General Discussion

Joe Iuliani and Anthony Love attended the recent Games Day for Games Workshop's Warhammer. Of course, EA Mythic had a presence, and Joe and Anythony were able to catch up with that team's dynamic duo Jeff Hickman and Paul Barnett for an interview. Today, we present Part One, come back tomorrow to read part two!

Paul:

What's great about this place is that it's Games Day. So what you got is our game with all the other people who are obsessed about the Warhammer idea. Some people are here because obsessed because they have read the novels and really like the background. A lot of people here because they are obsessed about the miniatures and the realization of the IP, but there are TON of people who are obsessed about our computer game.

Joe:

I know, I saw the line all the way around your booth.

Jeff:

Oh yeah, it's crazy.

Paul:

and what it shows is just how strong and wondrous the idea of Warhammer is that you can do it as table top game, as a novel as a comic, you can also do it as a computer MMO and that's because we are making a hobby. We're not making a computer game, this isn't a wash, rinse, repeat out the door, forget. This is a community; we just had Games Workshop in our building.

Read the whole interview here.

Awesome that a guild built them a paper mache squig!

haha yeah...i cant wait for this game :x

You know the picture these guys paint I think really makes you want to play this game even if you'd just found out about it!  They're just  entertaining as hell!  And the Squig part was awesome, no doubt! 

"Sounds good on paper, plays like shit."

 According to you or according to people who actually, you know, *played* the game? I am yet to read a review of someone who played the game and agreed with your statement.

Originally posted by knives22

Sounds good on paper, plays like shit.

really it sounds very cool, i would've liked to hear more from them about the game, but i know they probably didn't have much time that day. looking forward to hearing more from them.

Originally posted by knives22

Sounds good on paper, plays like shit.

Honestly, if you were at Games Day and played the game and had a well-written and laid out list of valid critiques, fine, post them and I'd be more than happy to read it.  You should write for Car and Driver, would love to see your review for a new auto "This car sux, like driving a big turd with wheels.  Kthx."

Yes, interviews with devs are of course going to be biased and generally passionate, but I do think that the amount of fire and joy these guys have for their game does set it apart and will help to move copies.  Been waiting for this game to come out since it was announced, and the excellent PR they've done has been effective.  They're doing their jobs well.

Originally posted by davvin

 

Originally posted by knives22

Sounds good on paper, plays like shit.

oh were you at the Games Day also? what race/class did you play and why was it not fun?

 

 

really it sounds very cool, i would've liked to hear more from them about the game, but i know they probably didn't have much time that day. looking forward to hearing more from them.

His poster of Ahnuld as Conan told him that AoC would be much much better then WAR.  So see he has inside information. 

Yes of course he's a troll who's just dropping some flamebait and we should all ignore him, but I just really wanted to type "big turd with wheels" in a post on here.  Sorry.

Very amusing article, you can tell these guys are having fun and are excited about the game.   That's important if you're making a game.

I have yet to read a single *legitimate* post in a Forum, magazine or blog saying they did not enjoy previewing this game.   There hasn't been one that gives a list of problems with this early version of WAR and explains in a mature or intelligent manner why this game was not fun. 

That makes it pretty easy to figure out the real posts from the pathetic troll attempts.   And it's more than can be said about many upcoming games that are supposed to be coming out before WAR, so that brings out the trolls. 

Interesting interview. Not much meat but entertaining banter.