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Bioware make a Warhammer Fantasy game, fuck up entirely.
2011-09-02 11:01:35
edited 2011-09-02 11:01:35 in General
One foot in front of the other, every day.
Warhammer Fantasy is a game wherein the genre changes according to the matchup between factions. The core perspective point, however, is the Empire. It's essentially a low fantasy interpretation of Renaissance Germany, with all anachronisms taken into account, drawing inspiration from about 1450-1550. Most people will never see a wizard in action, not that they'd want to; wizards are looked down upon and considered to be witches unless on the leash of one of the official Academies. The brunt of the fighting is done by normal men.
But then you have factions like the Vampire Counts, which is what you get when you take Victorian-era vampire tropes and put them in context of the above faction. So a matchup between the Empire and Vampire Counts amounts to horror fantasy with shades of historical fiction. But if you have, say, Brettonia (Arthurian England as seen through the perspective of High Medieval France) vs. Warriors of Chaos (heathen barbarians empowered by their pagan gods), you have a classic good vs. evil tale of chivalry and heroism with a medium fantasy bent.
That's the beauty of Warhammer, though. It's where the highest of high fantasy rubs shoulders with the grimdarkest of the grimdark and clever application of historical inspiration. So you'd imagine that, represented in audio-visual media, you'd want to apply realistic design and brutal action with fantasy excess as it might unfold on a battlefield.
BioWare disagree.
But then you have factions like the Vampire Counts, which is what you get when you take Victorian-era vampire tropes and put them in context of the above faction. So a matchup between the Empire and Vampire Counts amounts to horror fantasy with shades of historical fiction. But if you have, say, Brettonia (Arthurian England as seen through the perspective of High Medieval France) vs. Warriors of Chaos (heathen barbarians empowered by their pagan gods), you have a classic good vs. evil tale of chivalry and heroism with a medium fantasy bent.
That's the beauty of Warhammer, though. It's where the highest of high fantasy rubs shoulders with the grimdarkest of the grimdark and clever application of historical inspiration. So you'd imagine that, represented in audio-visual media, you'd want to apply realistic design and brutal action with fantasy excess as it might unfold on a battlefield.
BioWare disagree.
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That looks like your average Arena match in WoW. Graphics and all.
While the universe certainly isn't a rip-off. This game definitely is.
Warhammer is post-modern, semi-historical fantasy wearing the clothes of other genres.
Warcraft is straight-up American high fantasy.
then saw the price of the models and ahahahahahahaha
No!
^The Old Republic is also turning out to be a WoW wannabe. So I'm not surprised.