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Topic	Can you name some RPGs that are explicitly anti-monarchy?
andylt 05/06/23 5:37:30 PM #31:	Some great points raised, thanks all. I hadn't considered how the very personal role of monarchs in stories makes them much easier to dramatise than political systems that don't centre on an individual. OTOH, games clearly have no problem going after entire religions. It's funny that a lot of the examples given seem to have an asterisk to them. FFT is a curious one though, I think it does generally let the player come to their own conclusions, for better or worse. I guess I should get Three Houses sometime, Edelgard sounds interesting as a character (I lost interest in FE after burning out on the 3DS games and Heroes). And as always I will take note of FFXIV. Never heard of Growlanser before but colour me intrigued! Aecioo posted... Yeah, I think wRPGs in general tend to be more anti-monarchy, or anti-those in charge more broadly. Hm this is an interesting thought, at a glance I'd believe this as well but I couldn't say for sure. foolm0r0n posted... And do you mean anti medieval monarchy? Or anti modern monarchy? It's one thing to say "fictional kings in castles are bad" and another to go against the cultural grip that the royal family has over the world, or against the very real monarchies in countries like Saudi Arabia Either. I was focusing on medieval monarchy as that seems far more prevalent in games but if there's modern stories that take anti-royal stances I'd enjoy them as well! TeamRocketElite posted... Oh, it just hit me that this topic came up because of the King Charles coronation. >_> Haha, I've actually been thinking about this topic for some time. But yeah that did bring it to the forefront of my mind today so it isn't unrelated! --- Very very slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado. <cite>andylt posted [p:973304559] in Can you na... [t:80435062]...</cite> <quote>Some great points raised, thanks all. I hadn't considered how the very personal role of monarchs in stories makes them much easier to dramatise than political systems that don't centre on an individual. OTOH, games clearly have no problem going after entire religions. It's funny that a lot of the examples given seem to have an asterisk to them. FFT is a curious one though, I think it does generally let the player come to their own conclusions, for better or worse.I guess I should get Three Houses sometime, Edelgard sounds interesting as a character (I lost interest in FE after burning out on the 3DS games and Heroes). And as always I will take note of FFXIV. Never heard of Growlanser before but colour me intrigued!Aecioo posted... </cite><quote>Yeah, I think wRPGs in general tend to be more anti-monarchy, or anti-those in charge more broadly.</quote>Hm this is an interesting thought, at a glance I'd believe this as well but I couldn't say for sure.foolm0r0n posted... </cite><quote>And do you mean anti medieval monarchy? Or anti modern monarchy? It's one thing to say "fictional kings in castles are bad" and another to go against the cultural grip that the royal family has over the world, or against the very real monarchies in countries like Saudi Arabia</quote>Either. I was focusing on medieval monarchy as that seems far more prevalent in games but if there's modern stories that take anti-royal stances I'd enjoy them as well!TeamRocketElite posted... </cite><quote>Oh, it just hit me that this topic came up because of the King Charles coronation. >_></quote>Haha, I've actually been thinking about this topic for some time. But yeah that did bring it to the forefront of my mind today so it isn't unrelated! --- Very very slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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