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/Shiriru00 9h ago

The problem with the "chosen one" trope is not really the power creep, it's that the whole world revolves around you.

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u/OrdinaryFrosting1 8h ago

And then in Skyrim nobody even acknowledges that you're a demigod and try and attack you for walking down the road like you're some roving trader

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u/Spinyhug 7h ago

I'm the archmage, head of all the guilds, yelling words in languages unspoken for thousands of years, creating magic unseen in living memory.

... Apparently, I still don't go to the Cloud District, and look like somebody stole my sweet roll.

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u/fake_user_34 6h ago

I got a talking shelf following me now with infinite space for storage. I have a flaming sword and my armor is colored like the Sweden flag. I can summon meatballs.

I am also a vampire lord. But apparently bandits still try to stop me...and I love it.

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u/Rosary_Omen 5h ago

That IKEA mod is hilarious

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u/fake_user_34 5h ago

Literally the reason I reinstalled the game again and play after like 4 years. I saw the teaser of it, thought "this is fucking stupid, I am so going to try it out". I love it.

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u/Wolfdude91 2h ago

The other day, I sat at my table. The Dovahkiin walked into my house uninvited. He approached me and eyed the wheel of cheese in front of me.

Placing a pot over my head, he took my wheel of cheese and said “No one will ever believe you.” Before leaving my home.

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u/helixguy 1h ago

Yeah right buddy. Hitting the Skooma hard lately I see.