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Why isn't WoW RPG the best selling rpg (P&P that is)

Started by signoftheserpent, May 18, 2007, 03:39:32 AM

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Sosthenes

#30
May 19, 2007, 07:15:22 AM
Granted. "It started out as a Warhammer rip-off" might have been more accurate. Which certainly helped its popularity, as I think that back in the days some Warhammer fans were flocking to the game...

The world hasn't gotten much better, IMHO, but the "meta-plot" is quite neat. Not that I was particularly fond of that Orc Moses.
 

signoftheserpent

#31
May 19, 2007, 09:47:27 AM
Quote from: SosthenesI don't get the logic behind your statement. Lots of people drive pickups, so a RPG featuring pickups should rule the book stores?


pickup trucks are not fantasy worlds. Don't you get the difference?
 

UmaSama

#32
May 19, 2007, 04:52:54 PM
Quote from: SosthenesGranted. "It started out as a Warhammer rip-off"...
This was my first post on this thread:
Quote...I like to think of it as D&D meets WFRP...
:D

Sosthenes

#33
May 19, 2007, 09:57:14 PM
Quote from: signoftheserpentpickup trucks are not fantasy worlds. Don't you get the difference?

Pickup trucks are a bit more popular than fantasy worlds. Just because RPGs started out as fantasy, doesn't mean we can't evolve to convenient yet gas-guzzling means of private transportation...

Most players don't game in the WoW because of the fantasy world. They couldn't care less about all the details and the names. There's nothing that really translates well into a pen & paper RPG, at least not for the majority of the online gamers. Just like playing a game about pickups wouldn't do it for the car owners, so would the gaming style of the usual tabletop RPG be very out of synch for MMORPG participants, especially in the Diablo/WoW vein.
 

signoftheserpent

#34
May 20, 2007, 09:57:10 AM
nevermind then. :rolleyes:
 
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