In what country is Dying Light / Harran set?

[Wamblee]

i am wondering for a long time now

[Klem]

Turkey.

[Wamblee]

Thanks

[PocketYoda]

Ah ok Turkey i wondered this as well...

Poor Turks all are now Zombies, sorry to them

[Totino]

It seems like Harran was an ancient city in Turkey. Dying Light probably does a Fallout-esque thing in which they kind of used an alternate timeline. Not a big change, but enough to where Harran is still a functional city today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harran

[PocketYoda]

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It seems like Harran was an ancient city in Turkey. Dying Light probably does a Fallout-esque thing in which they kind of used an alternate timeline. Not a big change, but enough to where Harran is still a functional city today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harran

i see but there is no water source at that harran.

[Totino]

Oh, I see. I didn't pay attention to that... do you think Harran is maybe a fictional independent city-state, like Monaco or Singapore? It is only a couple of districts big, and then mountains/coast block it off.

[PocketYoda]

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Oh, I see. I didn't pay attention to that... do you think Harran is maybe a fictional independent city-state, like Monaco or Singapore? It is only a couple of districts big, and then mountains/coast block it off.

Yes it could be it seems quite modern though it could be based on a city of Turkey near the coast.

[That_guy4019]

I heard that they got the inspiration for Harran from modern-day Instanbul (formerly Constantinople). The city is the "gateway" between east and west and is on a major water crossing between the black sea and the Mediterranean sea. It also connects Europe with the middle east. One of the reasons they chose Instanbul as the inspiration is the mix of cultures from the east and the west.

[PocketYoda]

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I heard that they got the inspiration for Harran from modern-day Instanbul (formerly Constantinople). The city is the "gateway" between east and west and is on a major water crossing between the black sea and the Mediterranean sea. It also connects Europe with the middle east. One of the reasons they chose Instanbul as the inspiration is the mix of cultures from the east and the west.

That makes a lot of sense.

Look at these pictures of Istanbul
http://www.cgi2015.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/istanbul_turu_1.jpg

http://www.amiralpalacehotel.com/images/istanbul-hd-widescreen-wallpapers.jpg

Very Harran

[Totino]

Okay, that's definitely Harran.

[lup3s]

in-game you can find a globe with a blood drop on it.. I think it was somewhere in Africa but I'd need to check it

I thought it indicated where the game's set; they do seem to have modeled the city of Harran like Istanbul (by judging the provided pictures).

[PocketYoda]

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in-game you can find a globe with a blood drop on it.. I think it was somewhere in Africa but I'd need to check it

I thought it indicated where the game's set; they do seem to have modeled the city of Harran like Istanbul (by judging the provided pictures).

Yes i saw that too its near the guy that asks you for night herbs to get him high lol

[F4b!4n™]

If it's in Turkey then how come the polish flag set around in Oldtown? In poland there is a section of Krakow called Oldtown so maybe it's there?

[Wamblee]

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If it's in Turkey then how come the polish flag set around in Oldtown? In poland there is a section of Krakow called Oldtown so maybe it's there?

Maybe some guys from Poland came to see the games and left their flag there. Harran doesnt look like poland

[Aries the Grinning]

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If it's in Turkey then how come the polish flag set around in Oldtown? In poland there is a section of Krakow called Oldtown so maybe it's there?

Maybe some guys from Poland came to see the games and left their flag there. Harran doesnt look like poland

Techland is a Polish developper, so it wouldn't suprise me if they left some nationalistic tidbits around... T'was no different in Dead Island.