Did they Just Copy/Pasted StarCraft?

[Lord Of War]

Couldn't help myself and watched the opening cinematic. Instantly got 1 to 1 comparison with that StarCraft II trailer, where zergs swarm a planet. But there they actually looked much cooler.

So, Tyranids invasion. Planet bombarding and stuff. I thought Warhammer had original ideas, enemies and armies, but they really went into lazy plagiarising other franchise?
I know it's hard to resist to not use older universes, such as StarCraft which is older than SpaceMarine games and more badass. Nothing wrong with re-inventing others ideas. Fine... but at least do it better? =/

Got ya!

[Lungrot]

Originally posted by Lord Of War:

Got ya!

[InQ]

And now there's already a debate about what came first. But that's not the point.^^

[Butcher]

Originally posted by Melkor:

the only original thing in Warhammer is The Skaven in warhammer fantasy tho .

Skaven were stolen from Nutcracker. The only original thing is punk irish midgets with mohawks.

[Aya]

IMO, I imagine fewer comparisons would've been made if Space Marine 2 leaned more towards the medieval fantasy elements of 40K

Back when the first Dawn of War was new and I knew nothing of Warhammer 40K, 12 year old me saw what looked to be a fantasy world with chainsaw swords, orcs with guns, and evil cultists.

[The Rifleman™]

I see what OP did dere.

[Apokalypt]

The rodents and how they behave is straight up copied from Plague Tale...

[Lord Of War]

Originally posted by The Rifleman™:

I see what OP did dere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvGNbCA8zlM

[Allnames]

Originally posted by Thrakerzod:

the irony is that despite what GW would have you believe a lot of the stuff in Warhammer is stuff they've blatantly copied from other things...
not Starcraft admittedly, but I'd say that's only a matter of time.

Star craft was originally going to be a GW game, assets were made and then the IP got pulled by GW. Blizzard was stuck with work they had already done and used them to make what is now star craft.

[The Roach]

Sub-par rage bait.

[EleventhStar]

Originally posted by Butcher:

Originally posted by EleventhStar:

does anyone know of a space marine armoring style video that came out BEFORE starcraft 2 did it in 2007?

Warhammer 40k: Chaos gate released in 1998?

do you have a link to the cinematic? i mostly get stuff popping up about the 2022 version.

found this but theres no putting on armor in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALeWU-4hv9w

[Zedonova Nova]

Originally posted by Lord Of War:

Couldn't help myself and watched the opening cinematic. Instantly got 1 to 1 comparison with that StarCraft II trailer, where zergs swarm a planet. But there they actually looked much cooler.

So, Tyranids invasion. Planet bombarding and stuff. I thought Warhammer had original ideas, enemies and armies, but they really went into lazy plagiarising other franchise?
I know it's hard to resist to not use older universes, such as StarCraft which is older than SpaceMarine games and more badass. Nothing wrong with re-inventing others ideas. Fine... but at least do it better? =/

Got ya!

You clearly misunderstood, the game and lore are older than starcraft 2. Many games took inspiration from this universe, might want to do some research before making this claim.

[Jiraya]

Nice b8 m8 :D

[Mutharex - Allkeyshop]

Originally posted by Inquisition:

Originally posted by Lord Of War:

Couldn't help myself and watched the opening cinematic. Instantly got 1 to 1 comparison with that StarCraft II trailer, where zergs swarm a planet. But there they actually looked much cooler.

So, Tyranids invasion. Planet bombarding and stuff. I thought Warhammer had original ideas, enemies and armies, but they really went into lazy plagiarising other franchise?
I know it's hard to resist to not use older universes, such as StarCraft which is older than SpaceMarine games and more badass. Nothing wrong with re-inventing others ideas. Fine... but at least do it better? =/

Got ya!

I know what you mean. I noticed that too. It’s very similar to the sequence where the two fighters fly into the frame and bombard the Leviathan. The music is also similar.
But it's not a copy. Maybe they were inspired by it, or it's just a coincidence.

Ahahahahah OP is joking (as you can see if you check what's under the black 'spoiler', but you? You can't be serious lol

[jautja]

cheap, dont feed, block

[rauta]

Originally posted by Frau Holzkiste:

As crazy as it sounds, the Warhammer 40K universe is characterized by the fact that it didn't just steal from one story, but from all of them without exception. :D

Dune
Star Wars
Star Trek
The Mars Trilogy
Stanislaw Lem
[...]

The list is endless... And I have to admit, that's why I love this hobby so much.

Edit: You got me!

And all of scifi-fantasy and fantasy appears to steal from Barsoom.
For some reason dune and star wars fans just ignore its existence.