The main 3D view is where the action takes place. There is a definite feeling of involvement, and even if you think that fantasy settings are just for knob-wits who have a complex about the size of their sword, Warhammer is surprisingly engrossing. You are drawn inexorably into the plot, meeting characters and influencing events as you go. much pain yessss." who is up to no good in the Empire. Various cut-scenes reveal an overgrown rat fond of muttering "kill kill nice nice. Instead, you embark on a series of battles that get progressively bloodier (and harder). You start off in the pay of the Border Princes, who are having a spot of 'bovver' with ores and goblins (they've obviously never lived in Peckham, otherwise they'd just call Big Ern). You assume the mantle of Captain Bernhardt, a feckless young mercenary making quite a name for himself in the Reikland as leader of the Grudgebringers (not to be confused with Captain Sensible, leader of the Grungebringers, wielder of the mighty axe Les Paul). Nor have they robbed an existing tabletop design Shadow Of The Horned Rat is an all-new story, and a fine one at that.
But they haven't just recreated the tabletop game on screen, they've added a new dimension - real-time. The transition to computer game is one that GW were closely involved with, just as they were with Space Hulk. Yup, Warhammer has a sense of humour and it's not afraid to use it. However, it's considerably cooler than American-grown fantasy shite because instead of +2 swords of thigh-snapping it features strange goblin artillery that explodes periodically, killing all the crew. Warhammer is a tabletop fantasy wargame, typically recreated using small painted figures and modelled terrain and played on wet Saturdays in Games Workshop outlets in drab shopping centres. A game of toy soldiers for people with spots
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