XRU Game Review 8 - Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition

This is a preview of Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition. Most of the information is taken from this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3J8t2-RVs

and the 2nd part as well.

I decided not to script this review out like I did for the rest, to try a more natural tone to the review, but I ended up just rambling a bit. But enjoy!

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• Dragons
• 4th
• fourth
• edition
• game
• review
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[tarboy62]

by the way if you like the 4th more then the 3.5 play on dude!!! DND is all about having fun

[dasharzan]

Sorry dude...But im not convinced... YOU make the Game Fun...grab a beer,decide what you do...your the one who makes up the game...the rulebooks are only a basic,a first step...if you don't like the rules Dump'em Piss on'em and everything is done! You play for your own self with whatever means you can get...some people dont't Understand that sorry...But still good review ;)

[CondorDM]

They! never had 2nd edition, majority of DMs in our current world still run tsr DND, not even half the number that run TSR games run wotc games. Though wotc does seem to draw more players in.

[MichaelLV99]

Imagination? I know that engine... poor graphics(too much tv) and likely to crash when the phone rings ^^

[americanwarrior32]

I have my own edition. I call it Md6 rules.

Every player has only a die 6. Whatever you want to do you roll a six sided dice. If you roll a 5 or 6 you do it. If you roll 1 thru 4 you fail. Its the simplest rules around. It will be available in stores near you for 49.95. It includes one sheet of rules and a die.

[LiquidFilter]

4th edition sucks, I moved on to Pathfinder.

[IzalorDantin]

4th edition kicks ass

[SamuraiFilmCritic]

I'm an older Gamer, who started in 1989 and I have played AD&D and then 3rd Edit. I feel WOTC allowed 3.5 to become heavy on extra rules, etc in the last 2 years before they introduced 4th Ed, that it gave them what seems to be a valid reason for a drastic change. I have tried 4th Ed. a few times and overall, the gaming flavor of storytelling is much diminished. 4th Ed. feels like an attempt to make a video game into a tabletop game..but it simply doesn't feel like a "Role-Playing" Game.

[Adwrigh]

what a lot of people try to do is imagine an encounter in 3d ed and and then apply 4e rules. i.e. 4 orcs 1 bugbear and an orc boss. that was the kind of encounter that occurred in 3e. in 4e it looks like 7 orcs 2 bugbears 10 orc minions + boss. This means when you run into an orc cave you find ORCS! not just a couple hard to kill guys and a boss in the corner. Yes some of them are designed to be 1st or 2nd round kills, but the battle is fast, bloody and brutal. Thats what i want in an orc cave

[drskeletor1]

I have the 4th Edition, its really good. But thats because thats the only version I own. I just bought version 3.5 off of Amazon. I've played 3.5 and 4. My friend introduced me to 3.5 but I dont think he explained it right for I thought when I played 4e it was better. They did get rid of spells which kind of sucked for magic people, they added 'Powers' but its not all bad. The fight system works so much faster a smoother.

[neverfearchrisishere]

Actually in 4th edition they effectively removed powergaming by ensuring everyone is equally overpowered - makes for a more balance game than 3rd where one play could make an uber uber character. One thing that cannot be counted against 4th is that it is not balanced.

[itzfawkinsam]

I can afford it, but it really is simple, it's more easier than 3.5 comparable