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Videogame fantasy settings are staler than mouldy bread right now (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Anime if anything seems to be doing worse at this. Nearly every fantasy or fantasy adjacent anime goes for a knock-off D&D MMO style and it feels so tired. They don't want their audience to need to make the smallest effort to understand the world and the role of the characters in it.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    At least some of take a super unique approach... like being reincarnated as a vending machine.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You got a title for that one? Sounds like something I'd enjoy

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That's so disappointing. I haven't really kept up with anime in recent years, but what I loved about the anime I watched when I was much, much younger was how different it was compared to the western media I was familiar with.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago*

    I think the difference is that a lot more English speakers watch anime as it's airing in Japan now. Anime used to have to be at least somewhat interesting for someone in the west to even be aware of it, but now we get to see all the shit they're putting out that never would have made it over here before.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Dr. Stone, Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen -- you don't have to look very hard to find anime that doesn't look anything like western fantasy

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    The person you were replying to was explicitly talking about current ('new') anime, not industry darlings like AoT.

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