Steve
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FATAL
Jan 17, 2010 23:41:19 GMT -5
Post by Steve on Jan 17, 2010 23:41:19 GMT -5
The folks at LGG3 (I think I was talking to Nick and Tom, not sure) may remember me mentioning a terrifyingly complex and often downright offensive pen-and-paper system, but I couldn't remember the name. Now I do. It's called F.A.T.A.L. and it is utterly horrifying. Make sure to read both the review and the rebuttal for the full "what the hell" experience.
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Dmitri
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Jan 18, 2010 18:59:37 GMT -5
Post by Dmitri on Jan 18, 2010 18:59:37 GMT -5
Umm... well... yea.
Nuff said.
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Jan 19, 2010 21:58:25 GMT -5
Post by Rincewind on Jan 19, 2010 21:58:25 GMT -5
Interesting review. At first I felt sorry for the creators, since the reviewers certainly don't have a very respectful tone. But the more I read about the game, the more I felt they deserved it.
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Jan 19, 2010 23:30:10 GMT -5
Post by Rincewind on Jan 19, 2010 23:30:10 GMT -5
I'm reading the rebuttal now, which is fascinating since it is everything the review is not- it tries to be grammatical, sane, and reasonable, but once in a while the true stupidity shines through. Regarding STDs- "Only problem is, as stated by Byron, no one has brought a scholarly text to prove they even existed let alone could be diagnosed." Er, sure. Yeeeeah. You know, I'm just giving up on you now.
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Jan 20, 2010 7:26:42 GMT -5
Post by grond on Jan 20, 2010 7:26:42 GMT -5
The original review is actually causing me physical pain. I've laughed hard enough that I had to stop reading and put a belt on to keep my sides from splitting, which they actually tried to do. Still not finished with the first review, but this game truly does sound terrible. Terrible like surviving having an elephant stomp through your chest, only to be hit by missile. And then surviving that.
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Dmitri
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Jan 20, 2010 9:28:59 GMT -5
Post by Dmitri on Jan 20, 2010 9:28:59 GMT -5
Yea - first thing I did was download the pdf (its a free download now) and start reading the actual game... that lasted about 30 minutes before disgust and logic took over, and I went to the review.
And yes, my sides split when I laughed hard enough to almost cry - I scared Becca, my youngest, who thought something was wrong with me, like I was dying or something.
The rebuttal just misses the point entirely, though. Did you see the list of magic items? Ugh...
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Jan 20, 2010 14:37:56 GMT -5
Post by Rincewind on Jan 20, 2010 14:37:56 GMT -5
Yeah, the racist magic items are where I started agreeing completely with the reviewer and hoping for giant, flesh-eating rats.
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Steve
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FATAL
Jan 20, 2010 15:13:18 GMT -5
Post by Steve on Jan 20, 2010 15:13:18 GMT -5
Terrible like surviving having an elephant stomp through your chest, only to be hit by missile. And then surviving that. I think they have rules for that.
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Jan 22, 2010 16:06:36 GMT -5
Post by grond on Jan 22, 2010 16:06:36 GMT -5
So, I finally finished the review. After reading the first page of the rebuttal, I scrolled to the bottom of page 2 to see to my dismay that there would be page 3. That is where I drew the line. I would like to confess something; My level of skill with the English language is not very refined. This especially true of my typing. The quotes taken from fatal (which the awthor [attempted hybrid of awful and author] along with his Igor like crony tried to defend) were bad enough to make me feel personally insulted. Worse, the defenses of this poor use of English were, well, worse. You know every time someone gets shot down and humiliated for making a bad joke. A similar reaction is deserved for what I've seen of F.A.T.A.L., except that it just humiliated isn't enough. They should be banished, to the sea. Not on a boat or anything, because that would be banished to a boat. Just to the sea. Steve, utterly horrifying is a very good start at expressing what the review reveals about it.
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