Twilight 2000 looks really awesome, Too bad I'll never get to play it Options

[Wounded Ronin]

So, I went ahead and downloaded the extremely detailed character generator-cum-game version of Twilight 2000 as abandonware from Underdogs. Last night, I fired it up without reading the manual and chargen was so intensely detailed that felt like I could trip and hurt myself in a paroxysm of delight. The degree of detail that the game gives to weapons, career paths, nationalities and language (holy crap, you can even apparently make a character whose native language is Gaelic) made me so delighted. I haven't seen anything this cool since 1st edition D&D. But it's also modernistic and tactical with guns and such, which appeals to me as well. Finally, it's post apocalyptic, which is of course pretty 80s/early 90s, so please pass me the Italian-manufactured 9mm sidearm.

Today, I went ahead and downloaded the manual, and as I confirmed the complexity of the rules (AND the inherent awesomeness of a pen and paper chargen program cum video game which you don't even get anymore with all these d20 knockoff games) and the loving detail to the pen and paper rules (not like in Knights of the Old Republic where the d20 love was even simplified to some degree) I decided that there was clearly no greater computer RPG rules-wise that I have seen in an extremely long time.

Now, I feel the stabbing of a bitter regret. That I did not actually ever play Twilight 2000 back when people actually played it/heard of it/didn't bring up pages of Twilight Princess crap when trying to Google the manual. That I will, in all probability, NEVER get to play it because nowadays you're not allowed to have complicated and detailed rules and rollplaying has become the enemy.

Sniffle.