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Decline Poll - What Settings would you like to see more represented in RPG's?

Discussion in 'General RPG Discussion' started by Kem0sabe, Nov 12, 2015.

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Next codex approved™ RPG should be set in:

  1. High Fantasy

    24 vote(s)
    8.0%
  2. Low Fantasy

    86 vote(s)
    28.7%
  3. Dark Fantasy

    82 vote(s)
    27.3%
  4. Urban Fantasy

    75 vote(s)
    25.0%
  5. Steampunk

    92 vote(s)
    30.7%
  6. Scifi - Space Opera

    113 vote(s)
    37.7%
  7. Scifi - Future Earth

    95 vote(s)
    31.7%
  8. Hard Scifi

    141 vote(s)
    47.0%
  9. Cyberpunk

    123 vote(s)
    41.0%
  10. Time-Travel

    71 vote(s)
    23.7%
  11. Alternate History

    108 vote(s)
    36.0%
  12. Science Fantasy

    69 vote(s)
    23.0%
  13. Pre-Historic

    73 vote(s)
    24.3%
  14. Ethnic - (ex: Oriental)

    83 vote(s)
    27.7%
  15. Horror

    104 vote(s)
    34.7%
  16. Super-Hero

    31 vote(s)
    10.3%
  17. Western

    82 vote(s)
    27.3%
  18. Modern Day

    92 vote(s)
    30.7%
  19. Mythological

    49 vote(s)
    16.3%
  20. Historical Fantasy

    42 vote(s)
    14.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. rado907 Learned

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    Voted for "low fantasy." I'd like games where magic is either non-existent or weak-sauce and limited, and the world resembles medieval Europe. Battle Brothers is a good example. (Orcs, undead and goblins are somewhat tolerable.)
    I'm willing to play almost anything as long as it's good. One exception is the superheroes genre. I don't understand the appeal of superheroes. What's wrong with ordinary heroes?
    But by and large I'm getting tired of games whose characters resemble a zoo or a circus freak show. Enough with the manga and anime crap.
     
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  2. Telengard Arcane

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    I've always wanted to see a computerized version of Millennium's End (which is Modern Day-ish), with full implementation of the body hit locations, transparency attack overlays, damage by ammo type, and multiple wound effects. People would probably hate the density of it all, but it would be one of the most interesting things to come down the pike in a long time.
     
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  3. mondblut Arcane

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    Anything with enough magic (or technology sufficiently advanced to be indistinguishable from it) to involve stuff that is actually cool to do, gets a pass from me.
     
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  4. Excidium II Self-Ejected

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    Gimme some neolithic or bronze age fantasy/alt history goodness.
     
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  5. Taka-Haradin puolipeikko Prestigious Gentleman Arcane Patron

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    Let there be low Fantasy Alternate History Games.
    I want muh Temeraire setting, dragon crew management combat game.
     
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  6. likaq Arcane

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    Polls where you can't see who voted how should be removed.
     
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  7. Obama Phone 3 Learned

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    Has anyone played the MMORPG The Secret World?
     
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  8. Obama Phone 3 Learned

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    What is WoD?
     
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  9. Excidium II Self-Ejected

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    I voted everything except high fantasy (because it's overdone in CRPGs), Steampunk (Because it's totally impossible to avoid top hat, goggles and gears dumbfuckery) and Superhero (Because it can't really be done well in CRPGs)
     
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  10. Delbaeth Learned

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    Not enough non-fantasy historical RPGs. Would like to see a Renaissance RPG, antiquity RPG, Roman or Greek but other than them: Gallia ? Carthago ? AEgyptus ? Hittite empire ? Nordmen (no, not Vikings) ? Pre-Colombus Americas ? African antiquity ? Mogol ? Angkor ?, and so on.



    Stop with elves, dragons, zombies. We already have games for billion lifetimes.
     
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  11. GuiltyofBeingTrite Learned

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    Spaghetti Western with Ennio Morricone doing the music.

    Arrakis/Dune: Probably has enormous potential for C&C and backstabbing and violent/non violent playthroughs. CD Projekt could pull it off.
     
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  12. Kem0sabe Arcane

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    As the codex steam group has recently showed us... You really don't want to know the truth of individual codexers tastes.
     
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  13. Alex betthurt

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    Why not?
     
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  14. Excidium II Self-Ejected

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    Well consider spell implementations in D&D CRPGs.
     
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  15. Obama Phone 3 Learned

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    Yeah, no shit. There are only so may ways you can go with fantasy RPGs. Zombies are even less varied.

    High, Low, & Dark fantasy have pretty much all become the same thing.
     
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  16. Alex betthurt

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    Well, it would be impossible to allow the player to build his own powers like a P&P game, sure. But you still could make a good game if you provided the player with interesting "power sets", I think.
     
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  18. groke Arcane Patron

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  19. Obama Phone 3 Learned

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  20. Dorateen Arcane

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    turn-based Dungeons & Dragons setting
     
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  21. Somberlain Arcane Zionist Agent

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    Good high fantasy > everything else. Shame that most high fantasy games are shit. Western is the one setting we desperately need more.
     
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  22. Obama Phone 3 Learned

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    High fantasy!? LOL!

    That's pretty much every CRPG ever made.

    Western would be boring beyond belief.

    Western horror would be better.
     
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  23. Kazuki Arcane

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    Modern Setting Spy RPG like Alpha Protocol would be nice.

    Which makes me sad, that kind RPG will not be make again for foreseeable future :cry:
     
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    missing underwater.. why the fuck cant we have an underwater!!!!!!!! never..
     
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  25. Obama Phone 3 Learned

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    I'm good with SOMA & Bioshock, even though they are not RPGs.
     
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