my introduction to warhammer 40k was bolt thrower's realm of chaos ~30 years ago, but i still know only the most basic things about the game world's lore and stuff. what i feel i can say quite comfortably is that i'm tired of the seemingly unexamined fascist vibe of every 40k video game i see being some kind of pro-imperium romp. to my understanding, the imperium (and its space marines) is a megalo-genocidal interstellar war church following the iron will of its xenophobic lich king. kinda the iconic grim and dark sci-fi future extreme depicting humanity as the zealous heart of endless cosmic war with chaos. i certainly see the appeal of 40k as a universe, but i would like to see something that doesn't ask me not to roll my eyes and/or gag at the edgy voice clips about obliterating heretics and traitors. "it started out as a satire," or so i've heard more than once, but boltgun seems like the unfortunate height of 40k stuff not really getting that and kinda just being super gleeful about its brutality FOR THE EMPEROR ad nauseum. i mean, they're even proudly touting this as a boomer shooter in their ads and idk that's a little embarrassing imo.
anyway, i do hope to get something out of owlcat's rogue trader crpg, if only because wrath of the righteous is now an all-time favorite of mine and, well, since it would appear that rogue trader will be a very similar type of game where you get to forge a path through the 40k setting and i bet some or most of the paths through the game will support you distinguishing yourself as a pirate of sorts, defiant of the god-emperor of mankind and his imperium... so that'll be cool... chaos is cool...
anyway, i do hope to get something out of owlcat's rogue trader crpg, if only because wrath of the righteous is now an all-time favorite of mine and, well, since it would appear that rogue trader will be a very similar type of game where you get to forge a path through the 40k setting and i bet some or most of the paths through the game will support you distinguishing yourself as a pirate of sorts, defiant of the god-emperor of mankind and his imperium... so that'll be cool... chaos is cool...
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Warhammer 40k, I know little about the medieval fantasy side of the franchise
My biggest exposition to the series was seing figurines of it in some stores and that's about it. This honestly was the first project ever related to Warhammer 40k that ever caught my attention, but seing all the reviews... yeah, it really doesn't sound like my thing or that good after all.
All in all, the true lesson here is that fascism is cringe and chaos is based
All in all, the true lesson here is that fascism is cringe and chaos is based
I played an hour of it earlier and loved it but I lean into how daft and over the top 40k is.
yeah, i wanted to get into it because it looks pretty cool and feels all right to play... idk, like i'd even check out a 40k game about the imperium and the god-emperor that felt bleak and fucked up to play, like a grimdark beefslam dog days or something — something less goofy about it all. i don't want it to be daft, i want it to be weird and cool and full of things to explore that aren't just about extermination of traitors and chaos vermin etc etc. which i understand is probably also asking a lot of a retro fps haha. it is what it is, def happy for anyone who's enjoying it, though.
@Mur - I feel the same way about Star Wars games regarding races. A little bit with Mass Effect too. Like I wanna play an Asari, Krogan, Quarian or something
Ah I see the problem here, you're playing a 40k game that isn't Dark Crusade. Common mistake really.
BlazingWaters
11 months ago
Seeing the reviews here kind of vindicates my "off" feeling from the clips on Twitter, like yea the visuals are great and all but the gameplay and noise design seems real lacking