It's a shame how Warhammer is linked to this game.
Before I bought this game, I made sure I was going to get something worth my money. I checked out it's intro video, the official website and even tons of reviews regarding it. The bottomline was simple. It was good, but it had some technical issues, plus loading time problems. I didn't really mind that. I mean, there's always a way to get a patch and I can always do something while I waited for the game to load. But guess what?
It really was terrible. TERRIBLE.
Even if you download a patch and do dozens of things to entertain you, it just isn't good enough.
I have to give credit to Namco for the art, the detailed units and the terrain, PLUS the intro movie whose quality just isn't in the same universe as the game itself, the art is beautiful, one of the most beautiful I have ever seen but really, it just doesn't equalize the flaws.
Let's go into detail why this game is really just plain disappointing.
1) It doesn't take a long time to load, it takes a millenium to load.
2) The worst bugs ever. Sure you can play it, let's just hope it won't crash right after you finish your game, if you'll even finish it.
3) The voice dubbing is cheesy. EX: "My rage fuels me on" just doesn't sound right. The voice dubbing feels TOO forced, not natural.
4) The animation is one of the worst I have ever seen in my 15 years of gaming. Have you ever seen units fight as dull as this? They're not even hiting each other. I have more fun playing Red Alert 1, seeing my units die from an A Bomb. 5) The duels are disappointing and its components are useless. Your character can usually win with or without his so called special moves. Remember the animation problem? Yeah, it carries over here too. 6) Poor animation. Did I say that already?
7)All flash, no substance is the best way of putting this game into words. The game has a great movie, a great website and everything is beautiful, but when it comes to the game, it's just bad, real bad. We don't pay for the nice movie and the wallpapers and the art, we pay FOR THE GAME. Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is purely disappointing. All the advertisements will never make up for the terrible game itself.
THE BOTTOM POINT.
This game is beautiful, BUT THAT'S JUST IT.
No action, no thrill, just ART.
You want a beautiful game, buy it. You want a REAL game, don't buy it.