Warhammer Online Screenshots

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  got a link? : mjcrash
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    Dwarf: http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/Shadowski/WAR%20Comparisons/Dwarf-Comparison.jpg Goblin... : mordaken
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      Geez this game is going to look good. : Chris Remo
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        my warhammer geekery is so itching to come out.... I hope I can play a skaven. warpthrowers of the wo... : hamachi
        • Not in the shipping game. However, I asked a Mythic guy about this and he said Skaven will be in an expa... : Chris Remo

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  For the screenshots they released before today, I'd agree with you. But today's shots are a lot darker an... : Nomaar
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    That's true, it is an improvement. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with Chaos. : tentaclesex
    • Chaos Warrior right here! : Derringer
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  They finally released a new edition of WFRP? Or do you just mean there was a new reprint with more recen... : Chris Remo
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    whole new edition. they re-did all the old modules and stuff too. they are seriously cranking out conte... : hamachi
    • Wow, that's interesting. I sort of thought that game was dead in the water for a while. New edition... : Chris Remo

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• Did you see this? http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/42716/ : Chris Remo

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  Warhammer was doing that style LONG before Blizzard was. Blizzard ripped the art style off the Warhammer... : Arcanum
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    Blizzard ripped off Warcraft 3 for WoW's style. : mrwolf710
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      I take it back - you're right. Blizzard did use Warhammer as their artistic inspiration. I just looked ... : mrwolf710
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        And you'll prolly find some simmilarities bewteen 40k and Starcraft too, Blizzard (as I have for a long t... : mordaken
        • innovators or not, their games are still about as high quality as they come. Very few can touch their pro... : scatti
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          Thats bs, Warcraft 3 was in full development well before the release of Warlords' game which features her... : Avatar
          • if by way better you mean, cartoonish... then sure. : beardsly43
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            Not BS, go look at warlords (which I was playing long before WC3 came out), and go look at what WC came o... : mordaken
            • Fanboi fanboi fanboi fanboi fanboi fanboi? Fanboi fanboi fanboi fanboi fanboi fanboi fanboi. Fanboi fa... : jet-poop
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              But isn't that how you become a successful franchise? You take the good parts that everyone else has done... : eldiablo01
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                And again, I never said anything that the weren't succesful. All I ever hear though is how cool Blizzard ... : mordaken
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                  Real innovation is not just implementing a bright idea into a game and call it a new feature. It's puttin... : [7]kami
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                    Except Warlords was a brilliant game, and it was implemented well, sure it wasn't popular as any well mar... : mordaken
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                      Warlords wasnt brilliant, it had potential but needed another 6 months to a year to be a good game, along... : scatti
                      • Sorry, I didn't see any marketing for Warlords that I seen for WC3, it may not have been remarkable for y... : mordaken

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• Seriously, right here -> http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/warhammer_online/Warhammer+Online:+Age+of+Rec... : sharkII

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  But this is set in arguably the best fantasy universe right now. It's certainly one of the most expansiv... : Derringer
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    true, but unfortunately, it's still being launched post-WoW and therefore the comparisons are inevitable ... : lowpoly
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      What, you mean based on the screenshots alone? It's a very different game. This game has sort of an ong... : Chris Remo
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        I don't play WoW so I can't really dispute or offer a good argument for the additional features that this... : lowpoly
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          If you don't like fantasy stuff anyway, what different does it make if it came before or after WoW? : Chris Remo
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            it doesn't. My original argument was that a better universe wouldn't really help it break the mold of 'an... : lowpoly
            • I see your point, I am in the camp of "Yet Another WW2 FPS". Also, if you aren't a fan of Fantasy MMOs... : Derringer
    • If you like PvP, Mythic's track record should help with the choice. : Derringer

