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/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/Lawlcopt0r 8h ago

You get to a point where it's weird that the world doesn't revolve around you when you're a one man army

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u/eric23456 7h ago

Yea, the Elder Scrolls games are full of this problem. Once I'm wandering around in full enchanted daedric armor, the correct response from most mobs would be to run in fear, not to assault or threaten me.

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u/SilveryDeath Xbox 4h ago

And if they implemented that people would complain about how when you get to a certain point in the game there are no human enemies to fight.

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u/eric23456 3h ago

Yea, probably. I'd be fine with that for the ones where I can just punch them to death.

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u/Doomgiver420 2h ago

I mean skyrim and oblivion are both games where it mechanically feels "good" to kill enemies. Oblivion moreso because idk, they just ragdoll more fun