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Name An RPG You Thought You'd Like, But Didn't

Started by Zachary The First, June 18, 2008, 10:48:49 PM

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Sacrificial Lamb

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June 26, 2008, 07:34:10 AM
I thought I'd love Dark Heresy, but I didn't. The mechanics, and some of the setting are cool, but overall it was too focused for my tastes on one grim 'n  gritty aspect of the 40k universe. The game felt too hopeless to me, even moreso than Call of Cthulhu, so I guess it's not for me.

mhensley

#46
June 26, 2008, 11:29:06 AM
Quote from: PaladinCA;218538Savage Worlds

I read a lot about this game before I bought it.  Everything seemed to be something I would like and use.  Then the book arrived and it read like a math textbook, or boring as hell.  I somehow made it thru the book and then ran a demo game for my friends.  We put the game thru the wringer and found the combat system to be decent and even fun.  After tinkering with it for a few more months, and buying the sci-fi toolkits, I realized that I was completely unsatisfied with the game as a roleplaying system.  I just found SW to be bland, uninteresting, and somewhat arbitrary from a design standpoint.

Yep, me too.  I really wanted to love SW, but disliked it for much the same reasons as you.

D&D 4 - for pretty much the same reasons I was disappointed with SW.  Too gamey.

Malladin

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June 26, 2008, 07:36:18 PM
Cthuluhtech: no horror, no genre blending, no understanding of the mythos, no point!
 
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