Pretty retro these days, but a glorious strategy game and a great look into 90's Warhammer 40k. Though it's named Epic 40,000 to time in with the 3rd edition release back in the late 90's, it has a lot more in common with the older editions, with alot of lost classic Orc and Imperial units represented from the late 80's and early 90's. The campaign is a good challenge, and I really enjoy the map based system, with some hard decisions on where you attack and where you supply. Simple decisions, but hard, because the game does not hold your hand - the Orcs are unrelenting and some of the later battles are very difficult. I like the way it feels like a table top game when you're playing it, you can almost hear the dice rolling. The units are pretty well balanced for the most part. Where the game tends to break is in skirmish at higher point levels, where the Orc AI will spam about a 100 tanks, and there isn't much you can do as all that firepower comes in. Keep it around the 3-4k mark though, and the armies are well balanced and you can find some challenge. Special mention to the cutscenes. So retro. So old school Warhammer. And so heavy metal. I love it. This was the setting I grew up with ha! Before the setting took itself very seriously. There hasn't really been a 40k strategy game since that allows you to field hundreds of tanks and infantry like this. If you can get past the retro presentation, or if that is exactly what you're after like me, then you'll find a gem of a 40K game here.