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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 4147512" data-attributes="member: 51325">I'm not sure it's possible for this NOT to happen. Let me explain hopefully.When I started playing with 1E, there was no TCGs, MMOs, Console/PC RPGs or CMGs. There simply was nothing to compare the experience to.When I switched over to 2E, there still was no TCGs or CMGs to compare my play experience with. Playing 2E was a singular experience as the only MMO I knew about back then and had played was the original Neverwinter Nights and the console/PC RPGS were basically D&D RPGs (the goldbox series/ultima)When I switched over to 3E, M:TG had trumped D&D, Diablo had conquered the etherspace and Final Fantasy VII had rocked the N.America gaming scene and I think I started playing Mage Knight the same time. Funny enough, many people claim that 3E plays like DiabloWhen 4E is released, it is being released in a sea of TCGs, MMOs, PC/Console RPGs and CMGs. Pretty much impossible NOT to find some aspect of the game with other things in such a manner.So how is it possible for a game to be unique in such an environment. For example, in my play experience, D&D combat has never really done real-time battles well a la WoW, but in 1E, there was no game to compare it to whereas in 4E, I can say, "Oh, it's not like WoW but more like Disgaea/La Pucelle Tactics" and a fair number of people would nod their heads in agreement.</blockquote>