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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thomden" data-source="post: 1190465" data-attributes="member: 7099">gamma dissapointmentI must say so far I'm dissapointed.  I'd do a list of pros, but I'm really having a hard time finding any, so all I can list are cons.cons1. The book is ugly.  I mean really ugly.  The cover is hideous, the interior graphic design is poor and the art is a mixed bag.  Out of all the art there are few, very, very few, cool images.2. The intro makes no sense, and is devoid of inspiration.3. The whole tone of the game is changed from sci-fantasy to sci-fi.  Gamma World is not supposed to be a treatise on what may plausibly happen in the future.  Gamma World is Thundarr the Barbarian, not Speilberg's AI.  AI wasn't a good movie, and it ain't very good as an RPG.4. WAY too many characters have knowledge from the past, and it takes place way too soon after the "final wars".  Gamma World is a place where the ancient technology is ... um ... ancient.  It's mysterious, it might as well be magic.  Nobody knows how to use this stuff, or what these ancient ruins are, or what happened to the world.  It is all unknown and for the players (and even the GM) to find out.5. The authors should have been reading more Andre Norton and less Phillip K. Dick for inspiration.  Yes, Phillip is a genious, we all love and admire him.  But his work is NOT Gamma World!6. This is a skimpy book.7. Okay, I'm going to stop my bashing here.  I've got a lot more to say, but I've already seen others have addressed many of those greivences.I had a really hard time posting this.  I love Bruce Baughs work in general.  I've been a fan of Gamma World since 1st edition, and have ALL the editions.  I had my expectations way too high.  I haven't been this dissapointed since Episode 1.</blockquote>

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