The questions can be found HERE.
9 What superhero RPG have you enjoyed most?
Why?
Once again, my ignorance shows – I’ve only
played 2 games, and none of the ‘big’ superhero games either. I have a dim
recollection of a GURPS Supers attempt that collapsed under its own weight in
uni. Characters were made with a Herculean effort, one session was played in
which the characters trounced a rogue ice mutant who just wanted to be left
alone, then the GM realized the rules had been misunderstood and things would
have to be redone.
That was enough of that.
Inevitably, the next was a successful game
of Palladium’s Heroes Unlimited. Characters were rolled, and they almost made
sense being overpowered by the game’s clunky system in a way that set them
apart from the common man which was perfect for the genre. An invasion of aliens who were
after our banks was fought off, only to discover the ‘aliens’ were robots
created by an evil genius.
Good times. Although I never played the
original DC or Marvel RPGs, I have read criticism that the range of attributes
didn’t provide a fine enough granularity, especially for street level
characters. Palladium’s old SDC system does street level heroes very well, and
might conversely fail to emulate cosmic heroes. I think adding some lethality
in the form of my houserules might make for a great, gritty game of Heroes
Unlimited a la Watchmen.
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