You had the Vorlons who portrayed themselves as the ultimate “good” race and believed in “Order”. They were the most advance race in the galaxy. And then you had the “Shadows” who directly opposed The Vorlons(Order) and institued Chaos into the galaxy starting wars etc.
Both The vorlons/Shadows manipulated the lesser racers to fight wars for them and they constantly recruited players to there side.
Ultimately I feel the Titans in WOW represent the Vorlons in Babylon 5. They will do anything to control there narrative and have the lesser racers follow them
In Babylon 5 ultimatly the lesser races (humans/Centuri etc) set aside there differences to confront these “God like” aliens making a stand not to pick a side.
I dont know… Seems blizzard has always pulled heavily from other materials and theres just to many similaritys to ignore.
I think it is just a common story trope and that many things tend to run with it. But hey, if they are copying Babylon 5, I would like to request one Bester, please.
Remains one of my favourites, to this day. My entire family used to sit around and watch it. The CGI was kinda eh, even back then, but the characters make it all worth it.
Edit: Awful was too harsh for the CGI. Awful now, sure, but kinda eh back then would be closer to the truth. Still an amazing show, though.
There is only 5 stories or something like that in the world I believe it was said, every other story is simply a reiteration of those stories. So yes, you are correct.
I think you’re right (and in fact I thought the same thing while watching Metzen’s presentation at Blizzcon the other day)… Not that it’s a bad thing, far from it, and done well I think it could be a great story. B5 had its good moments, but the Vorlon/Shadow storyline was kind of rushed at the end (“get out of our galaxy” and they DID, they just said buhbye and zap!)
You know, it’s funny. WoW started off as a clone of Warhammer, and Warhammer came out around the same time as Nemesis, back when the Brits were cranking out some stupendously screwed-up stuff.
Chainsaws, big shoulders… this was when what became WoW was germinating across the pond.
That said, the Shadows were the villains. There’s no argument that could be made that they weren’t.
I expect they will try a Free Will (Void) vs Obedience (Titan) storyline that will fall flat due to the obvious flaws. Free will is great, but if it is as blood bags for Void creatures to feed off of at their leisure, it’s not a positive end result. Living your life in blissful ignorance that you’re just doing what the Titans want is ultimately, a better life.
