The Sorry State Of Cot Rpgs
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In RPG Topic: ZOMG Edition Bunda asked whether a Mass Effect RPG was viable. I told him it was. I told him the market for Sci-FI RPGs was open and that ME would do well. Oh how wrong I was.
Mecha-2 6%
Sandbox-2 6%
Fantasy-5 13%
WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? When 75% of all your RPGs deal with superpowers and space ships you know you have a problem. COT Role Players! We need to expand our outlook. An RPG is not great because it has "the ownedage powrz". People are obviously tiring of these forms of RPGs.
Whenever someone creates a new game, people click on it to see if it's good. Then they see the words "In the year 2233, American scientists....". They promptly backspace as fast as possible. The majority of RPGs in COT are FAILING! They are failing because they are not ORIGINAL.
Currently, the most successful RPGs in COT are Reality, Heroes, To Save The World, and Transformers. Reality has been around for ages and has the sandbox factor. Heroes is based off a popular series. Like Reality, TSTW has been there for ages. And Transformers is riding off the success of the previous RPG.
These are 4 RPGs. There are 29 total RPGs in COT. We can do better than this. I know we can. I want all RPers to think up something original.
That is why I have decided not to approve RPGs unless they bring something new to the table and are not just a rehash of last year's fodder. I encourage the other judges to stand with me and save COT from emminent doom!
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