Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War review

Recommended

by PlagaMedicum

Hello, when I saw the announcement for the game the first time, I didn't believe in it. A 4X Game in W40K style? That will never become anything. Never! I'M glad I was wrong. Before I get to the game itself, one comes to the Developer in advance. It is a very, very small Studio, with an equally small Budget (therefore no Voice Lines for Units, for example). But for that they put all the More into the Mechanics and that paid off. To the Game itself: The Graphics are fine to Good. Depending on what Flavour you have. The Level Of Detail on the Buildings and Units is well worked out and the Environment makes a good And "living" impression. As you know, exceptions confirm the Rule, so here we should mention the Kastellan gennante Combat Robot, which has a rather mushy effect. But as I said, Exception. The Gamplay is definitely NOT comparable to Civ. So anyone Who presuts a Civ in Warhammer Optics here will not be happy. The Basic Principle is similar (building city/cities, research, etc.), But in some Respects there are massive Differences. For example, with Diplomacy. After all, it does not exist at all. No, that's not a Hoax. Diplomacy ala "Hello Friend, we want To trade to the good Of our Empires ..." Don't exist. Here you work opposite his with Lasers, Bolters, Guns and Fats Wummes until there is more left of this, which could even negotiate. Sounds weird, but in Warhammer it's that way. Mostly..... The Combat System performs very well, due to a beautiful Tactical Diversity of the 4 Factions. Thus, the Imerpiale Army Leads vast Numbers of Infantry into battle, which is initially blamed on the enemy In waves (free according to the Motto: We drown them in our Blood). But with the right Support Units like Heavy Weapons squads, Tanks and Artillery, the whole thing is combined into a Firepower that Atomizes every Enemy who is Unlucky enough to run into their Firing Track. By contrast, the Space Marines stand. The Elite of the Empire relies on Quality from the first Shot. Unlike the 3 other Parties on Gladius, this one is only allowed to build a single City. For this, however, the SM player is allowed to throw Outposts freely after Schnauze anywhere on the Card. The appropriate Amount of Resources are preexposed, so you can secure distant Witch Fields and these Items channel the Resources of the adjacent Fields into your own Economy. The Marines ' Units are correspondingly expensive and valuable. That becomes apparent at the latest when your own Squads have done a few Level ups and Ploughing through the Opponent as Veterans. (All Units collect EXP and can level up, giving them bonuses). So the Tactical Squads available at Launch are an extremely resilient Unit with which to tackle all early Threats very well. However, it becomes problematic when you allow yourself to be surrounded, as you can't keep up with the Amount of Units and so your own Squads can be Focused. But at the latest when you send Storm Terminators into the Field, the Word Elite Takes on a completely new Meaning. These Guys make small Wood out of everything they stand up to. To do this, the Marines have the highest Armaments values, which makes them very difficult to kill. I do not elaborate on the other Two groups for Reasons of time, but since certain: They have at least as beautiful and effective dynamic rehabilitation mechanics in Store. The AI has succeeded quite well in my Opinion and, depending on the Settings of the Round, offers quite a Challenge. However, I do not want to Conceal the fact that it can give us more suspensements here and there. The Game regularly receives Patches and soon a first major Content DLC with a new Faction. Technically it runs very Stable and without Any problems. Crashes and Chashes are foreign to me (so far at least:)) I can recommend the Game "unconditionally ..." If you can live with Things like the non-existent Diplomacy System.