From what I've seen - New Mage is very poor, but mostly because it is being compared to an old game that was bloody good, and encouraged a lot of thought and depth. On its own, the new Mage is merely mediocre.
New Vampire is just like the old one but without any metaplot, and with the Traditions hard-wired into every vampire, which I don't like. It does not seem sufficiently different to warrant a new game and what has changed has not, for me, improved it.
New Werewolf is the only one I've seen that looks like it could be interesting. They've taken the werewolves and given them a different purpose, quite opposed to their purpose in the old game. It is therefore the only one of these I'd probably be interested in playing, as it is sufficiently different and distinct to be its own game.
I would be interested in seeing what they did with Changeling, assuming it's not just a rumour, but am also a little aprehensive of how they could make it very narrow and restricted. On the other hand, they also have the opportunity to include fey from more cultures in the new setting, as opposed to almost exclusively being british in origin. We shall see. Even if they do murder it, we can still play the old one.
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Date: 2006-08-09 10:26 am (UTC)New Vampire is just like the old one but without any metaplot, and with the Traditions hard-wired into every vampire, which I don't like. It does not seem sufficiently different to warrant a new game and what has changed has not, for me, improved it.
New Werewolf is the only one I've seen that looks like it could be interesting. They've taken the werewolves and given them a different purpose, quite opposed to their purpose in the old game. It is therefore the only one of these I'd probably be interested in playing, as it is sufficiently different and distinct to be its own game.
I would be interested in seeing what they did with Changeling, assuming it's not just a rumour, but am also a little aprehensive of how they could make it very narrow and restricted. On the other hand, they also have the opportunity to include fey from more cultures in the new setting, as opposed to almost exclusively being british in origin. We shall see. Even if they do murder it, we can still play the old one.