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/alezul 9h ago

However, even in games like KCD 1&2 where it is explicitly and repeatedly made clear that you're a nothing and nobody

Reminds of witcher, where you're constantly told you're an ugly freak while looking like a model with a sexy scar that can take on anything, including kinda the devil himself.

Not really sure how to balance the "just a regular guy" ethos

I'm sure there might be others but the only one i can think of right now is the walkin sim Road 96.

There you play as some random teenager trying to escape your country. The trick is that you're not "the chosen one" because once you reach the border, the game ends and you have a roguelike element where you can start a new run with a new kid to experience other adventures along the way.

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u/LateStageBBQ 9h ago

lol. I’d never really thought of that before and you’re 1000% right.

Geralt: I am a hideous freak Witcher, despised and feared.

(All panties fly off)

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u/Successful-Return-78 8h ago edited 8h ago

It makes sense in the books. He is desired only by sorceresses because all of them have perfect faces and he is an interesting freak.

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u/Tezoth 8h ago

he's also a magical being and magical objects feel like they're vibrating to sorceresses.

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u/urixl 8h ago

Vibrating... mmmkay :)

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u/delahunt 7h ago

The man knew what he was doing when writing the books. And CDPR knew what they were doing when translating them to games.