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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. http://store.steampowered.com/app/285190/Warhammer_40000_Dawn_of_War_III/
�40, mixed reviews, although I'm wary of those becuase of the whining over DOW2 taking a different gameplay direction to DOW1 despite it being a very good game. But got enough stuff to play for now so will see how it settles. It will go on my "imminent RTSes to buy" list which is, errr, rather short. Did another mission of SH:DW, the vibes really are strong in this one. It's not just 40KPORN it's dark industrial future derelict space ship porn in general. 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. Manowar Corsair just isn't looking that great any more: http://store.steampowered.com/app/344240/Man_O_War_Corsair__Warhammer_Naval_Battles/
It was looking good as an early access / alpha thing as long as they were going to improve the pre-2000 GFX and super-clunky controls, but apparently little change. So that's off the radar. OTOH, Total Warhammer 2 seems to be doing it's thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8RQCwevAk https://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=183493
If they L4D2 the shit out of this, I'm in. Vermintide was not amazing but good enough to have me up for playing more of it, and if they improve it all round then I'm game. Steam sale on Focus Interactive games, lots of Warhammer games on sale
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/focus_weekend Warhammer RPG Books - Bundle
Never played it, but looks like a quality stuff. Sadly it requires you to meet and interaction with humans in person, so you guys will have to leave your troll caves. ps. Hint: Maybe playing via Skype/Discord will work. [21:43] Shambler: fuckity fuck fuck mcfuck [21:43] Shambler: my 2nd leader died in fucking mordheim [21:44] Shambler: so i now have a level 8-9 warband with all warriors at that level and a level 0 leader who will keel over a die if a fucking empire bunny rabbit just farts at him [21:44] Shambler: FFFFFFS You guys really need to give Mordheim a go. It's a great cure if you aren't stressed or tense enough....
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