If you played Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy (2000) as a kid, this game is a better version, a true sequel. It is fun, it is challenging. It is only the story. Sadly there is no skermish mode. A bunch of co-op challenge and defense missions would have been great. Still love it, recommend.
Some of the units I wanted, have made into the game. Scouts, tyrant guard, hornet (thou I would have prefered vipers), rangers. Happy to see them in the game. I wish all the best to the devs and players of this game. May content keep on coming.
I honestly like this game more than Baldur Gate 3. Why ? because it follows the DnD rules very close, my DnD irl group switched to playing this game thx to its dungeon maker. Instead of DnD beyond. Is the story good ? I donno, tutoriel and starting city was fun. I played only custom campaings. Are the graphics nice ? Yes, I like them. very close to Baldur Gate 3 style. I like how every character talks in conversation, they dont feel like Bioware companions or Skyrim mercs. They all are main characters. Genius move, I wish all future RPGs had this conversation system. Its missing bard, monk and warlock classes, as well as maybe dragonborn, lizerdmen, gnomes and thiefling races. Its about as complete as Baldur Gate 3 is at the moment. Should you buy or wait for Baldur Gate 3 ? (I have both) I would say get this 1 if you want to play custom created content or make your own adventures for you or your friends, its the big seller in my opinion. Story is fun from what I played, characters act and talk realistic, places are believable. Combat is a huge seller, if you like DnD combat, this gives it to you in a elegant way. I honestly dont have any reason to recommend Baldur over this 1. Its better, more fun, have more content once you dive into custom stories.
If you are unlucky, this guy can come into your army flank and destroy you. Or your enemies flank. Its random, if you like the hot potato late game fun he brings, get this dlc, its cheap. I never killed it, despite finishing multiple campagnes and multiplayer matches. So I cant comment what happens when you do. People just run away from it. I hope you get it as a unit. If you can get this thicc boy as a unit upon defeating it. Its a 5/5 for me, because it adds another way to end the game. Via quest, via domination, via super chaos boy.
This small addition gives you infantry units (and a landraider) to improve a infantry spam playstyle. If units you like are in, get it, its cheap. You will almost always use these units, they are very good. If you like infantry spam, get it. The units are great. Pls remodel the necron immortal to the new nightmare design of the indominus crusade. Ty
If you find that your melee units or close range shooters cannot attack enemies without getting nuked, And the terrain does not help you get closer, or the enemy has been cutting down every tree in the area. Do not fear, this pack is for you. This DLC provides fan favorite units like landraiders and chimeras as well as other fast moving melee or transports for your melee. The whole point of this pack is to get up close and personal.
Get the mod Gladius +. The mod makes everything be real size. So all the buildings in this mod end up being absolutly mind blowing. 5/5 with the mod. Makes your game look like professional w40k battle reports using custom terrain. Use this converter to get mods from steam workshop: https://steamworkshopdownloader.io/ Now, for the DLC, its 3.1/5, you dont need the structures if you are not using the mod. BUT if you enjoy defending, and making a defensive line for enemies to break themselves on. Then get it, its a must for you. Most of the buildings are support and have the option to shoot like a turret.
I like Eldar and Death Guard, so you can imagine how long I waited for eldar to make it in. And how incredibly happy I am they are in. They are well represented in the game, similar to tyrannids. They can teleport across the map and hit and run and use spirit stones. I wish you could construct your own gates at T10, as if they all get destroyed, you end up with no viable cities, if you get pushed into your own base, you cannot comeback. It fits with the theme. This race does demand a big brain, as you can teleport on the map quite easily. So defending those gates are a must for you. Your starter guardians are short range, but strong, Most of your units are strong, so defending the gates isnt that hard, considering that you always see them, and can teleport to them when you feel like.
This game is like a dream come true. While Dawn of War was amazing, I prefer 4X games and playing hotseat with my kids. This game delivers with a good active community and modding scene. If there are things you do not like about the game, like lack of unit voices, there is a mod for it. Please put Death Guard in.
Some people dislike this dlc type content, but I love it. Always great to see units I love from tabletop making it into the game, I sincerly do hope they keep at it, as the new units make different play styles viable and add more variety as well as being fan service for those whos favorite units were not in game originally. The necron wraith, my favorite necron model makes its debut in this DLC and I am super happy. Give me pleague or noise marines for chaos in the next DLC and I would be even happier.
