@thenomain said in oWoD - Is there such thing as a good one?:
oWoD was stronger on the tongue-in-cheek. People didn't like each other's tongue-in-cheek so things got more serious. I think more tongue-in-cheek, as long as it's thematic, would be a very good move.
Seconding this. Part of what I like more about oWoD than nWoD/CoD is its 'sense of fun'. nWoD/CoD's darkness vibes too hard on the soul-crushing depressing drudgery.
In part, I think in trying to make failure an interesting part of the game, they went a bit overboard. This is common; any time something's new and intended to be a point of emphasis, it often ends up as something over the top in a way that goes a little too far. Depression and drudgery aren't interesting RP for me. Failure absolutely can be and very often is. The directions they went shifted the D from Darkness to Don't Bother, There's No Point for me, and with less of the goofy stuff and humor and wackiness, the combination just ends up feeling completely soulless and boringly bleak to me.