Maybe I'm missing something, maybe it's just that I need more coffee this morning, but are there any games in production for the Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition ruleset? You know, the one that simplified the tedium of the game supposedly to not only make the pen and paper version easier to play but also to make it more friendly for video games to be based on it. After doing some quick research I couldn't come up with anything of interest. Doesn't that seem odd to anyone? With BioWare<\/a> and Obsidian<\/a> moving to in-house IP for their announced RPGs (Dragon Age<\/a> and Alpha Protocol<\/a> respectively) is there actually a possibility that we won't see a D&D-based game come out this year? If so, that would end a 20-year streak between 1988's Pool of Radiance<\/a> and last year's Neverwinter Nights 2<\/a> expansion Storm of Zehir<\/a> where we saw at least one D&D game in stores annually.<\/p><\/div>There's really only a couple reasons I can speculate why this could actually happen.<\/div>Wizards of the Coast's licensing deals became a lot more expensive since the release of the original Neverwinter Nights.<\/li>Moving to the 4th edition rules would be\u00a0prohibitively\u00a0more expensive for an entrenched studio with 3rd edition code already written.<\/li>The Dungeons and Dragons universe \/ business on the whole is fading.<\/li>Someone, likely Obsidian, BioWare or, wait for it... Bethesda, are playing their cards very close to their chest.<\/li><\/ol>Something's gotta be going on. I know the CRPG genre is not exactly as healthy as it was a decade ago, but the thought of an entire year without even a D&D-inspired game like Dark Alliance<\/a> has me a little curious. Is this simply the end of an era, or is someone working on something big? With three expansions out the gate for Neverwinter Nights 2, it's hard to think that franchise isn't due for a true sequel sometime soon. But let's think bigger. With the success of Fallout 3, Bethesda proved bringing back a classic RPG can be extremely profitable.<\/div><\/div>Will all this being true, I'll hazard a totally random, speculatively idea for you guys this Monday morning. Right now, somewhere in the country, someone is working on a sequel to a classic Infinity Engine game that we don't know about. I have no facts or information to back that statement up. It's just a hunch based on my mind not being able to wrap around the idea of this year not seeing a Dungeons & Dragons release.<\/div><\/div><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>papercut<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4200<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>10068<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 9<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By papercut<\/a><\/div><\/div>Dave sure loves making points<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Al3xand3r<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>7912<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>3<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Al3xand3r<\/a><\/div><\/div>Should there be one every year? Shouldn't RPGs actually take up some GOOD systems instead anyway? They always have to do changes too.I'm more excited to see what Bioware do with Dragon Age<\/a> knowing it DOESN'T use a licenced system. Of course they may do things even worse, but at least they have a chance to do better, which is needed.Age of Decadence<\/a> should also be fucking awesome :)<\/p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/div><\/div>Oh and Bethesda didn't really bring back a classic RPG with Fallout 3.<\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mattbodega<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2281<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>34417<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 4<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mattbodega<\/a><\/div><\/div>THE TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL 2 ANNOUNCED EXCLUSIVELY ON GIANTBOMB.COM<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mattbodega<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2281<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>34417<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 4<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mattbodega<\/a><\/div><\/div>Here's my pitch: Atari, having succesfully completed work on Starbreeze's The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, will hire the company to produce a First Person D&D game where you play as a monk and punch dragons. That sounds like a good game to me! Dice Rolls be Damned! <\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Ping5000<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>449<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 36<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Ping5000<\/a><\/div><\/div>Obsidian's Mask of the Betrayer was pretty gosh darn awesome. If a new D&D happens, I want them on the job.<\/p><\/div>Also, BG3 announced! Developed by Obsidian! Chris Avellone will serve as creative director!\u00a0You heard it here first!<\/div><\/div>BREAKING. TROIKA IS BACK AND IS WORKING ON BLOODLINES 2. HEARD IT HERE ZERO.<\/div><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div>I dunno how many people have actually tried the new rules out, but they seem cribbed a bit from the online world just to maybe make the game more palatable to the new generation of players.\u00a0 It's already sorta connected to the video game world in that way, but it also would connect to people fond of tactical games like FF Tactics.\u00a0 I mean, I don't get a whole lot out of the non-battle side of Fourth Edition, but the combat might be fun as long as they do a better job figuring out how things interact than they did with the first rulebook.\u00a0 I had no idea it was actually a twenty-year streak.\u00a0 Stop makin' me feel old!I thought at least in the paper side of things DnD wasn't making stellar business, but at least it's respectable, so I'm not sure about that idea.You know what, maybe many of the traditional houses already cut their teeth on other systems and now have a better feel for what works and what doesn't, so they're already keen on making systems that fit the game they're making and don't require one whit of licensing fees.\u00a0 At the same time, anyone interested in taking up 4E will have to work out how to integrate it into the game they're making while still honoring it and justifying any fees they have to pay.\u00a0 What's going out may not be the CRPG itself, but more companies who are willing to rely on the pen-and-paper world for their inspiration.\u00a0 Before there wasn't a whole lot of reliably salable RPG stuff out there except for DnD, now there's been, as you said, more than 20 years of CRPG history to look back on and improve, so they don't really need to have their hand held anymore.Here's hoping whatever comes out will be good, thass all I'm sayin'!<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>atejas<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3151<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>215<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>
