 at 02:36

cardia is my fav for designer for fan missions,ftm life felt so real to me

ZylonBane on 12/8/2018 at 05:21

In European FMs all the loot is in metric.

Spyrano on 12/8/2018 at 07:52

The date puzzle in the recent Lord Alexander's Mansion. I was sure I had it figured out, but it just wasn't working. Then I remembered European date format is Day/Month not Month/Day.

Purgator on 12/8/2018 at 08:39

In American Fms, all torch and lava temperatures register in fahrenheit.

Haplo on 12/8/2018 at 11:13

I'm neither American nor European. I wonder how that has affected my missions, which exist, surprisingly.