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Ken Newquist at Sci-Fi. com did a review of 4th edition on the site. He closed with this statement:
It says a lot about 4th Edition that Wizards of the Coast had to skip the timeline of its popular fantasy campaign setting The Forgotten Realms forward 100 years in order to support the new game. I think most similar traditional D&D campaigns would need a similar jump to make them work with 4E; those who are unwilling to do so should either stick with 3rd Edition or check out Paizo Publishing's upcoming Pathfinder RPG, which promises to pick up with the game where Wizards left off. —Ken
I love it. We start with a 4E review and end with a free ad for it's rival. God bless the press.
Thanks to the OP for pointing out the review. Apart from the cool PF mention, the review itself was the best I've read so far and it's sentiments echoed my own quite closely.
Thanks for the heads-up David, that's really inspiring to see!
For those who need the link, here it is.
yay paizo plug
This is kind of a nice change of pace, considering a lot of other "geek press" that usually doesn't cover D&D has been along the lines of "sure, we don't normally cover D&D, but since we are right now, and this game looks alright, it must be the REALLY backwards geeks that aren't on board the new edition."
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The review pretty much states the opinion I've formed. 4e sounds good for what it's intended to be...but it's not what I want. I believe that PFRPG (what [is] the "official" abbreviation, anyway?) is going in a great direction. I'm not getting bogged down in the minutiae of every rule. Even the Alpha releases provide more of what I want, so I'm fully behind the project. (I just wish I had time to take on some responsibilities to support the Pathfinder Society, too.)
So this RPG gets a plug on the 'Nerd Channel'?
You really couldn't ask for more. <Ebil Grin>
*And before I get flamed for my above comment, I watch the Sci-Fi channel religiously.
Woo! Nice review and good plug for Pathfinder. Thanks SciFi!
