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<blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 8101738" data-attributes="member: 27252"><p>I see this as good news. While I know of a number of people having consternation about these commercial IPs ending up primarily with 5E, you have to remember what the biggest market is. Honestly, I see it at a waste of development resources to just keep making up bespoke systems for every new game - particularly ones where the main draw is simply that it is an established IP. I’m all for innovation in game design, but for these types of titles why take the risk?</p><p></p><p>All you want is a popular, established system that works - which is what the 5E engine provides - with a few tweaks possibly where it is needed to suit the genre. Somebody mentioned Marvel above, which has had multiple short lived RPGs over the years, often with experimental systems that haven't established a stable fanbase. If you want these RPGs based on IPs like these to last, then ensure they maximize their unit sales with proven markets and game systems.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I must admit that none of titles are really aimed at me - so maybe if they were I’d be more passionate about which game mechanics they use. For me though, I’m just happy that there is enough interest in the RPG hobby that it is seen as a viable medium worth investing in for these well known titles. I would hope that the games are self contained though - and don’t require other products to play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrippyHippy, post: 8101738, member: 27252"] I see this as good news. While I know of a number of people having consternation about these commercial IPs ending up primarily with 5E, you have to remember what the biggest market is. Honestly, I see it at a waste of development resources to just keep making up bespoke systems for every new game - particularly ones where the main draw is simply that it is an established IP. I’m all for innovation in game design, but for these types of titles why take the risk? All you want is a popular, established system that works - which is what the 5E engine provides - with a few tweaks possibly where it is needed to suit the genre. Somebody mentioned Marvel above, which has had multiple short lived RPGs over the years, often with experimental systems that haven't established a stable fanbase. If you want these RPGs based on IPs like these to last, then ensure they maximize their unit sales with proven markets and game systems. Having said that, I must admit that none of titles are really aimed at me - so maybe if they were I’d be more passionate about which game mechanics they use. For me though, I’m just happy that there is enough interest in the RPG hobby that it is seen as a viable medium worth investing in for these well known titles. I would hope that the games are self contained though - and don’t require other products to play. [/QUOTE]
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