Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate

wow, finally Chaos Gate is on GoG, I hope they have fixed all those bugs of the original version... I don't even remenber how I fixed the cultist laser crash on my computer (I did, a loooong time ago) But, I see gog says the game is single player, does that mean the multiplayer doesn't work? that's the only thing that would make me buy the gog version, the multiplayer mode. for those who never played it: the game was really cool, but there were a lot of bugs (never found out how to move that stupid Land speeder...) the story itself is really cool, the gameplay is unique, the difficulty is here, musics are great. If gog managed to fix those bugs, just buy it! one great game back at the time Games Workshop was not corrupted by Chaos and destroying its universe like W40k (I've headaches just thinking about what they've done in the V6...)

I've tried multiple fixes and solutons I've found, but none of them worked.

This game starts out promising. The first two missions take place on hand-crafted levels and the narrative is interesting enough. Unfortunately the game always lost me after completing these initial two missions, because the following missions take place on randomly generated levels that act as a "filler" between the relevant plot missions. And some of these random missions, especially on "factory" levels, are confusing as a genestealers guts. It was almost impossible for me to figure out how to move my marines from Y to Z, or from which position an enemy will be in sight or not. These levels are like mazes, which made them an exercise in frustration and utterly un-fun to play. Most if not all of the random missions can be skipped, but then it is very likely that your marines will not gain the necessary experience and levels to survive the later plot missions. For me, this alone killed the game. The gameplay itself was satisfying enough, but it's no X-Com or Jagged Alliance. The gameplay is much simpler than in those games, and you might be disappointed if you are expecting more refined control over your units. One thing that also put me off is that it's so hard to figure out the real effectiveness of weapons and armor. One of your marines may get hit 4 times by enemy fire and will not have a scratch, whereas another marine who gets hit once may lose 30% of his health. Same thing with the enemy; You may hit an enemy cultist 4 times until he finally dies, whereas another dies with a simple hit. This was a little too random for my taste. Finally, I really see no reason to go back to this game when there are so much better WH40K games to play, if you get that itch. The Dawn of War games are so superior in every way, they have basically rendered this mediocre game obsolete. I recommend it only if you are a hard-core WH40K fan and want to play everything the franchise has to offer.

One star? Because it's broken as said in at least 50 other reviews? Nope? It worked on my W10 system so GOG must've fixed it. It's one star because it CHEATS. You have NO chance. Right from the git-go enemy units have at least 150 action points against your 30 - 40. They also seem damn near invincible. I had one stinking dog wipe out three squads in the third campaign scenario! I hit the dog 50 times, including a dozen heavy bolter hits. Nothing. Not even a hair out of place on it's tail. You have 100% hit chance? Miss, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss. They have 0% hit chance and a completely beyond their weapon range. Screw dat sez de AI. I fior anywoo. Hit hit hit hit hit hit. You do manage to hit? Even with a krak missile. Ah tickle tickle. They hit you with just the smell of their farts? Kablooooooey manaloooooooey you go. There's another review by a "scooney" on here that says the same (less rudely). I'm not mincing words. Hello Falran! This isn't even worth the time downloading/installing. Don't even bother with it being free in that Warhammer "goodies" pack.

For those complaining about crashing. It's part of the game play, embrace it. Some of us have been trying for years to get a stable port of the game on a modern OS. I remember 8-9 years back I went all out and created a virtual machine which I bought Win 95 discs to install on and then play the game in it's orignal environment. It still crashed. This port is great and will save tons of us a lot of work. BUY IT NAOW.