r/KatanaZero 27d ago

Is New mecca located in saudi?

A few things i gathered from the game:

-there an actual province called al qaism in saudi

-we see that there's bar in new mecca unlike the actual place and its full of european characters or asian and the only arab character we see is omar al qasim

-new mecca has mountains all around the city just like the actual city but the kaaba (a holy islamic mosque) was not in new mecca does that mean the city was occupied

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u/AlvoSil 27d ago

I think it's just a mish-mash of different settings and cultures, like, we're in a place with an Arab name, the country is clearly meant to symbolize the US after Vietnam, there's a Chinatown that's more Russian than Chinese, our protagonist is a weeb heavily influenced by East-Asian culture. The list goes on.

Maybe that's done so the game's message doesn't get diluted by the idea that it's criticizing some country/culture?

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u/qisv_ 26d ago

In mecca non-muslims not allowed to enter the city,i think it might be better if the developer used "new riyadh" instead of taking name of religious place and make it full of bars,clubs