Re: [Epic] New Game Grumbles

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 12:07:27 GMT

At 10:21 AM 12/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> From: Stuart Mottershead <stuart.m_at_...>
>>
>> Since subscribing to the list a week or so ago to find out about the new
>> game system (I don't collect space marine but have been collecting 40k
>> for about a year) I have heard a lot of complaints about it. These seem
>> to fall into four catagories,
>>
>> 1) The models are a bit different.
>
> The infantry bases are different. I don't think anyone's
>complaining about the new models, which look really good IMHO.
>
>> 2) GW are rip-off merchants.
>>
>> 3) The new game is not as 'realistic' as the old one.
>
> The new game has an increased emphasis on close combat, which
>some people find silly in a futuristic wargame. YMMV.
>
>> 4) The new rules are going to 'spoil the game'.
>
> The new rules remove a lot of flavor from the game. This
>is the only really valid complaint as far as I'm concerned. #1 isn't
>a big deal, #2 is to be expected, #3 is a matter of personal taste.
>#4 is a stupid move on GW's part. A flesh hound is not the same
>thing as a beast of nurgle. A death skull is not the same thing as
>a goff. A gatling blaster is not the same thing as an inferno gun.
>
>> It seems to me that the first two are fair enough (but not exactly
>> unnexpected), and the third may also be true (if a little irrelevant)
>> but I don't understand the fourth. I may be missing something, but IMHO
>> if the game has not been released yet, then surely the only people that
>> can truely judge it are those few that have actually played it.
>
> True, but people on the internet love to bitch. It's fun,
>try it!

I thoughtthe whole point was a bitch about our bitching...

Agro


>
>> Is there something about the new game that makes it possible for people
>> to predict that it will be crap without even playing it, if so, then I
>> would like to know before I spend me hard earned cash.
>
> The people here (for the most part) don't want to see one
>of their favorite games die. Which is exactly what's happened to
>it with the advent of Epic 40k.
>
>Scott "Bitch Moan Whine" Shupe
>shupes_at_...
>
Received on Thu Mar 13 1997 - 12:07:27 UTC