Games that were (behind the scenes) dystopic

[Sephiroth]

So I'm sitting here playing Apollo Justice and I realize that the game is set in a post-dystopic society (the PW games are set in the 2030's and AJ is set in the 2040's) where basically the justice system as we know it crashed violently (supposedly there were huge riots in the 2010's after another O.J.-like trial) and was re-formed into a speedier (trials by law can only last 3 days) but far more corrupt system, (the Judge is a spoony bard and VERY suseptical to persuasion, the defendant and his lawyer have to gather evidence to prove their case)which, in the end they decide to abandon for a hybrid jury system in fear of more riots, due (mostly) to the shennanigans of the prosecutors throuout the series (half of the prosecutors in the games end up in jail for evidence manipulation and/or murder)

are there any other games like that where information from the background paints a portrait of a government/world near or after collapse?

 

[Kelthaz]

Yeah, I love that about the PW games. If you fail to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that your client is innocent within three days, he's automatically guilty. No wonder Phoenix is always on the verge of a heart attack.

Most people tend to ignore the stories for these games, but the Post-NES Mega Man games are amazingly dark. The world has pretty much been ravaged by war and genocide. And with each series the timeline jumps forward 100 years, and things only get worse with each century.

 

[Canadave]

I find that The Legend of Zelda often has that feel to it. Most games post-Ocarina of Time give you the impression that Hyrule was once a great and powerful kingdom, but by the time you come along it's declining or gone. It can actually be kind of depressing when you start to think about it, especially WW's sunken, frozen kingdom.

 

[captcalhoun]

Unreal Tournament 2004 and UT3.

bloody wars between mega-corporations, alien attacks, state-sanctioned murder-games, killer robots rebelling against humans...

all paints a pretty grimdark picture of the future...

 

[Sephiroth]

^yeah, but that's kind of overt, i'm looking for games that you play through a few times and then it clicks, and you go "holy shit there must have been some nasty times going on/went on/about to go on" and the game just kind of glosses it over

 

[Hound of UIster]

I find that The Legend of Zelda often has that feel to it. Most games post-Ocarina of Time give you the impression that Hyrule was once a great and powerful kingdom, but by the time you come along it's declining or gone. It can actually be kind of depressing when you start to think about it, especially WW's sunken, frozen kingdom.

Thats just the Lotr influences.

 

[Canadave]

I find that The Legend of Zelda often has that feel to it. Most games post-Ocarina of Time give you the impression that Hyrule was once a great and powerful kingdom, but by the time you come along it's declining or gone. It can actually be kind of depressing when you start to think about it, especially WW's sunken, frozen kingdom.

Thats just the Lotr influences.

Oh, unquestionably. But it doesn't change that impression.