In other news, THQ and Warhammer 40k would like to make the statement "WTF - ripping off us once wasn't bad enough?". This new version is nothing more than a desperate attempt to deal with the fact that Dawn of War is flipping the industry on its head.
*/bump*
I can't believe I missed a joke like this!
Did you know that Starcraft was originally going to BE a Warhammer game, but that creative assembly said "no, thanks, but screw you anyway", leaving Blizzard out in the cold? Blizzard, being smart, took what they had changed it (managing to make it far better than warhammer in the process), and released the greatest RTS of all time, leaving CA scratching their heads and basically wondering how they could be so stupid as to pass that chance up. Jump ten years later to Dawn of War. Neat game. Good graphics. However, the gameplay
lacks. It just isn't groundbreaking. At all, really. It lacks all the significance of the original Starcraft, and comparatively, the story
sucks. So yes, maybe Starcraft barrows from 40k. But no, DoW is not a better game. In the next ten years, I sincerely doubt it will garner the fame, following, or reputation Starcraft has.
Is there any crime in taking what you have and making it better? You be the judge. Seeing how Starcraft turned out, I'd say not. And, as for my prediction, Starcraft 2 will blow DoW out of the water in gameplay, graphics, and story.
How's that for an opinion?
