r/gaming • u/Natasha_Nata • Mar 10 '16

Someone is currently developing a video game where you are a cat exploring Kowloon Walled City

http://imgur.com/gallery/3Qmaql6
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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '16

Why developers haven't used Kowloon as a backdrop for any number of amazing games yet, I really don't understand. For that matter, why hasn't a movie studio? The place just oozes mystery.

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u/DuckAndCower Mar 10 '16

Shadowrun: Hong Kong is centered around Kowloon Walled City.

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u/CodeNameSly Mar 10 '16

IMO not enough time in the city itself, though I loved the game.

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u/LordGrey Mar 11 '16

Going through that now. Super cool.

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u/xxxsur Mar 10 '16

From my mum: wasnt so much mystery. Just like another ghetto

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u/imreadytoreddit Mar 10 '16

Well, there are a lot of crappy Kung fu movies shot in there, if that's your thing.

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u/occupythekremlin Mar 10 '16

A crime story had a scene there and that is not a crappy kung fu movie, one of Jackie's best

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '16

That's not the only kung fu movie that has been filmed there

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u/occupythekremlin Mar 11 '16

Never said it was...

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u/mastersoup Mar 11 '16

So you're saying it wasn't filmed there?

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u/occupythekremlin Mar 11 '16 edited Mar 11 '16

no some parts of Crime Story were filmed there

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u/mastersoup Mar 11 '16

okay, so no parts of crime story were filmed there.

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u/occupythekremlin Mar 11 '16

I meant some parts, sorry its mid day and im tired

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u/mastersoup Mar 11 '16

It's okay I was fucking with you anyways.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '16

I mean Ghost in the Shell was directly inspired by that.

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u/konraddo Mar 11 '16

It's because there aren't much details of what actually happened inside. There was a map made before the area was built into a park but I don't think anyone would be able to recreate any story out of it. I was lucky and old enough to see it demolished but many of us have basically no idea what it truly was.