I only recognized Mega Man and Titus from Space Marine on it. I assume it’s gonna be the most accessible, normie bait kind of shit. If it’s good it could harken back to the glory days of G4 before everything went to shit, but I won’t hold my breath.
I dunno about that. They're ruled by a massive network of unelected bureaucrats that care more about maintaining the positions of their dynasties than in doing right for the people, as well as a cartel that monopolizes all technology and stifles any and all attempts to improve, innovate, or even properly understand it.
(Notice how I didn't say anything about the Inquisition or military).
True, but when you’re dealing with the forces of Hell, metal aliens, “peaceful” aliens, elf aliens, torture elf aliens, troll aliens and hungry aliens, humanity are always the good guys.
Friends linked me to a high seas version because they wanted me to watch the Warhammer one. I decided I'd watch the whole lot since I was bored, then noticed the Amazon logo with trepidation.
First ep was a BG3-esque take on a short DnD scenario. A party rescues a mysterious magical prisoner and goes to see a dragon with him. There's not a white male in sight and it's like something that would be cooked up by a DEI-slop AI - mohawk dyke half-orc(?) paladin, jamaican dwarf, etc...
Second ep was based on the game Sifu, just kind of meh in all respects. Shading style was like a Telltale game which was extra off-putting.
The first white men show up in ep 3. It's an arrogant muscular beefcake monarch (and suffering manservant), who gets washed up on a strange island with nothing but conquest in his empty brain, but keeps death-resetting for some reason. I was shocked to hear Arnie's voice and assumed that I really was being exposed to AI deep-fakery - but no, I looked it up and it was supposedly really voiced by him. The makers said they wrote it specifically for him and the concept for the short was 'what if Conan was all talk??' Cool, so a humiliation ritual and a dismantling of cultural idols, then.
After watching Arnie's char lose gorily and clownishly in both a battle of skills, then wits, to the real king of the island - who looked a bit like what a narcissistic Jew might see when he looks in the mirror - I turned off the show and decided not to watch any more. I might not even watch the WH40K one for fear of losing respect for my friend, although apparently the guy who made the 'Astartes' fan vid worked on it. That one was very good.
The Warhammer 40K is pretty much Astartes adjacent, except the mentor is an aged black Space Marine, because of course it is.
However, at least Titus gets the spotlight in that episode and opens up a can on everything in his path. That and the Armored Core one were the only good ones, but the Armored Core one's twist is that Keanu is actually a villain... because of course the straight white male is an actual murdering sociopath.
The Pac-Man one was weird, but kind of interesting. The concept would make for a good game if it were in the hands of a competent studio, but those don't exist in the West.
I watched the Warhammer 40K one. it was decent, but it was a blatant rip-off of Syama Pederson's Astartes fan animation, which was a lot better.
Seriously, watching the two back to back was no contest. Amazon's animation was incredibly lifeless despite having more dialogue, and the space Marines look incredibly bored and stiff as they massacre their enemies. Pederson's animation was full of character and style portraying basically the same scenario, and it was a solo project.
Fairly sure I ended up getting that for free. I had Gods and Kings, I remember BNW getting shit on for how much it changed the game, not for the better at times, so put off buying it. Went back to play V in the last year or so on Steam and BNW was there and unlocked, ready for install 🤔
If you don't get it, I was making an (extremely fucking clever, !please clap!) joke referencing the SVU GamerGate episode, and cleverly mocking legacy media and their portrayals of videogame-related content.
Spot on. The Dungeons & Dragons episode is full-on DEI slop. No white males; the Paladin is huge, wearing male armour but it has a female voice. The mage is the same way, a huge half-orc that looks exactly like a man, but it has a female voice.
It's obvious what they were doing here, and this seems to be the new trend: to make men with women's voices to cater to the troons.
I only recognized Mega Man and Titus from Space Marine on it. I assume it’s gonna be the most accessible, normie bait kind of shit. If it’s good it could harken back to the glory days of G4 before everything went to shit, but I won’t hold my breath.
I don't know anything about Warhammer, so I didn't understand anything that was going on.
All you need to know is the Humans are the good guys.
I dunno about that. They're ruled by a massive network of unelected bureaucrats that care more about maintaining the positions of their dynasties than in doing right for the people, as well as a cartel that monopolizes all technology and stifles any and all attempts to improve, innovate, or even properly understand it.
(Notice how I didn't say anything about the Inquisition or military).
True, but when you’re dealing with the forces of Hell, metal aliens, “peaceful” aliens, elf aliens, torture elf aliens, troll aliens and hungry aliens, humanity are always the good guys.
