No, you go to the game to play a power fantasy regardless of how unfair and shitty that fantasy world clearly is because of how your status or your skills help you surpass it. The Elder Scrolls goes that extra step to give you the choice to contribute or fight that unfair and shitty to such an extent that people mod it in when the choice is not given. People play videogames for the control, replayability, and often the narrative (which honestly was never The Elder Scroll’s strength), not necessarily to escape the world’s problems, which some games embrace. There’s no shortage of games where you play as a jackass in a shitty unfair world. GTA comes to mind.
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Surp@lemmy.world 1 month agoI think what the image is trying to say is no one gives a shit that plays elder scrolls about this sorta thing because it’s a Fantasy game. No one needs to boot up a video game to be reminded how unfair and shitty our world is. We go to the game and escape that ( hopefully).
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 month ago
yamanii@lemmy.world 1 month ago
whoosh
Shapillon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s not like fiction (including Fantasy) is often used as a means to do social commentary. ^^`