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What RPGs will still be popular 20 years from now?

Started by Balbinus, May 15, 2007, 01:24:45 PM

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zomben

#135
May 21, 2007, 01:33:48 PM
Quote from: ClaudiusIn my case, I could cite a few games that were published in the past few years that made me think "I WANT TO RUN THIS!!!!", but that's ME. If zomben said "All these new games are crap, they're very bad stuff" I would say "What are you saying?!!" :what: , but that's not what he said. I guess he would like to like them, but he can't.

Yes, see Claudius gets my point.  This is something I've noticed quite a bit in the  gaming community, where someone says "You know, GAME-X really isn't interesting to me" and people hear "GAME-X sucks goat testicles,a nd anyone who plays it is a moron."

Games, like all other art forms, are intensely personal when it comes to likes and dislikes.  Just because I don't like something doesn't mean I think it's crap, or am poking fun of people who do like it.  It just means I don't like it.

zomben

#136
May 21, 2007, 01:36:45 PM
Quote from: ClaudiusExactly.

Maybe it's the game's fault, maybe it's zomben's fault, it doesn't matter. In the end, he doesn't get excited about them.

Exactly.  Which is, in fact, frustrating to me.  I see a new game and maybe everyone I know is getting excited about it.  Then I read it and just feel this lackluster sense of malaise.  THis feeling of "what does this game do that I couldn't do with something I already own?  Why do I need to pay $50 for this?"

Which is why I pretty much just don't buy new RPGs any more.  I find my spending money is better spent on supplements for games I already own and enjoy, or buying a new boardgame every once in a while (eg: I'm a huge BattleLore fan these days).

James J Skach

#137
May 21, 2007, 01:56:44 PM
Quote from: zombenYes, see Claudius gets my point.  This is something I've noticed quite a bit in the  gaming community, where someone says "You know, GAME-X really isn't interesting to me" and people hear "GAME-X sucks goat testicles,a nd anyone who plays it is a moron."

Games, like all other art forms, are intensely personal when it comes to likes and dislikes.  Just because I don't like something doesn't mean I think it's crap, or am poking fun of people who do like it.  It just means I don't like it.
I'd only quibble a bit...

What I generally see is Pinkie323 says "Game X really isn't interesting to me because you only Thibblebit-Play and Miffledorf-Play is better."

Now, Pinkie323 can't see the problem. I mean, he didn't say Game X was bad. But, man, every Thibblebiter in the world has just been insulted - not to mention all the people who Miffledorf-Play Game X. And when one challenges Pinkie323 on it, He responds, "Hey, I'm not harshing on Game X, I'm just saying it's not for me."

And then the really nasty shit begins.

It's a pattern I see over and over again....

And lest it be mistaken, I am not claiming zomben said any such thing.

And I'm done jacking this thread.
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