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<blockquote data-quote="Lord_Jaroh" data-source="post: 4304309" data-attributes="member: 69997"><p>Much like how McDonald's is the "best" fast food, simply because it has the most customers? That many people can't be wrong...</p><p></p><p>There's something to be said for convenience and accessability. However when you make it "too accessable" you wash out what made it good in the first place (see Aliens vs. Predator and their respective series).</p><p></p><p>Me I'm not "for" or "against" 4th Edition as a whole. I do think that it adopts many "video game-like" qualities (by video games, I refer to MMOs like WoW and DaoC, and also to Diablo II/Titan Quest dungeon runners) as well as adopting many anime-like qualities (I'm no expert on anime by any means, but with the anime that I have seen, most generaly seem to favor the "over-the-top" ridiculousness in action as well as in attitudes. I am not a fan of that. See Advent Children, Dragonball Z, Full-Metal Alchemist, Evangelion)</p><p></p><p>I will continue to play 3/3.5 because I am familiar with it, I've put enough money into it and it works for me. 4th edition doesn't include anything in it that makes my game better, nor does it really improve in areas that 3rd was lacking, so to me it's not a different enough change to warrant me jumping ship.</p><p></p><p>As far as these little arguments on semantics, it's fruitless. Yes the 4th has a "video-gamey" feel, much like Tetris, much like Mario, much like Grand Theft Auto. It's the "artificialness" if you will. Nothing seems to "fit together" cohesively, flavour and mechanics. The immersiveness isn't there, so rather than being part of a story, I'm playing a game. Some people like that. If so, 4th is for you, and you can enjoy it muchly. Me, I don't care so much, and I'll enjoy what I already have as well as what will come out in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord_Jaroh, post: 4304309, member: 69997"] Much like how McDonald's is the "best" fast food, simply because it has the most customers? That many people can't be wrong... There's something to be said for convenience and accessability. However when you make it "too accessable" you wash out what made it good in the first place (see Aliens vs. Predator and their respective series). Me I'm not "for" or "against" 4th Edition as a whole. I do think that it adopts many "video game-like" qualities (by video games, I refer to MMOs like WoW and DaoC, and also to Diablo II/Titan Quest dungeon runners) as well as adopting many anime-like qualities (I'm no expert on anime by any means, but with the anime that I have seen, most generaly seem to favor the "over-the-top" ridiculousness in action as well as in attitudes. I am not a fan of that. See Advent Children, Dragonball Z, Full-Metal Alchemist, Evangelion) I will continue to play 3/3.5 because I am familiar with it, I've put enough money into it and it works for me. 4th edition doesn't include anything in it that makes my game better, nor does it really improve in areas that 3rd was lacking, so to me it's not a different enough change to warrant me jumping ship. As far as these little arguments on semantics, it's fruitless. Yes the 4th has a "video-gamey" feel, much like Tetris, much like Mario, much like Grand Theft Auto. It's the "artificialness" if you will. Nothing seems to "fit together" cohesively, flavour and mechanics. The immersiveness isn't there, so rather than being part of a story, I'm playing a game. Some people like that. If so, 4th is for you, and you can enjoy it muchly. Me, I don't care so much, and I'll enjoy what I already have as well as what will come out in the future. [/QUOTE]
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