Warhammer, enjoyed and beloved by millions of fans around the world for its storied fantasy background and viciously fun tabletop action, finally breaks through to computer gaming with the real-time strategy title Mark of Chaos.
When we first got our hands on an early version of the game this week, we wanted to know if this translation would live up to the lofty bar set by the original Warhammer franchise. In a word, the answer is: yes.
Mark of Chaos is visually staggering - its astonishing
Thursday 6 April 2006
For all of the awe-inspiring majesty of the Total War games, they never had a giant who can store enemy soldiers in a cage on his belt as health-boosting snacks, and who, upon being killed, will crush any troops beneath him as he collapses. Historical accuracy has its place, but sometimes a fantasy setting is just more fun.
Mark of Chaos intends to deliver epic war, set in the dark, tremendously cool Warhammer fantasy world, and it intends to deliver it in spades. And as
WAR! What is it good for? Painted, leaden miniatures and hours of tabletop battles with your friends playing Warhammer, that's what. But we'll have even more reasons when Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, a new real-time strategy game for the PC, comes to life this fall. Our first look showed us a painstakingly faithful representation of Games Workshop's Warhammer universe.
What isn't Warhammer good for? Two things: tedious base-building and mind-numbing resource gathering. Mark of Chaos promises to
