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A tad off, but this topic's made me think that there should be a universal definition of the phrase, "medieval fantasy", especially in the context of RM games. Like I said before, I wasn't taking many factors into accounting when I was presenting my "argument", because I assumed that medieval fantasy meant what you see in the Game Project forum with flashy graphics, sword-battling action scenes and long character descriptions.

EDIT: Also, we need a new Lysander86.

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So how about dem Star Wars.

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o i see wat u did thar.

I honestly wasn't thinking of your game. Honest. =|

With pure medieval fantasy, there's more an element of the unknown in one location, rather than having to rely on creating other locations to let the player explore. Sure, it's easier to do things that way, but we don't all have loads of time to come up with umpteen worlds for the player to explore.

I understand what you mean here, but you could always to something "Metroid" style, like sticking to one celestial object throughout the whole game. If you were ambitious and divided a game into parts (like the Dune series, for example) you could fix the problem of TRAVELLING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE.

It depends on your preferences, really.

Oh, and "magic" is just as difficult to rationalize in sci-fi as it is in fantasy, I might add.

Erm, that's why you shouldn't include magic in a sci-fi game?

If I go to the bookstore, there are probably just as many, if not more, sci-fi books on the shelves as there are fantasy novels.

I know what you mean here but we're talking about games, not novels. There's so many more aspects to consider; the battle system, the style of graphics, and even the types of monsters/enemies you face.

The tried-and-tested ideas of good and evil, IMO, are more prevalent in medieval fantasy games than sci-fi games, also. Sci-fi can have things like motives and genetic diseases affecting a "villain's" actions; I don't think that type of variation could be explained in a pure medieval fantasy.

By the way I'm not saying having a game of one genre is better than the other genre:

Why (God Why) so many medieval fantasy games and so little of anything else?

I am judging this topic by the title; i.e. medieval fantasy makes me think of FINAL FANTASY fan games, you know? Overall, I think games should have mixed settings as well, as Trance mentioned.

EDIT: Just saw your post Karsuman.

Fantasy and sci-fi are merely common thematic settings and are not an indicator of the quality or type of the story.

I'm talking in terms of amateur games here, mate. More often than not, you see RM games in a medieval setting that seem very similiar to each other. Sci-fi games are like, needles in a haystack these days. I guess this would explain why I seem so unfairly prejudiced (sorry I can't help it adfsfad).

EDIT EDIT: Oh maybe I don't look hard enough, hehe.

By the way, I think sci-fi is basically a form of fantasy, so I think you should just use the game "medieval fantasy".

The most limiting thing in games as related to storytelling is the need for GAMEPLAY, not the setting.

I believe the setting greatly influences the gameplay, actually.

I can't think of a better theme to make a game in than science fiction and the like. I guess some people just lack originality/creativity.