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Correct me if I'm wrong but how come, aesthetically, WoW (aka World of Warcraft) looks a lot like WAR (aka Warhammer Online)? I mean, look at the orcs; they wield huge axes, wear big ass armor, and have green skin like their WAR counterparts. Even the humans in WoW would blend in easily with their WAR counterparts. The only difference would probably be in how the colors in WoW seem brighter and dandier. Other than that, everything else looks kinda similar. Why is that? |
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9/25/08 8:41:48 AM#2
Warcraft was originally intended to be Warhammer, but because Games Workshop withdrew their license (and other complications) Bizzard ended up making their own lore and in that way released what may have an astounding (but not surprising) similarity to Warhammer. ...or so I've heard. Warhammer Offline: Age of Registration | "WHAAAT?!" |
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9/25/08 10:27:58 AM#3
the warcraft lore has been around awhile.... it wasn't made up for WoW |
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9/25/08 10:37:15 AM#4
Originally posted by johnnyboy666
They would not blend or mesh well at all. Period. If you truel feel that way I know an eye doctor to whom you can call for an immediate check-up. The two games have distinctly different looks and art style, and if you were to look long and hard enough you would plainly see the differences. |
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Kyleran
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Joined: 9/13/06
A simple truth-"What people want and what is good for an mmo is not always the same thing"-mrw0lf |
9/25/08 10:51:52 AM#5
Originally posted by Souvec
They would not blend or mesh well at all. Period. If you truel feel that way I know an eye doctor to whom you can call for an immediate check-up. The two games have distinctly different looks and art style, and if you were to look long and hard enough you would plainly see the differences.
You are imagining things. I've played the game, and the Dwarf starting area could be considered a suburb of Ironforge. There is something distinctly familiar about some of the areas in WOW, and both my son and his friend have confirmed the same. Better visit the eye doctor yourself methinks.
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Originally posted by Souvec
They would not blend or mesh well at all. Period. If you truel feel that way I know an eye doctor to whom you can call for an immediate check-up. The two games have distinctly different looks and art style, and if you were to look long and hard enough you would plainly see the differences. Man, are you, like, a Warhammer fanboy or something? Mind you, I dig Warhammer but there is something a bit off in how it shares art styles with Warcraft. I mean, look at the promo art of WoW and WAR and you'll see humans or dwarves wielding hammers or guns, wearing chunky armor against orcs wielding axes. And yeah, look up the meaning of the word, aesthetics too. You just had to go around dissing people. |
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Originally posted by JagRawr
Man, I wasn't referring to the lore; I was referring to the similar art styles shared by WoW and Warhammer. But yeah, you're right in saying that the Warcraft lore has been around; heck, it inevitably led to the creation of WoW. By the way, the Warhammer lore was made by Games Workshop way before the Warcraft lore was created by the great peeps at Blizzard. |
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9/29/08 4:36:38 AM#8
Blizzard stole/ripped off lore from both Warhammer and Warhammer 40k universe,they originaly intended to get the license for both soo they could make WC and SC ,but they were denied and had to quickly rehash/rewrite most stuff. If you look at most stuff in WoW,you will notice that it's similar to the warhammer universe,elf (war) and blood elf (wow) look exactly the same for exemple. Afaik,the dwarfs that are in WAR universe have specific traits that are only encountered in WoW,like having rifles and more advanced tech (like gyrocopters). The guys who made the warhammer universe got their inspiration from the tolkien world,they didnt blatantly ripped it off. Any person who denies this is a blind blizzard fanboy living under the "blind fanboy rock". |
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9/29/08 4:38:32 AM#9
Warcraft is a 1:1 copy of Warhammer, wow fanboys just cant stand this fact, they close their eyes and say again and again "no, blizz did it first... they were first... 10mio 10mio..." wee Everyone not playing wow is a wow hater! :P |
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9/29/08 6:05:51 AM#10
WAR is SUPPOSED to look like that. It wouldent really be warhammer if they changed the look. Also there would be no way you could RvR with 200 people or whatever if the graphics was super uber. Would be nothing but laaaag. Untill every person has a super computer sitting on thier desks thats just how it is. Honestly sometimes I think people wont be happy untill they are plugged into the matrix. Then again if you want that much realism then the best thing to do is /quit and go outside.. lol WoW is a good game if your a hardcore PvE'er. I like the game but since I have played it since the day it released im just way to bored of it. However... it is a fact blizz has been ripping off warhammer since Warcraft: orcs and humans. Why should WAR change its look because another game has been ripping it off? |
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9/29/08 6:14:41 AM#11
Originally posted by johnnyboy666
Because that's the way orcs look. It's how they were described in literature that predates both computer and tabletop gaming. If they had made orcs purple and skinny with three legs everyone would have said that isn't what orcs look like. It's not rocket science. "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice." ~Greys Law |
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9/29/08 6:21:55 AM#12
Pretty sure this topic is pointless, and should have never been created. Its easy to pee in the toilet, but most of us dont. |
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9/29/08 6:30:56 AM#13
Originally posted by johnnyboy666
You need to see with better eyes then that. The two games look completely different. I wonder why so many think they look alike they are very different. Here is a picture of dwarfs in both games. Both screenshots are my gameplay screens with both games at max graphic settings. They look nothing alike to me except they are both dwarfs.
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9/29/08 7:14:38 AM#14
does wow really look that bad these days? wow talk about rose tinted glasses that im wearing, swear it looked better. that dwarf is FUGLY and bady modelled. wow! |
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9/29/08 7:42:37 AM#15
Lol... all fantasy orginated from the same source..... Its easy to pee in the toilet, but most of us dont. |
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Reborn17
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Joined: 9/17/07
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." |
9/29/08 7:51:47 AM#16
Originally posted by Souvec
They would not blend or mesh well at all. Period. If you truel feel that way I know an eye doctor to whom you can call for an immediate check-up. The two games have distinctly different looks and art style, and if you were to look long and hard enough you would plainly see the differences.
This why fanbois suck nuggets. "Wouldn't blend or mesh well at all"? Sheesh. "The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." -Edmund Burke Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?" |