The closest beings to ‘good guys’ are the Tau.
😂
I dunno, that corpse Emperor has a pretty long history of betraying the people who serve him.
Friends linked me to a high seas version because they wanted me to watch the Warhammer one. I decided I'd watch the whole lot since I was bored, then noticed the Amazon logo with trepidation.
First ep was a BG3-esque take on a short DnD scenario. A party rescues a mysterious magical prisoner and goes to see a dragon with him. There's not a white male in sight and it's like something that would be cooked up by a DEI-slop AI - mohawk dyke half-orc(?) paladin, jamaican dwarf, etc...
Second ep was based on the game Sifu, just kind of meh in all respects. Shading style was like a Telltale game which was extra off-putting.
The first white men show up in ep 3. It's an arrogant muscular beefcake monarch (and suffering manservant), who gets washed up on a strange island with nothing but conquest in his empty brain, but keeps death-resetting for some reason. I was shocked to hear Arnie's voice and assumed that I really was being exposed to AI deep-fakery - but no, I looked it up and it was supposedly really voiced by him. The makers said they wrote it specifically for him and the concept for the short was 'what if Conan was all talk??' Cool, so a humiliation ritual and a dismantling of cultural idols, then.
After watching Arnie's char lose gorily and clownishly in both a battle of skills, then wits, to the real king of the island - who looked a bit like what a narcissistic Jew might see when he looks in the mirror - I turned off the show and decided not to watch any more. I might not even watch the WH40K one for fear of losing respect for my friend, although apparently the guy who made the 'Astartes' fan vid worked on it. That one was very good.
The Warhammer 40K is pretty much Astartes adjacent, except the mentor is an aged black Space Marine, because of course it is.
However, at least Titus gets the spotlight in that episode and opens up a can on everything in his path. That and the Armored Core one were the only good ones, but the Armored Core one's twist is that Keanu is actually a villain... because of course the straight white male is an actual murdering sociopath.
The Pac-Man one was weird, but kind of interesting. The concept would make for a good game if it were in the hands of a competent studio, but those don't exist in the West.
Now I'm concerned what they've done to my Blue Bomber...
I watched the Warhammer 40K one. it was decent, but it was a blatant rip-off of Syama Pederson's Astartes fan animation, which was a lot better.
Seriously, watching the two back to back was no contest. Amazon's animation was incredibly lifeless despite having more dialogue, and the space Marines look incredibly bored and stiff as they massacre their enemies. Pederson's animation was full of character and style portraying basically the same scenario, and it was a solo project.
Allegedly Syama was hired by Games Workshop and the only thing we know for sure he worked on while there was this animation.
While watching the Amazon one, I agreed- heavy de ja vu for Astartes.
How does it compare to Civ V, with the Brave New World expansion pack?
Fairly sure I ended up getting that for free. I had Gods and Kings, I remember BNW getting shit on for how much it changed the game, not for the better at times, so put off buying it. Went back to play V in the last year or so on Steam and BNW was there and unlocked, ready for install 🤔
If you don't get it, I was making an (extremely fucking clever, !please clap!) joke referencing the SVU GamerGate episode, and cleverly mocking legacy media and their portrayals of videogame-related content.
I am very smart.
The vile feminist in charge of Amazon Studios will have undoubtedly sneaked some of their poisonous and subversive filth in there.
Spot on. The Dungeons & Dragons episode is full-on DEI slop. No white males; the Paladin is huge, wearing male armour but it has a female voice. The mage is the same way, a huge half-orc that looks exactly like a man, but it has a female voice.
It's obvious what they were doing here, and this seems to be the new trend: to make men with women's voices to cater to the troons.
They have one for Concord if I recall.
Concord.
The massive flop that was shut down because no one played it.
It will be really interesting to see what the reaction to the episode will be - if they are just going to parade it as the dead game's last hurrah.
For real, though, I think they got it greenlit well before the game's release.
It was on the trending torrents so I checked it out already.
Completely pedestrian and uninspired. Boring dialog, mindless action scene, boring dialog...
I'd rather watch a let's play from the olden times.
Is it like the history of certain video games?
Reeee, you mean "herstory", bigot! 😮
No they are animation shorts based on video games
Sounds like a cool idea but considering the time we live in I’ll wait to hear what people say
They are okay at best. Nothing that really adds to the lore of any of the games.
I've watched a few clips on YouTube, but not the full videos. From what I've seen they look good.