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<blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 3178867" data-attributes="member: 40522">Yeah, it is happening. How slowly it's happening is kinda surprising, all things considered. I don't want to turn this thread into another what's-wrong-with-D&amp;D rant, so suffice to say that it's just not the style of play I enjoy. Ergo, if the style of play isn't what I want, I won't be interested in 4E.D&amp;D has been influenced more and more by video games. It's just an observation, a statement. Some people like it, I just don't happen to. What I mean by &quot;video gamey&quot; is the model of character design that's unfortunately becoming more and more pervasive. The warlock could be the wizard out of Gauntlet, for example. If you were playing the game around 1997, you may recall a glut of fighters with white hair that wielded overly long katanas and materia systems for D&amp;D. Or how about 2001-2002? How many different versions of Ronso as a PC race popped up? Maybe this has just been a phenomenon local to the different places I've lived, but I don't think that is the case.Just because alot of video games drew source material or inspiration from D&amp;D doesn't necessarily make the reverse a satisfying play experience. Look at the directly video game based products for D&amp;D, such as the EverQuest RPG or Diablo. These products have a few neat tidbits but just don't ever seem to catch on in the gaming community. Their sales seem to indicate that people would rather play them behind a computer screen than a DM' screen. I'm interested in the World of Warcraft RPG, but I'd be surprised if it lasted more than a year or two.And just for the record, I have four NES' in various states of functionality and use. I still play the NES just as much as my PS2 or Game Cube.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dykstrav, post: 3178867, member: 40522"] Yeah, it is happening. How slowly it's happening is kinda surprising, all things considered. I don't want to turn this thread into another what's-wrong-with-D&D rant, so suffice to say that it's just not the style of play I enjoy. Ergo, if the style of play isn't what I want, I won't be interested in 4E. D&D has been influenced more and more by video games. It's just an observation, a statement. Some people like it, I just don't happen to. What I mean by "video gamey" is the model of character design that's unfortunately becoming more and more pervasive. The warlock could be the wizard out of [I]Gauntlet[/I], for example. If you were playing the game around 1997, you may recall a glut of fighters with white hair that wielded overly long katanas and materia systems for D&D. Or how about 2001-2002? How many different versions of Ronso as a PC race popped up? Maybe this has just been a phenomenon local to the different places I've lived, but I don't think that is the case. Just because alot of video games drew source material or inspiration from D&D doesn't necessarily make the reverse a satisfying play experience. Look at the directly video game based products for D&D, such as the [I]EverQuest RPG[/I] or [I]Diablo[/I]. These products have a few neat tidbits but just don't ever seem to catch on in the gaming community. Their sales seem to indicate that people would rather play them behind a computer screen than a DM' screen. I'm interested in the World of Warcraft RPG, but I'd be surprised if it lasted more than a year or two. And just for the record, I have four NES' in various states of functionality and use. I still play the NES just as much as my PS2 or Game Cube. ;) [/QUOTE]

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