• CoderKat@lemm.ee
    21·
    1 year ago

    I swear every single JRPG has some kind of precursor race. It’s to the point where I’d be interested in seeing alternative ways to keep things fascinating. I actually do love the mystery that “mysterious vanished” precursor races bring, but surely they’re not the only way to give that feeling?

    • Dasnap@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      1 year ago

      Been playing through FFXVI while also watching Monster Hunter lore videos recently, which inspired this meme.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.de
    7·
    1 year ago

    Forgotten Realms (D&D’s main setting) has all of that and more:

    • advanced precursors in spades

    • several alien races (e.g. Mind Flayers) that often double as an enemy

    • some regular-ish people who are able to make advanced technology that somehow doesn’t revolutionize society (e.g. the artificer character class)

  • JVT038@feddit.nlEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Just finished playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and this is honestly so true lol. Despite it, it’s still a good game with an intriguing storyline imo

    • TheMeta@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Tbf, that’s a major plot point of the game (if not the entire plot itself), rather than a “sidenote” (like Final Fantasy games - love them but they do that a lot).

    • NovaPrime@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I put it off for years and finally picked it up this past December and man I wish I’d picked it up sooner. May be my favorite gaming experience of the last decade. And I loved the direction they took with Aloy as a character. Can’t wait to try Forbidden West soon

  • Uriel-238@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    5·
    1 year ago

    I think the scream extractor is such a great underappreciated icon of capitalist horror.

    And it runs on children.

    • SattaRIP@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m on book 4 and I’m not sure what you mean except for maybe one paragraph I read recently.

  • Tavi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Although it is a rather nice crutch, especially when the next alternative is “The invention is trivial, refer to the margins” type of world-building.