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PregnancyRoulette OP t1_ja64ol1 wrote

Reply to comment by Michaelbirks in Warhammer: I'm surprised how good it is. by PregnancyRoulette

If I had to explain Warhammer in a pithy phrase I'd say It was 'Space Rome, but Dethklok. Surprisingly good.'

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AtLeastThisIsntImgur t1_ja6923b wrote

'Dune but Bolt Thrower' makes more sense

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PregnancyRoulette OP t1_ja69maq wrote

Also solid. The hybrid of swords, guns, genosplicing, psykers is really apt.

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pelmasaurio t1_ja9ejev wrote

It is not like dune at all, dune's setting is a vehicle for some intelectual heavy lifting, 40k is, as much I have mad love for it, pretty shallow and dumb, ofc it reminds you of dune because is just that, all the dumb things about dune + tolkien stuff thrown in there.

If dune is meat and potatoes, 40k is just the potatoes.

But i will concede you that as far as fanatic legions of super soldiers go, the space marine crusaders leave the freemen yihadists in the dirt.

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Jamandi_Aldori t1_jaahid3 wrote

>as far as fanatic legions of super soldiers go, the space marine crusaders leave the freemen yihadists in the dirt.

Maybe in a "Vs battle" sense.

As actual characters, the Fremen are far more interesting, both individual and as a group.

Like you said, 40k is shallow and dumb. I love it (I own both the ebooks and physical copies of the entire Gaunt, Eisonhorn, Heresy series, and a ton of other odds and ends, 100+ books)

But even though I love it, it's also dumb. really dumb. Pro-Wrestling-in-space dumb.

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