Official E3 Warmachine Video Game Trailer!
June 22, 2011 by beerogre
Forget Space Marines and all that guff... here's what we want... Warmachine!
Check out the stunning visuals and top notch Iron Kingdoms style. There's lots of magical weapon effects and big hulking metal machines ready to do battle.
The only downside so far is that the gameplay looks to be heading in the direction of action/arcade rather than action/strategy.
When fighting those squads of Winterguard, it looks like the player using Stryker is button-bashing their way to victory.
Although, perhaps I'm being a bit too premature. In order to market the video game to "non-wargamers" I'm sure they have to focus on the mindless violence and gameplay, rather than tactics and background.
Don't they?
Woooooooooooooooot
HELL YEAH ! not playing the table top but this will find its way to my computer for sure !
Boner!!!!!!
Ooooooooooooooooooooooh? I had no idea this was on the horizon. I now know what my next video game purchase will be. Go ahead. I’ll wait. 🙂
It looks great, but like Andy says, probably a bit too arcady for me.
It will sell better for that though I’m sure.
I must say though, PP’s designs transfer to the virtual world very well, if this game does well, I can see plenty more following it.
yea and it looks as if the game devolopers are keeping to nearly the same timeline as Warmachine.
BoW Justin
This looks absolutely mint!!! This will open up PP to so many new people, can’t wait to get a copy
They’ve probably gone the route of action/arcade because strategy games are very awkward on consoles and the PC release of this game will probably be a console port as well. I would’ve liked to see a strategy incarnation made specifically for PC but it looks like Privateer Press are taking the safer option which is a shame.
Still, it’s early days yet. The game might actually be good.
This is abso-bloody-lutely amazing !
I think I need a change of pants now…
BoW Romain
Gears of Warmachine? 🙂
This has some great models and animation.
I was kinda hoping they’d do something like the Dawn of War games, an RTS maybe, but this is cool too.
If anything, an action game like this will reach a broader audience get the Warmachine name more exposure. Maybe it’ll bring a few more peeps into the tabletop game.
The DoW games did that for me with Warhammer 40k, so I know it’s possible.
I will defiantly be getting this one!!!!!!!! Finally something without crappy space marines!!!!!!
It’s looking quite amazing I must say. Personally, I don’t care if it’s a hack’n’slach or strategy game, it is PP’s first venture into the video gaming world. Therefore, as long as the gamplay is fluid (minimal bugs), the storyline is accurate (and/or fun), and the graphics are up to scratch, then I shall have nothing to complain about.
Definitely looking forward to this!!!
Looks amazing anyone else think stryker was staring at sorscha for a bit too long? ,someone has a fan!
Sorcha ftw
Never would have imagined techno as a background music for WM.
Dubstep*
Ninj’d 😛
Do you happen to know who the artist is?
While it looks good enough, as a game I think this will be disappointing on nearly Duke Nukem Forever levels. Just from the trailer it is clear that it will some kind of action hack-and-bash/slash game and from the looks of it, not necessarily a very good one. Yes, since this is a trailer, it might not at all reflect the final product. However, speaking as someone who has worked as a video-game reviewer for ten years, a trailer at this level, showing as much gameplay as this does, probably mean the result will be quite close to what we… Read more »
The bulk of this trailer is target renders and/or cinematics, with the rest being old gameplay footage they’ve been showing since 2009. There is no way to tell how the game plays based on this footage. I think it’s a bit early to start calling this a Duke Nukem level failure, your argument from authority notwithstanding.
What was wrong with duke nukem? it has never been a crazy good game the thing that made duke nukem are the one liners and there are many in forever i dont know what ppl were expecting but i atleast got what i paid for ^^
I think he was using the poor review scores that Duke has received as a low point, with this game apparently being on that level of critical failure.
Quite right there preatormarius. Of course I may have been exaggerating a tad bit as well. Also, I didn’t know that this was old gameplay footage, which does show that this game has gone under my radar for some time, though it just might be because I discovered Warmachine about a year ago, a far shorter time than I have been dealing with videogames.
This was announced at Gencon ’09 but then kinda dropped off the radar. I think it’s quite a small studio developing it though so it looks like they have just been extremely busy cranking out a nice looking game. Looks like it’s going the SpaceMarine route of hack’n’slash but hopefully there will be some kind of squad orders to control jacks too. Looked like battle boxes verus each other and winter guard ( eg cannon fodder). It’s getting preordered instantly anyway. Loving how Mini gaming IP’s are hot for video gaming now, wasn’t always this way. I remember reading a… Read more »
reminds me of dungeon seige / sacred 2 fallen angel, its the kind of game i would definatle play
where do i pre-order?
yea does any one know when it is coming out ? i would love to pre-order it .but cant find it on any of my normal gaming web sites ? need to get this …
I really hope they make a collectors edition for it im a sucker for those ^^
holy crap this looks sweet. I have never played warmachine (Yet) but this looks great. the game may be hack and slash but it looks like it may have some party mechanics ala dragon age. But i am worried about the possiable number of quicktime events i may have seen in the trailer.
Besides who would not want to hach and slash an opponent with a massive hammer, a sword covered in lightning or a steam and magic powered bipedal tank. Striker just looks an awsome character to play as
could be good but they need to improve there combat system, all the kills looked….well…poor. whenever someone died it didn’t look realistic, the graphics dont look too bad but they need to invest more time in the combat system. looks like
*looks like GW might have the wargame-videogame market aswell
I hope the controlls wont be hmm whats the word… clunky? (is that even a word lol?)
I’d rather this were some kind of fast paced squad strategy than the straight-to-console action game it appears to be.. but something tells me its going to be a fun game regardless and one I will pick up if only because of the IP. But what’s with Striker’s goggles? The rest of the trailer has a nice, consistent look but those goggles look like an untextured Poser prop!
😀 Ive just had a full blown geek-gasm after seeing this!!
Stryker has a real good look with that sword with the blue glow.
Well this is unexpected. I think it looks great 🙂 I’ve yet to start playing Warmachine (waiting for the 2 player box) but I think anything which helps visualise it helps potential new players, as well as attract more people to the models/war gaming in general. I’m not expecting the game to be outstanding but if it looks good then that’s enough for me to rent it at least. It looks like you play the Warcaster as a main and then can switch to Warjacks etc…I’m curious as to how the mechanics work/translate, hopefully the multi-player will be good. I’ll… Read more »
I think it would be fine if it was a hack and slash game. I love playing The tabletop version, and I love all of the intricacies of the combat, but to make the VG strategic and methodical would be a mistake. If I’m playing a VG version of WM, I want lots of action, story and WM IP flavor. If I want strategy and precision, I’ll play the tabletop. Make a VG appealing to the wargamers with the IP and make the wargame appealing to the videogamers with the action (and hopefully a compelling story).
Me wants HORDES
Forget Space Marine my ass. This looks mighty Lame.