Dave sure loves making points<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Al3xand3r<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>7912<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>3<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Al3xand3r<\/a><\/div><\/div>Should there be one every year? Shouldn't RPGs actually take up some GOOD systems instead anyway? They always have to do changes too.I'm more excited to see what Bioware do with Dragon Age<\/a> knowing it DOESN'T use a licenced system. Of course they may do things even worse, but at least they have a chance to do better, which is needed.Age of Decadence<\/a> should also be fucking awesome :)<\/p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/div><\/div>Oh and Bethesda didn't really bring back a classic RPG with Fallout 3.<\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mattbodega<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2281<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>34417<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 4<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mattbodega<\/a><\/div><\/div>THE TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL 2 ANNOUNCED EXCLUSIVELY ON GIANTBOMB.COM<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mattbodega<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2281<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>34417<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 4<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mattbodega<\/a><\/div><\/div>Here's my pitch: Atari, having succesfully completed work on Starbreeze's The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, will hire the company to produce a First Person D&D game where you play as a monk and punch dragons. That sounds like a good game to me! Dice Rolls be Damned! <\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Ping5000<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>449<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 36<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Ping5000<\/a><\/div><\/div>Obsidian's Mask of the Betrayer was pretty gosh darn awesome. If a new D&D happens, I want them on the job.<\/p><\/div>Also, BG3 announced! Developed by Obsidian! Chris Avellone will serve as creative director!\u00a0You heard it here first!<\/div><\/div>BREAKING. TROIKA IS BACK AND IS WORKING ON BLOODLINES 2. HEARD IT HERE ZERO.<\/div><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div>I dunno how many people have actually tried the new rules out, but they seem cribbed a bit from the online world just to maybe make the game more palatable to the new generation of players.\u00a0 It's already sorta connected to the video game world in that way, but it also would connect to people fond of tactical games like FF Tactics.\u00a0 I mean, I don't get a whole lot out of the non-battle side of Fourth Edition, but the combat might be fun as long as they do a better job figuring out how things interact than they did with the first rulebook.\u00a0 I had no idea it was actually a twenty-year streak.\u00a0 Stop makin' me feel old!I thought at least in the paper side of things DnD wasn't making stellar business, but at least it's respectable, so I'm not sure about that idea.You know what, maybe many of the traditional houses already cut their teeth on other systems and now have a better feel for what works and what doesn't, so they're already keen on making systems that fit the game they're making and don't require one whit of licensing fees.\u00a0 At the same time, anyone interested in taking up 4E will have to work out how to integrate it into the game they're making while still honoring it and justifying any fees they have to pay.\u00a0 What's going out may not be the CRPG itself, but more companies who are willing to rely on the pen-and-paper world for their inspiration.\u00a0 Before there wasn't a whole lot of reliably salable RPG stuff out there except for DnD, now there's been, as you said, more than 20 years of CRPG history to look back on and improve, so they don't really need to have their hand held anymore.Here's hoping whatever comes out will be good, thass all I'm sayin'!<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>atejas<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3151<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>215<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>
Should there be one every year? Shouldn't RPGs actually take up some GOOD systems instead anyway? They always have to do changes too.I'm more excited to see what Bioware do with Dragon Age<\/a> knowing it DOESN'T use a licenced system. Of course they may do things even worse, but at least they have a chance to do better, which is needed.Age of Decadence<\/a> should also be fucking awesome :)<\/p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/div><\/div>Oh and Bethesda didn't really bring back a classic RPG with Fallout 3.<\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mattbodega<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2281<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>34417<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 4<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mattbodega<\/a><\/div><\/div>THE TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL 2 ANNOUNCED EXCLUSIVELY ON GIANTBOMB.COM<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mattbodega<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2281<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>34417<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 4<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mattbodega<\/a><\/div><\/div>Here's my pitch: Atari, having succesfully completed work on Starbreeze's The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, will hire the company to produce a First Person D&D game where you play as a monk and punch dragons. That sounds like a good game to me! Dice Rolls be Damned! <\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Ping5000<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>449<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 36<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Ping5000<\/a><\/div><\/div>Obsidian's Mask of the Betrayer was pretty gosh darn awesome. If a new D&D happens, I want them on the job.