Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online Preview
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According to Mueller there's little relationship between Mythic's game and Vigil's not just in terms of the setting and art style, but also on the fundamental level of gameplay. Given the weaponry, technology and races of the 40K universe not to mention the important role vehicles play Vigil decided that the back-and-forth trading of blows we've come to expect from the MMORPG just wouldn't work. As such Dark Millennium is to be an altogether more action-based experience than any MMO we've played previous.
(We're really doing a lot of things with vehicles and the heavy action-orientated combat,) says Mueller, and he's not wrong. The E3 teaser sees Orks brandish intimidating blades in one hand and bolt guns in the other; Imperial Titans crush chainsword wielding Space Marines underfoot; various beasts fly Ork helicopters while armoured Imperium scorch across the terrain in attack bikes. And although the screen is encircled by a HUD of special attack icons, buffs and cooldown timers, the action in the centre looks like it's been modelled off the run-and-gun action of Gears Of War. It'll be interesting to see how Warcraft players weaned on the customary structure of PvP will respond to this explosive approach to the MMO model.
