How much does the setting of an RPG matter to you?

[Atlantico]

How much does the setting of an RPG matter to you?

Very much. Creating a good setting, a game world, is difficult.

I think Pillars of Eternity would have been pretty good in a Dragonlance setting for instance. Instead of boring af

[maidenhaver]

My question to all you people going on about setting being super-important: How possibly important can it be when the decision to play the game is made before anything is known about the setting?

Don't games usually give you the setting in the promo materials?

Setting encompasses visual design, so a lot of artfags will pass on mid games to play a ****** one with cool looks.

[1998]

How much does the setting of an RPG matter to you?

Very much. Creating a good setting, a game world, is difficult.

I think Pillars of Eternity would have been pretty good in a Dragonlance setting for instance. Instead of boring af

No setting could have saved that boring slogfest. That's actually a pretty good counter argument...

[TKVNC]

Setting is very important, but for a slightly less obvious reason.

It has to have verisimilitude. Without it, it's not immersive at all, and I see no reason to even care. Regardless of anything else.

[Norfleet]

Don't games usually give you the setting in the promo materials?

What promo materials? This isn't the 1990s, we don't even get a box to look at anymore. By the time you get to start digging into the setting, you're generally well past the decision to get the game or not.

[Vergil]

If the setting is japanese high school, the author probably needs to be put on a watchlist.

If the setting has multiple young teenagers as the protagonists the author probably needs to be put on a watchlist.

[maidenhaver]

Don't games usually give you the setting in the promo materials?

What promo materials? This isn't the 1990s, we don't even get a box to look at anymore. By the time you get to start digging into the setting, you're generally well past the decision to get the game or not.

Setting includes visuals and soundscapes, not just pseud culture references and literature. A look at steam store, and I know what the setting is, and I can guess how important it'll be.

[Gregz]

Setting is the second-most important thing after gameplay.

[The_Mask]

I think I am more interested in interesting concepts and lore towards mid and high level gameplay. I usually like it when the low level gameplay/average NPC life isn't exactly that much different from our world.

In a sense I need to be told "Hello, we are here with you. Take our hand, and let's go on an adventure!" rather than... "Yo, wassup, you're on Mars. Isn't that quirky?!?"

[madbringer]

I don't care much about the setting, I care how well it is presented. You can write a good story in pretty much every genre from the classics to the bizarre, but if u suck it will fall flat.

[Stack of Turtles]

Seems like there's two basic ways to care about setting.
You can need the setting to be a certain way specifically, like having horsies or pretty art, which is also called being a girl; or you can be open to most settings as long as it isn't autistic, which is also called having good taste. These aren't really answering the same question, obviously.

[Irenaeus]

Seems like there's two basic ways to care about setting.
You can need the setting to be a certain way specifically, like having horsies or pretty art, which is also called being a girl; or you can be open to most settings as long as it isn't autistic, which is also called having good taste. These aren't really answering the same question, obviously.

What in the nine hells are you talking about?