What genre of fantasy would you put this game in?

[Joshua9948]

High fantasy maybe?

[NiflRav]

It's dnd. So yes it's high fantasy.

[Detective Costeau]

There is some D&D stuff that's not high fantasy- Ravenloft and Dark Sun leap to mind- but the Forgotten Realms is 100% a high fantasy setting, agreed.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Detective Costeau:

There is some D&D stuff that's not high fantasy- Ravenloft and Dark Sun leap to mind- but the Forgotten Realms is 100% a high fantasy setting, agreed.

I think technically high fantasy just requires a non-Earth setting? But I know what you mean.

[[TG] zac]

Originally posted by Quillithe:

Originally posted by Detective Costeau:

There is some D&D stuff that's not high fantasy- Ravenloft and Dark Sun leap to mind- but the Forgotten Realms is 100% a high fantasy setting, agreed.

I think technically high fantasy just requires a non-Earth setting? But I know what you mean.

It tends to have a much higher amount of magic spread about and tends to have more lofty ideals in the story which tends to have a happier ending (or least the potential for it)

Dark fantasy tends to have much darker themes & subject matter.
It also tends to have more morally grey or dark endings.
(as such is aimed a lot more at adult audiences, think conan or the witcher as dark fantasy vs lord of the rings as high fantasy)

For instance many D&D settings could be considered high fantasy (like the drizzet novels & baldir's gate 3).
Others like ravenloft and especially the old dark sun setting tend to fall much more into what would be considered dark fantasy.

There are also a couple older settings they don't really touch anymore that fall in between like dragon lance.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by TG zac:

Originally posted by Quillithe:

I think technically high fantasy just requires a non-Earth setting? But I know what you mean.

It tends to have a much higher amount of magic spread about and tends to have more lofty ideals in the story which tends to have a happier ending (or least the potential for it)

Dark fantasy tends to have much darker themes & subject matter.
It also tends to have more morally grey or dark endings.
(as such is aimed a lot more at adult audiences, think conan or the witcher as dark fantasy vs lord of the rings as high fantasy)

For instance many D&D settings could be considered high fantasy (like the drizzet novels & baldir's gate 3).
Others like ravenloft and especially the old dark sun setting tend to fall much more into what would be considered dark fantasy.

There are also a couple older settings they don't really touch anymore that fall in between like dragon lance.

It kinda depends - I think the traditional split was just high/low where low fantasy is something like Arthurian stories with Merlin and high fantasy has a whole new setting.

But yeah now that there's enough fantasy I guess high fantasy is more for traditional high fantasy (like LotR or Narnia type stuff) to contrast with newer subgenres

[Heu, Iterum Id Feci]

I would put it in D&D-fantasy....but I guess my personal "categories" haven't caught on yet...:P

[Brian_the_Brute]

DEI&D

[Maxwell's Demon]

Slash fiction.

[Mr Fred]

Ultra streamlined fantasy for children and people with the same attention span.

[Orion Invictus]

Flantasy Flan.

[Aria Athena]

There is a flying elephant detective with a hat, a monocle and a pipe, so it's definitely high as ♥♥♥♥ fantasy.

[Dorian Gray]

LGBTQ Exploitative

[Daniel]

Eroge

[Slav Mcgopnik]

Originally posted by Mr Fred:

Ultra streamlined fantasy for children and people with the same attention span.

You’ve chalked up nearly 300 hours in game, so clearly it did something right.

[EricHVela]

Originally posted by Aria Athena:

There is a flying elephant detective with a hat, a monocle and a pipe, so it's definitely high as ♥♥♥♥ fantasy.

Valeria: Putting the "high" in high fantasy.