Quote from: RPGPundit;966089Sooner or later, someone will reboot Cyborg Commando.

why reboot what has never died in the first place?  

Quote from: RPGPundit;966089Sooner or later, someone will reboot Cyborg Commando.

We can only hope.

Quote from: RPGPundit;964582In the last couple of years there have been a number of RPGs, mainly from the '90s, that have been undergoing their own revivals. This includes things like Savage Worlds RIFTS and Aces & Eights Reloaded, among others.  

How are any of these doing? I know some of them had huge kickstarters that did well, but is this going mainly out of nostalgia, or are they actually getting a lot of play?

Of the bunch, I think the Kickstarted CoC and WoD varieties get the most play after their purchases. The rest just end up piled in a stack somewhere, and forgotten, because of no shelf space. The recent RuneQuest 2nd Edition re-print is probably looked at once to make nostalgia happy.

Quote from: RPGPundit;965008Glad to hear some people are liking Space:1889. I always loved it.

I like the Ubiquity version by Clockwork Publishing and we're going to play that next. Ubiquity seems to be slowly growing the number of RPGs that use it.

Quote from: RPGPundit;966089Sooner or later, someone will reboot Cyborg Commando.

Cyborg Commando... one of those rare games where you can honestly say "Rifts does it better".

Quote from: remial;968073why reboot what has never died in the first place?  

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
- "Cyborg Commando" by H. P. Lovecraft

Quote from: Ulairi;965777...the art in Savage Rifts is so fucking bad that I cannot believe that PEG thought it was a good idea. It's beyond me why they didn't hire Palladium artists and get Kevin Long to do some art for the books. It looks like puke on paper.

Yeah, the art is bland, sparse, and non-evocative of the setting. Especially of equipment, which has poor descriptions and usually no representative art at all.

Quote from: everloss;968609Yeah, the art is bland, sparse, and non-evocative of the setting. Especially of equipment, which has poor descriptions and usually no representative art at all.

Don't mince words. How do you really feel?

Quote from: Ulairi;965777the art in Savage Rifts is so fucking bad that I cannot believe that PEG thought it was a good idea. It's beyond me why they didn't hire Palladium artists and get Kevin Long to do some art for the books. It looks like puke on paper.

"Long left Palladium in August 1995 for unspecified reasons. Certain sources initially made the unequivocal claim that he was "fired", while others have more recently suggested that his separation was voluntary."

I have to disagree about the art in Savage Rifts. To me it's a mixed bag. Some good, bad and average. Unlike Palladium the art actually matches the fluff imo. Mages are supposed to be sneaky and crafty and too much art has them out in the open in combat against their enemies. While I agree about the art of the equipment, Palladium art is not any better imo. Oh look it's another weapon that has the same stats as the L-20 Pulse Rifle but it's different see because the illustration and company that makes it is "different". Both companies have flaws and merits when it comes to their art.

I'm also glad that they don't toss in as much art as Palladium does. Sometimes less is better. A book does not have to art on every second or third page or worse recycled art.

I'm not surprised Savage rifts is doing well. It's a recognizable IP. Until I bought the SW core book the only IP I knew was Deadlands. I'm not saying their other IP are not played or popular. Just not as well known. Pinnacle imo needed a recognizable IP.