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Legend
This is also strange to me because this is also how OSE reads, and OSE gets praised for its presentation. However, the presentation is pretty technical, reading like a manual, with a lot of similarity with 4e D&D IMHO. Likewise even Shadowdark is pretty sparse.
It is sparse, and clean for sure. I dont know if its just where I was in my life, or where I was coming from the 3/3.5/PF1, or if it was the colors vs the gritty/rough looking line art of Shadowdark (this plays a huge part for me honestly) or just all the options for a class and powers and so on vs "your class is one page" of Shadowdark.
I dont know, but even a year or so ago when I last looked at a 4e book, I just recoiled. The way its presented just doesnt jive for me.