Ehhh I don't know. I hate to say it but I play neopets kind of regularly because why not, and a large portion of the game is just text descriptions, random events, going to different parts of the map and talking to everything. I think it lends itself quite well to the idea if a TTRPG. The world and **L O R E **of Neopia is setup similarly to other fantasy adventures, each with distinct districts with different attractions.
Is it going to be the go to on game night? For 99.99% of people absolutely not. Am I going to drunk DM my party of Lennys on a dark faerie quest to raid the deserted tomb of Geraptiku for some maguffin? Absofuckinglutely
Great points! Yeah they definitely are gonna have to nail the execution if they go more rules heavy route, which honestly sounds like it has potential to ruin it. IMO the setting is pretty lighthearted so Im hopeful they go the rules lite route like you said.
GTA Neopets would go so hard though. Heisting Neopia Central sounds amazing lmao