Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Drukhari

This is one of a very few games where I don't mind paying full price for the DLC because I really like the game and it has a native Linux support, something I really appreciate, especially in this genre. For the DLC itself, so far so good. This is probably the hardest early game faction so far. Units are really weak by themselves. This faction is designed to make you use the various special abilities and you actually have to for success. Even in the late game units die very easily but most can hit so hard if you manage your army well you'll prevail by taking out more of the enemy before you die. This review is based on the earliest build with this faction.

One of my favorite factions, but like with the craftworld eldar the webway gate mechanics are pretty trash. To explain a little, the webways are almost entirely useless if you play with a lot of nuetrals or too easy to abuse if you dont play with any. The temporary portal does make it better on the dense nuetral end than the craftworld, so there is at least that. Overall the faction is lacking too many units and I do not see how they could add enough with more unit packs. I assume there are not too many more to come, if any at all. ....Seriously, who the hell chose that model for the wyches, WTF!... and helmets, where are the helmets for my warriors! your lack of head protection is disturbing. Aside from the webway, lack of units, and the wyches what remains is pretty dope. The transport focus is interesting and fitting, the heroes are all pretty useful, and the wracks and the other models are very slick. The mobility of the summoned portal is very nice and makes them one of the easiest factions to move around long distances. I would give it a 7/10 solid. -2 points because of my skill issues with webways, and -1 for the wych unit, seriously, why? The lack of grotesques, talos, and others is tragic, but none of the factions have been added with a complete roster so maybe a -1 for the game in general or the company rather than the dlc itself.

People complain about the price. Firat of all, this is the 11th faction released for this game. That's 7 extra factions on top of the 4 you het with the base game. For reference, most strategy games do not have more than 4 factions and if they do they are reskins of each other. Warhammer 40k is an expansive universe so, as a game developer, you simply cannot put ALL factions in the base game because the studio will go bankrupt before the game is released. You don't like the price or business model? Fine. Don't buy it. Vote with your wallet. Gladius is a very good game which has the most official warhammer 40k factions of any other game to date. You don't have to buy all the factions. You don't have to buy the game if you don't like it. It's as simple as that. The DLC is good at what it does. It adds the dark variant for the Eldar just how Chaos Space Marines did for the Space Marines. If you like the Dark Eldar it's good dlc which you will be able to get at a discount in several months. :)

I guess we can tank being the taurus roughly milked as we ask, even it's with some pain in the a.., Dark Aeldar style. But, please, we didn't mean you becoming the next Paradox...