Yeah, I was really put off by the storytelling of, "And then THIS happened, and then THIS happened, and then THIS happened. And none of it was related to each other, and it didn't matter what order it happened in. Enjoy the cliches!" I imagine you can really make that sing if you haven't grown up on video games and crap movies.
I felt bad -- I had a DM who was absolutely dreadful at it, but he somehow felt the opposite. He copied down the whole campaign and said, "I can do something with this! Maybe this is a book or something?" And he sent it home to his family. Later he seemed fairly upset that his grandmother's response was essentially, "What do I do with this formless gibberish?"
The guy who wrote it had limited resources and skill, so he was just borrowing from every cartoon and video game he'd ever seen. I kept trying to break from the mission so my character could get drunk or nap.
Bad DMs have turned a ton of people away from the hobby. It's a shame. Kudos for being open-minded about trying it.
Yeah, I was really put off by the storytelling of, "And then THIS happened, and then THIS happened, and then THIS happened. And none of it was related to each other, and it didn't matter what order it happened in. Enjoy the cliches!" I imagine you can really make that sing if you haven't grown up on video games and crap movies.
I felt bad -- I had a DM who was absolutely dreadful at it, but he somehow felt the opposite. He copied down the whole campaign and said, "I can do something with this! Maybe this is a book or something?" And he sent it home to his family. Later he seemed fairly upset that his grandmother's response was essentially, "What do I do with this formless gibberish?"
I still haven't seen this!!!!
You haven't seen this. But trust me -- you've seen it.
I'm not sure how to classify what the campaign was or wasn't.
The guy who wrote it had limited resources and skill, so he was just borrowing from every cartoon and video game he'd ever seen. I kept trying to break from the mission so my character could get drunk or nap.