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/slip_and_fall_school 9h ago

In a way, he's not wrong.

However, even in games like KCD 1&2 where it is explicitly and repeatedly made clear that you're a nothing and nobody you still get to a point where Henry is a terminator.

Not really sure how to balance the "just a regular guy" ethos and the wish fulfillment and player agency that most gamers desire, or at least I haven't found a game that hits the sweet spot.

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u/7screws 9h ago

Well.. you could also spin it a little that if you put the time in you could become something might be more realistic

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u/NiceTrySuckaz 8h ago

Hell yeah. A game where you grind for twelve years to get promoted to junior level executive at a bread distribution company

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u/7screws 7h ago

The end end game is getting laid off at 50 and trying to find a job in the AI market

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u/LeGrats 6h ago

But the side quest where you cheat on your wife with the housekeeper and destroy your marriage and finances was pretty well fleshed out and entertaining

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u/Coffeeey 6h ago

Ooooh look at Mr. Money Bags here who could afford the housekeeper DLC

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u/Jay_Nova1 3h ago

I mean now we're just doing Schwarzenegger RPG simulation at this point.

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u/REDDITATO_ 1h ago

A simulation of an RPG.

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u/TheBrickWithEyes 6h ago

I love a good fantasy game!

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u/Coenl 2h ago

At 44 this was way too spot on

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u/WM_ 2m ago

That's how the sequel game starts with a fresh beginning.

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u/Giovannis_Pikachu 6h ago

"this guy's taken Roy off the grid. He doesn't have a social security number!"

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u/machine1979 3h ago

Pressure washer simulator and after 9 months of daily samey tasks you get canned

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 3h ago

So that's it after 12 years? So long? Good luck?

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u/Cyberslasher 21m ago

That's just RuneScape