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Are you more a Fantasy or Sci-Fi Person?
- Thread starter Lightjolly
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They're both pretty appealing to me, but the world of fantasy has always been my escape, so I voted for that. The world of magic and swords and heroes fighting evil to save the day. Or adventurers going on a quest for fame, fortune, and glory~
I don't like fantasy settings in terms of say Warcraft but something like Final Fantasy IX I absolutely love.
When it comes to stories in general I can go with either, but for videogames in particular I always find fantasy worlds more interesting to explore, the enemy variety is usually more interesting and the combat tends to be melee focused, instead of the usual shooter / tactical RPG, which appeals to me more as well.
I also like contemporary settings more than sci-fi, like in the Persona games.
I also like contemporary settings more than sci-fi, like in the Persona games.
I think in games I often prefer fantasy because I think the setting lends itself better to more interconnected open environments. I think sci-fi games often feel more inclined to have the player hoping between many planets which can lead to each environment feeling under explored.
As an example, in a game like Mass Effect the developer really wanted to give players a sense of scale to fit the sci fi theme, so you only get a slice of each planet, but in Dragon Age Origins you get a much deeper delve into a specific area.
It doesn't always have to be that way, I think games like Horizon offer the best of both worlds but I think sci fi does push developers to stretch their themes thinner overall.
As an example, in a game like Mass Effect the developer really wanted to give players a sense of scale to fit the sci fi theme, so you only get a slice of each planet, but in Dragon Age Origins you get a much deeper delve into a specific area.
It doesn't always have to be that way, I think games like Horizon offer the best of both worlds but I think sci fi does push developers to stretch their themes thinner overall.
Fantasy will always be my first love and that ain't leavin'. But a good spec fantasy/science fantasy done right is the true bee's knees for me.
I love them both.
Fantasy is great because it offers me an interesting adventure that scratches my wanderlust itch, to see and experience fantastical worlds and events.
However I've found that scifi stories are generally more engaging for me because the themes often relate to human experience that I can ponder, and in my increasing age I find it extremely interesting and important.
Ursula Le Guin said it best:
" Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive. "
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Fantasy is great because it offers me an interesting adventure that scratches my wanderlust itch, to see and experience fantastical worlds and events.
However I've found that scifi stories are generally more engaging for me because the themes often relate to human experience that I can ponder, and in my increasing age I find it extremely interesting and important.
Ursula Le Guin said it best:
" Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive. "
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My main reason for choosing fantasy is that fantasy settings usually involve melee weapons like swords and spears, whereas sci-fi settings almost always revolve around guns, and guns are lame. The exception I suppose would be stuff like Star Wars which prominently features (laser) sword fighting.
I like both, but Sci-Fi takes the top spot. And I miss Sci-Fi RPGs deeply. I want a Divinity 2 like game but Sci-Fi.
I like sci-fi more. Fantasy seems a little too repetitive or tropey sometimes. Not that sci-fi can't be tropey either, but I feel like sci-fi gives more freedom for authors to create their own frameworks from which to create new story angles. Fantasy can do it too, but it seems harder to do, and it's so easy to fall into just more swords and orcs and shit.
And in the end, I think I just like space more.
And in the end, I think I just like space more.
I like both quite a lot. I used to like Sci-fi more but in recent years have skewed over to Fantasy more but not enough to pick one over the other in the poll. It also depends on the medium. For all games I prefer fantasy (though do have some huge favorites that are sci-fi) and for books harder sci-fi can be just wonderful and on a different level from fantasy. Movie and tv are a wash.
Fantasy more often than not but I go through stages of preferring Sci-Fi sometimes. I appreciate when a setting combines them.
Both. I want to get lost in sci-fi and fantasy worlds. Mass Effect is a different experience than Dragon Age, but their settings appeal just as much as each other to me.
I like both almost equally. But I think science fantasy a la Destiny (as a more recent example) with space magic and space elves is more up my alley than both the individual genres on their own.
Pendantic: Sci-Fi can be fantasy (and I prefer my fantasy outside of medieval settings)
I also hate Tolkein m'lady fantasy since it's boring and has been pretty unimaginative since Tolkein was alive.
I also hate Tolkein m'lady fantasy since it's boring and has been pretty unimaginative since Tolkein was alive.
I like both but if I were forced to chose it would be fantasy.
Old school D&D and book cover style fantasy art still has a powerful effect on me.
(artists Larry Elmore and Les Edwards)
Old school D&D and book cover style fantasy art still has a powerful effect on me.
(artists Larry Elmore and Les Edwards)
Outside of gaming I definitely prefer sci-fi. Inside of gaming I don't have as strong of a preference, though I still voted sci-fi. Though thinking about it more, fantasy settings are generally more conducive to combat systems I have a greater fondness for (Melee combat vs. shooting). Disregarding that though it's a slight sci-fi preference.
I'm a Sci-Fantasy kind of gal...
After all, Classic Phantasy Star will always be my top rpg from the '90.
Now, real answer, Sci Fi, the closer to Space Opera the better... Which is a shame, because I don't see too many big games on that direction outside of Mass Effect/KotoR.
After all, Classic Phantasy Star will always be my top rpg from the '90.
Now, real answer, Sci Fi, the closer to Space Opera the better... Which is a shame, because I don't see too many big games on that direction outside of Mass Effect/KotoR.
I would say I'm more sci fi BUT I think most fantasy stuff has been done better in the visual medium
It's harder for me to follow fantasy plots, because when you have Elves and Dwarves and stuff, I'm bringing in all my per-conceived ideas of how Elves and Dwarves are supposed to act from all other games and books and movies. Sci-fi games make up their own aliens. Even if they're just palette-swaps for Elves and Dwarves, I'm not thrown for a loop when the space-Elves are clumsy or the space-Dwarves aren't smithys.