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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8783575" data-attributes="member: 4937">Mine wasn't really either.&nbsp; Like you, I spoke positively of system and mechanics, especially the stress mechanics.Unlike you, I'm not as interested in using the system to fight xenomorphs even in a one shot.&nbsp; That just didn't prove to be all that interesting to me.&nbsp; At some level, it just kind of hammered home they slasher flick vibe where the monster is the real protagonist of the movie.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like for me, it was annoying when despite Ripley appearing to 'win' the scenario in 'Aliens' they had to pull the, &quot;Oh no, you didn't really.&quot;&nbsp; in Alien 3.&nbsp; And ultimately for me, I would want a setting where aliens aren't the focus of the setting, just one of many things you do in the setting, and Aliens didn't feel like a GM pet NPC that couldn't be allowed to lose.&nbsp; And that's not really the fault of the GM or even the game designers in a sense.&nbsp; That's being true to the material.&nbsp; It's just that I'm not sure that's going to be a game universe I'd really want to be in or to run a game in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 8783575, member: 4937"] Mine wasn't really either. Like you, I spoke positively of system and mechanics, especially the stress mechanics. Unlike you, I'm not as interested in using the system to fight xenomorphs even in a one shot. That just didn't prove to be all that interesting to me. At some level, it just kind of hammered home they slasher flick vibe where the monster is the real protagonist of the movie. Like for me, it was annoying when despite Ripley appearing to 'win' the scenario in 'Aliens' they had to pull the, "Oh no, you didn't really." in Alien 3. And ultimately for me, I would want a setting where aliens aren't the focus of the setting, just one of many things you do in the setting, and Aliens didn't feel like a GM pet NPC that couldn't be allowed to lose. And that's not really the fault of the GM or even the game designers in a sense. That's being true to the material. It's just that I'm not sure that's going to be a game universe I'd really want to be in or to run a game in. [/QUOTE]

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