{"id":303545,"date":"2025-05-21T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=355042"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:36:38","slug":"renowned-video-game-writer-claims-there-is-space-for-niche-role-playing-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/renowned-video-game-writer-claims-there-is-space-for-niche-role-playing-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned video game writer claims there is space for niche role-playing games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The renowned video game writer David Gaider has made comparisons between the game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3, describing them as &#8220;love letters&#8221; to their respective genres. <strong>Gaider highlighted how both titles have managed to attract broader audiences, challenging the belief that the role-playing game market has a limit on the number of players<\/strong>. According to him, the quality of a game can significantly expand this audience.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RPGs are far from being niche video games<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaider observed the impact that Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 had on the gaming community, becoming a phenomenon that even caught the attention of those who normally do not play dense RPG titles. In a similar vein, Expedition 33 presents itself as a superior game in the realm of JRPGs, accessible to players who typically do not feel drawn to this style. <strong>This ability to resonate across a broader spectrum is due to the quality of its presentations and gameplay.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baldur&#039;s Gate 3 Official Launch Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1T22wNvoNiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most relevant points in the conversation was the importance of allowing prolonged development for games. <strong>Gaider mentioned that the length of Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3&#8217;s early access allowed the team to respond to player feedback, a luxury that publishers often limit due to financial pressures<\/strong>. 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Gaider highlighted how both titles have managed to attract broader audiences, challenging the belief that the RPG market has a limit on the number of players. According to him, the quality of a game can significantly expand this audience. RPGs are far from being niche video games. Gaider noted the impact that Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 had on the gaming community, becoming [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":303546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[6530,4466,7665,11539,7009,6239,11540],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-303545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-acceso-anticipado","tag-baldurs-gate-3","tag-clair-obscur-expedition-33","tag-david-gaider","tag-jrpg","tag-roguelike","tag-summerfall","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303545"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303557,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303545\/revisions\/303557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303545"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=303545"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=303545"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=303545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}