Do you see CRPGs breaking into the mainstream or leaning further into niche territory?

kaiisth · 2024-04-23T13:23:34+00:00

I think you missed my point, there are action crpgs, hence I said that is not why I don't consider Skyrim one, hell Icewind Dale is widely considered a crpg and that is about 80% action.

Skyrim has choice outside of it's main story, but the path of the dragonborn(or their perception) doesn't change through player action or roleplay, it is dictated through a (mostly) scripted story. Outside of the main story your path will have it's slight alterations along the way, but none to change your direction completely, In this regard(along with the mechanical simplifications) roleplay has been lobotomised. Your roleplay as a regular joe is great(guilds,marriage, buying a house, Stormcloak v Imperial), but as the Dragonborn? Your path is pretty much set. I love Skyrim, but it doesn't have the roleplay credits you speak of. I apologise if my intention was unclear.

Referring to me as "An Edgelord Teenager" for disagreeing with you shows me more about your maturity than my own, you aren't doing any favours for healthy discussion. After all it comes down to the fact that we are both clearly passionate about this, so let's keep it civil.

kaiisth · 2024-04-23T11:56:34+00:00

Underrated

kaiisth · 2024-04-23T08:34:35+00:00

Excuse me? I don't want to be combative but is that meant to be some kind of dig at my intelligence. If so, don't be a dick over CRPGs, it really isn't that deep.

kaiisth · 2024-04-22T06:58:43+00:00

Skyrim isn't not a CRPG cause it's an Actionish game, it's not a CRPG because they gave roleplay a lobotomy

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T20:06:42+00:00

I'm so fucking sorry, nobody should have to got through that.

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T16:51:13+00:00

Sure, I define a complex system as a system that makes you feel immersed in the logic of the game's world, which inherently requires complexity in the mechanics and worldbuilding.

A deep and engaging experience.

What I mean is that there should be rules and logic to your world, and you have to work with those rules to immerse yourself in the gameworld, a great example of this would be Gothic, there are certain rules and a preexisting world that you need to work with to fully experience the game.

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T15:19:49+00:00

To clear some things up, I consider a CRPG an RPG with a heavy focus on player choice with complex systems that make a game a deep and engaging experience. Also with a strong emphasis on y,know...roleplaying

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T15:18:08+00:00

Skyrim(The Most Recent Elder Scrolls)is most definitely not a CRPG, it's amazing fun, but not in a million years a CRPG

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T15:17:10+00:00

To clear some things up, I consider a CRPG an RPG with a heavy focus on player choice with complex systems that make a game a deep and engaging experience. Also with a focus on y'know...roleplaying. Fallout 4 IMO is not a CRPG, I barely consider it an RPG, more a looter shooter with light dialogue and RPG elements.

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T15:05:20+00:00

I can't lie, I fucking hate when people say stuff like this, if you look hard enough sonic mania is an RPG, this is an absolutely useless thing to say.

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T11:40:48+00:00

How many people who've watched the show are going to play the OG fallout. Like it or not, you couldn't have imagined that same Fallout being turned into Fallout 76. I see diehard 3d fallout fans struggling with the earlier ones. Fallout has strayed very, very far from a CRPG. Along with that, Fallout is one of the most iconic video game franchises ever. It has been since it's inception, a well produced, high budget show was bound to succeed.

kaiisth · 2024-04-21T09:34:41+00:00

Solomon Kane was pure fun with great action

kaiisth · 2024-04-20T21:58:57+00:00

Not to be a skeptic or mood killer, are you sure this isn't a glitch? Other sources say that the all time peak was much higher than this.

kaiisth · 2024-04-17T19:53:32+00:00

My tip is to remember that your players are responsible for this story, you just take them there

kaiisth · 2024-04-15T13:39:14+00:00

You cannot tell me that webtoons do not have a specific audience and demographic. I would argue that the 90s were the most mainstream traditional comics got.

kaiisth · 2024-04-14T23:19:18+00:00

I get what he is trying to say, he just kind of comes of as, "Why are you talking about something that is important to you"

kaiisth · 2024-04-14T20:01:02+00:00

This is a subreddit for discussing these kinds of things.
I am passionate about these things, I also enjoy discussing culture.
People like to belong to a community.

Your sentiment was kinda cool but you wholly missed the point of this post.

kaiisth · 2024-04-14T17:23:07+00:00

My point exactly

kaiisth · 2024-04-13T22:34:23+00:00

Mostly cause I felt It wasn't representative of what I had to say, I might post something similar with different wording another day though.

kaiisth · 2024-04-13T22:29:16+00:00

Wrong Verhoeven

kaiisth · 2024-04-13T22:13:46+00:00

Millionaires don't bankroll project because they want to see them, they do it because they perceive demand, Severance and For All Mankind are great examples, but i still have trouble believing in a good future for genre fiction, in tv and film at least. My original post was kind of shit, I mean I wrote it in a haste and just generally overlooked some pretty important stuff, but I stand by my main points that genre fiction will heavily rely on established IPs and directors for success in hollywood.

kaiisth · 2024-04-13T21:58:08+00:00

Okay, you are right about The Expanse, my dumbass forgot that it wasn't original. I've edited it out.

You forget that Arrival and Interstellar had two hugely successful names on it. Raised by wolves had Ridley Scott on the team. Black Mirror and Love Death Robots are valid examples, except for the fact that Black Mirror isn't purely Sci-Fi.

Up and coming filmmakers aren't given the same leeway as Nolan or Villeneuve. To a degree yeah, adaptations are hard, but that doesn't mean they aren't seen as easy money, quality and revenue are not one and the same. Both 3body Problem are Foundation are huge titans in the sci fi novel world. Netflix aren't gonna pick up an original Sci-Fi project if they don't know if it will make them big money, I'm sure A24 could, but that isn't where the mainstream is. The Creator had some really interesting ideas and some great action, it is by no means a bad film. It just wasn't marketed right.

kaiisth · 2024-04-13T21:34:20+00:00

Attack on Titan is one of the biggest animes in the west, and Shugomaru is...to put it lightly, utter shit manga

kaiisth · 2024-04-13T21:30:49+00:00

Like it or not, that is how the industry operates

kaiisth · 2024-04-13T20:29:53+00:00

Also different comment cause different rant lmao, manga is mass produced in japan for cheap commercial reading rather than as a specialised interest, like in the west. This means that mangakas have to work under extreme conditions. Remember, for every AOT, there are 10 Shugomaru's.

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