Ingredients

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I’m being a little loose with the associated inspirations, where not all of them have every ingredient in this list.

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Foreground action

Forms of action

Ambient action

Journey

Journey - frequent new locations

Evil empire and underdogs

Multiple villains

No primary villain

Survival horror

Survival horror

Combat

Tactics and strategy

What to do about Adventure?

I’m weary of how much modern fantasy relies on explosions and triple backflips.