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Agymnum wrote:

The UEG-Space Command wrote:Halo has novels and film two you know? heck Halo 4 was very in depth for the main character.

And the Forerunner novels are not bad either.

To be honest, Halo never really struck me as doing anything particularly original or fresh with the sci-fi genre.

Star Wars gets a pass for basically inventing modern, mainstream sci-fi (along with Star Trek), and Warhammer 40k gets a pass for taking sci-fi and giving it a pair of wheelbarrow-sized testicles.

Halo's not bad, don't get me wrong. I've played it, but I've never understood the hype. It's alright, pretty good in terms of production values, but it's not something I'd go out of my way to show to my children and be like, "Back in my day, we used to play with this here video game, boy!"

The UEG-Space Command wrote:

The Zeonic States wrote:
Greg Bear is a Friggin Hack

*Shoots head of with a Bolter Hardlight combo*

"Heretics best keep quite or else they upset the gods"

The UEG-Space Command wrote:

The Zeonic States wrote:
Greg Bear is a Friggin Hack

*Shoots head of with a Bolter Hardlight combo*

"Heretics best keep quite or else they upset the gods"

Agymnum wrote:

The UEG-Space Command wrote:*Shoots head of with a Bolter Hardlight combo*

"Heretics best keep quite or else they upset the gods"

*Shoots head off in-turn*

"HERESY! NO LOYAL SPACE MARINE WOULD DARE SAY 'GODS', FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD! HE IS THE GOD-EMPEROR OF MANKIND! ALL ELSE ARE DAEMONS AND HERETICS!"

Bone Fort wrote:

The Zeonic States wrote:I still maintain Halo is out of it's Element here.

I mean really the one trick the Forerunners had that no one thought could be beat? the whole slip space drive by? I think it can be successfully countered by the galatic gun.

I mean short of the ForeRunners both factions the Convenant and UNSC are jokes compared to any government of Starwars or Warhammer.

And i still think the Forerunners would lose to the GE.

The OP already ruled them out, idiots keep bring them back up.

Arkotania wrote:The Tau are probably the sanest race in all of 40k.

The Zeonic States wrote:

Agymnum wrote:
*Shoots head off in-turn*

"HERESY! NO LOYAL SPACE MARINE WOULD DARE SAY 'GODS', FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD! HE IS THE GOD-EMPEROR OF MANKIND! ALL ELSE ARE DAEMONS AND HERETICS!"

<_< Despite the fact this "God Emperor" Is restricted to his throne is only living off Life support and an IV

The Zeonic States wrote:

Agymnum wrote:
*Shoots head off in-turn*

"HERESY! NO LOYAL SPACE MARINE WOULD DARE SAY 'GODS', FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD! HE IS THE GOD-EMPEROR OF MANKIND! ALL ELSE ARE DAEMONS AND HERETICS!"

<_< Despite the fact this "God Emperor" Is restricted to his throne is only living off Life support and an IV

Gauthier wrote:

Arkotania wrote:The Tau are probably the sanest race in all of 40k.

And up until someone at GW decided they needed to be more GrimDark they were fairly easy going as a species.

Agymnum wrote:

The UEG-Space Command wrote:*Shoots head of with a Bolter Hardlight combo*

"Heretics best keep quite or else they upset the gods"

*Shoots head off in-turn*

"HERESY! NO LOYAL SPACE MARINE WOULD DARE SAY 'GODS', FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD! HE IS THE GOD-EMPEROR OF MANKIND! ALL ELSE ARE DAEMONS AND HERETICS!"

Arkotania wrote:

The Zeonic States wrote:
<_< Despite the fact this "God Emperor" Is restricted to his throne is only living off Life support and an IV

I wonder what will happen to the Imperium when the "God-Emperor" finally dies. For one, they'd lose that astral beacon thing for warp navigation.

Laeriland wrote:

Gauthier wrote:
And up until someone at GW decided they needed to be more GrimDark they were fairly easy going as a species.

On the outside at least. Could make the case that they always were GrimDark underneath.

Agymnum wrote:

Laeriland wrote:On the outside at least. Could make the case that they always were GrimDark underneath.

It's not so much that they're grimdark but simply fanatical.

Grimdark would be the Tau torturing other races for fun or consuming them like the Nids. They merely assimilate other races for "the Greater Good".

Really, they have more sinister undertones than outright Grimdarkness.

The Zeonic States wrote:

Arkotania wrote:
I wonder what will happen to the Imperium when the "God-Emperor" finally dies. For one, they'd lose that astral beacon thing for warp navigation.

The Imperium dies with him or is plunged into a long ass civil war or both.

It either scatters to the winds or goes into civil war.

Trollgaard wrote:

The Zeonic States wrote:
The Imperium dies with him or is plunged into a long ass civil war or both.

It either scatters to the winds or goes into civil war.

Or, the Emperor is reborn and leads the Imperium and a glorious second great crusade!

Primordial Luxa wrote:

Agymnum wrote:
It's not so much that they're grimdark but simply fanatical.

Grimdark would be the Tau torturing other races for fun or consuming them like the Nids. They merely assimilate other races for "the Greater Good".

Really, they have more sinister undertones than outright Grimdarkness.

there pretty mean to the subjugated humans and have a strict "surrender or die" polocy

Primordial Luxa wrote:

Agymnum wrote:
It's not so much that they're grimdark but simply fanatical.

Grimdark would be the Tau torturing other races for fun or consuming them like the Nids. They merely assimilate other races for "the Greater Good".

Really, they have more sinister undertones than outright Grimdarkness.

there pretty mean to the subjugated humans and have a strict "surrender or die" polocy

Primordial Luxa wrote:

Trollgaard wrote:
Or, the Emperor is reborn and leads the Imperium and a glorious second great crusade!

thats been retconned

Laeriland wrote:

Primordial Luxa wrote:
there pretty mean to the subjugated humans and have a strict "surrender or die" polocy

At least they give the option of surrendering which is more than what quite a few of the others do..

Laeriland wrote:

Primordial Luxa wrote:
there pretty mean to the subjugated humans and have a strict "surrender or die" polocy

At least they give the option of surrendering which is more than what quite a few of the others do..

Vareiln wrote:

Laeriland wrote:At least they give the option of surrendering which is more than what quite a few of the others do..

Indeed. It's better than getting captured by the Dark Eldar.

Vareiln wrote:

Laeriland wrote:At least they give the option of surrendering which is more than what quite a few of the others do..

Indeed. It's better than getting captured by the Dark Eldar.

Vareiln wrote:

Laeriland wrote:At least they give the option of surrendering which is more than what quite a few of the others do..

Indeed. It's better than getting captured by the Dark Eldar.

Arkotania wrote:

Vareiln wrote:Indeed. It's better than getting captured by the Dark Eldar.

Dark Eldar...Evil little bastards. Of course they may have learned a small lesson when they tried to hold hostage some Space Marines. I may not really like the Space Marines, but they can kick ass(Of course you can't say Imperial Stromtroopers suck because it wouldn't be fair. They didn't have much of a choice)

Agymnum wrote:

Arkotania wrote:
Dark Eldar...Evil little bastards. Of course they may have learned a small lesson when they tried to hold hostage some Space Marines. I may not really like the Space Marines, but they can kick ass(Of course you can't say Imperial Stromtroopers suck because it wouldn't be fair. They didn't have much of a choice)

Space Marines may kick ass, but their testicles dwarf in size compared to those of the Imperial Guard and the Krieger regiments.

"Flashlights and Flak Jackets. Because I didn't feel like killing that guy anyways, and protection is for pussies."