Space Hulk Has Emerged From Warp! (Is this gonna be another bug hunt, sir?)

[panzerde]

Downloading now.  Hope to give it a try after dinner.

[LongBlade]

whether fire always autokills 'stealers for example. In the original computer game, yes; here, not always.)

I've had storm bolters miss, but it was on Overwatch and several tiles away.

[-budd-]

If anyone gets the time, how about some screen shots in the shot thread.....please.

[Great Ajax]

This game is a direct boardgame conversion and it even has the option for timed Space Marine turns.  I don't see anything yet that is different from the board game.  This is not a twitch game and it can either be a slow paced game (without the timer) or you can ramp up the pressure by using the timer.  A good chunk of the strategy is figuring out your initial lineup and what order your space marines will file in on the map and this is crucial.  Place the flamer in a poor position and you just out positioned yourself out of the match at the very beginning.  Its very easy to play and you can easily do a match in 30 minutes.  The game is hard for the Space Marines as all it takes is for one critical guy to have his bolter jam and your whole plan is unhinged.  Overall, I love the board game and so this buy was a no brainer for me and it has met all of my expectations.  I haven't tried the multiplayer yet.  I am hoping that DLC will add the ability to map your own maps and maybe add more chapters, weapons, and enemies beyond the scope of the board  game.

Trey     

[Gusington]

I played for about a half hour. I love the over the shoulder camera...lends a lot of atmosphere. Normal difficulty was pretty unforgiving. Space Huk combined with DoW II will really satisfy that DoW itch in general, I think. No bugs that I could see either, other than poor text editing.

[GDS_Starfury]

No bugs that I could see either, other than poor text editing.

like the name Gusblade?

[panzerde]

I've played through all three tutorials, no bugs or problems.  I found the play easy to grasp, and after wiping once in the first mission took only a single casualty across the three missions on normal difficulty.  It's very atmospheric - gloomy and claustrophobic.  The shoulder cam is a nice immersive touch, as well as the kill cams. It's graphically more appealing than I thought it'd be from the Steam screenshots.

The game feels like a board game.  There's not a lot of room for poor placement of your Marines, or you'll simply be swamped by Genestealers.  There's no doubt; this is true to the Space Hulk board game. 

I doubt I'll play this obsessively, but for those evenings where I just don't have the mental energy for something more sophisticated, this will be a great, relaxing game.

[GJK]

Do you see yourself playing this in 6 months?  How about playing it more than 3 times in the next 6 months (after the 'new car shine' wears off)?

[Gusington]

I was just going to post something very similar to what panzerde did. I will certainly come back to it to play for a calming hour or so. And for more frenetic play I will go to DoW II, like I did tonight.

What's wrong with naming my avatar Gusblade in DoW II?

[GDS_Starfury]

Gus the Impaler  or maybe Gus the Doombringer sounds better.

[GDS_Starfury]

DoomGus the Impaler

[Con]

Seeing one weird bug where I had a heavy flamer that I was trying to back up a corridor.  When I hit the redo button it placed him facing the wrong way but gave me back the correct number of CP and APs  then when the turn started it the game placed him correctly.  I even had it happen where he walked sideways out of the corridor?

Conrad

[Nefaro]

Space Huk combined with DoW II will really satisfy that DoW itch in general, I think. No bugs that I could see either, other than poor text editing.

Ohhh Sweet Irony!

:P

[Toonces]

This sounds like a good Friday night beer game, to complement Poker Night at the Inventory.

You know, for those nights when Crusader Kings 2 is just a bit too....hard.

[Huw the Poo]

This has multiplayer?  What, so one guy can be the marines while the other is the aliens?