River Ridge is a large city that a few decades in the past was a thriving metropolis fueled by a large corporation. However several years ago this corporation went under, leaving the city with nothing to fuel its economy. This in turn paved the way for organized crime to spread to the point where even the police are helpless. Although all might seem lost there are some upstanding citizens who have devoted themselves to making their city a beautiful and safe place to live again. But with the law unable to stop the organized crime, this is a difficult, and sometimes dangerous, endeavor for these citizens.
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The concept of River Ridge's background is based on many of the large cities on the east coast of the United States that were the center of large industries such as Detroit or Buffalo. This background was chosen because it gave us the flexibility in the design of the levels to make areas like the open market block for the first mission. This also opened up the idea of citizens working to make their city beautiful again, which became important to our story line.
The concept for the criminal story of River Ridge is based on the fictional city of Gotham from Batman. We wanted to create a place where the player felt they could trust the police to try to do their job but were just unable to without some help. This is important for the players that choose to clean the city through non-violent actions. If the player believed that the police were all under the influence of the criminal organizations there would be no point to handing them over to the authorities.
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