I spent some time talking to the designers/play testers at GenCon a few years ago and they were cool, down-to-earth people with lots of enthusiasm (obviously) for the game. The art and the ideas definitely drew me in (someone at the booth mentioned the idea of a digital clone placed into the body of a space octopus? yes please!) and their enthusiasm got me to pick up the book and browse through it, but then I had the same revelation: the system did nothing for me. I felt awful because they sold me on the dressing, but the salad was full of veggies I wouldn’t eat if they were deep fried and coated in powered sugar. I slowly put down the book and thanked them for their time.

But if there are hacks/mods out there that keep the setting and ideas and move them into more favorable system, I’d give it another chance. So…long story short…/sub