I haven’t had the opportunity to ask the folks at Maxis what motivated them to make this game the way they did, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was simply because they either.
You are Ragnar, a warrior who has been promoted quickly into adulthood, and as an accomplished fighter it is your job to protect your village's Rune stones from evil.
The Biomeqhs are coming and it's the job of gamers to stop them. Bedlam has the feeling of Syndicate with its array of weapons, levels and destruction.