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[Krathoon]

I have been collecting Warhammer games. There are too damn many.

There are a whole lot of strategy and RTS games.

Total Warhammer is currently the best one with lots of sequels and DLCs.

I like the FPS games too.

Like Boltgun.


...and Vermintide


...and Darktide


...and Space Marine


Of course, you also have space hulk.


...and, yes, I did get Dark Omen working on my computer.



What are your favorite experiences with the Warhammer games? Are there some old gems out there?

 

[R6Rider]

Space Marine and Boltgun are the ones I enjoyed.

None of the others really interest me. Looking forward to Space Marine 2.

 

[Topher]

Dawn of War was fantastic.

 

[poppabk]

I'm playing Inquisitor:Martyr right now and I'm really enjoying it. Dawn of War II was still the pinnacle for me, I liked the small squad based combat and the focus on positioning.
I enjoyed the original Space Marine and have high hopes for the next one.
I keep dancing around getting Space Hulk, it was one of my favorite non-video games and I'm worried it doesn't do it justice.

Still hoping for a Total War epic scale 40k with Titans and massive battlefields.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I have several despite not being a big Warhammer guy.

Just finished Boltgun last night, which was fantastic.

I also had a great time with Inquisitor, and Vermintide.

 

[Dr. Claus]

I tried to get into Vermintide and DarkTide but the fun in those games is getting a group together. Which is near impossible if the game is dead and no one online plays it.

I have stopped bothering with any multiplayer/coop game for that reason.

So Total War is my favorite. Space marine is a close second.

 

[diffusionx]

Dawn of War is probably the best Warhammer game. Tons of content, lots of fun. Dawn of War 2 is good, but quite different. Dawn of War 3... We don't talk about Dawn nor War 3.

Space Marine is a fun game and Total War is really good and absolutely incredible in scale. Mechanicus is a good game if you XCOM style games.

 

[Shubh_C63]

really looking forward to space marine 2. It actually looks amazing to me

 

[SJRB]

My collection:

Plus Boltgun on PS5.


Overall I enjoyed Battlesector and Boltgun the most, but it's incredible how diversified the IP is. First person shooters, RTS, ARPG, 4X.

Most of the garbage is on mobile.

 

[Mister Wolf]

The best one:

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I refuse to pay 20€ on fucking key websites for BS anniversary edition they re-packaged to hike the price following SM2 announcement. This shit should be 5€ permanently now.

 

[Meraxes]

Just started Chaos Gate. It’s been scratching my XCOM itch.

 

[Loomy]

Is there a specific part of the lore that the games keep retreading or are they pretty varied?

 

[IDKFA]

Dawn of War was fantastic.

This.

The original DoW, complete with the Dark Crusade expansion, is one of the greatest RTS games ever made.

I'd put it in the same league as StarCraft, Age of Empires 2 and Total Annihilation. It's that good.

 

[IAmRei]

Space wolves i think, but my first love is with dawn of war 2

 

[Hudo]

I have been collecting Warhammer games. There are too damn many.

There are a whole lot of strategy and RTS games.

Total Warhammer is currently the best one with lots of sequels and DLCs.

I like the FPS games too.

Like Boltgun.


...and Vermintide


...and Darktide


...and Space Marine


Of course, you also have space hulk.


...and, yes, I did get Dark Omen working on my computer.



What are your favorite experiences with the Warhammer games? Are there some old gems out there?

Dark Omen is probably the best real-time tactics game of all time. Even better than Myth 1 and 2. Maybe just as good as World in Conflict.

 

[Radical_3d]

 

[Havoc2049]

The Necromumda FPS is a fun game.

 

[Manwithoutfear]

You should have posted the years these came out. space marine was on the 360. I feel like most of these scratch a different itch. I personally don't think there are too many. I would however be fine with fewer warhammer games in exchange for higher quality warhammer games.

 

[badblue]

I tried to get into Vermintide and DarkTide but the fun in those games is getting a group together. Which is near impossible if the game is dead and no one online plays it.

I haven't found DarkTide dead. Low player base for sure but I've had no problem filling up a lobby with randoms whenever I play.

