Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9539493" data-attributes="member: 4534">I couldn't hear you over the sounds of all the battle noises I'm making while having my Imperial Knights crush those darned, dirty Orks.  This is obviously a very series game for very serious adults.  I think GW painted themselves into a corner with the 40k setting.  All that over-to-top ridiculousness is great when it's just a thin veneer explaining why your little metal men are trying to murder my little metal men.  It's hard to take seriously because it's so over-the-top though.  Being over-the-top and not taking it seriously is what made the game fun.  But with the fiction side of their business become so important to their bottom line, it's tough to sell those Space Marines as a bunch of jerks when you want to make them look good and heroic to sell those books.</blockquote>