<\/p><\/div>Also, BG3 announced! Developed by Obsidian! Chris Avellone will serve as creative director!\u00a0You heard it here first!<\/div><\/div>BREAKING. TROIKA IS BACK AND IS WORKING ON BLOODLINES 2. HEARD IT HERE ZERO.<\/div><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div>I dunno how many people have actually tried the new rules out, but they seem cribbed a bit from the online world just to maybe make the game more palatable to the new generation of players.\u00a0 It's already sorta connected to the video game world in that way, but it also would connect to people fond of tactical games like FF Tactics.\u00a0 I mean, I don't get a whole lot out of the non-battle side of Fourth Edition, but the combat might be fun as long as they do a better job figuring out how things interact than they did with the first rulebook.\u00a0 I had no idea it was actually a twenty-year streak.\u00a0 Stop makin' me feel old!I thought at least in the paper side of things DnD wasn't making stellar business, but at least it's respectable, so I'm not sure about that idea.You know what, maybe many of the traditional houses already cut their teeth on other systems and now have a better feel for what works and what doesn't, so they're already keen on making systems that fit the game they're making and don't require one whit of licensing fees.\u00a0 At the same time, anyone interested in taking up 4E will have to work out how to integrate it into the game they're making while still honoring it and justifying any fees they have to pay.\u00a0 What's going out may not be the CRPG itself, but more companies who are willing to rely on the pen-and-paper world for their inspiration.\u00a0 Before there wasn't a whole lot of reliably salable RPG stuff out there except for DnD, now there's been, as you said, more than 20 years of CRPG history to look back on and improve, so they don't really need to have their hand held anymore.Here's hoping whatever comes out will be good, thass all I'm sayin'!<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>atejas<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3151<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>215<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>
THE TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL 2 ANNOUNCED EXCLUSIVELY ON GIANTBOMB.COM<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mattbodega<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2281<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>34417<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 3<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 4<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mattbodega<\/a><\/div><\/div>Here's my pitch: Atari, having succesfully completed work on Starbreeze's The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, will hire the company to produce a First Person D&D game where you play as a monk and punch dragons. That sounds like a good game to me! Dice Rolls be Damned! <\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Ping5000<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>449<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 36<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Ping5000<\/a><\/div><\/div>Obsidian's Mask of the Betrayer was pretty gosh darn awesome. If a new D&D happens, I want them on the job.<\/p><\/div>Also, BG3 announced! Developed by Obsidian! Chris Avellone will serve as creative director!\u00a0You heard it here first!<\/div><\/div>BREAKING. TROIKA IS BACK AND IS WORKING ON BLOODLINES 2. HEARD IT HERE ZERO.<\/div><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div>I dunno how many people have actually tried the new rules out, but they seem cribbed a bit from the online world just to maybe make the game more palatable to the new generation of players.\u00a0 It's already sorta connected to the video game world in that way, but it also would connect to people fond of tactical games like FF Tactics.\u00a0 I mean, I don't get a whole lot out of the non-battle side of Fourth Edition, but the combat might be fun as long as they do a better job figuring out how things interact than they did with the first rulebook.\u00a0 I had no idea it was actually a twenty-year streak.\u00a0 Stop makin' me feel old!I thought at least in the paper side of things DnD wasn't making stellar business, but at least it's respectable, so I'm not sure about that idea.You know what, maybe many of the traditional houses already cut their teeth on other systems and now have a better feel for what works and what doesn't, so they're already keen on making systems that fit the game they're making and don't require one whit of licensing fees.\u00a0 At the same time, anyone interested in taking up 4E will have to work out how to integrate it into the game they're making while still honoring it and justifying any fees they have to pay.\u00a0 What's going out may not be the CRPG itself, but more companies who are willing to rely on the pen-and-paper world for their inspiration.\u00a0 Before there wasn't a whole lot of reliably salable RPG stuff out there except for DnD, now there's been, as you said, more than 20 years of CRPG history to look back on and improve, so they don't really need to have their hand held anymore.Here's hoping whatever comes out will be good, thass all I'm sayin'!<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>atejas<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3151<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>215<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>
