[krapp]

They're all games. They're all escapist power fantasies. No one wants to role play a character who doesn't matter to the story, regardless of the genre.

[vkazanov]

Well, this depends on a story. Escapist? Yes. All of them, by the very definition of, ehm, role play.

Power? Not necessarily. Numerous rpgs have nothing to do with power. Be a Cat has nothing to do with power, and everything with escapism (and cats).

I mean, there is nothing wrong with power and fantasies. Or powerless fantasies, as in horror stories, or whatever.