Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism/Tabletop Games: Difference between revisions

* ''[[BattleTech]]'' sourcebooks are usually very cynical, whereas the novels and games are a bit more idealistic. Sourcebooks talk about the huge technological disparity between worlds, where a peasant may have to slave away for years in order to buy something like a ''microwave oven'', while a poor man on the capitals could walk into a store and buy a 10 petabyte hard drive and video player. The series started out much more cynical, during the 300 year long "Succession Wars". After the Wars ended, it became a bit more idealistic. And then slammed right back into the cynical end during the Jihad, when WMD use and total war became commonplace again.

* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' sits [[We Have Reserves|way]], [[World Half Empty|way]], [[Black and Grey Morality|way]], ''[[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|way]]'', '''[[The World Is Always Doomed|way]]''', '''''[[Cosmic Horror Story|way]]''''' on the cynical side. Its cynicism almost (but not quite) stretches our [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]], considering it is a setting that features [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw swords]], [[Humongous Mecha|300-meter tall walking battle cathedrals]], [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|vehicles that go faster because they are painted red]], [[Amazon Brigade|battle nuns with flamethrowers in powered armor]], and [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|aliens with guns that shoot ninja stars and cannons that rip holes straight to hell]].