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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7953860" data-attributes="member: 6775031">I actively look for new games, because they're fun to collect and read, but I won't buy a game that I have no chance of playing (or running). When it comes to deciding whether or not to buy a game, I have basically two criteria:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Do I care about the thing that this game is trying to do?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Is there a chance that this game does the thing better than other games?</li>
</ol>The first one is pretty straightforward. I'm interested in fantasy, science fantasy, space opera, and soft sci-fi. I'm not interested in pulp, &quot;cinematic&quot; anything, or hard sci-fi. If the premise doesn't sound interesting, then I'm putting it back on the shelf.The second one is responsible for most of my collection. These are games that have potential (on paper), but which generally fall apart in practice, or the ones which are subtly flawed in such a way that I have to read the book in order to see.I'm still looking for a good fantasy game, for example. Every fantasy game I've ever seen has been horribly flawed. If someone pitches a new fantasy game, then I'll probably be interested, until such time as they say something to sell me off of it. Most likely, if it isn't too expensive, I'll end up buying it and only later discover what's wrong with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 7953860, member: 6775031"] I actively look for new games, because they're fun to collect and read, but I won't buy a game that I have no chance of playing (or running). When it comes to deciding whether or not to buy a game, I have basically two criteria: [LIST=1] [*]Do I care about the thing that this game is trying to do? [*]Is there a chance that this game does the thing better than other games? [/LIST] The first one is pretty straightforward. I'm interested in fantasy, science fantasy, space opera, and soft sci-fi. I'm not interested in pulp, "cinematic" anything, or hard sci-fi. If the premise doesn't sound interesting, then I'm putting it back on the shelf. The second one is responsible for most of my collection. These are games that have potential (on paper), but which generally fall apart in practice, or the ones which are subtly flawed in such a way that I have to read the book in order to see. I'm still looking for a good fantasy game, for example. Every fantasy game I've ever seen has been horribly flawed. If someone pitches a new fantasy game, then I'll probably be interested, until such time as they say something to sell me off of it. Most likely, if it isn't too expensive, I'll end up buying it and only later discover what's wrong with it. [/QUOTE]

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