Quote Originally Posted by warmachine View Post
Strictly, that's incorrect. Cinematic elements are not missing. GURPS is universal, after all. There are lots of them, ranging from re-rolling unlucky results to having the bad guys automatically miss their initial gunfire. However, they're all optional.
Isn't that true of...pretty much any system? The rule of cool is great and all, but if you really wanted to play without it, you can.

The same goes for say...slower level progression. If you think D&D advances too quickly, dividing xp by the modifier of your choice is vastly easier than changing systems.