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15 Jan 2010, 7:44 pm

it would be like mass effect 2 but you play as someone from the 40k universe.


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16 Jan 2010, 9:30 am

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it would be like mass effect 2 but you play as someone from the 40k universe.


Except that it would suck.

Bioware make roleplaying makes, Warhammer 40k is about people getting killed and torn to pieces and sent to be tortured forever by demons in space. And that's if you're lucky.

No, seriously, I can't see how it would make a good roleplaying game, Star Wars made a good roleplaying game because there's more to Star Wars than shooting. Warhammer 40k though? Not likely.

I have a friend who plays the tabletop game. Spends almost all his money on it... it's all he talks about actually, well, at least that's what he did two months ago, I haven't seen him since then.



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16 Jan 2010, 10:17 am

Avarice wrote:
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it would be like mass effect 2 but you play as someone from the 40k universe.


Except that it would suck.

Bioware make roleplaying makes, Warhammer 40k is about people getting killed and torn to pieces and sent to be tortured forever by demons in space. And that's if you're lucky.

No, seriously, I can't see how it would make a good roleplaying game, Star Wars made a good roleplaying game because there's more to Star Wars than shooting. Warhammer 40k though? Not likely.

I have a friend who plays the tabletop game. Spends almost all his money on it... it's all he talks about actually, well, at least that's what he did two months ago, I haven't seen him since then.


The Warhammer 40K universe always struck me as a bit depressing.



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16 Jan 2010, 11:06 am

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No, seriously, I can't see how it would make a good roleplaying game, Star Wars made a good roleplaying game because there's more to Star Wars than shooting. Warhammer 40k though? Not likely.


40k was initially an RPG. It is entirely suitable for RP, though you'd need to step away to the outskirts of the Imperium to have the freedom of action that suits RP.

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Heh. And indeed: here's one in the works.


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16 Jan 2010, 6:51 pm

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No, seriously, I can't see how it would make a good roleplaying game, Star Wars made a good roleplaying game because there's more to Star Wars than shooting. Warhammer 40k though? Not likely.


40k was initially an RPG. It is entirely suitable for RP, though you'd need to step away to the outskirts of the Imperium to have the freedom of action that suits RP.

Linky.

Heh. And indeed: here's one in the works.


Are roleplaying games the new trend? It seems that every single franchise ever gets it's own RPG or MMORPG, but I still can't see how 40k could ever be an RPG, unless you were in the Tau sectors maybe, and even then there would be still be lots of killing.



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16 Jan 2010, 7:25 pm

The overwhelming majority of roleplaying games involve murder, massacre and mayhem! 8) 40k fits right in.


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16 Jan 2010, 9:16 pm

Nah, they couldn't since EA has the Fantasy license while THQ has the 40K license. However there is going to be a Warhammer 40K RPG for the 360/PS3 in the near future. "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine" by Relic Entertainment. =/



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17 Jan 2010, 12:28 am

Avarice wrote:
Are roleplaying games the new trend? It seems that every single franchise ever gets it's own RPG or MMORPG, but I still can't see how 40k could ever be an RPG, unless you were in the Tau sectors maybe, and even then there would be still be lots of killing.


Actually its just the opposite. Most MMOs are hardly RPGS, they have stats and levelling up and stuff sure but hardly any role play elements. The last MMO out was Dragon Age: Origins and it was out a LONG time after the last RPG before it. Right now we are in the shooter age, every second game is a shooter at the moment.

RPGs are too geeky and you have to use this thing called an "imagination" which most kids brought up on TV don't have. Plus things like managing character advancement involve maths and planning and most of those kids don't consider those fun (they can be :D ).

While I am sure that Bioware could make a good Warhammer game other companies have already done it and the setting is very light on RPG, "Kill them to take this place!" is about it. Plus the game is about squad and team play, going solo as a first person RPG would not fit the setting, unless it was a hybrid strategy game like Warcraft III?



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17 Jan 2010, 4:20 am

SirLogiC wrote:
Avarice wrote:
Are roleplaying games the new trend? It seems that every single franchise ever gets it's own RPG or MMORPG, but I still can't see how 40k could ever be an RPG, unless you were in the Tau sectors maybe, and even then there would be still be lots of killing.


Actually its just the opposite. Most MMOs are hardly RPGS, they have stats and levelling up and stuff sure but hardly any role play elements. The last MMO out was Dragon Age: Origins and it was out a LONG time after the last RPG before it. Right now we are in the shooter age, every second game is a shooter at the moment.

RPGs are too geeky and you have to use this thing called an "imagination" which most kids brought up on TV don't have. Plus things like managing character advancement involve maths and planning and most of those kids don't consider those fun (they can be :D ).

While I am sure that Bioware could make a good Warhammer game other companies have already done it and the setting is very light on RPG, "Kill them to take this place!" is about it. Plus the game is about squad and team play, going solo as a first person RPG would not fit the setting, unless it was a hybrid strategy game like Warcraft III?


That's true, MMO's are more about having time than any sort of skills. I would also agree with you when you say that it's the "shooter age". Even when a new RPG comes out it usually isn't worth the money.

Bioware should make KoTOR 3 though, not this MMO...

And Obsidian should be helping them do it.

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18 Jan 2010, 9:14 am

Play Dawn of War II, its an RPG RTS . . .



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18 Jan 2010, 12:39 pm

PlatedDrake wrote:
Play Dawn of War II, its an RPG RTS . . .


That's what they said about Warcraft 3! Seriously though, it's more of a Squad Based Tactical RTS with a limited skill tree.



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18 Jan 2010, 1:44 pm

Uhhhh...

You guys don't know about the Inquisitor 40k PnP RPG offshoot?



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19 Jan 2010, 12:12 am

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Uhhhh...

You guys don't know about the Inquisitor 40k PnP RPG offshoot?


No.

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Play Dawn of War II, its an RPG RTS . . .


No, it's terrible.

Dawn of War 1 is much better, for me anyway. Especially with the Firestorm of Kronus mod for Dark Crusade.



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19 Jan 2010, 1:23 am

Avarice wrote:
TheOddGoat wrote:
Uhhhh...

You guys don't know about the Inquisitor 40k PnP RPG offshoot?


No.

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Play Dawn of War II, its an RPG RTS . . .


No, it's terrible.

Dawn of War 1 is much better, for me anyway. Especially with the Firestorm of Kronus mod for Dark Crusade.



Sir, you are awesomely brilliant. I do agree it sucked. :P



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19 Jan 2010, 4:23 am

Closest thing to an RPG-RTS I've seen is "King Arthur : The Roleplaying Wargame." Unfortunately it is erratically balanced and extremely hard, even on what it calls "very easy" mode (the computer sides appear to acquire and maintain huge armies of high-quality, veteran troops without effort, apart from anything else.) But the side quests (choose-your-own-adventure style) are entertaining and the ambience is good.


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19 Jan 2010, 9:35 am

have any of you played the original 40k. I mean the strategy game with painted models?