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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4292093" data-attributes="member: 59082">In some sense it seems that the Sacred Cows that have been killed with 4E are more fluff than crunch. Sure, there has been a pretty radical rules revision, but the most drastic changes seem to be setting oriented (e.g. the Great Wheel), both with the default "Points of Light" setting instead of Greyhawk and what we've heard about the forthcoming 4E Forgotten Realms.So it came to mind that Wizard's 4E is somewhat similar to White Wolf's New World of Darkness (or the new Bond films, for that matter): a re-boot that is receiving mixed reviews. Sure, every edition is a re-boot of sorts, but not as drastically in terms of fluff and tone. A few questions to ponder: Was the New World of Darkness better received than 4E thus far? Will 4E pay off in the long run? Will enough Old Timers switch over AND enough Newbies come in? Of course it remains to be seen, but I'm wondering if anyone else sees the correlation between 4E and NWOD, and whether the NWOD re-boot's success (or lack thereof) might be somewhat indicative of how 4E might fare.</blockquote>