Thread 717878597

how would you go about making a fantasy game that doesn't rely on any of tolkien's work?
so no elves, dwarves, etc.

thatd be dumb why the fuck would i do that.
also, aliens.

>>717878597 (OP)
Make it like Mario and Lewis Carroll
Japan has been more inspired by Alice in Wonderland and Star Wars than medieval fantasy generally

>>717878597 (OP)
id simply make a fantasy game that doesnt rely on tolkiens work

>>717878597 (OP)
Some Mistborn Final Era trilogy type shit tbqh. Focus on the magic in the world and classism

>>717878597 (OP)
id make a game in a setting thats not real life

>>717878597 (OP)
>rely on any of tolkien's work
Name 5 games that do.
I'll wait.

>>717878749
Mario draws from Eastern Mythology by making Bowser a Maou. That's the name of the demon fought by Buddha. That's also a way to set it apart from Tolkien works.

>>717879554
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Vending Machine

>>717879636
Saving a princess from a dragon isn't just Chinese
That's like primitive fantasy

Did Tolkien invent elves and dwarves?

>>717878597 (OP)
Easy

>>717878597 (OP)
Bring back the modern/fantasy fusion aesthetic from 80's and 90's anime. Heroes in leather jackets riding motorcycles that look like they're made out of rusted iron carrying huge swords. Castles guarded by gigantic mecha being piloted by catgirls in tribal paint and loincloths. Mages in long flowing robes existing next to grimy industrial locations with magicpunk technology.

>>717879758
their depiction in popular culture is almost entirely derived from tolkien
there are scandinavian myths and there are bits of folklore, but that's the shit tolkien himself was using, most others felt no need to get to the "primary" sources i mean when was the last time elves were depicted as capricious child-stealing fae?

>>717880467
90% of folkore creatures can be described as child stealers / child eaters.

>>717880632
child-stealing is actually fairly unique trait, and child-eating is only true as far as monsters being happy to eat/kill any human
the point is that regardless of whatever form modern elf takes, it is inevitably an obligatory remix of tolkien's work and only the most prominent shit, who is gonna explore sea-elves?
majority of the time it's absolutely not needed, different races might as well just be different nations and it would work just as well

>>717880467
>i mean when was the last time elves were depicted as capricious child-stealing fae?
The TTRPG Shadow of the Demon Lord. One of the races you can play is the simulacra (Changeling) the elves leave behind to replace the child they steal. You're made of sticks and stones and you are very aware that you are nothing more than a copy and the result or cause of great trauma.

>>717878597 (OP)
Make it about flying planes on a fictional planet, for fictional nations that don't exist?

>>717879990
This is the objectively correct answer.
We need a return to Sword & Sorcery and/or Sword & Planet. The fact we still haven't had a fucking killer Conan game means we're living in the worst timeline (yes, I know Hyborian Age exists, but I refuse on the basis of MMO).

>>717879758
dwarves are basically the same, the characterization of elf changed

>>717879636
bowser is a lóngguī

>>717881583
He seems more like a stout guy to me