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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4531964" data-attributes="member: 19675">For me, 4Ed is New Coke, in a way.I was looking forward to it, and had great expectations for it, almost none of which were met.Now, I'm not saying that 4Ed is a bad game.&nbsp; It isn't.&nbsp; There are many things about it that I like.&nbsp; However, I can say that about a lot of FRPGs.So why do I say its like New Coke?&nbsp; Because despite all of the things that I like about it, I hate the game.&nbsp; I hate 4Ed (New Coke) not because its a bad game (bad drink)- it clearly isn't (4Ed is well designed; New Coke had a lot of favorable taste tests)- but because it replaced 3.X (Coke- yeah, I know its an extremely flawed analogy- but it IS my favorite version of the game) with something that resembled it not at all...and clothed it in the same brand trappings as the original (the name, the rep, etc.).IMHO, 4Ed chucked many of the things that helped distinguish D&amp;D from other FRPGs I enjoy, making it just another FRPG, and not one I care to buy.I'd play it, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4531964, member: 19675"] For me, 4Ed is New Coke, in a way. I was looking forward to it, and had great expectations for it, almost none of which were met. Now, I'm not saying that 4Ed is a bad game. It isn't. There are many things about it that I like. However, I can say that about a lot of FRPGs. So why do I say its like New Coke? Because despite all of the things that I like about it, I hate the game. I hate 4Ed (New Coke) not because its a bad game (bad drink)- it clearly isn't (4Ed is well designed; New Coke had a lot of favorable taste tests)- but because it replaced 3.X (Coke- yeah, I know its an extremely flawed analogy- but it IS my favorite version of the game) with something that resembled it not at all...and clothed it in the same brand trappings as the original (the name, the rep, etc.). IMHO, 4Ed chucked many of the things that helped distinguish D&D from other FRPGs I enjoy, making it just another FRPG, and not one I care to buy. I'd play it, though. [/QUOTE]

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