I have almost 1000 hours played in Total War: Wahammer 1, 2 & 3, 500+ hours in Blood Bowl 1 & 2, and Warhammer Fantasy isn't even my favorite Warhammer setting... 40k is. And so I've spent...
I have almost 1000 hours played in Total War: Wahammer 1, 2 & 3, 500+ hours in Blood Bowl 1 & 2, and Warhammer Fantasy isn't even my favorite Warhammer setting... 40k is. And so I've spent countless hours playing (and replaying) pretty much every 40k game there is to play, including 150+ hours in Rogue Trader (which I highly highly recommend for oldschool CRPG fans). So I'm really really excited for this, and hope they don't screw it up!
p.s. I wish they had shown a bit more gameplay in the trailer, but I guess that's to be expected for just an initial announcement trailer.
Same, only I am closer to 2000 hours (we should co-op campaign sometime!). And agreed, I am more excited for this. I don't know if this was the plan all along but it feels like the right time. I...
Same, only I am closer to 2000 hours (we should co-op campaign sometime!). And agreed, I am more excited for this. I don't know if this was the plan all along but it feels like the right time.
I honestly thought we wouldn't get any game play, so I'm happy they showed a bit in the trailer. Definitely need to see more. My biggest worry is they will somehow break things making it also work on console.
I play increeeeeeedibly slowly when I play Total War games... so I don't know how enjoyable it would be to play with me in co-op. :P But I appreciate the offer, and would be down to finally try...
I play increeeeeeedibly slowly when I play Total War games... so I don't know how enjoyable it would be to play with me in co-op. :P But I appreciate the offer, and would be down to finally try co-op in TW:W40k when it comes out.
And yeah, Creative Assembly's track record is spotty at best, so I seriously hope they actually take their time and do this one right. 🤞
I feel like this is a dumb question given that it’s a CRPG, but is there a way to play Rogue Trader without getting heavy into combat? I’m absolutely in love with the “domestic 40k” universe...
I feel like this is a dumb question given that it’s a CRPG, but is there a way to play Rogue Trader without getting heavy into combat? I’m absolutely in love with the “domestic 40k” universe (thanks, Eisenhorn books!), but I’m generally a casual story mode gamer. Would love to try this game but if it’s just snippets of story between lots of combat I fear I’d hate it.
The story is the highlight of the game, IMO. It's great! But the game is still very combat heavy overall. And while you can't entirely skip the combat, there is a "Story Mode" where the game...
The story is the highlight of the game, IMO. It's great! But the game is still very combat heavy overall. And while you can't entirely skip the combat, there is a "Story Mode" where the game difficulty is cranked way way down so you can just plow through all the encounters to get to the next story bit. Although I suspect on Story Mode, rather than 150 hours, it would probably only take about 50-75 hours to complete... but that's still pretty substantial.
Edit: You could actually skip the combat entirely using Toy Box (I think CTRL+Q kills every enemy on the screen) or using some other cheat specific mod. I would recommend playing with Toy Box anyways though, TBH. It has some great QoL tweaks, and even allows you to have all the companions active in your party at the same time so you don't have to leave any behind for missions, which means you get to see all the story elements and dialogue involving them for those missions.
Whoa we have really similar taste in games, lol. I don't even have time to play with my current friends these days but it'd be great to fire up a campaign with you sometime! p.s. I really...
Whoa we have really similar taste in games, lol. I don't even have time to play with my current friends these days but it'd be great to fire up a campaign with you sometime!
p.s. I really appreciated your EU5 write up and just realized I forgot to thank you or respond.
Like I said to Wafik, I play Total War games extremely slowly so I don't know how enjoyable it would be to play co-op with me... but when TW:W40k comes out, I would be down to finally give co-op a...
Like I said to Wafik, I play Total War games extremely slowly so I don't know how enjoyable it would be to play co-op with me... but when TW:W40k comes out, I would be down to finally give co-op a try!
As a swords and bows purist type of TW fan, I'm most excited for a new engine tbh lol. But the short gameplay alpha looks fun - like Dawn of War on steroids. I'll definitely give it a whirl. But...
As a swords and bows purist type of TW fan, I'm most excited for a new engine tbh lol. But the short gameplay alpha looks fun - like Dawn of War on steroids. I'll definitely give it a whirl.
But for real this engine is so stale. The fact that they had to remove naval combat from the majority of the games is just silly. And the pathing and cavalry mass calculations is STILL worse than medieval 2! So I'm really hopeful they've learned and improved in this case. The zoom into and out of that planet at the end is intriguing but probably just cinematic nonsense.
