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Click bait title.
I wasn't sure whether to use Polygon's title verbatim or take the risk of changing it - I think the interesting angle is that people are still talking about 4e.
4e has seen a resurgence among a huge segment of the playerbase that is unsatisfied with 5e's shallowness.
Although I reckon the vast majority of those have never actually played 4e, and only like the romanticization/nostalgic idea of how 4e played. Happens all the time with the gaming community, both tabletop and videogames.
People are dissatisfied with 5e and instead of trying one of the thousands of other rpgs out there they pick 4e of all things? The mind boggles...