Bioware does Warhammer 40K

[NOK222]

I wanna romance a dark eldar, make it happen alanchu. 

Edited May 5, 2013 by NKKKK

[Walsingham]

Abnett's books are pretty well layered, going beyond and behind the front lines.

 

My money's on starting out as part of an Inquisitor's band, then he gets knackered and you have to take it over. Corruption vs fascism. Huzzah!

[melkathi]

Abnett is rather enjoyable, though his guardsmen have too great a life expectancy

 

I would enjoy a game set in a hive city. You could have different origins based on the layers of the hive: a spirer fallen victim of some political intrigue, a ratskin who's tribe got slaughtered by mutants or plague zombies in the underhive...

With the number of factions in the underhive, there is so much potential. And if some smuggler brought in some xeno artifact... maybe some tyranid eggs that hatch... you could end up with a crysis that threatens the whole planet but is still at a stage where the PC and their party can be the ones dealing with it. And with 'nids, you could even give the player the choice of an unholy alliance with a cult of Tzeench that would not want the planet to fall to a hive fleet (noone ever said players are smart, right? )

[Gorth]

 

Warhammer is just those plastic figurines that people paint, right?  I don't really play with toys, so I don't know what the big deal is.  

 

It's better known for blatantly ripping off StarCraft!

 

That myth has been perpetuated so much, that there are actually people who believes it (not knowing the backstory, that Starcraft was originalled intended to be WH40K the RTS).

 

That being said, as much as I appreciate a lot of the work Bioware does, they just don't strike me as a "fit" for WH40K's rather grim gothic/horror style. Would they actually be able to come up with an idea for something that has no right, no good and no winning choices?

 

Your only choice is usually just in which horribly way you'll fail miserably and die horribly and which demon gets to gnaw on the bones of your soul for eternity (unless you are a latent psycher and gets sacrificed on the altar to the Emperor).

[melkathi]

Would they actually be able to come up with an idea for something that has no right, no good and no winning choices?

 

 

Though I have to wonder: would the players be up for it?

 

I remember PC Gamer UK going on about how terrible the ending of Spellforce was, when it was not a "You won and saved the day" one.

[alanschu]

 

 

That being said, as much as I appreciate a lot of the work Bioware does, they just don't strike me as a "fit" for WH40K's rather grim gothic/horror style. Would they actually be able to come up with an idea for something that has no right, no good and no winning choices?

Your only choice is usually just in which horribly way you'll fail miserably and die horribly and which demon gets to gnaw on the bones of your soul for eternity (unless you are a latent psycher and gets sacrificed on the altar to the Emperor).

 

ME3 and "we can do better" of course!

[Cultist]

Ah, good old "if [X] made [Y]"

I suppose there wil be BioWare version:

And CDProjekt version

[Gorth]

@The Eldar pic

 

Actually, I would rather see Obsidian do such a game some day (a secret, wet dream of mine). It would be just the thing for Chris Avellone to really let go of himself, no holds barred. Every sick and twisted thing he ever wanted to do to a character, every dream he ever wanted to crush, every despair he ever wanted to inflict, every depravity etc. would be fair game and completely natural in such a setting.

[melkathi]

So is this where I can share my WH40K art?

 

Because I don't truly know how Bioware would end up the setting, but I do know what you'd get if you gave it to me:

[TrashMan]

Bioware and 40K? No thanks.

 

I don't think they're capable of doing the setting justice.

They'll do to 40K what this DN does to this pony:

http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/3/2055/25847fa92732457cae2623dea503aa9d.png

[HoonDing]

It's probably just Mythic Entertainment.

[Drowsy Emperor]

You know, I like warhammer 40K as much as the next guy but the setting is really beyond stupid.

 

Its basically a way for westerners to enjoy role playing genocidal nazis without guilt.

 

The only thing it has that's really good is the appealing quasi baroque aesthetic and the undercurrent of humor that lets you know it's not taking itself quite so seriously.

 

Without it, in the grimdark future - there is only melodrama. And yes Mass Effect, I'm looking at you. 

[Drowsy Emperor]

Otherwise, its:

 

BRAKKA BRAKKA!!!!

[Drowsy Emperor]

BTW did they get someone's little brother to draw that cover

[aluminiumtrioxid]

You know, I like warhammer 40K as much as the next guy but the setting is really beyond stupid.

 

Its basically a way for westerners to enjoy role playing genocidal nazis without guilt.

 

The only thing it has that's really good is the appealing quasi baroque aesthetic and the undercurrent of humor that lets you know it's not taking itself quite so seriously.

 

Without it, in the grimdark future - there is only melodrama. And yes Mass Effect, I'm looking at you. 

 

 

Well, it was intended as a parody. (Then GW realized that the majority of their customers actually took it seriously. Thus, grimdark was born.)

 

Regardless, in tabletop rpg, the setting still works quite well as a parody. Actual play report of a Paranoia-Black Crusade mashup.

Edited May 6, 2013 by aluminiumtrioxid

[Cultist]

That was cover from 1987 or 1993 edition. AD&D fared no better in terms of covers back then)

Also, if you want to paint dystopia, then raindbows and rabbits are not the best option to do so/

Edited May 6, 2013 by Cultist

[Mamoulian War]

So is this where I can share my WH40K art?

 

Because I don't truly know how Bioware would end up the setting, but I do know what you'd get if you gave it to me:

 

Why are they not shooting lasers from their chests?

[Keyrock]

So is this where I can share my WH40K art?

 

Because I don't truly know how Bioware would end up the setting, but I do know what you'd get if you gave it to me:

Have you made a Bearhammer 40k in the Game Dev game yet?

 

Honey for the Honey God? 

Edited May 6, 2013 by Keyrock

[Monte Carlo]

[bioware Fan] Is that pink teddy marine a potential LI? [/bioware Fan]

[Oner]

So is this where I can share my WH40K art?

 

Because I don't truly know how Bioware would end up the setting, but I do know what you'd get if you gave it to me:

I wish you were a professional artist, this pic would be all kinds of awesome.

[alanschu]

Totally making a Warhammer game my next run through of GameDev Tycoon (I did a 35 year one and got 75 million points.  Cross Genres for the win!)

[Nonek]

And ye, with each step that the mighty ursine Astartes take, they mutter the name of their monolithic Primarch. He who sprang forth from the planet Nutwood, to join his immortal father among the stars, and lead the crusade against the very stuff of nightmares. Mighty Christopher Robin.

 

May my stitching not be unwound by the hand of Tzeentch, my stuffing not rot from Nurgles plagues, my fur turn aside the fury of Khornes rage, and my button eyes remain blind to the temptations of Slaanesh. In the Emperors name, no evil shall escape the snuggling of our bolters.

[entrerix]

i think bioware is going to be too busy making star wars and mass effect games

[melkathi]

And ye, with each step that the mighty ursine Astartes take, they mutter the name of their monolithic Primarch. He who sprang forth from the planet Nutwood, to join his immortal father among the stars, and lead the crusade against the very stuff of nightmares. Mighty Christopher Robin.

 

May my stitching not be unwound by the hand of Tzeentch, my stuffing not rot from Nurgles plagues, my fur turn aside the fury of Khornes rage, and my button eyes remain blind to the temptations of Slaanesh. In the Emperors name, no evil shall escape the snuggling of our bolters.

 

That is very inspirational

[Agiel]

I'm quite fond of this image: