In a galaxy dominated by the uncaring Empire of Man, the mystic Eldar must battle the evil, bio-engineered Tyranids! Rites of War thrusts you into the electrifying world of Warhammer 40,000 in a battle system based on the award winning Panzer General II game system!
Inspired by the board and figurine games made popular by Games Workshop, the universe of Warhammer 40,000 is a vast and violent one, rife with strange, alien races. The mysterious Eldar are all that remains of a once great and powerful civilization that ruled the galaxy. They travel the stars in enormous spacecraft called Craftworlds, seeking the Maiden Worlds their ancestors created in ancient times.
One such world is now inhabited by humans and possesses historical records and artifacts of great power far too valuable to leave in their hands. This once proud race now fights for its very survival, and must protect the secrets and power of their ancestors from both the Imperium of Man and the evil, bio-engineered Tyranids, bent on the destruction of this fertile paradise.
Multiplayer is only available via LAN.
Multiplayer is only available via LAN.
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Posted on: September 27, 2019
ValamirCleaver
Verified ownerGames: 1452 Reviews: 1
PG2 / PeG engine with WH40K units & maps
Late '90s reskinned SSI's Panzer General 2 / People's General engine with units & maps from UK's GW's WH40K; nothing more, nothing less.
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Posted on: August 6, 2021
anarchistica
Verified ownerGames: 287 Reviews: 40
It's a relic
You get an x amount of points to select an army, unlocking new units and slots as you progress through the campaign. You deploy this army on a hexgrid map then find the enemy and attack it - keeping an eye out for bonus objectives. Units gain XP and level up, though i'm not sure what that does. There's also an option to buy "strategies" which seem to be one-off spells that hurt the enemy (and i'm guessing later on help yours). This is yet another game with lots of big unmarked buttons (seriously, wtf was up with that?), but these make a bit more sense. Gameplay is kinda clunky because you only get one move action instead of a number of steps and weapon range isn't shown when you select a unit (or whatever). Your guys walk towards the enemy and you shoot each other from 0-2 squares away. There doesn't seem to be all that much in the way of tactics. Terrain doesn't seem to have much of an effect for instance (e.g. doesn't block LOS). Since you have to stand next to an enemy to fire on it you can't hide in a forest either, if that has an effect at all. I didn't see any unit abilities either, but they might be there at some point. Mostly this game feels very very dated. Even by 1999 standards the engine was old and the lackluster gameplay doesn't help. I'd rather play HOMM or Age of Wonders or XCom or whatever.
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Posted on: June 8, 2020
kazjun
Verified ownerGames: 267 Reviews: 21
Classic
A great game. Not as pretty nowadays, but just as playable.
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Posted on: October 27, 2015
grassotto
Verified ownerGames: 1542 Reviews: 1
Was waiting for this
great game that couldn't run decently on modern pc before this release, thank you, and i copy the request about re-publishing Emperor of the Fading Suns
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Posted on: July 21, 2020
DragosT06
Verified ownerGames: 19 Reviews: 1
Might have been a great game.
But the framerates are disgusting, it runs very choppy and slow. The gameplay is similar to HoMM 3 from what I played and I like that. But the framerates are stupid, might be because of my CPU. Who knows. Maybe the game doesn't support really powerful rigs, maybe the OS is the cause, I really do not know. The score might have been better if not for the frames.
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