Developer: Streum On Studio
Steam Deck Compatibility?: Unsupported
Rrp: £26.99 (Gog.com, Humble and Steam)
Yet another game set within the Warhammer 40k universe, I actually have a bit of experience with the Space Hulk series as I used to play the video game as a kid. This game isn’t that one though, for starters that game was a turn based top down affair and this one is a tactical squad based first person shooter. As far as tactical squad based shooters go this one isn’t too bad though you’re squad mates AI does have something to be desired, their pathfinding can be terrible and sometimes they just don’t detect enemies.
This isn’t a bad game but like everything Focus Entertainment publish it just seems to lack polish. I wish I knew what it was about that company, they just seem to always publish games with great potential but lack one or two little things. I always know I’m going to get something flawed yet interesting from them. Sadly there was a bug I couldn’t ignore in this game, when using the keyboard the run function would not work consistently, sometimes I could run sometimes not, even when I rebound the key. However, on the control pad the run function worked easily, but I won’t play an FPS with a control pad if I can help it, I like being able to aim accurately and quickly.
On the whole this isn’t a bad entry into the many many many Warhammer 40k games, but it I really wish the developers would come back to it and add some polish to it, make it a truly great game.
If you absolutely love Warhammer 40K you can certainly do much worse (and better).
