BathorysGraveland2 said:
Asclepion said:
To be honest with you... sounds lame as hell. Seems to me that he/they are designed to be as badass as possible, and in doing so is forced TOO much. There are limits to everything, and when such a limit is crossed, it descends into mediocrity. Not impressed.
40K runs on the rule of cool and is quite an interesting, if utterly dystopic, view of the future. Yes, the space marines are designed to be utter gods, but there are fewer Marines than there are planets within the Imperium. So yes, they are undeniably badass (The things that the guy you quoted forgot include two hearts and lungs that automatically filter out most poisons and genius level intelligence.) It works within the setting because whilst the Marines (And the Chaos Space Marines) might be the most ultimate badasses in the universe... they really are not. The Tyrannids are an uberthreat, the Necrons have laid dormant for Eons, you get the Tau (Supremely well armed space communists) and the Eldar knocking around and, of course, the Imperium of Man and its untold billions of soldiers, tanks, artillery pieces and fleets capable of knocking planets out of orbit.
As for the limits? Well, those limits exist to be crossed in such a ridiculous universe. Once you start to understand bits of it, things become more interesting. The Marines might sound like they are an unstoppable force, same with the forces of Chaos, yet Humanity is in decline. 10,000 years of warfare, the best weaponry being thousands of years old and maintained by a cult, marines slowly but surely getting erradicated by the various enemies of humanity, chapters disappearing...
If you want a calmer look at the Universe, look at the Imperial Guard. Honestly, I feel like that could be one of our futures. Millions of men armed with easily made, easily maintained and utterly ineffective weapons being thrown at space monstrosities just to slow them down.
And if you want a more ridiculous look at things, look at the Orkz. They are part fungus and one of the only species that can survive a head transplant, using weapons that by all rights make no sense and are in part powered by a psychic field of thinking they will work (Orkz think things that have been painted red go faster. Therefore, the colour red does make things go faster if they are piloted by Orkz.)
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Last game I played was Company of Heroes with the Eastern Front Mod. Chaos Space Marines vs The Red Army? Man, that would be horrific.
Game before that... Honestly, it makes me laugh. Wish I knew how to insert pictures cause I was playing New Vegas as an utter maniac in Thousand Sons armour (Mods FTW). So I was playing as a Chaos Space Marine. And what happened was WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.
