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Forgive me if this has already been covered, but I've not seen anyone mention this at all.

Looks pretty good to me - graphics don't look half bad, and the customisation looks pretty cool (even if it sucks that you're stuck to the Big Four.) Even more exciting sounds like the map creator and the different terrain types, and the Tyranid campaign mode.

So, thoughts?

This looks pretty great actually! Will have to check out what else they have made, but it's really cool to see the turn based renaissance that's kind of happened post x-com.

Looks pretty good indeed - Focus did a great job on the first Blood Bowl game (eventually). I like the idea of the map editor, etc.

This looks great. I hope they will allow for mods, but since they're probably releasing more chapters as DLC, I doubt they will.

This game seems like it would be better suited to mobile or portable systems to me. Why not give this a 3DS or Switch port?

The game looks interesting, but man I barely made it through the trailer with that narrator as he totally broke the immersion for me.

I'd Love a game like this for Switch Barzam, but it seems to be hard for developers to port games to without adjusting the graphics down...

I'm honestly amazed at the idea of yet another attempt to do Space Hulk well. Or at least at how many developers have failed at it- it should be fairly straightforward.

Still, this looks like a much better attempt- a full fledged game, rather than just a limited art demo.

The card system looks interesting. Hopefully it does well.

Voss wrote:
I'm honestly amazed at the idea of yet another attempt to do Space Hulk well. Or at least at how many developers have failed at it- it should be fairly straightforward..

Aye, having played the old Gremlin classic on the Amiga 500, which was simple, yet very effective. It was literally the board game and very straightforward. Oh well I guess people need change and modern flash, usually the gameplay is forgotten (I look at you gazillion Jagged Alliance 2-wannabee remakes).

That "Gremlin classic" was actually Space Crusade, which was a nice, authentic take on said game. The Space Hulk game on Amiga was published by EA, and was a unique, first-person, real-time squad tactics game (a format the 3DO sequel would near-perfect). It was actually pretty solid, and the sequel in particular made me glad they experimented rather than simply producing a pure adaptation of the board game.

How many Space Hulk games do we need?

Space Hulk enhanced edition, I have heard, is way better now, so maybe it isn't a failed attempt anymore ?^^

The embargo has lifted, can show off the game:

I pre-ordered this game for Xbox. They were offering, as a pre-order bonus, some skins for the marines. second founding chapters like Nova Marines (I think). Also Woffies get Bran Red-Maws great Company markings.

I figured I would test this game anyway, so might as well get the pre-order skins too.