Quoted from Jean-Luc-Picard:I love the show. Hate the pin. I strongly advise that you play it for awhile before you buy it. Everyone has different taste so you may love it.
The last time I played it I said "this game sucks" out loud. As I turn around to see Steve Ritchie "who designed 24" standing behind me... awkward...
I think Steve feels the same way, Stern seems to have really had a way of killing his enthusiasm with wishy-washy licenses while they were struggling for a while. Steve Ritchie needs something he's into...I don't see him getting as excited working on No Fear as on Star Trek: TNG (where he went to LA to argue over how the license ought to be represented with producers). Can't see him getting as into Rollergames or 24 the TV show licenses as he would for hard rock electric guitar AC/DC or something he writes his own music for.
Everything at Stern in 2008 must have been doom and gloom and Bill of Materials.
The license needs flow. Spiderman is web slinging flow. Star Trek is warp speed flow. AC/DC is hard rock flow. 24 is nothing but commercial breaks with an audible timer on black background and subtle cell phone product placement.