Thread 715211582

Would you play a fantasy game in a setting inspired by someone other than Tolkien? I made a video talking about the concept that mostly looked at his contemporaries (https://youtu.be/X2wwTCOfrz0?si=QwAbFlOnFewpiaTN). Would you play an Elder Scrolls' game based off of Dunsany's works? Or a Fallout game based off of Hodgson's work? Or an RPG based off of Smith's works interesting?

>>715211582 (OP)
I'll watch that video or something in a minute, but I love that goblin design.

That said, is Metaphor considered 'non-Tolkien'? I know /v/ isn't super fond of it, but I've been having a good time with it.

>>715211582 (OP)
i recognise that artist, he's one of the reasons i stopped drawing because he mogged me so hard even though he was way younger then me, he has a cute tomboy cowboy OC with a metal hand gun

>>715211582 (OP)
I mean Morrowind and Bloodborne are some of the most popular games on /v/ so yeah I think people would play the shit out of that.

>>715211912
>I'll watch that video or something in a minute
Appreciate it fine Anon! Tell me what you think of it, I'd love to make more videos going over similar subjects as well.
>Metaphor
I haven't heard of it, who's it by?
>>715212606
I saved this art a long time ago but from the sound of it I should go back and dig through this artist more thoroughly. And don't give up with your art! You should aspire to get to their level one day!

>>715211582 (OP)
Dnd had inspiration from multiple authors, so an average setting based on it is already not "pure Tolkien". It's kinda Tolkien.

>>715211582 (OP)
Yes, I would but they won't be made because normies crave familiarity.

>>715213196
Absolutely.
>Who's it by?
Atlus, actually. They spun up another in-house studio for it- pretty good game, despite my iffy-ness on class systems like that.

>midna image
Sexo...

>>715213994
I'll have to look it up then! JRPGs are usually a lot more varied with their sources when it comes to fantasy.
I am fond of many imps and goblins.

>>715211582 (OP)
>same exact thread on /tg/

>>715214975
>Poppy
You have excellent taste...

And please do! I don't know if it's non-Tolkien, but if nothing else it's been fresher than a lot of fantasy I've played of late. Maybe because of the subject matter, maybe because the music is fucking banging as always.

I’d rather have an openworld rpg game that’s set in an alternate history involving cultures I don’t know about. I wanna be a sailor in medieval China and trade region specific goods in oonga bonga australia

>>715211582 (OP)
>Would you play a fantasy game in a setting inspired by someone other than Tolkien?
I prefer it at this point

>>715215031
Not true, I used a different OP image!
>>715215147
What I regret the most of Riot delaying their MMO is the potential boatloads of Yordle OCs lost with each moment the game spends out of our hands.
>>715215241
Interestingly enough I just watched a video talking about D&D's forgotten setting of Al-Qadim. That would make a perfect open world game in my opinion.

>>715216342
>What I regret the most of Riot delaying their MMO is the potential boatloads of Yordle OCs lost with each moment the game spends out of our hands.
Dude, yeah... I wanted to be one so goddamn bad...

A shame, but ah well.

>>715211582 (OP)
Yes, I would. Conan is a perfectly fine inspiration, but my OC settings for the tabletop game (I'll totally manage to get a party for more than session 0 one day) is inspired by Lewis, Lovecraft, and Seuss.

>>715216424
Runeterra is one of the topics I would love to talk about one day. The amount of massive lore and quality worldbuilding lends itself really well to a number of game avenues that Riot just isn't pursuing.

>>715217304
>Lewis, Lovecraft, and Seuss
Wait, this sounds like such an eclectic mixture, would you mind telling me more about it?

>>715217456
It's pretty simple Lovecraft suggests that madness is entirely bad, Seuss shows lots of good insanity. (seriously look at his landscapes), Seuss has talking animals as does Lewis.
So its Seusses impossible world design, with Lovecrafts things beyond that want to eat the world, held off by Lewis's Christian outlook of the good inherent in all of us children of God.

>>715217373
They actively cull the lore guys, even. It so bad.

>>715218064
That sounds like a fun romp. I'm getting tones of Hylics in the setting too, very cool.
>>715218147
A doggone shame...

>>715218404
I used to be so excited for Runeterra, and the MMO- even though I don't PLAY MMOs.

...but then they just sorta...stopped putting out lore. They're doing new stuff with the Noxus show and the Seasons, but it all feels bad when it's wrapped in a gacha-filled, exploitative mess of a game.

>>715218763
I would love if they explored the alternate skin universes for a game if they feel disenfranchised about Runeterra as a whole.

