Not only Dune. GW ripped off so many franchises it made my head spin when I finally read the Foundation series by Asimov. Let’s just say the Mechanicum wasn’t an original idea.
Though you could do an identical meme with Games Workshop and Blizzard. There were so many people back in the day that didn’t know Warhammer 40k had been around for over a decade when StarCraft released.
And then the same thing happened again when Dawn of War was released.
Yeah I was one those who grew up playing StarCraft and was in awe of how balanced the game races are and thought the game and lore was the first of its kind. It was only later that I learned of Warhammer 40k.
Lol the real plagiarism is GW / Warhammer 40k ripping off Dune
And Starcraft ripping off 40k
And literally everything else and cramming it into one universe
Also big numbers = epic as a building light
Not only Dune. GW ripped off so many franchises it made my head spin when I finally read the Foundation series by Asimov. Let’s just say the Mechanicum wasn’t an original idea.
Though you could do an identical meme with Games Workshop and Blizzard. There were so many people back in the day that didn’t know Warhammer 40k had been around for over a decade when StarCraft released.
And then the same thing happened again when Dawn of War was released.
Yeah I was one those who grew up playing StarCraft and was in awe of how balanced the game races are and thought the game and lore was the first of its kind. It was only later that I learned of Warhammer 40k.
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/i-hope-you-like-text
God I do love me some crunchy writing
Also Warcraft, it’s blatantly ripped from Warhammer
To be fair, the original warcraft was supposed to be an rts using the Warhammer IP.
Starcraft was also supposed to be a Warhammer 40k game iirc.