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Garthilk Novice Member Joined: 8/02/04 Posts: 14 http://www.warhammeralliance.net - The Warhammer Age of Reckoning Community Site	11/21/06 11:37:07 AM#1 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I just posted some video of the game, all of it shot while at Gencon. http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7172 Anyway here's a brief preview of the game. The first quests involved killing some Goblin Welps. I loaded up a sticky bomb, sniped the creature and finished them off with either a grenade or a second shot. Again, very basic, however the simple tasks involved at the earliest stages of the game were starkly contrasted by strategy and thought that went into later quests and combat situations. The abilities themselves at the lower levels were straight forward. The strategies involved in staying alive involved damage avoidance, debuffing the creature, or sometimes just brute strength to out DPS them. With some creatures however, more adept tactics had to be taken and careful consideration to the abilities used seemed critical to success. After about an hour of enjoying the PvE game play, the explorer in me had fully taken over and I wanted to see the world. I entered a few basic commands I had shoulder surfed from a developer and loaded up Barak Varr. A few more entries and I endowed my avatar with the powers of super speed and flight. The phrases, “is he supposed to see that” and “don’t use those, those are developers tools”, were heard frequently as I visited, explored and exploited the Marshes of Madness, the Badlands, Black Crag, Ekrund, Barak Varr, and Blackfire Pass. During my time one thing that stood out were the quests. The quest team had done a great job writing. Whether I was defending a portion of Barak Varr, clearing a tavern from some pesky goblins, helping to capture Bugmans Brewery, rescuing Dwarfs from the Tree of Beards, or even Burning down the Tree of Beards. Each quest had along with it, purpose. It either advanced you in a story line, or served to propel you further into the richly written world. The quests in the Marshes of Madness were of particular interest and detail. In one situation waves of undead were assaulting a base camp. Several lines of holdout had been made up as the undead slowly pushed me and my NPC brethren back. It seemed for as many reinforcement NPC’s that were called up to help, equal numbers of undead pushed at our position. After being driven back the undead were close enough to use one of the nearby cannons. I clicked on it and it blasted a few of the undead. Giving us the chance we needed to push forward.
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VideoXPG Novice Member Joined: 1/13/06 Posts: 267 "Human stupidity knows no bounds" ~Albert Einstein	11/21/06 11:49:19 AM#2 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Very Nice, always love seeing these sorts of updates.
Volkmar Advanced Member Joined: 3/04/04 Posts: 2336	11/21/06 12:38:50 PM#3 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) wave Hi there Garthik, welcome to mmorpg.com :D "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime"
Elda Novice Member Joined: 9/20/05 Posts: 343	11/21/06 2:56:22 PM#4 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Great video and great review. Thanks a lot! The Illuminati Gaming Society
Distortion0 Novice Member Joined: 12/10/05 Posts: 663	11/21/06 3:14:32 PM#5 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) This reminds me alot of CoH :P. But anyway, I think this should be our offical new "WAR isn't WoW" video. It's so dark and gritty(although the music that got added to the bg was a bit much :P) that there's no way people could mistake the two. Who needs beheadings? We got atmosphere.
RJCox Advanced Member Joined: 9/28/03 Posts: 2687 "It''s OK... I''m a leaf on the wind! Watch how I soar!"	11/21/06 3:15:37 PM#6 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Garthilk I entered a few basic commands I had shoulder surfed from a developer and loaded up Barak Varr. A few more entries and I endowed my avatar with the powers of super speed and flight. Meaning he pushed one F key. :P Richard J. Cox "There were much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."
Elda Novice Member Joined: 9/20/05 Posts: 343	11/21/06 3:21:32 PM#7 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Richard_Mythic Originally posted by Garthilk I entered a few basic commands I had shoulder surfed from a developer and loaded up Barak Varr. A few more entries and I endowed my avatar with the powers of super speed and flight. Meaning he pushed one F key. :P lol Garthil got busted! he pushed THE key!!! The Illuminati Gaming Society
Arcona Novice Member Joined: 3/30/04 Posts: 791	11/21/06 5:47:31 PM#8 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Nice, Warhammer Alliance got lots of exlusive info etc This game will be the answer to our prayers, too bad 2008 is so far away.
