Quote:And the frustrating thing is that deep down I don't think that will ever happen, so many people want RPGs (especially "Western RPGs". Lilith I hate that term) to just be power fantasies, game studios who make RPGs don't seem to be interested in making them in the mainstream space. It's one of the reasons why in recent years I've been getting more into visual novels because they do provide lesbian focused stories, where the idea of a canon lesbian lead isn't laughed off and they actually use the term lesbian.
But those VN are also niche of the niche. Go to the VNDB and type “lesbian protagonist” and compare with everything else there. That is not mainstream at all.
Those games are cheap to make compared to your hypothetical all encompassing RPG where everything affects everything. Why do you think many people stick with making the games in RPGMaker?