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Post by Kainguru on Oct 23, 2017 6:37:17 GMT -8
F.A.T.A.L Aaron (Nah, I’m actually lying, I love FATAL - gimpsuit, calipers, a fisting glove and I’m ready to go ....)
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Post by Forresst on Oct 26, 2017 23:30:12 GMT -8
Uh... for me, it's Ark: Survival Evolved. I just... can't with the sandbox games anymore.
Why do you have ad blog spam in all your posts?
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Post by uncommonman on Oct 27, 2017 2:26:02 GMT -8
Fallout 4
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Post by Kainguru on Oct 27, 2017 4:27:57 GMT -8
Why do you have ad blog spam in all your posts? Call me a conspiracy nut but I do believe the OP might possibly be an Ad Blog Spam Spammer. Because they appear to have made but a cursory examination of the forum (eg: googled ‘games, RPG, forum’) before posting - while naively assuming that CRPG’s are the only RPG’s. Aaron
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Post by OFTHEHILLPEOPLE on Oct 27, 2017 6:46:47 GMT -8
The Witcher series. Everyone looooooooooooves The Witcher games but I find the fighting clunky, the focus on brewing and resource gathering tedious, and the controls annoying. I have tried numerous times to get through the second game and just give up after the first chapter.
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Preferred Game Systems: Spellbound Kingdoms, Fate, Dungeon World, Vampire the Masquerade, Unknown Armies, Urban Shadows
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Post by bobknob on Dec 1, 2017 12:31:58 GMT -8
The Witcher series. Everyone looooooooooooves The Witcher games but I find the fighting clunky, the focus on brewing and resource gathering tedious, and the controls annoying. I have tried numerous times to get through the second game and just give up after the first chapter. I completely agree. I jumped right into Witcher 3. Everyone says how the combat flows so well and is like the Arkham Games or the Shadow of Mordor games which I enjoy. It just seems like I have to constantly roll to not get destroyed. Almost every attack is blocked so I gotta repair my swords all the time which costs money which I don't have much of. I had a few times where I thought I finally got combat down and then I would get murdered by some random mob. Also, it seems like I missed too much of the story and have problems knowing what the hell was going on. Many of the people who enjoy the game are insufferable. Their response is "GET GUD". It feels like a chore so I don't really want to get good or keep playing. I also dislike Pathfinder and newer D&D. It feels like you have to minmax and do all sorts of math to excel in those games. At a con once, I made a half orc Wizard in Pathfinder with a fun backstory and showed it to the gm and he handed it back to me and told me that if I wanted to make a Wizard I had to make an Elf with these feats and blah blah blah and I have been turned off ever since.
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Post by ericfromnj on Dec 1, 2017 16:09:44 GMT -8
Fate.
I just can’t get into it no matter how I try.
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Post by ilina on Dec 1, 2017 17:56:09 GMT -8
World of Darkness. most of the groups i have heard about are a bunch of self focused thespians fighting over who gets to hog the spotlight more plus it doesn't help that they tell you they don't want minmaxers when they themselves do more extreme minmaxing than most pathfinder players and most of them whine when the story doesn't revolve around their special snowflakes pursuits. most of the time, characters in other white wolf RPGs feel very similar and it isn't the games i dislike, it is the sheer number of "Alpha Players" who bash "Beta Players" like myself and fight over who gets to control the story when you only need one or two alpha players to get a group going in a stable direction because too many alphas kills the pack.
maid, i like the concept of playing a maid and i hear you can choose aspects if there is a specific maid you really want to play. because most of the things you roll for are aesthetic, but it bothers me that most maid game masters force you to roll anyway because screw your preferences. the same can be said about any fun RPG that involves pure RNG character generation instead of a point buy pool. hate playing 1HP fighters.
shadowrun, character creation is extremely complicated and minmaxing is extremely easy but i hear so much about the decker problem, but i love the concept behind the setting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 0:46:54 GMT -8
shadowrun, character creation is extremely complicated and minmaxing is extremely easy but i hear so much about the decker problem, but i love the concept behind the setting. You should have a look at The Sprawl, is cyberpunk done right as far as I'm concerned and there is a shadowrun like supplement in development that adds in magic and fantasy races to the mix. As for the question - skyrim. It's just bad. Put about 50 hours into the game before I came to the conclusion that I could get as much enjoyment out of playing something like candy crush. The main factions are both arses so I ended up completing more of the main storyline by accident than by actually playing it. The biggest issue though is the lack of impact you have on the world. Everything is hyperlocalised. You can be the archmage but step outside the Wizards citadel and nobody cares or even knows. You're simultaneously the most and least important person in the world. It's infuriating.
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Post by Kainguru on Dec 2, 2017 3:11:17 GMT -8
Now the original SpamBot has been deleted, a serious reply: RoleMaster - I knows loads of people who loved it but I-Just-Could_Not-Get-Into-It. My introduction was pretty rubbish and I believe that tainted the entire experience. Aaron
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Post by the0gekko0state on Dec 2, 2017 16:24:17 GMT -8
The One Ring... I have a love hate relationship with it. Don't get me wrong Tolkien books sound really cool but never been able to read them myself. I hope to change that but yeah.... The One Ring system is just so cool but I can't get attached to the world.
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Preferred Game Systems: AD&D 1e, 2e, 5e, Top Secret/S.I., Classic Traveller
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Post by bobcatt on Dec 7, 2017 8:01:01 GMT -8
Call of Cthulhu. I wish I could, but I just can't.
Chris in Canada
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Post by ericfromnj on Dec 7, 2017 8:05:05 GMT -8
Call of Cthulhu. I wish I could, but I just can't. Chris in Canada I am curious is it the system or the setting?
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Post by Probie Tim on Dec 7, 2017 8:45:16 GMT -8
Oh, I have a number of these... if we're talking pure table-top RPGs.
The first is Fate. I've tried, oh how I've tried, to embrace Fate but it just doesn't work for me.
Second is HARP, which was designed to be something like a Rolemaster inspired (HARP is published by Iron Crown Enterprises) but easier than Rolemaster RPG.
Third is The One Ring. I love me some Tolkien and so want to love TOR, but it just doesn't click. It even has special dice!
Finally, and this shouldn't be a shock, but Apocalypse World/PbtA. I'm totally fine being a player in a PbtA game, I just can't bring myself to run it because of the "GMs don't roll dice" bit. I just can't get past that.
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Post by bobcatt on Dec 7, 2017 12:12:11 GMT -8
Call of Cthulhu. I wish I could, but I just can't. Chris in Canada I am curious is it the system or the setting? Hi ericfromnj The system is fine, I actually like the mechanics. Though I am not a fan of gore-fest style horror, I don't generally mind psychological thrillers and tense drama. With only two exceptions so far, my CofC forays have been less than enjoyable. While the subject matter makes sense narratively, I find my character's inevitable descent into madness and/or gruesome death a huge emotional let-down. I feel that there are no meaningful choices I can make to avoid these outcomes, except to run away. Perhaps my level of gaming sophistication is inadequate or my understanding of the genre is fundamentally flawed. That I have had two enjoyable sessions indicates it's not the material's fault. cheers CinC
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