40k is my preferred setting so im excited but i am also reticent because i remember the rome 2 release and how easily CA can fumble at the height of their powers. Cautious optimism.
40k is my preferred setting so im excited but i am also reticent because i remember the rome 2 release and how easily CA can fumble at the height of their powers. Cautious optimism.
I'm interested, but I do know this studio has a reputation to disappoint. I'll definitely let this one come out first and let everyone else tell me if it's good or not.
I'm interested, but I do know this studio has a reputation to disappoint. I'll definitely let this one come out first and let everyone else tell me if it's good or not.
I have almost 1000 hours played in Total War: Wahammer 1, 2 & 3, 500+ hours in Blood Bowl 1 & 2, and Warhammer Fantasy isn't even my favorite Warhammer setting... 40k is. And so I've spent countless hours playing (and replaying) pretty much every 40k game there is to play, including 150+ hours in Rogue Trader (which I highly highly recommend for oldschool CRPG fans). So I'm really really excited for this, and hope they don't screw it up!
p.s. I wish they had shown a bit more gameplay in the trailer, but I guess that's to be expected for just an initial announcement trailer.
Same, only I am closer to 2000 hours (we should co-op campaign sometime!). And agreed, I am more excited for this. I don't know if this was the plan all along but it feels like the right time.
I honestly thought we wouldn't get any game play, so I'm happy they showed a bit in the trailer. Definitely need to see more. My biggest worry is they will somehow break things making it also work on console.
I play increeeeeeedibly slowly when I play Total War games... so I don't know how enjoyable it would be to play with me in co-op. :P But I appreciate the offer, and would be down to finally try co-op in TW:W40k when it comes out.
And yeah, Creative Assembly's track record is spotty at best, so I seriously hope they actually take their time and do this one right. 🤞
I feel like this is a dumb question given that it’s a CRPG, but is there a way to play Rogue Trader without getting heavy into combat? I’m absolutely in love with the “domestic 40k” universe (thanks, Eisenhorn books!), but I’m generally a casual story mode gamer. Would love to try this game but if it’s just snippets of story between lots of combat I fear I’d hate it.
The story is the highlight of the game, IMO. It's great! But the game is still very combat heavy overall. And while you can't entirely skip the combat, there is a "Story Mode" where the game difficulty is cranked way way down so you can just plow through all the encounters to get to the next story bit. Although I suspect on Story Mode, rather than 150 hours, it would probably only take about 50-75 hours to complete... but that's still pretty substantial.
Edit: You could actually skip the combat entirely using Toy Box (I think CTRL+Q kills every enemy on the screen) or using some other cheat specific mod. I would recommend playing with Toy Box anyways though, TBH. It has some great QoL tweaks, and even allows you to have all the companions active in your party at the same time so you don't have to leave any behind for missions, which means you get to see all the story elements and dialogue involving them for those missions.
That’s great info, thank you! I’ll give it a try!
Tank the difficulty would make it mostly a formality orrr maybe just watch a stream of it?
Whoa we have really similar taste in games, lol. I don't even have time to play with my current friends these days but it'd be great to fire up a campaign with you sometime!
p.s. I really appreciated your EU5 write up and just realized I forgot to thank you or respond.
Like I said to Wafik, I play Total War games extremely slowly so I don't know how enjoyable it would be to play co-op with me... but when TW:W40k comes out, I would be down to finally give co-op a try!
p.s. YVW. Was happy to post it. :)
As a swords and bows purist type of TW fan, I'm most excited for a new engine tbh lol. But the short gameplay alpha looks fun - like Dawn of War on steroids. I'll definitely give it a whirl.
But for real this engine is so stale. The fact that they had to remove naval combat from the majority of the games is just silly. And the pathing and cavalry mass calculations is STILL worse than medieval 2! So I'm really hopeful they've learned and improved in this case. The zoom into and out of that planet at the end is intriguing but probably just cinematic nonsense.
40k is my preferred setting so im excited but i am also reticent because i remember the rome 2 release and how easily CA can fumble at the height of their powers. Cautious optimism.
I have still not forgiven them for breaking Three Kingdoms TW with a patch and then immediately abandoning the fucking game.
I'm interested, but I do know this studio has a reputation to disappoint. I'll definitely let this one come out first and let everyone else tell me if it's good or not.