Does anybody else get unreasonably annoyed at the vast majority of rpg games that are feudal societys on a surface level but are actually capitalist societys under a thin vineer. I was trying to play pillars of eternity but became incredibly annoyed at the frist quest of the game revolving around a mill which is in a lord's domain but is privately owned and operated and which the townsfolk sell their grain to in exchange for currency (to later buy back with the same currency). I had to put the game down right there.

I think a lot of the time it's an outgrowth from developers feeling the need to have a commonly circulated currency. Although the answer in my opinion isn't to faithfully recreate feudalism but to create a unique social formation for the conditions of the world, I've always loved the eberron campaign setting for that reason.

    • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah reactionaries and chuds don't handle their treats being "politicized" even though p;enty are cool with outright fascist fantasies and games. Then again makes sense that lots of these spaces have such chuds in them due to needing disposable income to fuel such hobbies. Still good on ZUN for flipping the bird to such folks and telling them their ideology is rotten

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Anime fans with a particular interest in idealized waifu fantasies being reactionary and missing the intended point of fiction :surprised-pika: