GuJiaXian
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I've never played Wraith, but I did play the "sequel" game: Orpheus. Orpheus was, without a doubt, the absolute best campaign I've ever played for any system. I'm not a huge fan of the Storyteller system, but between a solid Storyteller and a hands-down awesome gaming group, that Orpheus campaign was a blast.
I think that Orpheus addressed some of the roleplaying issues that others have described in this thread by moving the setting away from the "classic haunting" to a more "Ghostbusters"-style enterprise. That allowed the players to operate in the real world while still having the supernatural setting.
As for the actual on-topic question, I'd like to shy away from Rifts (which is fun to read--never actually played it) and suggest Mechwarrior. I've always been a huge BattleTech fan, and the opportunity to roleplay in that world/universe was very appealing. There's solid fluff for the game, with a highly realized world and history. It's not even that the game mechanics are bad so much as the game concept. Basically it boiled down to this: Why run around with needler pistols and armor when you can just climb into a 'mech and blow things up? And if you're going to stomp around in a 'mech, why even bother playing Mechwarrior? Just play BattleTech instead.
Great game concept, terrible game execution.
I think that Orpheus addressed some of the roleplaying issues that others have described in this thread by moving the setting away from the "classic haunting" to a more "Ghostbusters"-style enterprise. That allowed the players to operate in the real world while still having the supernatural setting.
As for the actual on-topic question, I'd like to shy away from Rifts (which is fun to read--never actually played it) and suggest Mechwarrior. I've always been a huge BattleTech fan, and the opportunity to roleplay in that world/universe was very appealing. There's solid fluff for the game, with a highly realized world and history. It's not even that the game mechanics are bad so much as the game concept. Basically it boiled down to this: Why run around with needler pistols and armor when you can just climb into a 'mech and blow things up? And if you're going to stomp around in a 'mech, why even bother playing Mechwarrior? Just play BattleTech instead.
Great game concept, terrible game execution.
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