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<blockquote data-quote="Chainsaw Mage" data-source="post: 1394852" data-attributes="member: 16679">We've had this discussion before, but the whole question recently raised about why medieval fantasy has me reflecting again on why science-fiction blows chunks as a game.The definition of science, and therefore science-fiction, keeps changing.&nbsp; Today's cutting-edge sci-fi game is tomorrow's Traveller.&nbsp; So if you really have your&nbsp; heart set on playing a sci-fi RPG, you make a choice: you either play a sci-fi game that isn't really science-fiction at all (such as Star Wars or Gamma World, both fantasy) or you pour your time and energy into a &quot;hard&quot; sci-fi setting (such as Transhuman Space) knowing that in a few short years your game will be laughingly obsolete.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> That's why sci-fi doesn't work in RPGs.&nbsp; People want a game that will last a long time (I know I'm just begging for a &quot;3.0/3.5&quot; rant here&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).&nbsp; By contrast, science-fiction works great in the genre of film.&nbsp; But look how *dated* sci-fi films become.&nbsp; Same with science-fiction novels.&nbsp; To think, there was a time when people viewed Ray Bradbury as a &quot;science-fiction&quot; writer! (falls on the floor laughing) Randomly flashing lights, anyone? Giant tin robots, anyone? Cybernetics, anyone?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chainsaw Mage, post: 1394852, member: 16679"] We've had this discussion before, but the whole question recently raised about why medieval fantasy has me reflecting again on why science-fiction blows chunks as a game. The definition of science, and therefore science-fiction, keeps changing. Today's cutting-edge sci-fi game is tomorrow's Traveller. So if you really have your heart set on playing a sci-fi RPG, you make a choice: you either play a sci-fi game that isn't really science-fiction at all (such as Star Wars or Gamma World, both fantasy) or you pour your time and energy into a "hard" sci-fi setting (such as Transhuman Space) knowing that in a few short years your game will be laughingly obsolete. :p That's why sci-fi doesn't work in RPGs. People want a game that will last a long time (I know I'm just begging for a "3.0/3.5" rant here ;) ). By contrast, science-fiction works great in the genre of film. But look how *dated* sci-fi films become. Same with science-fiction novels. To think, there was a time when people viewed Ray Bradbury as a "science-fiction" writer! (falls on the floor laughing) Randomly flashing lights, anyone? Giant tin robots, anyone? Cybernetics, anyone? [/QUOTE]

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