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Topic	If you had to imagine a Western RPG set in modern times what would it look like?
ItsKaljinyuTime 05/14/21 8:57:19 PM #1:	Let's say I wanna play Mother 4, but I can't because it doesn't exist. Are there any RPGs set in modern times that I can hitch my fandom wagon to? Well there's Persona, that's going on strong. You play it, it's nice, but then you think "This is a very Japanese game. And it makes me wonder what an American version of this would look like." You go looking for WRPGs. But they're all either set in medieval times, or are Fallout. You can't find the American Persona. Or any kind of WRPG set in modern times. So now you have to imagine what that might look like, if someone was to make it. What would it look like? What would its hero(es) look like? Simple answer is probably "I dunno, modern? Persona but you're in America?" But think a little more about it. Based on the culture of Western video game design, what direction do you think it would take? Me, if a WRPG set in modern times was a thing, I feel like it would take inspiration from games like Heavy Rain or Alan Wake or Beyond: Two Souls. Or a Telltale game. Or even L.A. Noire. If you think about where JRPGs get inspiration for their heroes, the Western equivalent of that is where we get our heroes for games like these. The hero of a WRPG would be an everymannish something-like detective who's sad about something. Like the heroes of Silent Hill or Resident Evil. These games are developed by Japanese teams, but are deliberately Western-influenced. Ergo, everymannish something-like detective who's sad about something. For some reason when developers think "West," they think everymannish something-like detective who's sad about something. --- Kaljinyu <cite>ItsKaljinyuTime posted [p:953915148] in If you had... [t:79459747]...</cite> <quote>Let's say I wanna play Mother 4, but I can't because it doesn't exist. Are there any RPGs set in modern times that I can hitch my fandom wagon to? Well there's Persona, that's going on strong. You play it, it's nice, but then you think "This is a very Japanese game. And it makes me wonder what an American version of this would look like." You go looking for WRPGs. But they're all either set in medieval times, or are Fallout. You can't find the American Persona. Or any kind of WRPG set in modern times. So now you have to imagine what that might look like, if someone was to make it. What would it look like? What would its hero(es) look like? Simple answer is probably "I dunno, modern? Persona but you're in America?" But think a little more about it. Based on the culture of Western video game design, what direction do you think it would take? Me, if a WRPG set in modern times was a thing, I feel like it would take inspiration from games like Heavy Rain or Alan Wake or Beyond: Two Souls. Or a Telltale game. Or even L.A. Noire. If you think about where JRPGs get inspiration for their heroes, the Western equivalent of that is where we get our heroes for games like these. The hero of a WRPG would be an everymannish something-like detective who's sad about something. Like the heroes of Silent Hill or Resident Evil. These games are developed by Japanese teams, but are deliberately Western-influenced. Ergo, everymannish something-like detective who's sad about something. For some reason when developers think "West," they think everymannish something-like detective who's sad about something. --- Kaljinyu</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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