{"id":1736959,"date":"2026-11-02T01:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/do4FxLxP76c4W7M8Q2wnuL"},"modified":"2026-11-02T01:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:39:58","slug":"obsidians-josh-sawyer-on-rpg-cities-compared-to-a-dungeon-generally-speaking-a-town-is-4x-the-expense-per-square-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/obsidians-josh-sawyer-on-rpg-cities-compared-to-a-dungeon-generally-speaking-a-town-is-4x-the-expense-per-square-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsidian&#8217;s Josh Sawyer on RPG cities: &#8216;Compared to a dungeon, generally speaking, a town is 4x the expense per square foot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XwtLmS1ZOHk\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XwtLmS1ZOHk?si=YWh7UxvDJ2r8xNO2\" target=\"_blank\">Q&amp;A vlog<\/a> on his YouTube channel, Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer took a question about why there are so few RPGs in contemporary urban settings. Part of the problem, according to Sawyer: They&#8217;re more difficult and costly to make than other RPG environments.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in this section, Sawyer cited Baldur&#8217;s Gate 2&#8217;s Athkatla, Disco Elysium, and the recent Zero Parades as RPGs that land the plane on believable, dense urban environments\u2060\u2014though Sawyer notes that the latter two have the advantage of not needing to work in as many believable combat encounters as other RPGs.<\/p>\n<p>A few others spring to mind for me: Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Bloodlines, Cyberpunk 2077, and Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3&#8217;s version of the titular city. But all of those really highlight Sawyer&#8217;s point about expense and challenge. Vampire and Cyberpunk were notoriously difficult development cycles for their respective studios. I&#8217;ll always be a BG3 Act 3 defender, but it&#8217;s definitely the part of the game with the most noticeable seams.<\/p>\n<p>But even if they&#8217;re hard to make, I <em>love<\/em> urban adventures in RPGs, whether as part or the whole of a game. Novigrad and Oxenfurt are two of my favorite parts of The Witcher 3, for example. For a real niche example of an urban RPG you should have on your radar, I highly recommend the early access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/moves-of-the-diamond-hand-will-be-one-of-2027s-best-rpgs-and-it-just-launched-in-early-access\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moves of the Diamond Hand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"c4ce9334-d65d-11f1-9499-cf0466b610f5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/obsidians-josh-sawyer-on-rpg-cities-compared-to-a-dungeon-generally-speaking-a-town-is-4x-the-expense-per-square-foot.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"c4ce9334-d65d-11f1-9499-cf0466b610f5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/obsidians-josh-sawyer-on-rpg-cities-compared-to-a-dungeon-generally-speaking-a-town-is-4x-the-expense-per-square-foot\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new Q&amp;A vlog on his YouTube channel, Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer took a question about why there are so few RPGs in contemporary urban settings. Part of the problem, according to Sawyer: They&#8217;re more difficult and costly to make than other RPG environments. Elsewhere in this section, Sawyer cited Baldur&#8217;s Gate 2&#8217;s Athkatla, Disco Elysium, and the recent Zero Parades as RPGs that land the plane on believable, dense urban environments\u2060\u2014though Sawyer notes that the latter two have the advantage of not needing to work in as many believable combat encounters as other RPGs. A few others spring to mind for me: Vampire: The Masquerade &#8211; Bloodlines, Cyberpunk 2077, and Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3&#8217;s version of the titular city. But all of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/obsidians-josh-sawyer-on-rpg-cities-compared-to-a-dungeon-generally-speaking-a-town-is-4x-the-expense-per-square-foot\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1736960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34],"class_list":["post-1736959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obsidian&#039;s Josh Sawyer on RPG cities: &#039;Compared to a dungeon, generally speaking, a town is 4x the expense per square foot&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a new Q&amp;A vlog 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