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/jl_theprofessor Switch 9h ago

What the fuck game is he talking about? It’s not Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s not Witcher 3. It’s not Expedition 33. It’s not Elden Ring. It’s not Final Fantasy VII. It’s not Persona.

Literally these games feature people of no renown, the rejects, and people victim to much larger forces. There’s no god choosing anyone here.

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u/earhere 9h ago

Pretty much every Persona game the world is going to end unless you stop it and you end up fighting god. You pretty much are the chosen one.

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u/percypersimmon 8h ago

Yea Persona is like the definition of this. I haven’t played them all, but the ones I have played have you essentially battling God at the end.

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u/Lyra_the_Star_Jockey 7h ago

You aren't the Chosen One, though.

You can't get away from the trope so much and then just say "but you do a lot. You're the chosen one." That's not how it works.

Except in Persona 4, where your character is literally chosen.

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u/NekoThief 6h ago

but you are in Persona games at least the very definition of the Chosen One trope

in P1-P2 Philemon chosed your group as his representative against his fight agains Nyarlathotep

in P3, you were at the wrong place at the wrong time where Death is sealed within you and you eventually become the key piece on beating Nyx and sealing Erebus

in P4 Izanami chooses you

in P5 Yaldabaoth chosed two representatives, you and Goro Akechi to see which side of humanity becomes dominant. The side that wants control of their own fates or the side that wants to be controlled

Having the ability to wield multiple personas while your friends cant was already a sign that you are special in Persona games

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u/Magma_Axis 2h ago

How is being in the wrong place at the wrong time ends up being the chosen one ?

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u/NekoThief 2h ago

Because Aigis ends up choosing you as the host for the Death shadow as a last ditch effort. This single action caused a domino effect eventually leading your final confrontation with Nyx (unlocking the Universe Arcana which no other protagonist from the series ever got) and becoming the seal for Erebus.

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u/Magma_Axis 2h ago

So anyone else unfortunate enough can also chosen by Aigis ?

If the MC decides to sleep at the nearest hotel that night, what will happen ?

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u/NekoThief 2h ago

Then someone else gets to be the chosen one instead. Fate or Destiny works in funny ways.