If you recall in Apocalypse, it was only the Crinos form that caused Delirium with humans for werewolves; the Bastet caused this in Crinos to a reduced degree while their Hispo forms had the full effect. In Forsaken, the near forms and the War form all cause lunacy, which makes a bit more sense. If someone really hairy with fangs and yellow eyes showed up in public, you'd probably look at them more like a freak/costumer than a monster, albeit with some reservations.

Beyond that, the Rage > Willpower = -X to Social still exists, but it's applied to every form using the Primal Urge stat since Willpower takes over for Rage. It's more personal taste with that, but it does help drive home the point of your character being a predator as much as a human.

Yeah. It was directed at Google Translate. And I'm guessing between "like" and "love", war and wäre, the latter is the preferred informal version. Superiority... For me personally, German and Russian will likely stay at the top for a while yet. That and I'd prefer to learn those two languages over Spanish; I'm getting sick of that, sans when I hear Portuguese.

Anyway, on the idea of the forms having unique uses, it does affect gameplay mechanics. For the human form, while it does have the easiest time among other humans, there's a catch even to that in Forsaken. Your Primal Urge. Other humans can sense it, and they're put off by it. Meaning your Social rolls with normal humans, sans Intimidation, is hindered by more and more dice as that increases. I recall the Apocalypse version doing this only if Rage > Willpower.

For the near-human form, that's the form most rites have to be performed in. So, there is a restriction in play, but it does make it easier to perform other rites that don't require it. I can't recall if WtA used this at all, but some stat boosts have been nerfed a bit in Forsaken.

For the wolf-man form, the stats are about the same, but there's a few other changes. You can't stay that way forever like WtA would allow. Only a set number of turns, and you must attack something during that time.

As for the two wolf forms, both can track by scent like before, but I believe the near-wolf form gains the most extra speed, while the wolf form, like the human form, can be easily disguised from other supernaturals. Given the narrower scope of the game, it makes sense. And, thankfully, there's no human-werewolf-mating-with-real-wolves bit anymore. That I found disturbing in the prior game.

On the atmosphere of the game, I would describe the Forsaken universe as a multiple angle civil war tossed in with regular living versus a march towards what could possibly be the end of days. That and Forsaken is much more of a test of your morality compared to Apocalypse, since, in this version, what goals you have are mostly yours to set. A lot like D&D does, just with a Karma system in place. (I think Vampire had this system before, but not Werewolf.)

So, you were pretty close on that assumption, but in the Forsaken universe, while they do have to survive from day to day, they're also contending with spirits who hate and test them, making sure both sides of their characters are kept in check, and dealing with the Pure, who are werewolves as well but have sworn to kill off the Forsaken tribes. Then you have Mages, who are interested in places where spirits hang around, Hunters, Geists, which are people with spirits attached to them that are keeping them alive, Vampires, ect.

In all, I'm itching to try Forsaken again. Hopefully this year if I can work together a group.