Re: Player Seeking a Vampire: the Requiem game
In reply to Tileira (msg # 5):
I personally don't like 2nd ed. The rules are solid, but the thematic aspect of it bothers me too much. I feel like they removed it too much from its roots, stripped away the goth-punk attitude and made it too post-modern, too clean, almost a little Twilight-esque. They stressed human/vampire contrast too heavily, and didn't focus on the secret world of the Kindred and the dark mysteries it hides.
I suppose all of that is inevitable, given that the Goth-punk wave from the mid 80s to early 2000s is over, but I feel that Vampire as a game is poorer for it.