Does anyone else agree RPGs should move into the modern era?

[Scars Unseen]

Try the Mother series.

 

[JeKaWo]

You know what setting would make for a great RPG. 70s era Kung fu. Swords, guns, nunchucks, fists of steel. Mother fucking Kill Bill in video game form.

I Second that thought. Although Bioware already made one Kung-Fu RPG, Jade Empire,there were one gun even though it was set in a Middle Kingdom with demons and all kind of other stuff.

Well, if you're going to stay with Tolkeinesque fantasy, at least mix up the cliches a bit; how about having Elves be ruthless, industrialized militaristic expansionists rather than pantheistic, ethereal hippies who commune with the plants?

Futuristic games in general have their own cliches too (everything being either perfect shiny iPod design or corroded gunmetal), but yes, I'd like to see one that's set now/in a few years.

Actually in the tolkienesque mythos, the elves were once expansionists, if you've read Silmarillion you know what i'm on about.
Back then they were truly awesome.

 

[JoshuaMadoc]

I wouldn't give a rat's ass either way.

Another fantasy RPG? Try and impress me with that, by all means.

A present-day RPG? It'd be refreshing to see an Elven highschooler or an Ogre social worker, all the while having an inventory of weapons that stretch until the time of the setting.