Did the Devs read Stormlight Archive?

[The Big Blue Box]

- Hero is a young man from a discriminated group
- Accompanied by a magical fairy-like creature
- fighting for racial equality
- in service to an honorable noble
- awakened an ancient magic power

Needless to say, I'm naming my protagonist Kaladin.

[REBirthTheEdge]

These are aksually common points of MegaTen protags especially the fairy companion.

But I haven't read Stormlight Archive.

[Eddragon]

If the writing is this is even nearly as good as Stormlight then thats a huge W.

[Zufuse]

Even if not, there are a lot of stories out there based on that points. Every story is just repeated, which is why there's a word called cliché.

[Siegnis]

those are all relatively common fasntasy tropes. It's not surprising that there are similarities with other works

[Brokenshelf]

Brandon Sanderson is entry level fantasy

[Drunio]

Stormlight is WAY more complicated than games like this. Kaladin is also an insanely flawed character that isn't fighting for equality. He just wants to keep people he cares about alive.

[Eddragon]

Originally posted by Brokenshelf:

Brandon Sanderson is entry level fantasy

I read a ton of fantasy and while I can agree that Mistborn is entry level fantasy, Sanderson in general is not. If he is not your cup of tea that's cool, but don't hate.

[The Big Blue Box]

Originally posted by Drunio:

Stormlight is WAY more complicated than games like this. Kaladin is also an insanely flawed character that isn't fighting for equality. He just wants to keep people he cares about alive.

He's fighting for equality for the darkeyes. He even asks Dalinar to help him achieve it.

[pip]

But is the main character extremely depressed and racist for the first half of the story?

[The Big Blue Box]

Originally posted by pip:

But is the main character extremely depressed and racist for the first half of the story?

Yeah he hates light eyes at first but you would to if they were oppressing you and killing your family.

[Klinestife]

these are all relatively common fantasy tropes. if metaphor had everstorms or spren, then you might be on something.

[Swimfan]

Originally posted by The Big Blue Box:

- Hero is a young man from a discriminated group
- Accompanied by a magical fairy-like creature
- fighting for racial equality
- in service to an honorable noble
- awakened an ancient magic power

Needless to say, I'm naming my protagonist Kaladin.

Yeah, I think they were a little inspired by it and I would bet 100 bucks that some of the writers read his work (Stormlight is after all published in Japanese and so many other languages) but it's unique enough that I'm really interested to see where it is all going. Taking inspiration from other works is a very valid way to spice up your own stories.

[Swimfan]

Originally posted by The Big Blue Box:

Originally posted by pip:

But is the main character extremely depressed and racist for the first half of the story?

Yeah he hates light eyes at first but you would to if they were oppressing you and killing your family.

Agreed. Also: It makes total sense from what he experienced during his childhood. Kal is the definition of "main character being stuck in a small village during his childhood and then experiences the true world later on". He gets the wake-up call he was bound to get during his time at Araman's and then Sadea's camp only to find that all people are different and all sides have their good/bad people .... as it is in reality ;-)
So yeah, he's very well written because his progression makes total sense.

[Eddragon]

Originally posted by Tequila Sunset:

mfers be reading baderson writerson and be like: wow this is complex... meawhile it's the only book they ever read in their miserable existence

Some notable series I have finished in Sci Fi /fantasy genre: Dune, King Killer, Song of Ice and Fire, Malazan, Gentleman Bastards, First Law, Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, Red Rising, and The Witcher. So yeah I have read more than just Sanderson.

[Swimfan]

Originally posted by Eddragon:

Originally posted by Tequila Sunset:

mfers be reading baderson writerson and be like: wow this is complex... meawhile it's the only book they ever read in their miserable existence

Some notable series I have finished in Sci Fi /fantasy genre: Dune, King Killer, Song of Ice and Fire, Malazan, Gentleman Bastards, First Law, Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, Red Rising, and The Witcher. So yeah I have read more than just Sanderson.

Mate, why do you even fall for this bait? :-D Sanderson is objectively speaking commericially and critically succesful and you don't have to prove anything by listing what (good) fantasy series you have read besides to come to this conclusion yourself.
It's okay to not like an author personally but everyone who barges into a forum, hating on an author just because should not be indulged.

By the way I really don't like Dune :-D haha ... it just wasn't for me.
Song of I&F I loved way more than I expected. Sanderson is more or less the only high fantasy author I currently read. It seems that I'm in my "urban fantasy"/"more politics and less fantasy"-phase at the moment. I think I'm into Stormlight regardless because it's really easy to read (which was Sanderson's intention) while providing more than enough worldbuilding and depth to sink my teeth into.