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Black Templars should get a revival.

Zimoa mentioned that this would be androidified at some stage - in one of the earlier news threads. Things may have changed, of course.

Looks nice, though.

I will be downloading this, or pirating this if it is obscenely priced.

It looks alot like Panzer General series. I don't know if it comes with classic comat scenes like PG series?




And Does infantry unit has 'transport mode' like ones seen on Panzer General series too?

 sockwithaticket wrote:
Looking at the screenshots I'm really impressed by the unit variety; Stormeagle, Land Raider Helios and Tauros are all Forgeworld units and if even half the FW stuff available for all the factions is in game this could be really cool.

Yeah, its great seeing all those FW units.

Easy to mod they say? Looking forward to the Siege of Vraks mod

Still enjoying Panzer Corps. November is going to be an expensive month

I'm hoping it will be similar to Final Liberation. Still one of my favourite games ever and I play it semi-regularly.

Hi guys,


The PC version is coming now. iPad will be after Christmas but date TBD. Other platform may follow, but this still has to be decided.

You get a Steam key if you purchase from us direct, this counts for all games we have available on Steam.

So you don`t need Steam just a PC, but if you buy it on PC you get a Steam key for free.

Games are digital download, but we also offer DVD on Demand, so you can download and play the game direct and a boxed DVD version will be posted to you personally with a full colour manual and personalized DVD with printed name and serial number.

We also have no DRM, so you can install and play the game on as many devices you prefer, you just need your serial number.

I hope this answers some of the questions raised above.




Kind regards,

Tim aka LZ

Can you confirm that Titans and Gargants are in and playable?

Elysians are also present..



*heavy breathing*

Those look like Kasrkin actually.

*EDIT*
And then there's a Tauros... which I have built two.... it's... it's just blends in too well.

yeah,
This looks amazing!
Please sell the whole game for a set price, I hate IAP that all GW games are drowning in at the moment.

Panic...

 Brother SRM wrote:
Do you play games on a computer? It's kind of a necessity to, and super handy to boot.

Unfortunately I only have a dongle with which to access the internet and the ports for Steam are blocked for some reason. Financial reasons mean I cannot currently afford to set up proper broadband so, no Steam, no games, not much of anything really...

When we get a proper 40k rts of epic or 40k, I'm in, but some old out of date game engine with new models tacked on (although done well) sadly I'm not interested.

 Formosa wrote:
When we get a proper 40k rts of epic or 40k, I'm in, but some old out of date game engine with new models tacked on (although done well) sadly I'm not interested.

It looks like a really beautiful game, but it's definitely no Final Liberation. I would say for those who haven't played them, that as a Panzer-Corps style game it's more like a computerized version of a hex-and-counter WWII wargame. The terrain in each hex will just be giving a set modifier to the defense of the fighters that are sliding around on top, rather than true interaction where you are actually sheltering behind buildings and terrain. You could basically do this same thing with sprites for Steve Jackson Game's OGRE, and it would play exactly like the boardgame does in real-life.



Final Liberation was awesome because it was like watching your Epic models come to life and move around the table. I can't believe another company has not been able to replicate that in the decades since then- even just in a generic sci-fi game if they can't get the 40K IP!

I'm a big fan of commands and colours and other hex-based wargame systems, so having a 40k flavoured hex game, on the PC, appeals to me on a depth I don't think words can really describe... it's primal. But, no, it's not an RTS - we've got Dawn of War 1 and 2 - and no, it's not Final Lib reheated either...

It's true. I will want to play a game involving my favorite IP, but I think that in current video games terms, the Battlelore tablet game coming out from Fantasy Flight Games is more like I really want a miniatures game-into computer game involving 40K to function like.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
It's true. I will want to play a game involving my favorite IP, but I think that in current video games terms, the Battlelore tablet game coming out from Fantasy Flight Games is more like I really want a miniatures game-into computer game involving 40K to function like.

I didn't even know that was a thing. Android?

 Bull0 wrote:

 Formosa wrote:
When we get a proper 40k rts of epic or 40k, I'm in, but some old out of date game engine with new models tacked on (although done well) sadly I'm not interested.

You'll have to eexplain the facepalm as nothing I said was unreasonable

 Formosa wrote:

 Bull0 wrote:

 Formosa wrote:
When we get a proper 40k rts of epic or 40k, I'm in, but some old out of date game engine with new models tacked on (although done well) sadly I'm not interested.

