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Heteroglossia and D&D: Why D&D Speaks in a Multiplicity of Playing Styles
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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8786018" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>So again, who is claiming that there are not other good games out there? I do think D&D is less focused on specific style and goal than some games and likely less than others (although my impression is that some like GURPS was more a toolkit than a game). Yes. Does it make other systems subjectively better or worse? No.</p><p></p><p>I played a supers game a few times long ago, and the core assumption was "golden age comics" genre. Killing someone, even accidentally was the worst thing ever, everyone had a secret identity, etc. Kind of fun, but very limited. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, some people that have had the inclination and opportunity to play other games (I've rarely had the latter) tend to be quite derisive of other people's opinions. That it's impossible for someone who hasn't had experience with a dozen different games to even comprehend how other systems might work. That's B.S.</p><p></p><p>So how about we just accept other people's opinions as opinions? Acknowledge that D&D 5e is not some dumpster fir of bad design and lazy devs because if it were not a decent game we wouldn't se significant growth for nearly a decade? Oh, and stop making claims that people think D&D is superior to all other games?</p><p></p><p>As snarf puts it, D&D is the Cheesecake Factory of games. Some things are good, some things average, some subpar. All of it highly subjective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8786018, member: 6801845"] So again, who is claiming that there are not other good games out there? I do think D&D is less focused on specific style and goal than some games and likely less than others (although my impression is that some like GURPS was more a toolkit than a game). Yes. Does it make other systems subjectively better or worse? No. I played a supers game a few times long ago, and the core assumption was "golden age comics" genre. Killing someone, even accidentally was the worst thing ever, everyone had a secret identity, etc. Kind of fun, but very limited. On the other hand, some people that have had the inclination and opportunity to play other games (I've rarely had the latter) tend to be quite derisive of other people's opinions. That it's impossible for someone who hasn't had experience with a dozen different games to even comprehend how other systems might work. That's B.S. So how about we just accept other people's opinions as opinions? Acknowledge that D&D 5e is not some dumpster fir of bad design and lazy devs because if it were not a decent game we wouldn't se significant growth for nearly a decade? Oh, and stop making claims that people think D&D is superior to all other games? As snarf puts it, D&D is the Cheesecake Factory of games. Some things are good, some things average, some subpar. All of it highly subjective. [/QUOTE]
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