World of Warhammer
It’s taken a while – nearly a decade, in fact – but Games Workshop’s tiny figures finally have an MMO home. And this, a more competitive take on World of Warcraft, is a fine start. It’s a deep, complicated and occasionally beautiful game that both World of Warcraft fans, and the Games Workshop faithful, will fall head over heels in love with.
It plays like any other RPG, to begin with. Angry men/dwarves/elves/orcs offer you quests to gain experience points and equipment. Keep leveling, keep upgrading your items, until you switch off and discover the mortgage hasn’t been paid. But you have some totally sweet armour.
The new ideas Warhammer offers will quickly be taken up by the other MMO games. The faction warfare, where competing sides scrap over their capital cities, provides a much-needed reason for players to continue once they hit the level cap. For the MMO crowd, and Warhammer fans, this is perfect – and they’ll happily pay the £9 subscription. Everyone else: wait for a free trial.
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