Thought about this, too.

As a big fan of RPG culture, I think this game may draw some, lets say, vanilla people attention to our hobby, and this may bring a "toning down" of the more... intense aspects of what we love in TTRPGs and CRPGs*.

Also, imagine for a moment, Moneyvision-Blizztard trying their hand on a CRPG. This could turn things quite sour if the community doesn't clearly distance themselves from their business practices.

Edit:

* Just watching a stream from someone REALLY enjoying the game and I can't help but think "wow, mainstream will want to remove this and that and so much more from the game to make it more palatable for the normies". Urgh. Imagine a parlamentary discussion regarding "Dark Urge" or
having a Astarion ascend
. We have been there, remember? We have been there with all those self-absorbed do-gooders trying to ruin FPS and I feel like I really need to protect TTRPGs / CRPGs from them. I really don't want the general "Barbie and Ken in cotton ball land"-mentality that is so pervasive in Karen-dominated mainstream culture creep into the hobby I love since Ultima VI (oh, and "Castle of the Winds", if anyone happens to know that) was released.

Last edited by Firesong; 12/09/23 09:39 PM.
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