Warhammer 40,000 Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters - Now on YouTube!

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**Olthannon**

I knew absolutely heehaw about this game until that warcom article about Andy Serkis doing the voice. It's cool he's in it but does that mean the game will be worth playing?

**Olthannon**

Eumerin wrote:
Olthannon wrote:
I knew absolutely heehaw about this game until that warcom article about Andy Serkis doing the voice. It's cool he's in it but does that mean the game will be worth playing?

That's the big question. And we have no way of knowing that. It's a new game that bears the title of a solid game, but by a group that is completely unrelated to the original game. The new XCom was a great game. Evil Genius 2, on the other hand, was not. I'm inclined to think that the developers have confidence in it. I don't think you spend money for someone like Serkis unless you believe you've got a decent product to support him. And I do generally enjoy XCom-style games. But until there are good preview reviews from trustworthy sources prior to release, it's all guesswork.

On the positive side, there are enough videos up on their YouTube channel to give you an idea of plenty of the game mechanics. You can at least determine whether those mechanics sound attractive.

Anyway, release is still three months away. We'll see what they do as May 5 draws closer.

BrookM wrote:The story is written by AD-B, who has penned one of the few, YMMV, actually good Grey Knight novels out there: the Emperor's Gift.

Well I'm also a fan of squad turn based style games so I'm cautious at least. I haven't read Emperor's Gift but I'm always on the look out for genuinely good warhammer books.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Red Flag #1: Game already has a cut-content "deluxe edition" for AUD$15 more than the base game.

Are there any releases in the last few years that haven't done the exact same thing?

**Olthannon**

Eumerin wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Olthannon wrote:
Are there any releases in the last few years that haven't done the exact same thing?
And that is supposed to excuse it?

A "red flag" typically refers to unusual behavior that's a warning sign that the related thing will be a disaster. But adding a "deluxe content DLC" to a game's launch is so common these days that it can hardly be considered unusual.

Eumerin knocked that for six. Nowt needed to add to that.

BrookM wrote:
Olthannon wrote:
Well I'm also a fan of squad turn based style games so I'm cautious at least. I haven't read Emperor's Gift but I'm always on the look out for genuinely good warhammer books.
It's sadly only available as an ebook right now, but again, one of the few good books to come from that dark age of Wardian fluff. Sure as gak a whole lot better than the stuff put out be Ben Counter imho.

I've got no space anyway so an ebook will do fine

thanks for the recommendation!

**Olthannon**

That's been the way of it for well over a decade. Any chance a company will get for some extra money they'll do it. A bit of up front extra DLC? That's just profit. Profit tops consumer satisfaction all day any day.

I mean if they didn't and instead a company built and developed something for the populace with the best effort they could at a reasonable, affordable price... why that would be madness. Some sort of hellish socialist paradise no doubt and we wouldn't want that HBMC? Far too many red flags waving there for a start eh?