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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 9131900" data-attributes="member: 6777737"><p>I think the praise is partially nostalgia, and partially that in it's day it was a pretty good system. I will say that while there's a lot I like about it, I don't think it quite holds up, but I do think that it did a really good job of allowing players to emulate the fiction of the movies well enough.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I hated d20 Star Wars because of the level scaling issue, and for how absurd Jedi got. Saga is better and has it's fans, but I don't really like d20 for sci-fi or sci-fantasy.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>FFG's business model seems to be to put 80% of what you want in one book, and then put the rest in the next book. It's very supplement-heavy in a way that feels designed to encourage buying all the books rather than in publishing a complete game.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I strongly recommend waiting until the new Sci-Fi Companion is released. The SWADE rules are much improved, but the Sci-Fi Companion is still waiting to be done. The Kickstarter for it was promised this year, but I'm not sure how likely it will be. The old Sci-Fi Companion desperately needs balance fixes and revisions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bear in mind that Edge <em>is</em> FFG, more or less. Asmodee bought FFG, and they decided to split the TTRPG stuff into a new studio. That's why FFG shut their TTRPG branch down. And Asmodee botched it so badly that the Genesys dice went out of print for like a year. I really hope Edge gets some resources in terms of personnel and funding from Asmodee, but it's taken like three years to do this transition and it feels like it's nowhere near done.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Modiphius sells a lot of licensed IPs. I don't think they're necessarily the right system for those IPs. They just are good at getting licenses and changing the paint on 2d20.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 9131900, member: 6777737"] I think the praise is partially nostalgia, and partially that in it's day it was a pretty good system. I will say that while there's a lot I like about it, I don't think it quite holds up, but I do think that it did a really good job of allowing players to emulate the fiction of the movies well enough. I hated d20 Star Wars because of the level scaling issue, and for how absurd Jedi got. Saga is better and has it's fans, but I don't really like d20 for sci-fi or sci-fantasy. FFG's business model seems to be to put 80% of what you want in one book, and then put the rest in the next book. It's very supplement-heavy in a way that feels designed to encourage buying all the books rather than in publishing a complete game. I strongly recommend waiting until the new Sci-Fi Companion is released. The SWADE rules are much improved, but the Sci-Fi Companion is still waiting to be done. The Kickstarter for it was promised this year, but I'm not sure how likely it will be. The old Sci-Fi Companion desperately needs balance fixes and revisions. Bear in mind that Edge [I]is[/I] FFG, more or less. Asmodee bought FFG, and they decided to split the TTRPG stuff into a new studio. That's why FFG shut their TTRPG branch down. And Asmodee botched it so badly that the Genesys dice went out of print for like a year. I really hope Edge gets some resources in terms of personnel and funding from Asmodee, but it's taken like three years to do this transition and it feels like it's nowhere near done. Modiphius sells a lot of licensed IPs. I don't think they're necessarily the right system for those IPs. They just are good at getting licenses and changing the paint on 2d20. [/QUOTE]
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