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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6682845" data-attributes="member: 2525">It's not 51% but yes, your point is well taken.  But we already got to that point on PotA.  Enough time has passed - the same time that passed for HotDQ to drop, and it has not dropped.  In fact as Jester points out, it was really pretty quick that HotDQ dropped as the review section wasn't even here for the initial part.  So how long are you planning to wait for it to drop? I suggest you're going to wait forever.  I don't think it's going to appreciably drop if you gave it another month or two.  It's already had the initial positive spin wear off I think.  That initial positive spin only lasts around a half-dozen reviews, often with no critics.  It has 32 reviews, 8 of which are critics.  I think you're safe.It seems to be roughly equivalent to those apparently.  I don't think you can ever get as fine a level of detail to really rank one "better".  But I think you can fairly say it's "right around there".  The "others are saying" is a much smaller sample size than the reviews themselves, which is why I'd trust (and society in general trusts) reviews more than "a couple guys on the internet who didn't bother to write a review" level.I think you're doing the right thing in asking those who have played it what's in it, and what their experiences are like, so you can see if they match your tastes.  I am just warning - I think a lot of guys instinctively respond "it's awesome" or "it sucks" based on their company preferences without ever actually reading or playing the adventure.  So, I would trust those who give details about their play experience more than those who do not.  And you will note I've never commented on it one way or the other (I am sure people assume I like it - but I have not said that, and I have not reviewed it).If you care about my opinion, I can say I've recently run the first part of Savage Tides, and I've also been playing in the first part of PotA.  I would say I like the first part of Savage Tides more than the first part of PotA, but both are very good adventures.  Savage Tides is much more of a railroad than I like, but it's a good rail road so far.  PotA is much more sandbox, but I am finding the NPCs a tad less memorable, the settings and set pieces a bit less detailed and interesting, than Savage Tides.  I have heard the second part of Savage Tides isn't to some people's tastes - but until I get there I won't know if that is the case for me or not.  I've also heard PotA gets better, but again until I get there I won't know if that is the case for my preferences or not.  And so far I'd say both are worth buying and playing, for sure, and are light years better than most of the adventures out there.</blockquote>

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