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/DoloresStrategist 8h ago

Morrowind had the best version of this. You might be the prophesied reincarnation of an ancient hero, but for the first 20 hours everyone just calls you an outlander and you get beaten to death by a mudcrab behind Seyda Neen.

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u/nhalliday 8h ago

You aren't even definitively Nerevar reborn. You just happen to meet the birth requirements and manually go fulfill the tasks the Nerevarine is supposed to do. But it's left unclear whether that means you are actually his reincarnation, if reincarnation even truly exists for that to happen, or just someone who became the hero Vvardenfell needed.

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u/Kraelman 4h ago

Yeah, but thats just kinda the way of prophesied heroes/messiahs/etc. There’s no “hey the dude is going to be named tim and he’ll be born in ontario in 1978”. The Jewish Messiah for example is never named, he just has to be from the line of David and be a conquering king that brings lasting peace to Israel. If you do those things you are the jewish messiah.

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u/WhoLostTheFruit 4h ago

Exactly, which is why Morrowind sits apart from most other video games. It's approach is much more grounded in real world mythology, instead of being a blatant power fantasy.

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u/TheBeckofKevin 4h ago

such a good game, my all time absolute favorite and I don't think its just nostalgia. Its a legit good game, but you have to play it like you're a good player at a d&d table or something. Its so easy to break and ruin everything that you have to sort of 'play along' which I honestly think is missing in a lot of modern games.

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u/Dusty170 5h ago

Surely the tasks you do can't be done by any casual rando though? You'd have to be pretty mighty to fight gods n shit.

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u/Wise_Leopard7423 4h ago

You are not the first person to try, just the first to succeed. Did you succeed because you are the reincarnation of Nerevar, or are you declared to be Nerevar's reincarnation because you suceeded?

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u/MeekAndUninteresting 3h ago

That's the thing about Elder Scrolls. One way to become a god is to act as an existing one does (or would) until there is no meaningful difference between you. Another is to face difficult trials. You're doing two different things that can indeed make any casual rando into someone who can fight gods.

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u/Anonymous_Jr 3h ago

The right dragonborn in the wrong plane can make all the Elder Scrolls in the world.

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u/StealthRabbi 6h ago

Or just throw the papers for Caius Cosades docs in the trash and fuck around for 100 hours. Also Tamriel Rebuilt for lots of extra stuff.

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u/ColdCruise 5h ago

Oblivion had you as the chosen one's sidekick.

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u/CreepingCoins 2h ago

I've always liked how at the end of Morrowind, Dagoth Ur, the big bad, asks if you're really the reincarnation of Nerevar, and it's up to you to decide for yourself when you answer him. You can be like, "Yeah, totally," "Nah, I'm an impostor," or "Your guess is as good as mine." It doesn't affect the final battle, but it's a nice touch.