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PnP inspired RPGs are mediocre. Use a system that takes advantage of computer power.

Sorry that 90% of the "codex best ever rpgs" are now disqualifed.
 

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PnP inspired RPGs are mediocre. Use a system that takes advantage of computer power.

Sorry that 90% of the "codex best ever rpgs" are now disqualifed.
SIXTEEN TIMES the speech checks!
PnP inspired RPGs are mediocre. Use a system that takes advantage of computer power.

Sorry that 90% of the "codex best ever rpgs" are now disqualifed.

you're right, BG2 and TOEE are utter tripe. Sawyer OTOH really made use of that processing power :smug:
Dunno what ya'll are babbling about, I don't support Sawyer at all. Many of his games weren't direct transliterations of table top but they did follow a similar design.
 

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PnP inspired RPGs are mediocre. Use a system that takes advantage of computer power.

Sorry that 90% of the "codex best ever rpgs" are now disqualifed.
SIXTEEN TIMES the speech checks!
PnP inspired RPGs are mediocre. Use a system that takes advantage of computer power.

Sorry that 90% of the "codex best ever rpgs" are now disqualifed.

you're right, BG2 and TOEE are utter tripe. Sawyer OTOH really made use of that processing power :smug:
Dunno what ya'll are babbling about, I don't support Sawyer at all. Many of his games weren't direct transliterations of table top but they did follow a similar design.

Triangles and squares?

:cainapproves:
 

lametta

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People on the codex who complain about the quality of newer releases and just keep going back to older"classic" games churning through them again and again aren't real gamers anymore. They are thrill seekers/addicts who try to capture the feeling of playing a game that were milestones/innovative and breaking bounds, but which are nowadays clunky and shit if we are honest. So yeah you ll never ever get that feeling again if you keep replaying your 30 year old game.
 
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Gold Box games aged poorly and are unplayable.
There was a thread or two lately about old games being unplayable now. It was hard to explain to people why age matters with old games and how there are games I liked in 1993 or whatever that I don't like today. For me it is sometimes the gameplay, but usually more to do with the UI and controls. I also have a pet peeve about the number of mouse clicks it takes to do a simple thing, some games are insane for that. One game had a laggy mouse cursor and I tried playing it for hours but then I started losing my mind.
 

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