ghost-angel Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 RPG.Net (clicky) In a nutshell: Layout: 3 (decently organized) Content: 3 (one of the worst Hero books to date, but the NPCs save it from a 2 or lower) In A Nutshell: It did a poor job of explaining the Animated Series to a complete newbie, 20 pages of actual content, 96 pages of NPCs. This was closer to a Villains book than a Genre book unforetunately. A bibliography of source material could have gone a long way to save this book. Mostly it just didn't go into enough detail on how to get the feel of the genre IMO. It comes down to, well, I just didn't like the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review Me either. In fact, so much so I actually gave it a pass altogether after flipping thru it. Oh, and the art was incredibly bad for the most part, which didnt help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savinien Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review I would have to agree. Unfortunately, I was trying to run such a game and got the book to help. It didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review Your review is 100% right on. I wish I had read it before picking it up. Repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review Also, I must say, I dont see Animated Series supers as being particularly Dark. The older Batman cartoons, ok maybe, but other than that, for the most part the supers series I associate with "Animated Series" are pretty light. It all boils down to the genre confusion inherent in retaining the "Champions" tag on the Dark Champions line when the new "Dark Champions" has nothing to do with the superhero genre and everything to do with the action adventure genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review That pretty much sums it up. It's trying to shoehorn the Supers back into Dark Champions. It's really trying to cover two things: Dark Champions Strange Phenomenon and Champions: Animated Series. Strange Phenonmenon would be the Action Adventure Drama with minor powers added onto it. The purely strange stuff in an otherwise Modern Action setting. The Animated Series really belongs in the Champions line up as a "how to run a low powered Supers Game that isn't Teen Champions." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review The book called Dark Champions SHOULD have been caled Action Hero This book should have been called Dark Champions, and had more of a focus like the original. It should have been FIRMLY put into the Champions line. Also Darren should have written it instead of Steve Ohh well, there money, there desision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review The book called Dark Champions SHOULD have been caled Action Hero This book should have been called Dark Champions, and had more of a focus like the original. It should have been FIRMLY put into the Champions line. Also Darren should have written it instead of Steve Ohh well, there money, there desision... Allen Thomas wrote DC:TAS. Or were you refering to DC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review Allen Thomas wrote DC:TAS. Or were you refering to DC? That's what I get for NOT checking my facts...Sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review Allen Thomas's work for Hero Games was a little hit and miss IMHO, but as Line Developer Steve Long should receive some of the bouquets and the brickbats for how any book turns out. Individual authors contribute a great deal and put their distinctive stamp on the material, but Steve has final say on what concepts get accepted, what goes into the published product and the ultimate form it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review Allen Thomas's work for Hero Games was a little hit and miss IMHO' date=' but as Line Developer Steve Long should receive some of the bouquets and the brickbats for how any book turns out. Individual authors contribute a great deal and put their distinctive stamp on the material, but Steve has final say on what concepts get accepted, what goes into the published product and the ultimate form it takes.[/quote'] I agree completely and blame no one person for the utter disappointment that DC:TAS turned out to be for me. (The credits mention playtesters, all of whom should have gone, "Hey! More meat!" on this one) And on the other hand, as I touched on in my review, if your group is familiar with the genre and the source material the book is helpful in making Hero work for you to realize gaming in that genre. If you're not familiar it's a dismal failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Re: Dark Champions: The Animated Series Review Actually, my experience with the playtesting of the HERO products is that once they are ready for "playtesting", its really more a matter of looking for typos and checking the math. They're generally too far along in the process for major alterations or additions. One of the reasons I stopped bothering. Thats just a quibble, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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