CHILL Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 Let us know what you think of the adventure game book. The rules, setting, new abilities and backgrounds, the fiction - even the format of the book... Make your comments here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage Posted December 11, 2001 Share Posted December 11, 2001 The book is just swell - it appears to consist of two 'covers', between which are sandwiched a large number of 'pages', most of which have row after row of small markings on them...Seriously, I love the book - great feel, and somehow the most complete of the Aeonverse titles. Easy to read and exciting, with more story hooks than you can shake a stick at. And I really can't say enough how I love the 'start with end' release schedule of the systems - kind of like watching 'Memento', only even more fun and confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Mal Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 Its a book? :lookaround Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 Its all real Mal. All real. Whispers to others, "Its better this way. Trust me, I'm a man dressed as a doctor... :xmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jda Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 The book is great (the type of the paper, the pictures, etc..) But the rules of the super-science are a little confusing..The "briefing" (i d'ont know if the word "briefing" says what i want to say) of the habilities and Knacks with a "demo" of how it works before the descriptio are all funny and an example of a pulp game...JDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted December 22, 2001 Share Posted December 22, 2001 I love Adventure! For me it did four things..1. Managed to balance the pulp setting with the unique Aeon background. Its a credit to the writers that the system manages to recreate the excitement of the pulp genre but doesn't seem out of place beside Aberrant and Trinity.2. Smoothed out a lot of the bumps in the continuity. Aberrant left a lot of glitches in continuity, in terms of Aeon and many of the sig. characters. Adventure not only helped explain how Divis Mal came to be (and threw out the "Second Gen Nova" business Krieg was throwing around) and reinforced Aeon as a good organization.3. Potential. If Aberrant is the RPG equivalent of WildStorm's Authority comic, then Adventure! is Planetary. The hidden past of the Aeon Continuum not only is filled with potential for Adventure! but also Aberrant and Trinity.4. A fitting end. The circle is complete. The final game in the trilogy was developed by the guy who started it all, Andrew Bates. Bates, along with Baugh and others is the reason why the Continuum is successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted February 6, 2002 Share Posted February 6, 2002 over all i loved the book, the one thing i had a problem with was the superscience rules for chemicals. i was playing a doctor who was try to create the ultimate medicine(s), and those rules just did not lend themselves well to anything that wasn't strictly a chemistry experiment, or a poison...my two little cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax's_Pimp Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 I felt that it was Kick-a$$ IT did what up until that point no game had ever done. It made me think for myself instead of relying on WW to close all plot hooks. I love the setting it really comes alive in my opinion. -PPWhy pimp you ask, why not I say. Besides many world leaders love looking down and seeing the top of Pax's head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 have problems thinking for yourself normally pete? :sly it's ok, we love you anyways...-harle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted February 9, 2002 Share Posted February 9, 2002 Pete, you're too used to Aberrant. Try Trinity sometime for plot hooks. :colgate -Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 You know I have had Trinity and Aberrant for ages (Trinity is better in my opinion because it was the first Aeon game I bought and to be fair, it has had a better developer!) and love 'em both.But now Adventure comes along. And having read it cover to cover twice, and still constantly re-reading other parts of it - I think it is my favourite, usurping poor Trinity's place! I would also comment that it has learnt from the mistakes of it prequels, I mean sequels, I mean....... well, you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breearg Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 I know this thread has been inactive for a bit now but I just have to say--YOU'RE A FOOL, AEON (no offense, heh). Trinity is the best of the games--THE BEST I TELL YOU, FOREVER! TRINITY FOREVER!!!!! ::doctor sneak up behind and give him a shot, dragging him back to EON basement to work on India Underground::-Breearg :nervous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 I think it was just the freshness of it that was getting me to thing that way Breearg! It is better than Aberrant, but not Trinity. The fact that it was new material though meant that my brain had to consume it and it swirled around my head in a horrible vortex until other than InUn it was the only book I was thinking about. When I get over the novelty I will....Oooh, me feel woozy...