Exalted vs D&D. The battlelines are drawn!

[Mark Hope]

This is amusing to me. White Wolf's faux-hip posturing has always driven me away from their products. I don't need to be told what is cool, particularly in the arena of gaming where that moniker is so subjective as to be non-existent. I'm not saying I never play White Wolf or don't own any of it's products but it is definitely not part of my regular gaming diet. I'll footnote all that with the caveat that I play Ravenloft from Sword and Sorcery but that's still D&D in my books.

As I stated in the other Exalted thread re: that game, I don't care for the fluff, finding it to restrictive, and the crunch is so opaque that I find it of questionable value for the games that I like to play.

I found that WoD games play extremely well... when you discard the setting and replace it with the Collected Works of Clive Barker and replace the system with something less wonky. And using less dice.

And that's speaking as someone who is actively running Mage:the Ascension right now .

If I want dark fantasy I'll play Sorcerer

Sorcerer=teh kewl. Love it.

 

[mcrow]

If WW means to got HtH with WotC, they are complete idiots. D&D sells over 10 times the amount of books WW sells combining all of their games. There is really no competition here.

Now, it makes much more sense if it's just an attention getter.

 

[Ranger REG]

http://www.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php?line=news&articleid=901

I give white-wolf around 4-5 years before wotc and hasbro manage to drive them out of business!

Meh. Old news.*

*I did put up the poll question.

 

[xnosipjpqmhd]

It's not really apples-to-apples. DnD and Exalted cater to different play strengths. I find both of them interesting, and neither perfect.

 

[jdrakeh]

This thread is amusing to me, as such bold statements in the past have not hurt White Wolf financially but, rather, boosted the sales amongst their selected target audiences. Considerably. Vampire: The Masquerade is one of the few games to ever outsell D&D (albeit for a very short period of time) specifically due to this kind of bold marketing.

 

[Mark Hope]

This thread is amusing to me, as such bold statements in the past have not hurt White Wolf financially but, rather, boosted the sales amongst their selected target audiences. Considerably. Vampire: The Masquerade is one of the few games to ever outsell D&D (albeit for a very short period of time) specifically due to this kind of bold marketing.

Indeed. This kind of thing certainly helped them make their mark back in the early 1990s. Like you say, their selected target audience certainly responded well to this kind of thing. When Mage came out, I found the pre-release material fascinating. It would be interesting to see if they could pull it off again.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Since no one said it yet in this thread... I'll have to.

"Exhalted is so anime"

 

[Barastrondo]

Since no one said it yet in this thread... I'll have to.

"Exhalted is so anime"

Aaagh, and you even spelled it "Exhalted!"

(dies of a critical hit)

 

[Starman]

Aaagh, and you even spelled it "Exhalted!"

(dies of a critical hit)

Tell me about it. Everyone knows that it's X-All-Ted.

 

[delericho]

Given that the #1 competitor to 4e is almost certainly going to be 3.5e, I suspect this move won't hurt WotC too much.

Personally, while I like Exalted, I wouldn't swap my 3.5e PHB for it. For a start, I'm probably going to continue using 3.5e in some fashion. Secondly, I don't hugely care for dice-pool systems, so am highly unlikely to make one such my primary system. And finally, while I like alternatives, that's because I, well, like alternatives. So, if I want Exalted, I'll pick up a copy of the rulebook... and will pay cover price for it.