TheGreatDarknessHot Take: 5e is too bloated with unnecessary rules and should be simplified
macniel5e is pretty light though, and in most cases too light so the DM has no idea what to do and has to resort to “Rulings”.
PF2e on the otherhand is crunchy AF and its awesome like that. It doesn´t have extra rules for everything, its all based on the same framework, which is pretty awesome.
You see, OSR fans would argue both 5e and Pathfinder have broken core rules engine because if it was well designed, you could apply it to all situations and wouldn’t need separate rules for every minutia. By these standards 5e is crunch heavy with unnecessary things like “how to hold your breath”
NeroreroBut that’s valid criticism. Rules have to justify their existence
At that point, you lose a lot of verisimilitude, and that’s pretty important to me.