Here's my pitch: Atari, having succesfully completed work on Starbreeze's The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, will hire the company to produce a First Person D&D game where you play as a monk and punch dragons. That sounds like a good game to me! Dice Rolls be Damned! <\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Ping5000<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>449<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 36<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Ping5000<\/a><\/div><\/div>Obsidian's Mask of the Betrayer was pretty gosh darn awesome. If a new D&D happens, I want them on the job.<\/p><\/div>Also, BG3 announced! Developed by Obsidian! Chris Avellone will serve as creative director!\u00a0You heard it here first!<\/div><\/div>BREAKING. TROIKA IS BACK AND IS WORKING ON BLOODLINES 2. HEARD IT HERE ZERO.<\/div><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div>I dunno how many people have actually tried the new rules out, but they seem cribbed a bit from the online world just to maybe make the game more palatable to the new generation of players.\u00a0 It's already sorta connected to the video game world in that way, but it also would connect to people fond of tactical games like FF Tactics.\u00a0 I mean, I don't get a whole lot out of the non-battle side of Fourth Edition, but the combat might be fun as long as they do a better job figuring out how things interact than they did with the first rulebook.\u00a0 I had no idea it was actually a twenty-year streak.\u00a0 Stop makin' me feel old!I thought at least in the paper side of things DnD wasn't making stellar business, but at least it's respectable, so I'm not sure about that idea.You know what, maybe many of the traditional houses already cut their teeth on other systems and now have a better feel for what works and what doesn't, so they're already keen on making systems that fit the game they're making and don't require one whit of licensing fees.\u00a0 At the same time, anyone interested in taking up 4E will have to work out how to integrate it into the game they're making while still honoring it and justifying any fees they have to pay.\u00a0 What's going out may not be the CRPG itself, but more companies who are willing to rely on the pen-and-paper world for their inspiration.\u00a0 Before there wasn't a whole lot of reliably salable RPG stuff out there except for DnD, now there's been, as you said, more than 20 years of CRPG history to look back on and improve, so they don't really need to have their hand held anymore.Here's hoping whatever comes out will be good, thass all I'm sayin'!<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>atejas<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3151<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>215<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>
Obsidian's Mask of the Betrayer was pretty gosh darn awesome. If a new D&D happens, I want them on the job.<\/p><\/div>Also, BG3 announced! Developed by Obsidian! Chris Avellone will serve as creative director!\u00a0You heard it here first!<\/div><\/div>BREAKING. TROIKA IS BACK AND IS WORKING ON BLOODLINES 2. HEARD IT HERE ZERO.<\/div><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div>I dunno how many people have actually tried the new rules out, but they seem cribbed a bit from the online world just to maybe make the game more palatable to the new generation of players.\u00a0 It's already sorta connected to the video game world in that way, but it also would connect to people fond of tactical games like FF Tactics.\u00a0 I mean, I don't get a whole lot out of the non-battle side of Fourth Edition, but the combat might be fun as long as they do a better job figuring out how things interact than they did with the first rulebook.\u00a0 I had no idea it was actually a twenty-year streak.\u00a0 Stop makin' me feel old!I thought at least in the paper side of things DnD wasn't making stellar business, but at least it's respectable, so I'm not sure about that idea.You know what, maybe many of the traditional houses already cut their teeth on other systems and now have a better feel for what works and what doesn't, so they're already keen on making systems that fit the game they're making and don't require one whit of licensing fees.\u00a0 At the same time, anyone interested in taking up 4E will have to work out how to integrate it into the game they're making while still honoring it and justifying any fees they have to pay.\u00a0 What's going out may not be the CRPG itself, but more companies who are willing to rely on the pen-and-paper world for their inspiration.\u00a0 Before there wasn't a whole lot of reliably salable RPG stuff out there except for DnD, now there's been, as you said, more than 20 years of CRPG history to look back on and improve, so they don't really need to have their hand held anymore.Here's hoping whatever comes out will be good, thass all I'm sayin'!<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>atejas<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3151<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>215<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>
I dunno how many people have actually tried the new rules out, but they seem cribbed a bit from the online world just to maybe make the game more palatable to the new generation of players.\u00a0 It's already sorta connected to the video game world in that way, but it also would connect to people fond of tactical games like FF Tactics.\u00a0 I mean, I don't get a whole lot out of the non-battle side of Fourth Edition, but the combat might be fun as long as they do a better job figuring out how things interact than they did with the first rulebook.\u00a0 I had no idea it was actually a twenty-year streak.\u00a0 Stop makin' me feel old!I thought at least in the paper side of things DnD wasn't making stellar business, but at least it's respectable, so I'm not sure about that idea.You know what, maybe many of the traditional houses already cut their teeth on other systems and now have a better feel for what works and what doesn't, so they're already keen on making systems that fit the game they're making and don't require one whit of licensing fees.\u00a0 At the same time, anyone interested in taking up 4E will have to work out how to integrate it into the game they're making while still honoring it and justifying any fees they have to pay.\u00a0 What's going out may not be the CRPG itself, but more companies who are willing to rely on the pen-and-paper world for their inspiration.\u00a0 Before there wasn't a whole lot of reliably salable RPG stuff out there except for DnD, now there's been, as you said, more than 20 years of CRPG history to look back on and improve, so they don't really need to have their hand held anymore.Here's hoping whatever comes out will be good, thass all I'm sayin'!<\/p><\/article>14 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>atejas<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>3151<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>215<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>
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