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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3779341" data-attributes="member: 18280">No worries.&nbsp; It wasn't an argument; it was a rebuttal.M&amp;M is all about the four-colour world of the comics, where an issue is generally about a few mooks and one big fight.&nbsp; Although Spider-Man and Batman seem to go out when they're already wounded, it seldom seems to affect them too much (and Spider-Man is affected far more than the non-enhanced mortal, Batman).&nbsp; This is a very good fit.In fact, I would go so far as to say that resource-attrition models, like Villians &amp; Vigilantes, suffered from being too much like D&amp;D.As a comic shop owner, I would have to say that the sales of D&amp;D based comics, even among D&amp;D players, is dismal.&nbsp; I believe that this is because the type of action found in a typical D&amp;D game doesn't translate well into comics.&nbsp; Likewise, attempts to make D&amp;D action work on the screen -- big or little -- have been failures.&nbsp; IMHO, of course....some people liked the D&amp;D movies, or were enthralled by Uni.&nbsp; Yet D&amp;D novels sell fairly well.I have to admit that trying to force the game to emulate narrative markets where it has consistently failed, with the expectation that this will make the game better/sell better astounds me.&nbsp; Of course, the designers seem to be moving away from this direction, and into a more MMORPG direction AFAICT, but there is definitely a vocal minority who would take the game into a more cinematic, more comic-booky direction.Again, I think that this is a mistake.&nbsp; Moreover, I don't think that D&amp;D as a MMORPG is going to compete well with the online versions.&nbsp; I'd rather see the philosophy of D&amp;D return to its roots.&nbsp; Not that I am going to get what I want, of course.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3779341, member: 18280"] No worries. It wasn't an argument; it was a rebuttal. M&M is all about the four-colour world of the comics, where an issue is generally about a few mooks and one big fight. Although Spider-Man and Batman seem to go out when they're already wounded, it seldom seems to affect them too much (and Spider-Man is affected far more than the non-enhanced mortal, Batman). This is a very good fit. In fact, I would go so far as to say that resource-attrition models, like [I]Villians & Vigilantes[/I], suffered from being too much like D&D. As a comic shop owner, I would have to say that the sales of D&D based comics, even among D&D players, is dismal. I believe that this is because the type of action found in a typical D&D game doesn't translate well into comics. Likewise, attempts to make D&D action work on the screen -- big or little -- have been failures. IMHO, of course....some people liked the D&D movies, or were enthralled by Uni. Yet D&D novels sell fairly well. I have to admit that trying to force the game to emulate narrative markets where it has consistently failed, with the expectation that this will make the game better/sell better astounds me. Of course, the designers seem to be moving away from this direction, and into a more MMORPG direction AFAICT, but there is definitely a vocal minority who would take the game into a more cinematic, more comic-booky direction. Again, I think that this is a mistake. Moreover, I don't think that D&D as a MMORPG is going to compete well with the online versions. I'd rather see the philosophy of D&D return to its roots. Not that I am going to get what I want, of course. :) RC [/QUOTE]

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