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Pro Game is amazing
This game is unique without being unacceptable. The quickstart i played with a number of people and since the system is easy to grasp it was simple for players to jump in and get started using the premades. Looking into creating our own characters you still have a depth of complexity for how you can create your character while still being approachable if you just want to have a character made for you. To comment on two of the Cons i see people posting first "Mental Illness" not being treated well i don't see this issue in the game. Maybe they are talking about the system where you can get mental trauma for things and that it is a mechanical part, really that is pretty standard in alot of these styles of games and i have seen them be used for good and for ill. On the "Worldview" one....well i mean this is a Transhumanism and deeply cyberpunk influenced game so its going to have that "Corporations are evil and only care about money, and not about human rights" Ideology. That can be changed if you don't like it, but that is one of the standard pillars of any cyberpunk genre.
Pro Great setting
The setting, like everything about Eclipse Phase, is great.
It has depth and scope, offering a huge array of themes and prospects for adventure, though underlying it all is a noir, tragic feeling, both refined and raw. There´s no subterfuge or apologies. The world is violent, it´s deadly, it´s a tragic affair but one the beckons living. There´s a universe out there to discover but you have to look no further than your own habitat to find both light and darkness, and most of all shadow.
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Pro Free and Fantastic
For the price - which is free for the first edition - you really can't go wrong. Much more in-depth and crunchy than most other free TTRPGs.