Next they'll be telling us that dragons, wizards and elves are not accurately portrayed in medieval RPGs.

It's surprising really, since Mario Kart is a completely realistic driving simulator.

pteraspidomorph 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Of course not, everyone knows there were only five Istari in total, Saruman the White, Gandalf the Grey, Radagast the Brown and the two Blue ones that were kidnapped by aliens.

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chihuahua 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

After playing it repeatedly since 2002, if I find out that Splinter Cell is not a 100% accurate simulation of an NSA employee's work day, I'm going to be very upset.

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nonethewiser 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah this was my take. "Duh. Now so what?"

One thing this article points out is that the growth of settlements is unrealistic. they follow a linear path of constant expansion whereas real medieval villages were very stable in a sort of subsistence mode for centuries.

I mean... yeah. But it's not a simulator, right? It's also not a time capsule. Should we write a blog post about how these game villages never actually existed with the people depicted in the game? Or write a blog post about how medieval villages actually existed in 3D space and not pixels on the screen? These are all true things but who was misinformed about them?

	▲	protocolture 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The article had some ideas on how to improve games without detracting from them? Like using a free form road builder like modern city building games use is neither unfeasible or unfun? Preplanning a settlement is also something that is done in modern city builders, zoning areas for different use? Taxes dont seem to be difficult to implement either. Article seems more reasonable than the reaction. And its probably not going to go unnoticed by people playing in the genre.