You'll have to eexplain the facepalm as nothing I said was unreasonable

I was trying to be subtle, I definitely don't want to have it out with you but since you've asked for an explanation: no I don't think it's particularly reasonable to jump into the thread discussing a turn-based game and pronounce that it doesn't interest you because it isn't an RTS - no other meaningful criticisms than that, just some twaddle about the engine being "out of date" and the models looking "tacked on".

Imagine if everyone felt the need to flatly state their disinterest in every thread that doesn't interest them? "When we get a new Blood Angels codex, I'm in, but some old out of date Nids codex with new units tacked on sadly I'm not interested." Imagine writing that post in the nids rumour thread.

Good grief. Late 90s called and they want their graphics engine back. Retro nostalgia is so overrated.

Still, it's something I can probably play on my work/travel laptop and it's got shiney 40K units... if it is sufficiently cheap on Steam, I think I'll be getting it.

Hey guys, I signed up for the Beta Program, I got the little e-mail for signing-up, but I didn't get a little beta key. Is there something that I missed?

Nope sorry... I hated Rites of War with a passion. I found it an awful, terrible game with the only redeeming qualities being the cutscenes and seeing the Eldar come alive properly for the first time for me.

Now, Final Liberation on the other hand that was... Wait for it...

Have to agree with Compel - Final Liberation was great, Rites of War, not so much...

I also loved Chaos Gate, when it wasn't being a buggy, crashy mess.

However, I could never figure out how people could actually win the game. You never really seemed to be able to carry enough ammo to actually take down the number of enemies that appeared on a map. But then, I suppose I was quite young at the time and less experienced with strategy pc games.

Aah, nostalgia

 Bull0 wrote:

 AegisGrimm wrote:
It's true. I will want to play a game involving my favorite IP, but I think that in current video games terms, the Battlelore tablet game coming out from Fantasy Flight Games is more like I really want a miniatures game-into computer game involving 40K to function like.

I didn't even know that was a thing. Android?

It's coming out on iOS, Android, and PC. As far as I can tell it's a computerized version of the current version of Battlelore, with a campaign mode and same-network wireless multiplayer, so I can play it with the wife or my buddy.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
It looks like a really beautiful game, but it's definitely no Final Liberation. I would say for those who haven't played them, that as a Panzer-Corps style game it's more like a computerized version of a hex-and-counter WWII wargame. The terrain in each hex will just be giving a set modifier to the defense of the fighters that are sliding around on top, rather than true interaction where you are actually sheltering behind buildings and terrain. You could basically do this same thing with sprites for Steve Jackson Game's OGRE, and it would play exactly like the boardgame does in real-life.

Spoiler:

Actually try Panzer General series. I've been playing the original Panzer General for some time and the campaign system was quite a dynamic one. Innovative by the standard of the day. each unit has 'member points' counter.. that is a unit combat strengh does drop should a unit lose its member in combat. not a generic hit points system found in RTS. yet there's one lil question. How 'big' one game unit represents an actual military units in real life? what does one 'Infantry' unit in game represents?
A. One infantry squad (ten men)
B. One infantry platoon (25-55 men)
C. One infantry company

Final Liberation was awesome because it was like watching your Epic models come to life and move around the table. I can't believe another company has not been able to replicate that in the decades since then- even just in a generic sci-fi game if they can't get the 40K IP!

Spoiler:

It uses classic Epic rules not the modernized one I think.

 Formosa wrote:

 Bull0 wrote:

 Formosa wrote:
When we get a proper 40k rts of epic or 40k, I'm in, but some old out of date game engine with new models tacked on (although done well) sadly I'm not interested.

You'll have to eexplain the facepalm as nothing I said was unreasonable

It's like going into an announcement about Civ V and slagging it off as outdated because you can't control the battles like in Rome: Total War. It's a different type of game altogether.

It's a hex based war game. So it will not do things that you would not find in a hex based war game. As a type of game, it's no more outdated than chess is outdated as a board game. Maybe this particular game isn't innovative or well executed, but you couldn't judge that just based on the genre.

Final Liberation is based on the Epic 3rd Edition (from 1997)

The box cover shows the logo

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/1/1f/FinalLiberation.jpg/504px-FinalLiberation.jpg

The PC version is fun, but the 3rd edition tabletop version wasn't well recieved and is probably the worst of them. The later Epic: Armageddon fixed its problems but that was far after Final Liberation