At one point in 7E, I read fandexes (fan army lists) for fun and all of them were garbage where rules, unit and power bloat runs rampant and still fails to catch up to the awful Mary Sue-filled fan lore.

Military history, video games and miniature wargaming.
RPGs, single player FPS, RTS and 4X, grog games.
Passionate about complaining about Warhammer.
Catholic, socialist, and an LGBT+ ally.
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At one point in 7E, I read fandexes (fan army lists) for fun and all of them were garbage where rules, unit and power bloat runs rampant and still fails to catch up to the awful Mary Sue-filled fan lore.
Labor of Love - RDO no longer supported?
Best Game on Steam Deck - didn't really run on Deck at launch?
Outstanding Visual Style - most fuckable robots?
Most Innovative Gameplay - a game so boring that modders aren't even bothering
Not a fan of the "From the moment we’d established what the Empire was and what Chaos was, we’d destined Archaon to ascend and destroy that setting", partially because Archaon is a fucking stupid character and End Times is garbage that's begging from being retconned out of existence, but also because I can't believe that GW would have planned something that much in advance.
Another bit of the article that I don't like is "but what about technologies that exist now that would have been forgotten by the time of Karl Franz???" with their most immediate concern being "steam tanks aren't rare!!!" which is giving into some of the worst nerd impulses to make something special commonplace and [rant devolves into Star Wars nerd rage]
Featuring such innovative newness never before played as
<reads smudged ink on sweaty hand>
The same shitty base building from Fallout 4! And
<reads further>
A spaceflight model that has been outdated for [Today's Date] - [Freelancer (PC) Release Date] years! And and and! NEVER BEFORE PLAYED
<nothing further to read, sweats profusely>
You can meet a past version of yourself in new game plus!
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN MORROWIND DID THAT IN 2001 WHEN YOU MEET THE FAILED INCARNATIONS OF THE NEREVARINE?! WHAT-
<is pulled off stage with prejudice>
Most bad games barely coax around 1,000-2,000 words out of me!