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/pdpi 10h ago

This was something I quite liked about Oblivion, where Martin is the actual "chosen one", and you're just kind of there for the ride.

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u/Lemonpierogi 9h ago

The Prisoner (so a protagonist of most TES games) is ALSO the chosen one. They're the being chosen to affect important events. Ans they're the only one to be able to affect their destiny

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u/nhalliday 8h ago

To my knowledge it's left somewhat up to interpretation whether or not you're important in Oblivion. Like you could've been placed by the divines in that prison, just popped into existence, and that's why the guards didn't know you were there. Or it could've really been a mixup with the watch - which is apparently "usual".

The Emperor saw your face in a vision, but did he see you because you are important or because you were the first domino in helping someone else achieve their destiny?

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u/fake_user_34 6h ago

Thing is, the player character is ALWAYS important in elder scrolls games. But not be the main chosen one but they are a chosen one. The Prisoner is an actual phenomenon in the elder scrolls lore that gets very meta. And I do mean meta in a Captial M sort of way.

The Prisoner is a person who can see beyond the bars of the prison, the prison being the game. The prisoner is the game character and we are the ones looking in from outside, us the player, we can see behind the bars.

Yes, Elder Scrolls gets stupid meta like that when it comes to the lore that, us in real life, are part of the lore. We take control of the prisoner and change things that the game, the prison, never expects.

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u/meowtiger 2h ago

Yes, Elder Scrolls gets stupid meta like that when it comes to the lore that, us in real life, are part of the lore.

the elder scrolls also has the in-lore concept of CHIM, which could be described as a character in the game glimpsing the fourth wall