>>715218930
Seriously, man. You'd think they'd do something, especially with the projects they were spinning up, but I guess after Forge failed to deliver what they wanted, they tightened the belt on other internal projects.

>>715218404
whats Hylics?
My other inspirations are wild west movies, paranoid delusions from my childhood, and erotic fantasies that I put into my work to avoid breaking nofap.

>>715215147
Thick ass shortstacks gotta be my weakness.

Why real women not built like this

>>715219592
The cruelty of god, I fear. 'tis a vast injustice that women aren't built like that, and I can't fucking opt in to being one.

>>715211582 (OP)
Obviously? Tons are. I love Tolkien, but the idea that whatever he did should be ubiquitous in fantasy is retarded. Middle-Earth isn't actually that interesting of a world, it's perfectly designed for a down-to-earth story to be told in where a handful of dudes walk across fields and through woods. That's not very exciting for a game.

>>715219202
Wacky surreal RPG Maker game with a mixed medium artstyle. Very esoteric in its aesthetics.
>>715219913
>it's perfectly designed for a down-to-earth story to be told in where a handful of dudes walk across fields and through woods. That's not very exciting for a game.
Not to disagree with you at all, but that was a state for a lot of fantasy games in the early 2000s.

>>715219683
At this point I've just got to place my faith in technology to deliver us from this shortstack-less hell, and once I'm in the shortstack matrix I ain't coming out.

I'd pull a Cypher in an instant, if someone showed up telling me its not real.

>>715221190
Maybe one day, if we're lucky...

There hasn't been a game based on Tolkien since the original Dragon Age. Essentially every major fantasy game released in the past decade has been decidedly non-Tolkienesque.

>>715221658
>original Dragon Age
>based on Tolkien
lol
lmao

>>715221786
It's the only one which even comes close.
>evil Orc-like horde threatens the world just because they are bad
>you and a group of loyal companions must band together to stop them
>each race lives in its own little space in the world, there are elves in woods and dwarves in mountains
>and you need their help to succeed in your quest

Yeah, there's also Oblivion, but Oblivion just apes the Weta aesthetic. It doesn't replicate Tolkien's core ideas or worldbuilding philosophy. Everything which gets called Tolkienesque is actually always Greenwoodesque.

>>715211582 (OP)
>Would you play a fantasy game in a setting inspired by someone other than Tolkien?
Yes. I desperately want a game set in one of Brandon Sanderson's settings, particularly Stormlight or Mistborn.

>>715223943
>but Oblivion just apes the Weta aesthetic. It doesn't replicate Tolkien's core ideas or worldbuilding philosophy. Everything which gets called Tolkienesque is actually always Greenwoodesque.
What would be the distinction between Tolkienesque worldbuilding and Greenwoodesque worldbuilding?

I came here to say that I could never get too much into Morrowind because I couldn't relate with the setting at all and then I realized that people are just posting yordles

>>715224834
Nono, talk about Morrowind. I've been thinking about grabbing the remake thing, or pirating the original. I'll admit I got a bit sidetracked...and got everyone else sidetracked with me. Ooops.

>>715224834
You know there are mods you can get that can take you to different parts of Tamriel now? You don't have to stay on Vardenfell.

>>715212606
just keep fucking drawing you retard crab. literally just keep fucking drawing and occasionally do studies, or just fucking experiment or some shit

literally a ngmi mindset

>>715226862
Nta but I agree with this. You can only get better through consistency. What you have outside in the world will always be better than what you have stuck in your head.

>>715211582 (OP)
woah green sexo

>>715211582 (OP)
Cool video. I just watched a really bad video essay about WoW and it was just 6 minutes of self-centred nostalgia wankery where he occasionally highlight random sentences of his as if he was quoting fucking milton while talking about classic wow being “mom’s spaghetti”. And I thought to myself that video game video essays don’t get more unbearably pretentious than this. So it’s nice to find a video that’s actually about a worthwhile topic that approaches the topic appropriately

>>715225135
You’re thinking of oblivion. Morrowind doesn’t have a remake.
>>715224834
I don’t get this mindset at all. What about the setting is unrelatable more so than any fantasy setting? I understand that Morrowind is more foreign, presenting a very different world and culture but that’s only one aspect and the character is also a new arrival (like the player)

And even then, why do you need to be conceptually familiar to enjoy something?

>>715224834
Same here. I just don't find the setting of TES all that interesting, I mainly play them for the adventuring.

Is this the goblin sex thread?

