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Post by **Nav** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:09 am

I've always been a bit surprised at how original the 40K Universe is, especially seeing as how heavily GW borrowed from Tolkein for the Warhammer lore.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:33 am

Nav wrote:I've always been a bit surprised at how original the 40K Universe is, especially seeing as how heavily GW borrowed from Tolkein for the Warhammer lore.

The Tyranids are damn original, and are a great idea. However, the Tau, in my opinion, are based off Imperial Japan in WWII.

I should put screenshots up of my painted models.

Post by **Nav** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:02 pm

Yeah, it isn't all original. The Eldar's ancient history has a lot in common with Greek mythology, although their more 'recent' history is some good stuff. I always liked the Horus Heresy stuff too, although I've never fully understood how the Emperor became an almighty psychic being.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:35 pm

Nav wrote:I always liked the Horus Heresy stuff too, although I've never fully understood how the Emperor became an almighty psychic being.

As I understand, and you can take it from two perspectives, is that first, the whole god emperor thing is simply religious propaganda (and that the emperor is purely powerful because he's being fed the souls of a thousand psykers each day), or second, the story about him being some ancient god from prehistory (related to Necron mythology).

The other background story relating to the Necron is fantastic. Though the Necron are very Terminator-ish (meaning the movies), the Star God story and war with the Slaan is great.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:26 pm

Loremaster wrote:I should put screenshots up of my painted models.

You should, they're very good.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:18 pm

CovenantJr wrote:
Loremaster wrote:I should put screenshots up of my painted models.
You should, they're very good.

Thanks.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:35 am

The following are my armies (incomplete).

Tyranids:

Tau:

Post by **Nav** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:41 am

Ah, I'd forgotten about all those psykers. Excellent painting too, especially the Tyranids. A lot of people seem to copy the schemes they print in White Dwarf, which is a shame. I made up my own Craftworld for my Eldar army, which had a kind of black cherry armour colour that I could never mix the same way twice! I also had a big group of Harlequins and a squad of pirates put together from some really old models I found on a market stall, so the army overall had quite a less homogenous appearance than most.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:22 am

Thanks, Nav.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Thu May 11, 2006 1:11 pm

Beat Planescape: Torment a couple days ago. Best story I've ever encountered in a video game. The plot, the setting, the characterizations--both very original and insanely deep. I think I got away with 95% of the game's combat through dialogue options. I see myself playing the game several times, because one playthrough only scratches the surface.

Right now I'm alternating between Civilization IV and Elder Scrolls IV, the gobstoppers of turn-based strategy and RPGs, respectively.

Post by **Queeaqueg** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:43 pm

I have been playing Dragon Quest!

Post by **Revan** » Thu May 11, 2006 10:18 pm

I was playing a bit of Fable earlier. Love it.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:56 am

Been playing Imperial Glory myself recently. Not bad, but it just looks like a rip-off of the Total War series, with none of the improvements of Rome, and a different era.

Still fun to win Waterloo for the French though, but it's just a little too derivative.

--A

Post by **Revan** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:34 am

I've had Rome for several weeks now... Still haven't got round to installing it.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon May 15, 2006 2:11 am

I took Oblivion back and got a discount on Guild Wars Factions.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:09 am

Darth Revan wrote:I've had Rome for several weeks now... Still haven't got round to installing it.

What? Probably the best strategy game ever. If you like the genre, you can't go wrong with it.

--A

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:38 am

Avatar wrote:
Darth Revan wrote:I've had Rome for several weeks now... Still haven't got round to installing it.
What? Probably the best strategy game ever. If you like the genre, you can't go wrong with it.

--A

My brother leant it to me, but nor have I got around to installing it.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:42 am

What is wrong with you people?

I mean, each to his own, but since I started playing the Total War series, no other RTS-type game has been able to hold my interest much at all.

--A

Post by **Warmark** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:58 am

Loremaster wrote:I took Oblivion back and got a discount on Guild Wars Factions.

I've still not gotten round to buying factions yet.

R:TW is excellent though.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:59 pm

Decided to give Morrowind another go. Still hard as a mob of aging punks, but at least I'm getting somwhere (albeit slooooooowly...)

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