Acleacius wrote on Dec 16, 2022, 20:07:
Yeah, only marginally interested in WarHammer certainly none of their games have become memorable.
Vermintide 2 was ok but constantly spawning waves is pretty much the lowest form of development, imo.
Coop, drew me in but bad development pushed me away.
MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Dec 16, 2022, 16:39:
...Plus, in recent years, WH40k has been co-opted to a certain extent by white nationalists and other extremists.
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Seriously, is there anything I can read on it?
Well, you should go into WH40k knowing it was supposedly originally written as political satire, where everyone, even the humans, are various degrees of evil. However, like all satire, some people miss that and take whatever storyline as literal, so the overt racism/species-ism/genocide etc. drew in... the wrong kind of fan enthusiasm, at least in my opinion. I had some 'interesting' conversations with WH40k enthusiasts back in the day in game shops.
You can find all sorts of pro/con opinions about that online. I just don't like the recent number of Trump shitheads using WH40K stuff and God Emperor references, along with badly photoshopped political heads onto enemy bodies, etc. It's soured me on WH40k somewhat, I'll admit.
Here's an example
analysis of WH40k The fictional racism, genocide, and fascism in the storylines really can't be argued. All of which can be fine, in the hands of great authors, writing clear fiction for enjoyment with a bit of a lesson included. At that point it becomes how vigorously people praise that sort of thing in real life, at least to me. YMMV.