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• Oh man, if they had... I'd be SOOO all over this game. What a huge opportunity missed. What other sci-f... : Angrakhan
• I know, I would play that game. :( For the Emperor! : DM7
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  They did, it was called Imperator. http://media.pc.ign.com/media/483/483577/img_2776571.html Those ... : Derringer
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    Blech, that's not real 40k :~( I want to play as a Dreadnought! >:D : DM7
    • That would so rock! : Derringer
• I was talking about this with a friend the other day. That game could be pretty insane. : Chris Remo
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  There is a problem with that idea. In the fantasy Warhammer world, it is easy to explain how a member of... : CRasterImage
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    There's no real reason a Chaos Warrior or an Imperial warrior or a Dwarf Ironbreaker or anything would be... : Chris Remo
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      Well, in fantasy Warhammer, they had the mercenary concept. Also, there were no physical restrictions on... : CRasterImage
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        The travel thing I could see as a difficulty, but I'm sure something could be worked out with some creati... : Chris Remo
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          If you play a character with a certain role within a military, such as an Ironbreaker, then how would the... : CRasterImage
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            I don't know, why are you asking me? I'm telling you, you can play as those characters. That's not a hy... : Chris Remo
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              I guess the titles will just be for class decoration. The player will not be held responsible for the ro... : CRasterImage
              • Yeah, they obviously aren't going to expect Hammerers to spend all their time protecting the king or what... : Chris Remo
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    Would it be so bad to focus your initial experience on a world within your own race / army? Start off as... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • That would work well, if the game was designed for you work as a member of a team. A single Space Marine... : CRasterImage
  • Agreed and this is why I can't see a world of starcraft happening. : -efx-
  • A Necromunda style 40K game would work - players belong to one of the major gangs. Or use inspiration ... : BlitzMayhem
  • The whole point of MMO is the multiplayer. I would assume that traveling with a full group of people wou... : Derringer
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  I'd pay for that. When i first heard about this I thought it was 40k until the screenshots loaded. Inst... : theflux
  • Because they obviously think another fantasy MMOG will sell better than a slightly more unique future set... : Grim_Grom
• The combat will need to be innovative for me to be interested. Warhammer is much more...violent, menacin... : classicfork

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• Yeah, seriously - OOH SCREENSHOTS OF CHARACTER MODELS! :( : Majuju
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  Are you kidding? These screenshots are vast improvements over anything they've released before. They've t... : Nomaar
  • But it is still prettier shots of the same scenes. -X : xcalibur19

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• That's something I noticed too. Why aren't all the textures like that. It would look like the game was ... : mrwolf710
• it looks like one of the detail textures got a photoshop filter on it. as much as anyone should hate phot... : thebigbeefsandwich

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  WoW isn't in a state of War. They just don't like each other. It's more like gang activity or somethi... : hawke
  • I think the term for the situation in WoW is "low intensity conflict". From the standpoint of the histor... : Arcanum
  • The factions don't need to be in a state of war, but there should be a wall somewhere to keep undead or s... : FlatlineDixay

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  yay for you getting the first troll post up : conandan
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    I only troll because I had/have really high hopes for the game... then EA bought out Mythic and now I'm c... : Angrakhan
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      have you not read any interviews with Mark Jacobs? good god. : beardsly43
      • yah, because he says soemthing now you know it will stay the exact same until launch, that EA will have n... : deathofrats
• mythic will prevail. : maulla
• I know awhile back when EA bought Mythic, Byorn mentioned that they've changed their tune on rushing game... : o0JediBeavis0o
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  From what I've heard, EA is leaving Mythic untouched (at least for this game). : bad_fish
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    Well, I sure hope so because this could be a great game (even if they dropped the ball by not going 40k) : Angrakhan
    • Yeah, they're putting themselves in direct competition with the 800-lb gorilla of MMORPGs worldwide. : Ride-My-Rocket

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• I laughed again, even having seen it before. Tx! : Ride-My-Rocket

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  well no, even in high resolutions wow doesn't look like this. it's the high-res textures that make it loo... : techx4
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    If they're trying to beat WOW by looking better, then they've already failed. Because WOW was never about... : TPSReport
    • I've seen no indication that that's what they're trying to rely on. In fact, I have more faith in Mythic... : -efx-

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• Because your cold, dark soul makes you incapable of joy or wonder. : FlatlineDixay

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• I hear ya there...I like the one screenie of the dwarf strung up....muahahaha! : Kevl4R
• Yeah that orc is truly awesome looking. : fuji-juice
• They look like the orcs from the old-school "The Hobbit" animated movie. : Ride-My-Rocket

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  I agree, the art style certainly seems similar (and to me that's not really a bad thing). Can't wait to ... : o0JediBeavis0o
  • This is a joke, right? I mean, saying a Games Workshop property looks similar to a Blizzard game? : SiW73
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    Uh, you do realize Warhammer came way before Blizzard ripped off their style? : Delusional
    • I don't care who came first, I just said it looks nice. : o0JediBeavis0o