Largest fictional settings by words are usually determining the density of its lore Largest fictional settings by scale indicates of how interconnected the settings to not just scale of its worldbuilding but also how it's (canonically/officially) ties to worldbuilding of other settings (hence technically crossovers indicates this category too) Largest fictional settings by timelines is similar by scale, but instead of by Spatial/Space, it's just by time And the last categories tbf can intersect with "multi-fandom" claims (since internet makes everyone more interconnected digitally and towards physically and mentally) and aforementioned crossovers that can ties fandoms together, usually this can involve IP ownership or how "open" the official materials can be interpreted until "Death of Authors" applies And Warhammer 40K fandom have tendencies to arbitrarily inflates their powerscaling/powerlevel of their Settings (like they claim Emperor of Mankind and chaos gods as "outerversal" or some bullshit like that lol), I've seen it with certain gacha games' fandoms that have worldbuilding comparable to MCU/DCEU officially (Honkai games, especially since Honkai Impact's visual cinematic are so well-made and tantalising that they make Warhammer 40K Primarchs look weak since they cannot maneuver and do large-scale nuking and near Wuxia-level of multiverse-destroying feats, although HI3 animations are certainly closer to Wuxia-level in terms of drawn styles, on top of actual anime visuals that's really, really good)
very cool, I got 3 things to say: 1. Warhammer 40k is actually 39000 years in our future, their year zero is the same as ours and the ""current"" year is 40999, the break before the 41st mill. 2. In terms of continous timelines that dont use big time jumps I think Halo is actually a really good contender because of the 10 million years that comprise the "human timeline", (ignoring how long the precursors and their search for worthy holders of the mantle have been going), though this is debatable because of the devolution and the halo arrays firing that happened 3. Dark souls is wonky as hell, DS1 is set in the second age of fire, because Gwyn already sacrificed himself to the flame after his first age of fire was fading, but time in universe is itself weird and only exists because the first flame does, as before it appeared there were only dragons, great trees and grey crags, literally without time and once the age of darkness begins there will once more just not be a concept of time again (even though this is once more debatable because now humans and a lot more stuff exists and the world may still have momentum from the age of fire)
After experiencing Arknights universe I started to ask the same question. It feels really deep and interconnected, giving a sensation of actually existing living world. But of course, we can't really compare it to the decades old gigants like Star Wars or Warhammer, *yet*
3:35 Slaanesh could be Conquest (wink wink nudge nudge). Tzeentch being Death makes sense when you look at the Tarot meaning of Death which is Change. This is a bit of a stretch, but still within the realm of a "loose parallel".
Warhammer lore while may be enormous, it's very shallow and repetitive, most is just war and death, great single stories but when it comes to worldbuilding its kinda very shallow and poor Star Wars? Large scope, but suffers from the problem that most of the huge "lots ofpages/counted words" universe suffers: Many authors, so it's very very inconsistent and chaotic, and not that much depth and not intricate as you would imagine to actually live there When we talk about an overall of depth, size, timeline, lore, being intricate, quality and influence, no doubt the ultimate ficctional world is Tolkien's Legendarium. Is by far the most influential one, the father of high fantasy and inspired pretty much every other ficctional/fantasy universe that came after him, and probably the one with most depth, in a level that you feel it could be an actual mythology from an actual country in the real world, and the fact the was created by one single person makes it not only the fact that the created all of that just absurd and outstanding, but makes it the most intricate one So if we talk about the overall of depth, size, timeline, lore, being intricate, quality and influence, Tolkien's Legendarium is the GOAT
2:15 I've heard Warhammer described as "The biggest thing you've never heard of." And it is pretty true. Outside of nerd culture, Warhammer is very rare, and once you get into it, the well of Warhammer content is almost bottomless.
