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you forgot chaos gate.
that thing is perfect. well, no it's not. but it's how a w40k should be. i want a new chaos gate. with the success of xcom2 perhaps it can happen There are few old (pre 2000) Warhammer games on GOG:
Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40k Warhammer 40k: Rites of War Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat For those who wants to complete their collection. well
of this i have played dawn of war: really good fps. the bolters feel like machine guns, not like mini rocket-launchers. there are some other things. but overall, good rts. i didn't play much multiplayer. space marine. fun ride. nothing mind blowing, but it's fun. besides, this is the only game of the genre (third person shooter) that i played to the end. chaos gate. i replayed this in 2015. it feels dated, but i really like this one. it would be really cool a new w40k game in this style. others game are fine, but this is what i want. or a mod for xcom2, but that will get shut down by gw lawyers. damn It's interesting stuff. Not exactly a relaxing game but I'm doing okay so far. Only failed one mission, the first story mission, because the difficulty suddenly jumped from just fighting the enemy team to fighting the enemy team plus:
Being outnumbered. The enemy getting reinforcements later on. The enemy having a fucking Impressive when you don't. That you have to kill. Having to keep an extra unit alive who is no more survivable than the rest. The mission not telling you that you have to collect and place the fucking explosive barrels as well as finding them. Etc etc. Anyway the game functionality is pretty cool with the movement circles and initiative ranking. The main thing that frustrates me is the illogically large "action-blocking" circle of your own units at all times. I can understand in combat each unit would need space around them, but not being able to collect some Warpstone or jump off a ledge because a teammate is within 2m of it is a bit fucking daft. Pretty much every mission I have a carefully laid plan thrown off balance because of this. The game is pretty damn pixel splitting about movement and gaps and stuff. The number of stats flying around is a bit distracting. It would be nice to be able to minimise these a bit. I seem to be picking up a LOT of items I can't equip, hammers, bracers, guns, is that right?? ...is available in latest Bandai-Namco bundle
Total War: WARHAMMER in the new Humble Monthly Bundle
Still got that stacked up to play, still got hype for it, although I doubt it's a simple "just dip in and give it a go" game.
Mordheim is still gripping me. Had a low period where I got too careless and greedy and lost a couple of wee rats, then got massively hyped for getting the RAT OGRE before discovering he is subject to Stupidity and spent 2 games doing fuck all apart from picking warts off his scrote while the rest of my disparate, unsupported Skaven got minced. Now having spent equal to his original fucking price training half my warband in the Guidance skill, he's actually doing something useful and it's all good.....if tense....fun again. Pure Diablo clone but could be worth checking out.
This is pretty neat, especially if it turns out to be effective in gameplay and not just a gimmick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwNjuXG_DKo <Shambler> czg is the worst, i'm even less hyped than i was for fricd3sp1
<czg> at least there are some bitchin' rad wh40k games coming up that you can be hyped for! <czg> like "dude in giant armor fart simulator 2018" and "space cocksuckers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVtEZAi3Wg
Voiceover in Fifth's accent :D It's early access for pre-orderers only so fuck that. OTOH the video is useful. Terrible voice and bad camera jerking whilst running, rest looks good tho, background GFX are good. https://www.bluesnews.com/s/178340/warhammer-40000-inquisitor-early-access
"They offer four tiers of access ranging from a $40 version with just the game all the way to a $999.99 Grandmaster Pack which they say is for "enthusiasts," though others might choose a different word." This is why I like Blue....straight up gaming news, with only the driest snippets of humour. Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide in the new Humble Jumbo Bundle 8: https://www.humblebundle.com/jumbo-bundle-8
Space Hulk: Deathwing with 33% off on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/298900/ Been patched quite a bit and apparently was already tweaked and improved since the shoddy and underwhelming public beta (read: alpha) before release. I cancelled my pre-order based on the beta, with a view to purchasing later based on patching. Is now the time?? Hmmm, decisions decisions. Space Hulk Ascension for $1 in the new Humble Bundle.
On a whim I got Space Hulk Deathwing.
Played the first 3 missions in single player on normal skill, and guess what....it's good. Okay so there are issues: The UI and menus are quite fugly. The command wheel is a bit janky. The dialogue is as pompous as ever. The graphic style is a bit repetitively grey and grim. The central crosshair twitch is still there. It's pretty maze-like. BUT: It's more fun in single player as you get to explore the environments a lot more. The graphics are good, if dark. The level of GRIMDARK40KPORN is exceptional. The grey corridors are broken up well enough: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911201446 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911201331 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911201240 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911201044 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=908483572 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=907817491 Combat is decent. It's shooting 'stealers what do you expect. The weapon effects are proper epilepsy-inducing. I can see this would piss some people off but I kinda like it. Assault Cannon is constant strobing, Flamer fire obscures everything. It kinda works with the "I am a fucking powerful terminator but even I can't see wtf is going on when there is bullets and stealer limbs flying everywhere". There's mini-progression, relic collecting and micro-upgrading, which is nice enough. In short, I'm enjoying it, and if you want to experience the Space Hulk vibe from a FPS perspective....this works. Will be cool if someone else enjoys it, despite the mixed reviews on Steam. Played 2 more missions since then and still like it. Equipping both you and your heavy with assault cannons for the horde moments is constant 600bpm insanity. I know you're rather particular about your tastes in games (re: a fussy bitch :P), and OFC you're a terminator so you move like a terminator, slow and clunky although mouse look is slick, and weapons have spin-ups / recharges etc- it ain't Doom - but I do think this can be a lot of fun for the peaks and troughs of desolate exploration and swarming violence. I'm finding it fair on Normal and with two more skills above that it could be a pretty good challenge.
Got back into this. Played one mission last night, went very smoothly. Started a story mission tonight, Act 2-1. Fucking chaos library full of random teleporters with no fucking indication they are teleporters. Got my warband spread all over the fucking map including my leader and rat ogre in somewhere that seemed to have no exit and no return. Started dying, decided to Abandon Mission (all homiez have to roll on the out of action table). Much injuries, my level 9 leader died, and now my new leader, poison bro, and my rat ogre are all subject to fucking stupidity so don't do anything half the game and totally fuck with my "skaven mobility" plan.
FUCK THIS FUCKING GAME. Still playing 2 more normal missions tonight tho. It was good. A bit too short. Steam says I played 20 hours, some of that will be alt-tabbed so maybe 15 or so hours actual playing. I expected it to be longer, it felt like maybe 2/3 of a full game size, partly because the last 2 missions (out of 7) are re-used maps so they're not as interesting to explore (although the gameplay ramps up decently).
On that basis, I'd wait for a sale price especially if you're a normal gamer (for whom the game still has merit in it's own right as a characterful gothic industrial alien shooter). For a diehard 40k / Space Hulk fan, it might be worth getting sooner. I'll be jumping on any DLC for sure. http://store.steampowered.com/app/363680/Battlefleet_Gothic_Armada/
Very well worth it if you like a real time "squad size" tactics game with the Battlefleet Gothic flavour. A bit repetitive but nicely presented and quite moreish. |
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