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How Riot Game....can become Riot Games and expand on lore for League of Legends

Chuck Charles··3 votes·1,199 views

**TLDR= Riot can create unique individual games based on their brand of already created characters. complete with cinematics, unique gameplay, and voice acting. This would expand lore while also helping them create new content outside of league. **

So its 4am, I can't sleep and I'm in the depths of youtube and reading up on lore at the same time. So I realized a few things so far tonight. Riot honestly has a ton of potential to create a brand and identity that expands even further beyond League of Legends. They have created not only characters that fit within the scope of league, but characters are actually memorable and awesome. A lot of the champions have huge depth to their back story and great functioning identities. Examples that come to people's minds are Yasuo (the unforgiven), Riven (the exile), Azir (emperor of the sands), etc. There are a ton more than those I mentioned, but I was thinking about it for a bit and realized why doesn't Riot create games using their own characters as the centerpiece. They could expand on lore of runeterra and said champion, while also creating a new unique and different game that doesn't have eto even be a MOBA.

I am confident that people would play a well made game with great voice acting/storyline based around Yasuo. Could it be a hack and slash? A pseudo rpg? the possibilities are endless, but the idea is there. Could we have a game that shows you the bitterness between noxus and demacia focusing on Lux/Garen/Jarvan IV vs Darius/Swain/Leblanc/Katarina? I could see that being a straight up multiple perspective JRPG with tons of replay value. The basic point I'm getting at is I think it would be amazing if Riot created games using their own characters as the brand. There's nothing wrong with creating entirely new characters either of course, but they already have so much there that simply isn't expanded upon. A legend of zelda type game based around Ezreal's explorer mindset, a platform adventure using Ekko's timetravel mechanics and general cleverness, a creation based game based around heimerdinger and his workshop, a bounty hunting based game around Sivir, the possibilities to me are endless. And while not all league characters have the most interesting lore/back story, the ones who do could very well have their own games and have very interesting stories/gameplay in those games. I honestly could see with the quality Riot does pump out with cinematics these games being top notch and being popular even to those who do not play league of legends, and possibly making even more people curious about league of legends.

Now I'm sure Riot has thought of this before, and I'm sure they have their reasons. Primarily I have heard them say time and again that they want to invest into League of Legends and make sure it is the best game possible, which I will NOT argue with. Companies have limited money to spend and for Riot to choose to put all their Eggs in the League basket is a risky, but honorable venture on their part because it creates a premier product that we all enjoy to the fullest because it is has so many resources allocated towards it. I will never argue that mindset as I love league of legends first and foremost. This idea just came to me and I thought it would be cool to see the characters expanded upon in their own unique games with full cinematics, voice acting, and unique gameplay.

10 Comments

Shadowkirby142 votes

There's a Top Ten list video that explains which champion will have their own game depending on their lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCictw_TgM

Chuck Charles1 votes

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There's a Top Ten list video that explains which champion will have their own game depending on their lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCictw_TgM

thanks for the link bud i'll check it out.

Ralanr1 votes

Numbers 5 and below I agree with.

TerraRising1 votes

There is a group at Riot called "R&D" that is working on a new game. That's all we know. We don't even know if it's related to the League of Legends world.

The main problem with your idea is that you're talking about a game that will cost millions of dollars to produce, like any normal AAA title. Which champion should be the focus of this title? It's a lot of money to develop the story of one character, from plot writing and voice acting to gameplay and graphics development.

Chuck Charles1 votes

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There is a group at Riot called "R&D" that is working on a new game. That's all we know. We don't even know if it's related to the League of Legends world.

The main problem with your idea is that you're talking about a game that will cost millions of dollars to produce, like any normal AAA title. Which champion should be the focus of this title? It's a lot of money to develop the story of one character, from plot writing and voice acting to gameplay and graphics development.

yeah of course, its a pipe dream of an idea, but I think it would be fun for sure. it is a lot of money, but it is something they could go anywhere with. assuming they make the game well, if it is successful they could more than make up the cost they put into it.

TerraRising1 votes

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yeah of course, its a pipe dream of an idea, but I think it would be fun for sure. it is a lot of money, but it is something they could go anywhere with. assuming they make the game well, if it is successful they could more than make up the cost they put into it.

Unfortunately, you're playing a "what if" game that Riot's not going to entertain.

Chuck Charles1 votes

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Unfortunately, you're playing a "what if" game that Riot's not going to entertain.

yeah its highly unlikely, but i just put this idea out for fun and fun only. its just to spitball and cause discussion. I highly doubt a riot employee would see my post and then this happens:

"EGAD IS THAT CHUCK CHARLES AND HIS WISE WISDOM. LET US SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY"

"hmm it feels we should make games individually for our characters, this is BRILLIANT!!! LETS DO THIS IMMEDIATELY"

no, its more like I'm just trying to shoot out ideas for fun with my fellow league fans.

GreenLore1 votes

While I doubt they'll ever do that,I think such a game should be of a kind that allows multiple characters to be in the focus.

You know like a fighting game like tekken,a hack&slash like the dynasty warriors series or maybe even a strategy game (Imagine something like the original warcraft games just with the different nations as factions).

strategy game would probably make the most sense as the mobas evolved from a strategy game,so they could reuse some models and it could feature campaigns for different nations and allow for a lot of world building.

However that is more wishful thinking,I kinda doubt that they'll really do another game,since it would eat away a ton of resources for something highly experimental.

Chuck Charles1 votes

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While I doubt they'll ever do that,I think such a game should be of a kind that allows multiple characters to be in the focus.

You know like a fighting game like tekken,a hack&slash like the dynasty warriors series or maybe even a strategy game (Imagine something like the original warcraft games just with the different nations as factions).

strategy game would probably make the most sense as the mobas evolved from a strategy game,so they could reuse some models and it could feature campaigns for different nations and allow for a lot of world building.

However that is more wishful thinking,I kinda doubt that they'll really do another game,since it would eat away a ton of resources for something highly experimental.

well within a game focused around one character they can introduce other characters no? Like a Yasuo game can feature Riven and maybe he comes across ninjas along the way like shen/zed/etc.

a Zed based game could feature shen, akali, etc.

any of the major characters in the lore like from noxus or demacia can play into the entire characters from that role.

think of how kingdom hearts incorporates all of the disney movies/final fantasy characters into their game. similar idea only runeterra is already a world so it would be easy to to incorpoate the other characters even if they arent playable directly.

Like a game focused around Yasuo could still feature him traveling country side and fight or be assisted by other league of legends characters. the world could still remain 100% in tact and would be a chance to bring runeterra to life so to speak.

If there was a game where you could say stop in bilgewater, then you could interact with gangplank, miss fortune, graves, etc, all in character.

GreenLore1 votes

The problem I'd have with that is that in the end it would still overrepresent that single character. LoL has over 120 champs,if a game focuses on only one of those would mean that the others would be left out/reduced to side-characters

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