>>715231250
Thank you for the positive review Anon, wow! I'm glad you saw I was able to portray the topic with sincerity. I'm very much an ideas guy and often think why haven't people more competent than me come up with these ideas, so to hear someone appreciate my yapping on the topic makes me very happy! I'll try to live up to your expectations with subsequent videos.

>>715211582 (OP)
>Would you play a fantasy game in a setting inspired by someone other than Tolkien?
Yes. Tolkien is overrated tripe.

>>715232081
End your novel, Martin.

>>715211582 (OP)
>>715228602
>>715231542
>Goblin race is all male and they reproduce by raping female of other races.
This is the most dumb concept for someone who knows basics of biology and especially reproductive instincts. These type of goblins would be exterminated into extinction almost instantly because men get fucking mad if something will be a threat for women they want have sex with.
The way more sense would be if goblins will be female, looked cute and they reproduce by being impregnated by males of other races. Young adult human male has almost limitless sex drive and libido and average human settlement will be able to sexually satisfy all human women inside and still there will be a lot of horny human males who will travel to nearest goblin den just to creampie some green shortstack goodness it has inside. Some of horniest humans will choose to live in goblin den just to smash goblin pussy all day and then sleep while cuddling with them at night.

>>715231892
I’ll subscribe then.

On the topic of this pre-Tolkien fantasy, I’ve always found the portrayal of the Elf-King in Schubert’s rendition a fun contrast to how elves are portrayed now.

https://youtu.be/JS91p-vmSf0?feature=shared

>>715232498
Oh and this video has English subtitles in case you’re curious about the lyrics (it’s based on the poem by Goethe—but I love Schubert)

>>715211582 (OP)
Hairy goblin pussy?

>>715232498
>>715232639
>I’ll subscribe then.
May goblin girls throw themselves at your feet Anon, thank you for your pateonage! Oh hey! I had the exact idea of turning this into a video as well! I loved the depiction of the Erlkonig when I first heard it and thought the imagery of a fae obsessed with claiming the life of a boy and the frantic pace of the music symbolizing the father's desperation to rush him to safety lended itself well in portraying it as a drawn out journey you undertake in a video game! I feel like we're operating on the same wavelength here.

>>715221190
Shortstacks exist irl. I've seen them. They're not as short and exaggerated as hentai makes them out to be but they do exist. You just gotta meet a really really short girl with a bit of weight and big boob and ass genetics. It's hard to get the perfect ratio but they do exist irl. Tall woman have more body overall to store fat in, hence why tall people are often skinny. Short girls aren't able to hide that same about of fat on them so it goes to all their sexy bits.

>>715232843
>fellow classical music chad too
I knew you had good taste. I look forward to whatever video you end up posting next, mate.

Eh, fuck it, I'll swing a sub too. It took my ADHD ass a while to get into the right space, but I think that it was reasonably paced, and solidly explained things.

Shitskins are so fucking gay holy shit.

>>715211582 (OP)
Final Fantasy
Xenoblade Chronicles
Pokemon

There are tons of fantasy games like that. As long as there aren't Elves, Dwarves or Orcs or other greenskins, then you are basically not Tolkien inspired.

Although everything will be Tolkien inspired to some degree as he basically also created a lot of the "rules" for how to do world-building.

>>715233140
Thanks friend! I'll make sure to have something out next weekend!
>>715233265
Thank you as well! I appreciate the view, if there's any feedback you have for me regarding the length of the vod feel free to tell me! It's one of the reasons why I don't stream as much anymore, time is limited for a lot of Anons. Nice taste in fairies by the way.
>>715233639
JRPGs always had a wide berth when it came to depicting the western fantasy structure.

>>715233904
Yep yep! Lil' miss Metaphor- wanna pat her head.
And I will if I gather any up- I wanna try and dedicate to a rewatch before I say anything, just to get a proper view of it.

>>715234021
Copy that, thanks friend!

>>715211582 (OP)
Is this the same goblin that gets bullied all the time?

Tolkien/D&Disms aren't inherently bad, and they do not make a setting boring. Similarly, just because a setting is some person's extremely high-concept world of tryhard "bet you haven't seen THIS before!" autofellatio does not make a setting interesting. You can make a world utterly devoid of fantastical elements still feel as magical as the most high fantasy work you've seen, and you can make an extremely nonsensical high fantasy world feel more grounded than the reality you live in. It all comes down to individual works and how the writer applies attributes of the setting.

Thats it.
I want to fap on this thread.
POST FEMALE GOBLIN AND FEMALE YORDLE AND FEMALE FAIRY AND FEMALE GNOME BARE SOLES RIGHT NOW.

>>715211582 (OP)
i dont need to know who those people are to enjoy a video game.