Comments on: Alice in her Power Armour

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:40:06 +0000

Dark Crusade was actually the best selling of the DoW series so far, apparently. So, yeah, some people felt it was necessary.

By: Anthony Damiani

Anthony Damiani — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:18:54 +0000

1) Is a third expansion really necessary? Dark Crusade felt obsolete after Dawn of War, and that was a year ago. Make a true sequel already.

2) Of those familiar with the setting, how many would have preferred the Zerg– uh, I mean, the Tyranid? I know that’s what I was hoping for.

3) Of those NOT familiar with the setting beyond the PC, who wants a third faction of fascist-theocratic humans and their power-armor, this time with boobs?

4) As to whether the Tau are awesome or pants: the Tau are fantastic because they pose a challenge to the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of the setting, and are, in their own way, as much of a threat to the status quo of the galaxy as the Necrons or the Tyranid, despite having a minuscule faction of their military power. Either they’re hopelessly naive and they’re going to get splattered like bugs on a windshield, or they’re right and the whole assumption of unending Hobbesian war is flawed.

By: I_still_love_Okami

I_still_love_Okami — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:53:13 +0000

I think by now heroin’s cheaper than building a WH army. Have you seen what they charge for some f’ing plastic minis these days?

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:36:38 +0000

it certainly costs the same.

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:36:03 +0000

They’ve said on the record repeatedly that what they want to do with Tyranids wasn’t possible in the current engine. That said, they said the same about flying stuff until they worked out a work-around so part of me was wondering whether they’d do something similar here.

Regarding heroin, I always said that Games Workshop is what middle class English kids do instead of skag.

By: moromete

moromete — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:36:36 +0000

Back when I regularly read the Warhammer 40 000 forums I seem to remember that several official representatives mentioned that Tyranids were for WH40000 2. But they also said there shall be no expansion, and that was obviously a lie, so…

By: I_still_love_Okami

I_still_love_Okami — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:00:28 +0000

Sucram, you lucky bastard. I think my problem is that I started gaming before I started doing drugs. Maybe if I’d done it the other way round, I wouldn’t have gotten beaten up so often as a teenager..

By: Sucram

Sucram — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:15:22 +0000

Fortunately, with all the heroin I was taking in my youth I couldn’t afford Games Workshop stuff.

Therefore I’m not disappointed by the lack of more specialised demonic Chaos forces; I experience enough of that sort of stuff in real life and have no idea what it’d mean in relation to this futuristic war hammer malarkey.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:40:08 +0000

It is utterly ridiculous to me that DoW still, still has no Tyranids in it. Tyranids, the galaxy-spanning threat to all life as we know it, are once again ignored in favour of two decidedly niche races that nobody gives two wet farts about. I’m quite sure that the design decision behind this one was positively influenced by the opportunities to have a Dark Eldar Wych and a Sister Repentia entwined in a decidedly sensual battle pose on the cover, with blades and clothing and bullets in all the right places to cover up any sort of nipple that might happen to slipple out.

ARGH.

By: Ging

Ging — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:35:42 +0000

TychoCelchuuu – the Dark Eldar trailer had the same pink planet so I don’t think it’s related to the fact that it’s the sisters of battle in this trailer.

By: Rodafowa

Rodafowa — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:04:30 +0000

What, still no bloody Genestealers?

Bonus marks for your title (mis)quoting Von Eldritch’s best song ever ever ever, mind.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:02:49 +0000

I wonder if they’ll have the allied races fighting each other for no reason again.

Space Marines vs Sisters of Battle brings back vague and painful memories of Gender Wars.