There are far too many Warhammer 40K games out there at the moment, most of them forgettable, but even through that fog of bore I’m still a little interested in the upcoming Gladius — Relics of War, the franchise’s first attempt at a 4X game.
Developed by Proxy (Pandora) and published by Slitherine (Panzer Corps, Order of Battle), Gladius is set on a single planet where four factions (Space Marines, Astra Militarum, Orks and Necrons) are fighting over…something? Everything? The grim dark future doesn’t really need a reason for a war.
As said, it’s a 4X game, which means “Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate”. Think Civilisation, or Endless Legend, or Master of Orion. It’s turn-based, and you research new tech while building outposts, raising armies and doing battle over a hexagonal landscape.
It will be out early next year on PC.
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This was already covered by Logan…
I just wish that they made Space Marine 2
“Astra Militarum” called “Imperial Guard” by non-wankers.
Or by peasants that only speak low gothic.
Only if you’re a low-gothic-speaking underhiver!
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Astra_Militarum
Funny how GW now market the Imp. Guard as Astra Militarum (lit. military stars…lol) whereas it continues to market the Adeptus Astartes as Space Marines. I guess they don’t want to fuck too much with their biggest money-spinner.
Yeah so weird. I had a proper dummy spit when they changed the eldar to aeldari.
WHAT!!?!?
They’re just locking in trademarks and IP for the future. The Space Marine codices all have Adeptus Astartes – Space Marines or whatever chapter on the front. The title of Imperial Guard is shared across a shitload of IPs so they’re trying to use their own in universe name.
@derrick also mentions Eldar and the name change, which is the same deal. There are races of Eldar in other media to they’re making an effort to differentiate.
I don’t think the names are much of a big deal as they still use the old names when talking about the factions, it’s more the changes to the universe itself that are a bit shit in places right now.
I’m still waiting for a good 3X (Explore, Expand, Exploit). The final E has been done to death and, quite frankly, is 100% the cause of the genre’s main problem, mid to late game drag.
True that, most games focus so heavily on the “kill them all” route it makes them stale.