I ran out and bought H&S, hoping to get more Silent Storm action. But, its a totally different game. Its a RPG built on the Silent Storm Engine. It started off as a Mod, and for some reason they made it into a stand alone product.
A few people really liked it, I thought it was terrible. It is technically well done, it just wasn't thought through well. Its hard to explain, most games pace you and give you the nessisary information to figure out what you need to do in any given area. This one doesn't. The forum community sorta muddled through it and figured it out collectivley shareing info.
On to other news: I just got in my monthly magazines, and PC Gamer had a preview for Warhammer Online. I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with this title, but it was in the hands of another developer and was canned. Games Workshop had some ex-employees working at Mythic and called them up, and they took over in 2004, starting from scratch. They built it as the spiritual successor to Dark Age of Camelot.
It looks really cool, and I always thought Dark Age of Camelots Realm vs Realm system would be perfect for a Warhammer MMO. The Graphics look very similar to World of Warcraft, which is good. There are 2 overall sides, 6 races, and 3 individual wars going on in Warhammer Online.
1. Empire vs Hordes of Chaos (Mortals)
2. Dwarves vs Orcs and Gobbos
3. High Elves vs Dark Elves
There will be 3 different types of PvP engagements, from small skirmishes to full blown wars. Though each race will be seperate from the others, your guild of dwarves can backup an elven guild on a raid.
And you will be able to recognize high level players, each race will have a "characteristic" that indicates player level. As orcs grow in power, they will also grow in size (warhammer lore, orc warbosses tower over regular units), and you can tell how powerful a dwarf is by the length of his beard (Longbeards are dwarven vets in the tabletop).
Anyhow, check it out.
http://www.warhammeronline.com/english/home/index.php