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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blustar" data-source="post: 4298303" data-attributes="member: 34486">I think it just means that it reminds them of a video game, ie..World of Warcraft.3.5 ed always reminded me of a boardgame because of the detailed combat with minis. I mean I always thought of it as a hybrid boardgame /RPG. I could see why that alienated some "old-school" players but since I love boardgames as much as RPG's I thought it was cool. And yes there are certain aspects of 3.5 that reminded me of video-games I'd played at the time.Now 4.0 really crosses the barrier and the "video-game " feel is now front and center. Again I love video games so this isn't neccessarily a bad thing for me but for other players this can be a real turn off.What makes it feel videogamey to me is that I played WoW for a long time and it really has borrowed a lot of terminology and gameplay aspects from MMO games, like PC having  a role, controlling mobs, strike mobs, powers are kinda gamey especially the Warlock. Banish to the void??? If you guys can't see this , you're not being honest with yourselves. Be honest people! Now I think since WoW is a video game and a very popular one people are naturally equating "videogamey" with "like WoW".When  I describe 4.0 D&D to my brother when he asks, I know WoW-like is one of the very first things I will say becuase he plays WoW and it's a point of reference we both have. I think he will be intrigued with the idea of PC's having roles and such and be interested.I really don't know yet if 4.0 will be good or not as I've not played it yet but hope to soon. I do know that I will be keeping 3.5 because it plays so differently and is a great game in its own way. I hope 4.0 ends up being a great game so I can add another one to my list of games I can play when the mood strikes me...</blockquote>

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