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/aeroeagleAC 9h ago

I think ulysses just refused and you were second choice if I remember correctly 

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u/Ondrion 9h ago

Ulysses sees your name as the backup choice and refuses the job because of it. Something to do with you being the courier who caused the divide of I remember correctly.

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u/I_eat_mud_ 8h ago

Yeah your character has amnesia about the Divide incident for some reason I can't remember

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u/UNC_Samurai 8h ago

Lonesome Road as a setting is fine, but Ulysses and the way they stapled the Courier’s backstory into the narrative left a lot to be desired.

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u/skrid54321 6h ago

It was definitely intended from the outset. I think the issue is no one else recognizes you, so it feels out of nowhere, because you have nothing of your old life. A few references in the main game would have helped a lot.

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u/RefrigeratorWide2894 5h ago

I think the story works better if you view it as Ulysses was the courier who brought the bomb to the divide and his PTSD refuses to let him acknowledge that. I don't think there's much in game to actually support this viewpoint but it's my headcannon

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u/ADrunkEevee 6h ago

I mean, all they really said is that the courier was a courier.