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I was just wondering, after all the hype of the upcoming Dark Millenium game, and after the massive success of Skyrim, would it be possible if Bethseda, the creators of Skyrim, would be willing to do a Warhammer themed, Skyrim style, game. I mean, the map would have to be many times larger and there would need to be far more NPC's fighting it out, but I was wondering if anybody had heard of Bethseda taking an interest in it?

Please feel free to suggest anything you would like to see in a hypothetical game such as this and how you think it should be laid out if it was to be done.

It's not so much "Would Bethesda be interested?" It's more "Would GW even consider it."

I'm fairly certain Relic/THQ are the only ones who can.

Besides, the last thing I want to hear in my game is:

"I used to be a soldier like you, but then I took a bolter round to the knee." (I could imagine a dreadnought saying this though.)

Perhaps if GW allowed it but seeing howSkyrim was a immense pile of gak I hope it never happens.

That would be rubbish. A GW RPG would be best suited to something more like the KOTOR inferface.

Bethseda wouldn't consider it. They have there own settings. I also can't see them doing warhammer unless they outright buy the whole thing. Licensing deals tend to be bad for the developer.

I guess it would be a no-go area - I think, like Dr. What said, that Relic and THQ are the only ones with the rights to do it. Plus I suppose the 40K theme wouldn't be too well suited to the idea of a 'lone hero' type of setting. It was just something I was thinking about due to Dark Millennium seeming to be going in the same sort of direction.

Thanks for the responses though.

I'd like Bioware to make an Inquisitor based one, would be awesome!

 Polvilhovoador wrote:
I'd like Bioware to make an Inquisitor based one, would be awesome!

Not sure on bioware doing it but a Inquisitor based RPG game would be awesome

Bioware... Same people who did Mass Effect? If they made a 40K style Mass effect i'm sure I'd buy it (simply because, for me, Mass effect was utterly epic - except the ending for ME3, but I can see a potential way they can break into a 4th one)

 Warpig1815 wrote:
Bioware... Same people who did Mass Effect? If they made a 40K style Mass effect i'm sure I'd buy it (simply because, for me, Mass effect was utterly epic - except the ending for ME3, but I can see a potential way they can break into a 4th one)

There won't be a ME4.

Bioware has stated they will not go past the events of ME3. Any further games will be before or during the events of the Mass Effect Trilogy.

You sure? I mean i'll take your word for it, but I have read in numerous places that there IS going to be an ME4, but they haven't disclosed whether it would be based during the First Contact War, during the events of ME1-ME3, a revival of Shepard somehow (I'd like to hope for this one - regardless of how Shepard features in the other 3 and theoretically died.) or the final option of a new Character being brought in. As far as I've heard (though obviously you may have better sources than me - I don't know) pretty much all we know is that there will be an ME4.

 Warpig1815 wrote:
You sure? I mean i'll take your word for it, but I have read in numerous places that there IS going to be an ME4, but they haven't disclosed whether it would be based during the First Contact War, during the events of ME1-ME3, a revival of Shepard somehow (I'd like to hope for this one - regardless of how Shepard features in the other 3 and theoretically died.) or the final option of a new Character being brought in. As far as I've heard (though obviously you may have better sources than me - I don't know) pretty much all we know is that there will be an ME4.

Everything you just said but it wont be called "Mass Effect 4", probably something like "Mass Effect Legacy" or "Mass Effect: First Contact".

Maybe not a 40k based RPG, but a WHF based one? That would be pretty damn sweet.
Oh, and Trondheim, in what way was Skyrim a steaming pile of gak? It is by far the best game to be released in the past 18 months.....

Still, respect for your opinion. It's not often you come across a Skyrim naysayer...

A WFH game in that style set in and around the Empire would appeal to me, loads of potential there.

 Trondheim wrote:
Perhaps if GW allowed it but seeing howSkyrim was a immense pile of gak I hope it never happens.

Skyrim an immense pile of gak? Man, I'm stil playing it and bought it on the release

I dont think GW will consider it.
Bethesda may if they get asked though

 Trondheim wrote:
Perhaps if GW allowed it but seeing howSkyrim was a immense pile of gak I hope it never happens.

What are you smoking bro?

Skyrim was awsome.

A 40k rpg would be best in the mass effect style. But WFB, I can see that.

Also, Skyrim rubbish? What nonsense is this?

Skyrim is AWESOME. Sure the memes around it are dumb, but the game itself is excellent.

Awsome stuff tends to spawn gak memes, except MLP. In which case gak spawns awsome memes.

Or rather, gak spawns gakker memes.

I have no idea how Warhammer games get made, if someone wants to make one or if GW asks someone to make one.

Relic has 40k licence, relic makes them.

EA has WHFB licence, so they make those (last time I checked).

It's all just licencing deals.

As others have said, it needs to be Bioware and an inquisitor game, no bloody marines lol and i love marines, I would rather see a game from the point of view of the little genestealer that could at this point rather than marines again

I agree, Marines simply don't work for an RPG.

They could show up as allies/enemies at some point, but I want them to show up and be like "O'S***, the (Chaos)Space marines are here. We're screwed/saved!"

I'd take a Necromunda game based on Fallout 3's gameplay though.

An inquisitor or rouge trader RPG would be awesome.

How about a Chaos Cultist one..

Arbites! And I'm not just saying that because I saw Dredd last night... honest!

 Surtur wrote:
Arbites! And I'm not just saying that because I saw Dredd last night... honest!

And then we will have them saying,

"I used to be a guardsman like you, until I took a bolt to the knee."

 thenoobbomb wrote:
How about a Chaos Cultist one..

it could be an option. Over the course of the game you could fall to Chaos/secretly worship the dark gods.

If discovered you would be hounded by Puritans accross the subsector etc.


The game would be massive, I'm thinking the following.

Have 3-5 planets, each with 5-6 map areas. Each map area would be roughly the size of the Skyrim map. Ships in orbit could be map areas to travel to.

In order to move between map areas you would need to travel to specific areas to get transportation, so either the edge of a map, starport, personal shuttle, etc...

I'd love some sort of personal suttle that you could land basically anywhere on the map there is room.

As I said, it would be a massive game as far as space is concerned but it would be awsome.

THQ owns the license for the moment, so it wouldn't matter if Bethesda was interested or not.