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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7230219" data-attributes="member: 37579">I don't think it has to fully replicate every single mechanic and that it can't rebalance or jigger with pacing and number of combats between rests. But it should still feel very much like D&amp;D. Familiar mechanics should be there and do familiar things. After all, if there was a football video game, you'd expect it to follow most of the rules of football. You'd expect field goals, defensive sides, yards, downs, and the like. You expect golf games to have clubs, wind, greens, fairways, and counting strokes . You can't change all the mechanics and make a generic fantasy RPG videogame, then slap a beholder in it and call it &quot;D&amp;D&quot;.A Telltale Forgotten Realms game could be fun. You. Could do a great fantasy game in a D&amp;D world. But I don't think it would be a D&amp;D game. Just like if you did a Telltale game about a hockey team going through the playoffs and having locker room drama it wouldn't be a &quot;hockey video game.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7230219, member: 37579"] I don't think it has to fully replicate every single mechanic and that it can't rebalance or jigger with pacing and number of combats between rests. But it should still feel very much like D&D. Familiar mechanics should be there and do familiar things. After all, if there was a football video game, you'd expect it to follow most of the rules of football. You'd expect field goals, defensive sides, yards, downs, and the like. You expect golf games to have clubs, wind, greens, fairways, and counting strokes . You can't change all the mechanics and make a generic fantasy RPG videogame, then slap a beholder in it and call it "D&D". A Telltale Forgotten Realms game could be fun. You. Could do a great fantasy game in a D&D world. But I don't think it would be a D&D game. Just like if you did a Telltale game about a hockey team going through the playoffs and having locker room drama it wouldn't be a "hockey video game." [/QUOTE]

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