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Humanity probably could live in luxury unfortunately resources are hoarded by the elite atleat on this world. Enormous amounts of the resources are also used to keep up the millions of fronts that the Imperium is fighting in.This is my first 40k anything so I don't know what those 2 mean, but I guess my criticism extends to 40k in general, it's discordant with the overall writing level for the technology to work this way. With this level of technology they should live in luxury, but it's clear that they don't because the creator of the setting wants to get off on oppressing people and being brutal.
HELL YEAHOr just do your job and play literal Bureaucracy Simulator. You can do that. The sex is optional.
I dunno man, the fact that the atmosphere is so grim and dense is the whole appeal. The art is cold and uninviting. The characters are hardly attractive, everyone looks ragged and on the verge of collapsing from exhausting. You spend your time wrestling bureaucracy to achieve minute victories like increasing the soup-supply to feed to starving beggars. Even most of the sex happens less out of genuine love or lust between the characters, but more as a way for them to get a quick respite from the living hell that surrounds them.When does this get good? It's so highly rated, I'm maybe about 2 hours in and had sex like 4-5 times. I don't really get it, the sex was always pretty humdrum and emotionless, most of the reading is about minutiae of bureaucracy and machines. And well, maybe I'm just too much of a nerd but the scifi is really unrealistic to me. It doesn't make sense the technology level would be so high and yet so base at the same time.
some recovered technology from the dark ages/strife is literally haunted by daemons or hoarded by religious fanatics, praying for the computer to work or your gun to fire is a thing. innovation is suppressed and heavily monitored because you don't know if that new idea that came in your dream last night was actually yours or one of the many, MANY horrific eldritch entities or aliens that exist in the setting whispered it to you. that new and improved toaster you dreamt of and built can suddenly sprout tentacles and kill the entire block. you really need at least some basic knowledge of 40k to enjoy this game.I'm not convinced by this. Modern world went from destitute agrarian to advanced luxury in 100 years, china did it in 30. There's no amount of apocalypse that would make this make sense where they have this level of poverty while surrounded by all this technology at this huge population for "centuries".
That being said this is a porn site, so oppression and poverty porn is not the worst thing in the world. Do you have any recommendations for if I want to check out a character-story-heavy 40k property? I'm looking things up and would it be rogue trader?
I'm down with grimdark I just want a bit more character development you know? Since everyone's main attribute so far is that they're poor and oppressed by the system. Tragedy is fun to read but you need to develop things to make it impactful. Right now it seems like the setting is the character, the only character.I dunno man, the fact that the atmosphere is so grim and dense is the whole appeal. The art is cold and uninviting. The characters are hardly attractive, everyone looks ragged and on the verge of collapsing from exhausting. You spend your time wrestling bureaucracy to achieve minute victories like increasing the soup-supply to feed to starving beggars. Even most of the sex happens less out of genuine love or lust between the characters, but more as a way for them to get a quick respite from the living hell that surrounds them.
I don't think people playing this game want a feel-good harem power fantasy. They want the grimdark dystopia. If that's not your cup of tea, then that's fine.
that's like 95% of humanity in 40k. even the "higher" ranked officials like the protag have just marginally better living standards. unless you're a noble, very high ranking official, rogue trader or inquisitor, this game paints a fairly accurate picture of the average imperial citizen. that's why nearly every 40k fan likes it.Since everyone's main attribute so far is that they're poor and oppressed by the system.
the game is actually pretty good and captures the 40k feeling really well. the stylistic art choice also works great. it hits harder because we KNOW that shit like that happens even today, like with the sister getting taken advantage of or those workers that you CAN screw over with a stroke of a pen. we can all relate on a level to stuff like that, as compared to super soldiers fighting off demons and aliens. we all know on a fundamental level how screwed the average citizen really is.I dunno man, the fact that the atmosphere is so grim and dense is the whole appeal. The art is cold and uninviting. The characters are hardly attractive, everyone looks ragged and on the verge of collapsing from exhausting. You spend your time wrestling bureaucracy to achieve minute victories like increasing the soup-supply to feed to starving beggars. Even most of the sex happens less out of genuine love or lust between the characters, but more as a way for them to get a quick respite from the living hell that surrounds them.
I don't think people playing this game want a feel-good harem power fantasy. They want the grimdark dystopia. If that's not your cup of tea, then that's fine.
Well not really, if you do it right and actually show you give a fuck about them and help, them then there is genuine love in it.I dunno man, the fact that the atmosphere is so grim and dense is the whole appeal. The art is cold and uninviting. The characters are hardly attractive, everyone looks ragged and on the verge of collapsing from exhausting. You spend your time wrestling bureaucracy to achieve minute victories like increasing the soup-supply to feed to starving beggars. Even most of the sex happens less out of genuine love or lust between the characters, but more as a way for them to get a quick respite from the living hell that surrounds them.
I don't think people playing this game want a feel-good harem power fantasy. They want the grimdark dystopia. If that's not your cup of tea, then that's fine.
Yeah it's okay to be poor and oppressed, it's less good if that's their main thing in the story. It's like a gay character whose main attribute is being gay, it's just annoying to read about, worse still when the entire story is like this.that's like 95% of humanity in 40k. even the "higher" ranked officials like the protag have just marginally better living standards. unless you're a noble, very high ranking official, rogue trader or inquisitor, this game paints a fairly accurate picture of the average imperial citizen. that's why nearly every 40k fan likes it.
but that's entirely what 40k is about. mankind is well past it's glory days and is in full decline everywhere. Corruption and inefficiency is the norm and happy stories are far too few in-between. even those stories will usually have a caveat. a truly happy ending is extremely rare in 40k. the game actually makes a good attempt at making a typically cold calculating bureaucrat in 40k a good guy that at least tries to make the lives of the average citizen a bit better, maybe this universe just isn't for you?Yeah it's okay to be poor and oppressed, it's less good if that's their main thing in the story. It's like a gay character whose main attribute is being gay, it's just annoying to read about, worse still when the entire story is like this.
I don't know if it's the universe that I'm not a fan of, or the I guess intentional propaganda presentation of it all? I see that it's supposed to be anti-totalitarianism propaganda or something. These characters aren't really any poorer than say characters from any medieval peasant high fantasy story but the presentation makes them ostentatiously wretched.but that's entirely what 40k is about. mankind is well past it's glory days and is in full decline everywhere. Corruption and inefficiency is the norm and happy stories are far too few in-between. even those stories will usually have a caveat. a truly happy ending is extremely rare in 40k. the game actually makes a good attempt at making a typically cold calculating bureaucrat in 40k a good guy that at least tries to make the lives of the average citizen a bit better, maybe this universe just isn't for you?