r/gaming • u/Asianboiforwhitedad • 10h ago

Kingdom Come Deliverance studio co-founder says a lot of RPGs are 'still games for teenagers,' and that he's 'tired of all the RPGs where you are this chosen one'

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-studio-co-founder-says-a-lot-of-rpgs-are-still-games-for-teenagers-and-that-hes-tired-of-all-the-rpgs-where-you-are-this-chosen-one/
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u/emanuele0933 10h ago

They are in fact aimed to teenagers

There are some adult like RPGs out there but they sell way less. People like teen story and grand scale plots where you need to defeat a bunch of gods to save your universe from cancellation

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u/Tidus4713 9h ago

Exactly why Persona became more popular than Shin Megami Tensei. I'll always prefer SMT but people just really like role playing as kids for some reason.

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u/civil_politician 9h ago

I would play the same game where it's coworkers doing a 8-5 grind

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u/AvaryZig 9h ago

A lot of indie horror games have this setup. 70% just working a job, 30% pure dread and suffering.

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u/3x3Eyes 7h ago

I don't know, for quite a few people the job IS pure dread and suffering, especially if you have shitty management.

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u/Saitsuofleaves 3h ago

It has less to do with that and moreso that Persona has more rounded stakes. SMT, there's rarely any true middle ground. The world you dropped into IS going to end, all your friends are going to turn on each other, and all you're going to influence is what type of fucked the world is going to end up.

With Persona, it's one of the rare Atlus games where you actually, you know, succeed at saving the world. That makes it much more palatable to a larger audience. Add to that a more contemporary world, and...well let's keep it a buck, a much easier game and it's easy to see why everyone jumped on.

If Persona 6 suddenly decided to have adult characters and sells worse, then I think we can have that proper dialogue.