Blizzard is Unstoppable

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Angrist

Marines: yeah, obvious.
Zerg: eh... they look more like Aliens than like Tyranids.
Protoss: nah, no resemblance.

Are there any more races in Warhammer 40k? And what about the (hi)story, the lore?

Also, you can hardly blame a company for doing what it's good at. Making computergames.

The resemblance in the Protoss to the Eldar is more in gameplay and themes than look. And I'm sorry, but the Zerg are very reminiscent of the Tyranids, IMO.

The lore is very robust. There are novels written about it going back decades. Personally, I think Warhammer's lore far exceeds that of the Warcraft/Starcraft lore. It feels more authentic and the stories are pretty amazing. Its a very unique reality.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...+40k&x=20&y=15

As for other races and info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000

And I'm not criticizing their Blizzards ability to create great games. They make fantastic games, and I've played pretty much every gamne they've ever made. But I'll call a spade a spade and they did rip off much of their gaming universe (at leats the look of it and many of the unit designs) from Games Workshop. Its less a criticism than it is simply an observation.

I think Blizzard has done a much better job with GW's properties over time in the videogame arena than GW has. Mark of Chaos is a MESS to play, and so far the only one that has been successful is the Dawn of War series, which I LOVE, and where they finally got passed the turn based elements and went real time.