What SUPERCOPS almost was
SUPERCOPS:MIAMI is a high octane game with a bunch of things that tie it to the 80's aesthetic. But it wasn't always going to be that.
It started life as a dystopian future ala Judge Dredd or an extraction shooter type game where you play as privatized law enforcement, you'd ride around the city looking for bad guys. Kill em, get rewarded for it, and get upgrades.
It was supposed to be a play on Tom Clancy's the division, where as a government agent without any sort of questioning or establishing of guilt you just mow down people. During the course of the game, you'd hope that you'd kind of realize you were the bad guys but nope!
In SUPERCOPS you'd ride out into the poverty stricken wastes of New London, administered by the New States of America (NSA) and their corporate overlords.
Kind of like Delta Green, you'd be taking on the bad guys that were a threat to the world, and anyone who got in the way, shouldn't have.
You wouldn't respond to crimes against normal people like murder and robbery, just the big stuff.
I stopped writing it in this world because it was just so depressing. There's probably someone who would love for us to live in Judge Dredd where they of course picture themselves as Judge Dredd. I'm not one of those people.
I'm sharing the opening section, just to help anyone else who might be writing a dystopia and find it useful.
New London
The year is 2050, and city of New London in the New States of America (NSA) is in chaos. Gangs control the streets, politicians are corporate managers on punishment duty, and the free market has provided bounty for the few.
Outgoing Chief of Police Raymond Bolt has vowed to clean up the streets & boardrooms “BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.” The net is available but heavily censored. Nobody wants the proles getting any ideas, that’s when things get dangerous. Raymond Bolt is a ruthless individual with no time for civil rights, due process or people who get in the way.
YOU are part of city’s first (and only) SUPER (Special Uniformed Protection Enforcement and Response) Cops, tasked with delivering justice to the city of New London, a city on the brink.
How this happens is up to you and your fellow SUPER cops. Justice could be summary execution, prison, maybe it's just beating them up. You decide.
You'll be focused on the big threats to the nation, you'll pass a tonne of crimes everyday but your job is to be a robot and follow orders. We can make this city just like it used to be, if we just keep following orders.
Be sure not to dig too deep into mysteries or strange occurrences though, knowledge can be dangerous.