Vegetta Novice Member Joined: 5/09/06 Posts: 435	11/21/06 7:52:58 PM#9 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Nice nice nice THanks Garthilk Man i cant wait to blast some people with the canon
ScottElwood Novice Member Joined: 9/12/05 Posts: 202	11/21/06 10:59:47 PM#10 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Richard_Mythic Originally posted by Garthilk I entered a few basic commands I had shoulder surfed from a developer and loaded up Barak Varr. A few more entries and I endowed my avatar with the powers of super speed and flight. Meaning he pushed one F key. :P He got lucky though... I heard the eleven other F-keys were wired to release a door in the floor which would send you into a room where you would have to face Paul Barnett in a breakdancing competition. The loser of course has to be Richards intern for a month...shudder... --------------------------------------------------- \| www.40ksource.net - 40k MMO fansite
gestalt11 Hard Core Member Joined: 5/17/06 Posts: 5309	11/21/06 11:09:37 PM#11 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ScottElwood Originally posted by Richard_Mythic Originally posted by Garthilk I entered a few basic commands I had shoulder surfed from a developer and loaded up Barak Varr. A few more entries and I endowed my avatar with the powers of super speed and flight. Meaning he pushed one F key. :P He got lucky though... I heard the eleven other F-keys were wired to release a door in the floor which would send you into a room where you would have to face Paul Barnett in a breakdancing competition. The loser of course has to be Richards intern for a month...shudder... Can Barnett beat Hansel?
Hohbein Novice Member Joined: 2/07/06 Posts: 1213 Depression is just anger without the enthusiasm.	11/23/06 5:29:06 AM#12 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Excellent video and review, thanks! God I can't wait for this game, I really can't..
ghoul31 Novice Member Joined: 4/21/04 Posts: 1944	11/23/06 7:19:57 PM#13 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Looks like a wow clone, but with much worse graphics oh well
Elda Novice Member Joined: 9/20/05 Posts: 343	11/24/06 5:48:33 AM#14 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ghoul31 Looks like a wow clone, but with much worse graphics oh well did you even watch it? Worse graphics? There may be some things that look unfinished or don't look superb yet, but guess what, the game is still in development, not even in Beta yet. But still even without that, I don't understand how you possibly can think WoW looks nicer then WAR, but that's just me of course :) The Illuminati Gaming Society
Murais Novice Member Joined: 7/06/04 Posts: 1128 Love is benevolent evil. It is the sweet plague that devours reason, leaving euphoria in its place.	11/24/06 8:22:19 AM#15 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ghoul31 Looks like a wow clone, but with much worse graphics oh well Oh crap... somebody had to bring out the lighter and gasoline...
Volkmar Advanced Member Joined: 3/04/04 Posts: 2336	11/24/06 1:51:04 PM#16 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ghoul31 Looks like a wow clone, but with much worse graphics oh well Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Way to shoot your reputation in the face with this buddy, i can't picture anybody, ANYBODY, looking that movie and telling with a straight face "it has much worse graphics than WoW". Therefore, you are lying :D "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime"
ghoul31 Novice Member Joined: 4/21/04 Posts: 1944	11/24/06 6:56:48 PM#17 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Volkmar Originally posted by ghoul31 Looks like a wow clone, but with much worse graphics oh well Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Way to shoot your reputation in the face with this buddy, i can't picture anybody, ANYBODY, looking that movie and telling with a straight face "it has much worse graphics than WoW". Therefore, you are lying :D Wow has the best graphics out there(for a cartoon style). So to say these are as good as WOW just makes u look like an idiot
Volkmar Advanced Member Joined: 3/04/04 Posts: 2336	11/25/06 3:03:08 PM#18 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ghoul31 Originally posted by Volkmar Originally posted by ghoul31 Looks like a wow clone, but with much worse graphics oh well Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Way to shoot your reputation in the face with this buddy, i can't picture anybody, ANYBODY, looking that movie and telling with a straight face "it has much worse graphics than WoW". Therefore, you are lying :D Wow has the best graphics out there(for a cartoon style). So to say these are as good as WOW just makes u look like an idiot ehehehehehehehehehe. You are too good at this, Ghoul! either a professional or a natural, should take these posts and save them for the future... PS: i didn't insult you, so why you need to call me names? "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime"
ScottElwood Novice Member Joined: 9/12/05 Posts: 202	11/25/06 4:25:21 PM#19 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ghoul31 Wow has the best graphics out there(for a cartoon style). So to say these are as goo as WOW just makes u look like an idiot WoW vs W.A.R ...GG --------------------------------------------------- \| www.40ksource.net - 40k MMO fansite
Manchine Novice Member Joined: 8/01/03 Posts: 486	11/26/06 6:43:20 PM#20 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by ghoul31 Originally posted by Volkmar Originally posted by ghoul31 Looks like a wow clone, but with much worse graphics oh well Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Way to shoot your reputation in the face with this buddy, i can't picture anybody, ANYBODY, looking that movie and telling with a straight face "it has much worse graphics than WoW". Therefore, you are lying :D Wow has the best graphics out there(for a cartoon style). So to say these are as good as WOW just makes u look like an idiot HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh your serious!