 

[ManaByte]

I really think GW saw what happened when the licensing with Blizzard fell through and decided "Fuck it, let EVERYONE make a Warhammer game"

 

[anothertech]

Vermintide 2 was a blast with some buddies

 

[Black_Stride]

Do you hear the voices too??

 

[Krathoon]

I found a cheap key for the definitive ediition of Inquisitor. I do not like that the game requires you to be online.

The key was like $16. Steam is trying to sell it for $89.99.

That is absurd. This is why I always use key shops.

 

[Dr. Claus]

I haven't found DarkTide dead. Low player base for sure but I've had no problem filling up a lobby with randoms whenever I play.

Was more referring to Vermintide. Dark tide will go that way sooner rather than later. Would rather not play a game with an expiration date.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Disagree, it’s over two different universes with multiple genres. Also, that’s like 15 years of games.

 

[Mercador]

If I remember correctly, Game Workshop gave the IP like candies a few years ago so it could explain that plethora of games.

 

[Romulus]

Yeah if this post was centered around the games that had only come out in the last couple of years, okay. But you're forced to go waaaay back to make an argument, and it's a bad one.

 

[Hudo]

Do you hear the voices too??

Dark Crusade is the best one, imho. But I am also heavily biased towards Necrons...


Shame that they fucked up the sequels...

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Deathwings great

 

[DaciaJC]

I have 900 hours in Total Warhammer II, another 350 in Warhammer III, and close to 500 hours between Vermintide II and Darktide. They're all damned good games, definitely some of my favorites from the last decade.

I've never played the Dawn of War series, but though I've heard DoW3 absolutely shit the bed, I still appreciate it for giving us one of the greatest CGI trailers of all time.

Is there a specific part of the lore that the games keep retreading or are they pretty varied?

The games can be broadly divided into two categories depending which tabletop experience they're based off of: Warhammer Fantasy Battles (medieval fantasy with a lot of influences from real-life history) or Warhammer 40,000 (grimdark sci-fi). These tabletop games have been around literally for decades and have other forms of media (books, especially), so the breadth of lore is quite vast. The only 40K game I've played is Darktide, which takes place on a single planet among millions in the galaxy. For the Fantasy universe, the Total Warhammer trilogy (grand strategy genre) depicts nearly all of the known world and most major characters featured in lore, while the two Vermintide games (first-person melee-focused co-op) take place in a specific part of the Empire as a group of heroes try to stall the End Times.

 

[Mikado]

I found a cheap key for the definitive ediition of Inquisitor. I do not like that the game requires you to be online.

The key was like $16. Steam is trying to sell it for $89.99.

That is absurd. This is why I always use key shops.

FWIW Inquisitor has reached EOL and online is no longer functional.

Somewhat surprisingly, the devs did the decent thing and made a final jailbreak patch so you can play without online now, and the "seasons" are handled locally by just picking the season you want when you create your character.

 

[The Stig]

My collection:

Plus Boltgun on PS5.


Overall I enjoyed Battlesector and Boltgun the most, but it's incredible how diversified the IP is. First person shooters, RTS, ARPG, 4X.

Most of the garbage is on mobile.

I raise you:

and

and there are shit ton more out there. i dont play the game but i love the 40k setting, lore etc and the fact that the humans in this universe are NOT the good guys. In fact, I dont think there are any good guys in 40k

edit: also space hulk for DOS. hard as balls game with some occasionally funny VA.

"I can smell them!"
"No"
"That's just Malloc!"

 

[Valt7786]

Needs more non-strategy (I know it's a bit anti-thetical given the source material) based games like Space Marine but for the other armies. Love to see one for the Battle Sisters especially.

 

[Gojiira]

Lol Total Warhammer is not the best one, Dawn of War is THE best one, this is not up for debate

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I found a cheap key for the definitive ediition of Inquisitor. I do not like that the game requires you to be online.

The key was like $16. Steam is trying to sell it for $89.99.

That is absurd. This is why I always use key shops.

That's also my main problem with Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters. It has Denuvo.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

FWIW Inquisitor has reached EOL and online is no longer functional.

Somewhat surprisingly, the devs did the decent thing and made a final jailbreak patch so you can play without online now, and the "seasons" are handled locally by just picking the season you want when you create your character.

