Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

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Posted on: July 30, 2019

odixu

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Games: Reviews: 1

Overhyped.

First game duration. This game is short, as in, 15 hours short, One of the reasons I bought this game was that someone in the reviews likened it to a 'simplified xcom'. It's not. The only 'team synergies' are stripping armor or baiting lychguards with AoO's. No overwatch, no repositioning moves, nothing. As for the map design there are zero hazards and the only one frequent object- a hackable console. No map hazards you can maneuver enemies into or anything, just straight up shoot n' slash. Speaking of shoot n' slash the tech tree's are imbalanced to the point where it makes the game boring later on. For example, the 3rd ability of the explorator tree makes you immune to AoO's (attacks of opportunity) and gives a move speed bonus. With this ability if the AI catches your character in a pinch you can literally saunter-away from the big-bad melee mob, put on your tech shades, and shoot him in the face. Or, as I usually did it, sprint past the strategically placed melee guys and murder all the squishies. As the game went on it devolved from strategy into a bum-rush of technologically enhanced murder hobo's. Bottom line is I feel like I bought a polished BETA. I'm not complaining but I'm seeing alot of high ranked reviews and I feel they are misleading. The game idea is solid but needs flushing out. Pay what you think is fair for a 15 hour strategy session with no replay value.

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Posted on: November 19, 2020

gorebane

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Games: 126 Reviews: 2

Meh - it's....acceptable

I don't understand all the 5 star reviews. Maybe it's because the bar for 40k games is so low this one just manages to peek it's head above it. It's a frustrating experience, from beginning to end. Balance - At the start the difficulty is overwhelming to the point it's caused endless rage quits. I dread to think how much money this company must have lost to the Steam 2-hour refund policy. However, then at the mid to end game it's laughably easy. Interface - Clunky, poorly thought out. Even something as simple as the screen moving when you mouse to the edge of the UI doesn't work properly. Items - Lacklustre. Due to the poorly thought out cognitive system, with some exceptions, I used the same weapons from the first map all the way to end game. All the others I obtained throughout the game were objectively worse. Combat - Tiresome. The enemies are varied, but by the time you start to see any variance you're so overpowered you don't care. See point above - Balance. Gameplay - Tedious. The mission map is a good idea, but it's horribly executed. You move from segment to segment basically getting random events happen, most of which are negative. This doesn't encourage exploration, it encourages either making a bee-line to the end goal or save scumming. Also they've opted for the hated ticking clock mechanic that ruined games like Xcom 2. So from the second you complete the tutorial mission you're already groaning. Developers - Ticking clock elements work in films as they build suspense. They do NOT work in games as it makes the player feel they need to rush through it. Overall - I nearly refunded initially as the gameplay was so frustrating. After about map 6 I got to the point where I just steamrolled every enemy I came across, then when the countdown was at about 80% I thought let's get this over with and selected what I presumed to be the end game mission. It was, and predictably I steamrolled it.

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Posted on: August 30, 2020

Queen6

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Games: 291 Reviews: 8

Very Poorly Optimised

Game needlessly pushes the GPU, even the likes of Metro Exodus and even Chernobylite (in Dev) run better set on ultra. Seems to me to be just a lazy cost saving move on the developers behalf. Be warned those playing on notebooks that this game will light up the GPU and use 100% of all available resources irrespective of GPU which is a joke for a game of this nature. Far more graphically complex games can and do use far less resources. The same comments are also on Steam, so not an isolated case. Very disappointed as although the game itself is good, it's poor optimisation kills the experience, nor from the comments on Steam looks likely the dev's will address the issue...

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Posted on: August 16, 2020

santoinocente

Games: 12 Reviews: 5

Fine game, low replayability.

The first 10-15 missions are great, then the difficulty disappears and you realize every mission is, in essence, the same, including the bosses. First run, blind except for the in-game tutorial, I didn't lose a single character in the entire game and barely 3-4 troops (which don't really matter). I don't even know what kind of attacks a lot of enemies do because if you plan your characters development you will steamroll over them. Still, the atmosphere and art is great, lovely if you like 40k, the OST fits perfectly, and the first run is enjoyable. I wouldn't buy the Heretek expansion unless you really, really, really like the game though, very little content for the price.

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Posted on: December 4, 2019

Megamiaouh

Games: 950 Reviews: 6

I'm on a mission from mandalore

whine whine whine, it's not like X-Com whine whine... This is a good turn based tactical game and a great 40K experience and there's no reason to punish it for not being another game that you mistakenly tough should define a whole genre. Grow up and get over yourselves.

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