billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him)
"Why do people still play older editions of D&D? Are they superior to the current one?"
YES---but that is strictly my opinion. I bought the three core books of 5e...mainly because people said it was like 2e. I started reading 5e..it felt good, brought some nostalgia...then it veered off quickly and I completely lost interest. Mainly because it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks I suppose. A half hour of reading is not a fair assumption for 5e--clearly people dig it, and heck, I might even dig it if I found a group or had the patience to re-learn rules....
Hopefully you'll get a chance to give it a good test. It is, by far, the most 2e-ish D&D since 2e and we've been able to settle back into our 2e-style of play with it fairly easily.