by tmod
Hollyhock wrote:
mayrik wrote:
I'm going to ask some very silly questions but :
- why would you want to play the original, when frankly absolutely everything in the new version surpasses it (except for the nostalgia aspect that embellishes memories)?
- why would you want to play the original, when frankly absolutely everything in the new version surpasses it (except for the nostalgia aspect that embellishes memories)?
The original game became a classic. The reboot could or coud not pass the test of time. I have seen many fans of the original game rating low the reboot, essentially they complain about it being bloated.
The original game seems fast, simple and straight to the point. Ramming another car seems to be a difficult decision, as one of the vehicles will mostly die, still you won't ram other cars lightly because you would be favoring the rest of the players.
The reboot is full of "kickstarter mechanics" (special abilities, luck mitigation, randomization, and second chances to evade death), which typically add mechanical bloat, increase the number of components, and could make some play decisions to become pointless.
Being able to play the original using the components of the reboot makes buying the reboot a safer investment.
mayrik wrote:
- the original can easily be found for 5-10 dollars at garage sales...which is much cheaper than the new one.
Not in Europe.
Still want to try the reboot, probably will just buy the base game. It's prettier, right now it's on stock, and if I don't like it, I could cannibalize it to play the classic game or some of its fan-variants.
It would be very easy to just NOT add any of the expansion modules, and get a pretty sleek and simple game...
EDIT: I have both versions, btw, and while the original game is ok, the remake is vastly superior. The greatest change (when playing without modules) is the variety in tiles is increased in Vendetta, and the component quality is a lot better.