The setting and characters seem really cool and interesting, but every game I play from this franchise has been terrible 😔
Vermintide is fun with at least one friend. The total war ones are supposed to be good too.
Darktide is, too, if you prefer WH40k to WHFantasy.
I haven’t heard much about it apart from it exists. Might need to take a look if they do a free weekend like Vermintide.
It’s fun for a while but gets repetitive quickly. The banter between teammates is well written and can be funny at times.
Vermintide is really awesome. I love Bardin. The banter among all the characters is great.
The Dawn of War series is decent. The campaigns and dialogue are solid. RTS gameplay isn’t exactly my cup of tea, but the single player campaigns are fun enough.
Mechanicus is great. Incredible music and dialogue. Fun tactical combat. Story is kinda meh.
The Rogue Trader CRPG from Owlcat is pretty fun. Good story, roleplaying, and character building options. The tactics are fun but not quite as tight as Mechanicus.
Gladius is a pretty fun Alpha-Centauri-like.
Boltgun is pretty cool
As is its big brother, Space Marine.
Warhammer 40k Chaosgate Demonhunters if you are into turn based strategy.
It’s basically modern XCOM set in the 40k universe, with the ship management from Battletech thrown in.
I loved Mechanicus. And the music is phenomenal.
I really liked Inquisitor Martyr. It’s sort of Diablo-esque. It certainly isn’t amazing, but I liked the art and story and some of the gameplay. I think you can couch co-op it too.
For RTS, the original Dawn of War is excellent. Especially for the time it came out.
Chaosbane is okay but got old.
I played the first Blood Bowl like crazy on PSP.
40k: Dawn of War and the expansions are fantastic.
I couldn’t get into DoW II because I couldn’t keep track of all the little cool downs spread across units.
I recently tested Warhammer III: Total War (Don’t remember the exact title), and I would consider it an objectively good game, but:
- It wasn’t my kind of game, so I refunded it. I find that the Total War games for the past 10 years have involved too much repetitive drudgery on the campaign map. In my opinion, it hasn’t aged well. If you like the Total War games, this might be for you, though.
- Expensive business model built around DLCs. Do you like Chaos Dwarves? Be prepared to pay extra.
As a whole I wouldn’t advice against this game, as it is beautiful and well done. But the above two points need to be taken into account.
As someone who enjoys TW style games TW:WH is absolutely excellent and a wonderful time.
While the DLCs are expensive the base game has a good chunk of content already and you don’t really need to pick up the extras to get hundreds of hours out of it. It’s very much a situation where you should only grab things as they interest you or splurge during a massive sale.
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Boltgun
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Gladius
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DoW1+2
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Rogue trader
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Space marine
Additionally I really enjoyed Battlesector, cleaning up Baal after the Tyranids have been repelled.
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The 3rd person warhammer game from the Xbox 360 was pretty good. The first person space hulk is fun if you get it for under $10
Dawn of War and its expansions are awesome, if you don’t mind playing a game from two decades ago.
Space marine and space marine 2.
Tbf idk if 2 is good because it’s not out yet but it looks like it’s going to be good
Sanctus Reach is something I poured a lot of hours in. It’s a classic tabletop-like turn-based game where you pick units for a set number of points.
The Owlcat one, Rogue Trader, is awesome.
There are many good games in the 40k universe. There are a few bad ones, and there are a couple great ones. If you pick a genre you like there is probably a 40k game that is a 7-8/10 in that genre.
