Originally Posted by Firesong
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.

I don't know, why would someone coming from 'mainstream' not sign up for darker themes. There are enough examples in pop culture, that dark/horror/ more difficult themes can work. I mean there are whole series with serial killers as protagonists and while Dexter might be the really nice guy, Hannibal is not. And I remember that years ago, when I worked at a bookstore, people were shocked by American Psycho, but nowadays it is considered a classic of its genre.
I mean, yes, there will always people complaining about not liking some things, but I think, that's normal to a degree. I don't feel threatened, if more people start to play crpgs. It doesn't have to be a dumb down.

But I agree, that some studios shouldn't try their hands on crpg. But it seems Hasbro themselves go into monetarisation with One DnD and the required platform.

Last edited by fylimar; 13/09/23 06:23 AM.
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