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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8630673" data-attributes="member: 7030132"><p>As I posted in other threads I think fantasy is so much more common than sci-fi RPGs because it lends itself much better to power fantasies.</p><p></p><p>Nearly no one has any experience with medieval times, going so far as most people not even recognizing what is medieval and what is not. You have a guys with swords and there were kings is the extend of peoples knowledge, and because combat with swords take skill its completely believable you have high level characters who mows through enemies while being able to do anything he wants as medieval times were lawless (and there is truth to that).</p><p></p><p>SciFi on the other hand often build up on the modern world which everyone knows how works and its harder to pretend that the future works differently. When people shoot other people with guns or, even worse, long range artillery you need a lot more suspension of disbelieve that this high level person shrugs off everything.</p><p>And you all have those pesky modern institutions which would interfere with your power fantasy. Why wouldn't in the future there be a effective police force like we have now which takes care of things? Or armies which can oppose the BBEG with his planet destroying plot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8630673, member: 7030132"] As I posted in other threads I think fantasy is so much more common than sci-fi RPGs because it lends itself much better to power fantasies. Nearly no one has any experience with medieval times, going so far as most people not even recognizing what is medieval and what is not. You have a guys with swords and there were kings is the extend of peoples knowledge, and because combat with swords take skill its completely believable you have high level characters who mows through enemies while being able to do anything he wants as medieval times were lawless (and there is truth to that). SciFi on the other hand often build up on the modern world which everyone knows how works and its harder to pretend that the future works differently. When people shoot other people with guns or, even worse, long range artillery you need a lot more suspension of disbelieve that this high level person shrugs off everything. And you all have those pesky modern institutions which would interfere with your power fantasy. Why wouldn't in the future there be a effective police force like we have now which takes care of things? Or armies which can oppose the BBEG with his planet destroying plot. [/QUOTE]
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