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Kingdom Come: Deliverance Developer Critiques Common RPG Tropes
Warhorse Studios co-founder Martin Klima expressed dissatisfaction with RPGs that rely on repetitive tropes like power fantasies and chosen-one narratives.
Key points
- Martin Klima described many RPGs as 'games for teenagers' focused on power fantasies.
- Klima stated he is tired of RPGs featuring protagonists as 'chosen ones' destined to defeat evil.
- Warhorse Studios aims to avoid these tropes in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
- Klima's comments were made during an interview with PC Gamer.
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PC GamerKingdom 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'
GamesRadar+Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 lead is "bored and tired" of "repetitive" RPGs and "games for teenagers"
IGNKingdom Come: Deliverance Dev Calls Out RPGs 'for Teenagers' That Just Focus on 'Power Fantasy'