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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5218159" data-attributes="member: 58416">@ Danny That's where the system didn't match up with my interests.  Great system; it just didn't match me quite was well as some of the alternatives.  For me, in my mind and imagination, the heroes I think of did pick up weapons and things like that.  Conan and Kull (as originally written by R. Howard) are two examples which easily come to mind.  They are beyond the normal man, and they are larger than life, but they still sometimes needed to scrounge an axe or a sword from the enemy.  The typical D&D style character is a good example too; sometimes you open a treasure chest and find something different from what you normally use.  Thirdly, my mind falls back upon time spent in the military and needing to improvise solutions.  It just seemed a little odd to me that picking up a new weapon or buying a new car in game meant I had to buy a new ability.  I understand why the system works that way.  It just didn't -as I've already said- match up with my interests as well as other games.  With just the core books and nothing else, it seemed easier to put cinematic elements into my GURPS game than it was for me to take cinematic elements out of my HERO game. However, I'm sure there are people who feel the opposite way I do.  GURPS tends to lean more strongly toward realism; even with a lot of the cinematic options turned on it still tends to hold onto some amount of grit and edge.  For me, I found GURPS more able to cover the range of stories I wanted to tell in the way I wanted to tell them, and that made me choose it.  For many other people, I'm sure they'll say that HERO is their system of choice; the two systems approach the same idea from two different directions.  For me, one matched up better with my interests than the other. I'd still play HERO if I could find a group around here.  I've very heavily considered signing up for Champions Online; it looks awesome.  Just not my personal choice for a complete system if I'm looking for something to cover a wide range of games and the styles that I enjoy the most.</blockquote>

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