I have been waiting for something like this for years. Please, don't be a let-down.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
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"Nothing of consequence happened today. " -- Diary of King George III, July 4, 1776
"This is not bad; this is a conspiracy to remove happiness from existence. It seeks to wrap its hedgehog hand around the still beating heart of the personification of good and squeeze until it is stilled."
-- Chuck Sonnenburg on Voyager's "Elogium"
Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
My first thought was "Oh look, another game that gets the scale of 40k all wrong"
Those windows are fucking massive, as 40k ships are kilometers long.
That said, it's very pretty, and yes, BFG was a game just waiting to happen!
Those windows are fucking massive, as 40k ships are kilometers long.
That said, it's very pretty, and yes, BFG was a game just waiting to happen!
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Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
I'm going to be generous (and play Devil's Advocate, always fun) and say that those aren't normal-sized "windows" they're just sticking with the "Gothic Cathedral IN SPACE!" theme of the ships.Sinewmire wrote:My first thought was "Oh look, another game that gets the scale of 40k all wrong"
Those windows are fucking massive, as 40k ships are kilometers long.
At any rate, please let this actually work.
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Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
The naming is rather odd, and it makes me wonder if we won't see a lawsuit or two.
Fantasy Flight Games just released Star Wars Armada. I wouldn't normally think much of that, "armada" being a rather basic word, but FFG is currently licensed to make 40K products in addition to their Star Wars line. Given the similar titling (Star Wars: Armada versus Battlefleet Gothic: Armada) but the games being very different, I wouldn't be surprised if some lawyers are scrambling around.
Fantasy Flight Games just released Star Wars Armada. I wouldn't normally think much of that, "armada" being a rather basic word, but FFG is currently licensed to make 40K products in addition to their Star Wars line. Given the similar titling (Star Wars: Armada versus Battlefleet Gothic: Armada) but the games being very different, I wouldn't be surprised if some lawyers are scrambling around.
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Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
GW's use of the name "Battlefleet Gothic: Armada" predates FFG's game by over a decade.Brother-Captain Gaius wrote:The naming is rather odd, and it makes me wonder if we won't see a lawsuit or two.
Fantasy Flight Games just released Star Wars Armada. I wouldn't normally think much of that, "armada" being a rather basic word, but FFG is currently licensed to make 40K products in addition to their Star Wars line. Given the similar titling (Star Wars: Armada versus Battlefleet Gothic: Armada) but the games being very different, I wouldn't be surprised if some lawyers are scrambling around.
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Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
My concern here is that we've yet to see actual game play and I don't recognize either the developers or the Publisher so I can't say how good they are (unless Game's Workshop is the Publisher)
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Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
This is only the developer's third game - the other two being Stellar Impact, a spaceship MOBA, and Etherium, a sci-fi RTS.
The publisher is also the publisher of the Blood Bowl games, which is not a point in their favour - their handling of expansion content has been downright abysmal.
The publisher is also the publisher of the Blood Bowl games, which is not a point in their favour - their handling of expansion content has been downright abysmal.
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Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
There is already a Star Trek Armada game so if anyone has a bone to pick with in the video gaming front, it would be them.Brother-Captain Gaius wrote:The naming is rather odd, and it makes me wonder if we won't see a lawsuit or two.
Fantasy Flight Games just released Star Wars Armada. I wouldn't normally think much of that, "armada" being a rather basic word, but FFG is currently licensed to make 40K products in addition to their Star Wars line. Given the similar titling (Star Wars: Armada versus Battlefleet Gothic: Armada) but the games being very different, I wouldn't be surprised if some lawyers are scrambling around.
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Re: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
Well, the beta is here. Seems tolerable.
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