* crashes to ground * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breearg Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 Well, as long as you accept it now that--while a great book--Adventure! is just... not Trinity. As such I have composed a little ditty about it that goes something like this:Aberrant's Good...Adventure's Better...But then you see... my TrinityAnd blah blah blah blahblah blahblah blah blah YEAH!But then you see my Trinity and YEAH!Trinity is superior,We've got tech, guns and space-ships,And we kill those slugs from Abbie,And we ignore they freaks from A!,CAUSE WE'RE... PSYCHING IN THE 22ND CENTURY,Because then you see my Trinity!And besides..WE WERE FIRST WHICH MEANS WE'RE BETTER,We've got more plot hooks than... chedder...and we have nifty aliens,(what other one has that? huh?).Oh, and our guys in Trinity can be like--"Well, we're alive and you're all dead"To those guys in the other games,(except for some lame Slugs and stuff..but we're not gonna talk about that..BECAUSE THEN YOU SEE MY TRINITY!!!!!!)Thank you, thank you ::bow...bow... bow:: :colgate-Breearg :Baaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILL Posted March 18, 2002 Author Share Posted March 18, 2002 Breerg - I laughed my ass off at your post.Damn funy.Now get back in your cage and finish InUn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breearg Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 Thank you, heh.Ok, I'm going I'm going -Breearg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 I would respond but I am unconcious. What? Oh. Ooops. :Blush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 as far as the books, go, aberrant is a nice multi book novel, that's all it is, it's scenarios aren't really playable, all the good character ideas are already npc's, there are no open plot hooks, and you know how it's going to end from the very beginnng, in fact there is an end! aberrant isn't a game system, it's a class b novel in a few too many seperate books...i never really got into trinity, although it is a well written game...i do, however, love adventure! it gives you everything you need (expect more gadget rules) and nothing that you don't... i'd love to see it developed, but not past a few more books...-harle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 Aberrant is by far the worst game, I agree. But they are all good in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted March 22, 2002 Share Posted March 22, 2002 yep... although all i like about aberrant is the concept... when i st a game i tend to make it all up from there...-harle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swashbuckler Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 I love this game, but then I'm a huge Call of Cthulhu fan and have always pushed my games up to the 2-fisted thirties. My only complaint is that I wish they had proofread the thing one more time before putting it out. Also, it's sad that with such a great overall concept, they couldn't have come up with some better characters as examples, and maybe some better photographs of the characters. The pics of Max Mercer are embarrassing. Small complaints though. I just bought this thing, and I'm already full of ideas for games. Very very nice game.SB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 Welcome again, Swashbuckler!I agree that the pics can often be a bit poor. Then again, cameras weren't too hot back then, either. You just missed a contest we had here at EON on this topic. It involved dressing as your favorite character/NPC and sending the pictures in to EON. I'm not sure how many participated, but I know my group did. We did our characters from Adventure.Adventure is a great game to run. Our group has been going since September 7 of last year. We've tweaked the story some, and take turns as ST. It's very adaptable, allowing you to do a lot with it.Let us know how your game goes when you get one running.-Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 Dang! Now I need to buy Adventure!Will it ever stop?! :butbut K, I don't "really" want it to stop... :rolleyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 :thumbs-up good for you!-harle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorHFrost KSC Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 see, its like heroin right? JUST HOOK IT TO MY VIENS!!!! :crazy jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagheap Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 :withstupid True Dat-Slag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aninemity Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 :withstupid you know what's better than pointing that sign at jake? pointing it at you slag! hehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 :withstupid :devil Mweh-heh-heh. . . -Defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 :withstupid Ha ha! Gotcha, Defender!And just in case... -Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Blast! Oh, I promise my vengeance for this afront will be swift and terrible. . . :sneaky2 -Defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Woo hoo! Got him both times. :thumbs-up Don't mess with the guy who knows PhotoShop. -JosephDisclaimer: Chill, I only changed the graphic, not created a new one whole cloth. That's why I was abele to make an Ike. :sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 :withstupid Mwah-hah-hah!!!!!!!! *scampers off into the darkness* Vengeance is miiiiiiiiiine. . . :devil -Defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aninemity Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 :withstupid ::whistles innocently:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 . . .dammit. . . *goes off to plot vengeance against Aninemity* *Sideshow Bob ugh* :angry -Defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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