Why do almost all isekai take place in medieval Europe? There's tons of cool times and places to take inspiration from Ancient Babylon, The Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, Hellenic Greece, 16th century Europe, etc. I get the LOTR inspiration but a sword and sandals series would be pretty cool. I'll give Mushoku Tensei a lot of credit as they explore the world quite a bit and show different biomes.
>>292201079dragon quest.
>>292201079>the Roman EmpireThermae Romae
>>292201178I was just going to say that as well.Love Olympia Kyklos too.
>>292201162>dragon quest.This although it's an oversimplification. Dragon Quest and original Zelda both drew from western RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons and Wizardry, so western medievalism became the default fantasy setting even in Japan.
Isekai is inherently a formula for cookie cutter world building that let's the author skip everything to introduce their gimmick.It's an endless loop of people copying what's most familiar which breeds further familiarity.
>>292201079>There's tons of cool times and places to take inspiration from Ancient Babylon, The Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, Hellenic Greece, 16th century Europe, etc. This would require effort and research anon
>>292201079Greece shows up in Goblin Slayer and Frieren
>>292201079Normies crave familiarity, seeing something unfamiliar makes them confused and upset.
>>292201079Nope. It's hilarious how """people""" often unironically simultaneously claim that on one hand "it's Medieval" but then one second later whine and cry that it's "not Medieval enough" due to being "historically inaccurate" or such. It's terminal-stage schizo behavior where just the very idea that "being Medieval" and "not being Medieval" should be cancelling each other out does simply not even exist, instead isekai... BAD, for being Medieval, but also BAD for not being Medieval. It's too much retardation.
>>292201079GOD imagine Constantinople isekai...
>>292201079It's not even actual Medieval Europe or a unique Medieval inspired world like LOTR, which would be interesting. It's always a cookie cutter generic video game setting.
