As a huge fan of the original edition, I was intrigued  and excited when I heard about the Kickstarter. Reading the final product, however, I'm more than a little disappointed by it. Don't get me wrong, the book is beautiful to look at and is obviously a labor of love. For those aspects, I can only commend the writers. That said, this is not the Torg I fell in love with. The setting changes don't bother me (differences in cosm interpretation were always part of the fun), but the grafting on of yet another tired Advantages/Disadvantages system needlessly complicates things IMO: e.g instead of your character simply acquiring a piece of cyberware or a new spell in the course of play, now you must buy the appropriate advantage to get it. Likewise, certain aspects like Magic seem dumbed down from the original, and splitting PP and XP has much the same effect in terms of resource management. Original Torg wasn't perfect by any means, but the bones were great and you could use it as a springboard for creating your own characters, adventures, and even worlds. In contrast, like a lot of newer games Torg Eternity seems less of that and more geared toward solely using pre-gen products. Better for the bottom line, maybe, but it's not what I'm looking for.

Summary: Torg Eternity is a good-looking product that seems as if it would play well enough, but it doesn't feel like Torg to me. It's kind of like an android duplicate of an old friend with the personality of an internet chatbot. I can't get over the Uncanny Valley effect.