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Originally Posted by Enpeze
This is one of the reasons why I never liked the Western genre. (too artificial, immature and hero-centric  ) |
It's one reason why I don't like "urban" cowboys. To me they are just as silly as people walking around in Star Trek costumes. Perhaps a bit more.
As for the genre, well, fantasy probably outdoes Western in being artificial, immature, and hero-centric. Probably most of your popular settings are like that.
Probably due to the escapist nature of RPGs. Most people don't want to play in a real life setting where their actions don't really matter. We don't need to play a game for that.