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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 7802413" data-attributes="member: 16586">[USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER]I think a lot of people have the tendency to get tripped up in comparative analysis where they look at an element of game in isolation and then apply it to the paradigms they are used to instead of trying to look at a given game on its own terms and taking a critical look at systems holistically and see if that's an experience you want to embrace. I think this is as true for the more positive reviews as well.This was a big problem when Exalted 3rd Edition came out to the point that the community referred to it as Second Edition Thinking. The core combat system and social influence mechanics were redesigned from the ground up to lead to more tense and less binary results, but when viewed through the prism of old paradigms many game elements seemed to work in fundamentally different ways.I do not think my analysis is perfect. I am still getting a handle on it. I have played in a couple organized play sessions, but I do not think I will really understand until I have a chance to run it for my home group which might not be until October.</blockquote>