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 Ratius wrote:
Not sure about the Stealer in the 3rd pic. Looks a bit lizard-like to me. Thats not Nids!

That's wrong on so many levels I don't know where to start haha, tyran = intentional link to tyrannosaur, done to infer imagery of large saurus lizards, dinosaurs to be exact, nids done to infer link to insects, they are lizard insects, the design studio said so donkeys years ago, the whole design aesthetic is to conbine the 2 types of creature, hence the cross between the alien queen, tyrannosaurus and insect appendages of the old hive tyrant, even all the new stuff is heavily influenced by saurian aesthetics.

So the genstealers looking a bit lizard like is spot on old chum.


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Oh and that's why it's Tie-ran-ids not tear-rin-ids, don't call a t-rex a tear-ranosaurus... Actually bugs me that does, I know I'm petty lol

Or a direct link to 'tyranny', or 'tyrant'.

If they'd've called the Hive Tyrant a "Tyrant Rex" back in the day, or the Carnifex the Carnisaur, then maybe I'd see the connection.

I don't get your point sorry, tear an ee and tie rant, I don't see where your going with that?. the design studio said dinosaur lizards, so tie ran ids it is to me and always will be, the other way just sounds bad in the ear and doesn't conform with naming conventions, bloody made up words !

I'm on the side of Tear-a-nid.

The screenshots look pretty good. If I can get it to work on a friends computer then it'll be a really fun Multiplayer game. (I hope)

If it's on ps4 I'm in, love me some Co op games, and for the love of god people do play with friends IN THE SAME room, give us split screen maybe?

I'm starting to wonder what the point of having 2 pads is.

It's PS4, XB1, and PC.

A lot of the "big name" games don't get split-screen simply because when you get into matchmaking for multiplayer it becomes problematic.

That's wrong on so many levels I don't know where to start haha, tyran = intentional link to tyrannosaur, done to infer imagery of large saurus lizards, dinosaurs to be exact, nids done to infer link to insects, they are lizard insects, the design studio said so donkeys years ago, the whole design aesthetic is to conbine the 2 types of creature, hence the cross between the alien queen, tyrannosaurus and insect appendages of the old hive tyrant, even all the new stuff is heavily influenced by saurian aesthetics.

So the genstealers looking a bit lizard like is spot on old chum.

However there are levels of influence and levels of influence. These guys whilst lizard esque, long tongue, claws etc dont look like the guy in the pic. Im sure some creative license was applied to model him but they've taken it too far imo and I simply dont like him

On the other hand, we might be getting a glimpse of a new design for Genestealers as GW would have to give their licensees some design documentation and directions to work from...

Maybe. But I've posited before, I dont think Stealres will get any love from GW because of the glut of them available (for years).
They wont sell unless they get a total model revamp (which is possible) but GW then runs the risk of people saying "to hell with another 35 euro kit, Im going to stick with the old ones".

I liked the song more than I'll probably like the game.

Sorry for necromancy but ...

New Trailer, with some Gameplay.
Looks cool.

Y'know, that looks pretty awesome.

I can only imagine how it's going to feel when you're in a long stretch, everyone's beat up from fighting and BAM! A broodlord tears down a hatch and a swarm pours in around him.

Queue the last stand music baby, I'm going to have to buy this one.

Quite impressed actually. Lets hope it pans out!
Nice details, seems to keep the lore and setting and the engine looks solid.

Looks great so far. Only thing that bothers me a little is the melee weapon right in the field of vision, could have done with the model holding it a bit lower. I really hope its split-screen for consoles, would save a bunch of money.