Been a warhammer fan for over ten years and i literally am discovering new stuff every day. Buying books and codex and ect. Also the lore empire has on average 1 million "established " worlds and countless colonies and mining outpost where the population is beyond count. 😮
Though not as large as the mentioned There is one JP author who is well known for expansive world Minoru Kawakami who basically has the whole world history timeline retold
I would say that doctor who universe can be counted as the largest universe by the area, cause Doctor travel the shit out of the space and time, so technically he doubles the universve
Largest fictional settings by words are usually determining the density of its lore
Largest fictional settings by scale indicates of how interconnected the settings to not just scale of its worldbuilding but also how it's (canonically/officially) ties to worldbuilding of other settings (hence technically crossovers indicates this category too)
Largest fictional settings by timelines is similar by scale, but instead of by Spatial/Space, it's just by time
And the last categories tbf can intersect with "multi-fandom" claims (since internet makes everyone more interconnected digitally and towards physically and mentally) and aforementioned crossovers that can ties fandoms together, usually this can involve IP ownership or how "open" the official materials can be interpreted until "Death of Authors" applies
And Warhammer 40K fandom have tendencies to arbitrarily inflates their powerscaling/powerlevel of their Settings (like they claim Emperor of Mankind and chaos gods as "outerversal" or some bullshit like that lol), I've seen it with certain gacha games' fandoms that have worldbuilding comparable to MCU/DCEU officially
(Honkai games, especially since Honkai Impact's visual cinematic are so well-made and tantalising that they make Warhammer 40K Primarchs look weak since they cannot maneuver and do large-scale nuking and near Wuxia-level of multiverse-destroying feats, although HI3 animations are certainly closer to Wuxia-level in terms of drawn styles, on top of actual anime visuals that's really, really good)
wake up baby, haedal posted a video.
I'm a hardcore 40K fan, but when I asked myself this question I estimated the SCP universe would be the biggest.
Too lazy to back it up though.
very cool, I got 3 things to say:
1. Warhammer 40k is actually 39000 years in our future, their year zero is the same as ours and the ""current"" year is 40999, the break before the 41st mill.
2. In terms of continous timelines that dont use big time jumps I think Halo is actually a really good contender because of the 10 million years that comprise the "human timeline", (ignoring how long the precursors and their search for worthy holders of the mantle have been going), though this is debatable because of the devolution and the halo arrays firing that happened
3. Dark souls is wonky as hell, DS1 is set in the second age of fire, because Gwyn already sacrificed himself to the flame after his first age of fire was fading, but time in universe is itself weird and only exists because the first flame does, as before it appeared there were only dragons, great trees and grey crags, literally without time and once the age of darkness begins there will once more just not be a concept of time again (even though this is once more debatable because now humans and a lot more stuff exists and the world may still have momentum from the age of fire)
i swear if it's fortnight...
This content is just so good and HAEDAL'S VOICE IS DELICIOUS
After experiencing Arknights universe I started to ask the same question.
It feels really deep and interconnected, giving a sensation of actually existing living world.
But of course, we can't really compare it to the decades old gigants like Star Wars or Warhammer, *yet*
This!!! Universe. Perfectly told and crafted
Love your vids
3:35 Slaanesh could be Conquest (wink wink nudge nudge). Tzeentch being Death makes sense when you look at the Tarot meaning of Death which is Change.
This is a bit of a stretch, but still within the realm of a "loose parallel".
Warhammer lore while may be enormous, it's very shallow and repetitive, most is just war and death, great single stories but when it comes to worldbuilding its kinda very shallow and poor
Star Wars? Large scope, but suffers from the problem that most of the huge "lots ofpages/counted words" universe suffers: Many authors, so it's very very inconsistent and chaotic, and not that much depth and not intricate as you would imagine to actually live there
When we talk about an overall of depth, size, timeline, lore, being intricate, quality and influence, no doubt the ultimate ficctional world is Tolkien's Legendarium. Is by far the most influential one, the father of high fantasy and inspired pretty much every other ficctional/fantasy universe that came after him, and probably the one with most depth, in a level that you feel it could be an actual mythology from an actual country in the real world, and the fact the was created by one single person makes it not only the fact that the created all of that just absurd and outstanding, but makes it the most intricate one
So if we talk about the overall of depth, size, timeline, lore, being intricate, quality and influence, Tolkien's Legendarium is the GOAT
You have to go off the comics of marvel and DC the comic cosmology is so insane it's more than multiverse stuff
2:15 I've heard Warhammer described as "The biggest thing you've never heard of." And it is pretty true. Outside of nerd culture, Warhammer is very rare, and once you get into it, the well of Warhammer content is almost bottomless.
Been a warhammer fan for over ten years and i literally am discovering new stuff every day. Buying books and codex and ect. Also the lore empire has on average 1 million "established " worlds and countless colonies and mining outpost where the population is beyond count. 😮
No matter what you say, Touhou will always be the biggest fandom in my eyes
you don´t know about the Xeelee sequence, dont you?
Though not as large as the mentioned
There is one JP author who is well known for expansive world Minoru Kawakami who basically has the whole world history timeline retold
I would say that doctor who universe can be counted as the largest universe by the area, cause Doctor travel the shit out of the space and time, so technically he doubles the universve
get off my lap babe, HAEDAL JUST POSTED A VIDEO
that's crazy