As a rejoinder to my mixed feelings about 4e, it seems the market has spoken: 4e has already received a second print run and is ranked #5 for preorders on Amazon.com.
If it gets more people into the hobby, that’s good for the hobby.
(Via Trollsmyth.)
Well, we’ll see. I know that, because of D&D’s stature in the industry, there’s a lot of feeling among folks that you have to check it out before you dismiss it. And it’s clearly such a bold departure from what’s come before that I know a lot of people who aren’t interested in playing it are still curious about the details, just like I am. As Mr. Maliszewski says, it’ll be interesting to see if the game has legs.
- Brian
Fck the market. Sometimes the market is wrong.
4th Ed is the subprime mortgage of the gaming industry.
What Mikey said.
The market is what? Are majorities often right, especially when it comes down to art? And a good RPG is art.
4th ed is nothing more then WoTC trying to kill the best imagination game on the planet, and similarly to how Blizzard has killed WoW.
Sure lots of people play WoW, millions in fact, but that does not mean the current incarnation of it is better then what it was shortly after release. There is no RPG in Arena. It’s just quest for more money by cashing in on the twitch kiddie market.
I hate WoTC and I hate Blizzard for the same thing. Ruining a game that otherwise appeals more to imagination then mechanics and “gameplay.”
Wandered to this site randomly, but ye gods – these companies are trying to make money. They’re not operating out of charity, man. Give em a break.
What 4E has really done is given people more options. New entrants into the genre will probably like it, because they haven’t played anything else. Veterans seem to dislike the new edition, but most of them aren’t planning to switch anyway. Paizo’s doing a fine job with Pathfinder. Simplicity is great for the new guys; complexity is great for the old guard.
What does this all say? D&D v3.5 lives under the OGL; people who don’t like the direction the product is going don’t have to upgrade – heck, they’re even getting support from a first class company like Paizo.
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