Since when did they add an offline mode? I've checked Steam and as of March 2024 people are still seeing it's online only and nobody's mentioned that it has an offline mode now. The only thing I see with that the developers eventually want to add a patch with an offline mode but that hasn't seemed to happen yet.

 

[Loomy]

The games can be broadly divided into two categories depending which tabletop experience they're based off of: Warhammer Fantasy Battles (medieval fantasy with a lot of influences from real-life history) or Warhammer 40,000 (grimdark sci-fi). These tabletop games have been around literally for decades and have other forms of media (books, especially), so the breadth of lore is quite vast. The only 40K game I've played is Darktide, which takes place on a single planet among millions in the galaxy. For the Fantasy universe, the Total Warhammer trilogy (grand strategy genre) depicts nearly all of the known world and most major characters featured in lore, while the two Vermintide games (first-person melee-focused co-op) take place in a specific part of the Empire as a group of heroes try to stall the End Times.

Cool. That's interesting to know. 40k lore/books is something I've always been interested in getting into, but it's always daunting to figure out where to start and the older I get the less time I have and the more daunting it looks.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Loved Dawn of War and Space Marine, even when I know nothing about the boardgame or the lore.

Mechanics is also pretty cool, but I've barely played. Probably should give it another go, I remember the music, atmosphere and voiceacting being pretty cool.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Definitely have dug all the FPS games and the action ones. Looking forward to Space Marine 2 a big deal. Speed Freeks a bit too.

 

[Griffon]

Boltgun, Mechanicus and Chaos Gate are the best ones.

 

[Scotty W]

Don’t know anything about this series except that it apparently got pozzed recently. It sounds interesting, but I was always hoping for a killer app to jump in.

 

[lh032]

warhammer is a tryhard ip

 

[March Climber]

Cool. That's interesting to know. 40k lore/books is something I've always been interested in getting into, but it's always daunting to figure out where to start and the older I get the less time I have and the more daunting it looks.

Henry Cavill is helping to produce a series. I'm hoping it is well received enough for it to spread into other projects, whether animated or live action.

I understand how Marvel fans feel about MCU fans, because I consider myself MCU-like when it comes to Warhammer. I have absorbed the lore and stories through the video games I've played and only that. I'll probably do the same with the TV show and end up never actually diving into the books.

 

[Northeastmonk]

These are the Warhammer 40k games that I own. I’ve let the franchise slip past my radar. I am playing Boltgun and its expansion. I am loving Boltgun. Not sure what to play next. I’d really like to use my Steam Deck on something like Total War Warhammer 40k. I own Rome and Shogun, so I think I know what to expect. It’ll probably be like StarCraft and StarCraft 2 where it’s good, but I’m not cut out for the long run. I wouldn’t mind playing another game in this franchise after Boltgun.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I haven't played any of them outside of Dawn of War... which honestly, is a little dumb, because there are a lot that look good across a pretty wide range of genres. I guess that I just don't know where to start.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Warhammer has become extremely popular over the past few years so it's no surprise there's so many games out there now. The franchise is absolutely huge. And to be quite honest, that sucks because that means they're going to have to appeal.... Well, they are appealing to, modern audiences.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Warhammer has become extremely popular over the past few years so it's no surprise there's so many games out there now. The franchise is absolutely huge. And to be quite honest, that sucks because that means they're going to have to appeal.... Well, they are appealing to, modern audiences.

I'd say it's not all gloom and doom though. Warhammer: Rogue Trader being a pretty CRPG-ass CRPG that reviewed well and seemingly sold ok, is as deep and hardcore as it gets, and Boltgun mainly appeals to the boomer-shooter crowd(and lovers of awesome artwork), so there's plenty of concessions made for the hardcore. And the casuals and hardcore alike can still find reasons to enjoy Space Marine 2 and Speed Freeks. Would be nice to get a Dawn of War though...

It's a great time to be a fan.

 

[rodrigolfp]

These are the Warhammer 40k games that I own. I’ve let the franchise slip past my radar. I am playing Boltgun and its expansion. I am loving Boltgun. Not sure what to play next. I’d really like to use my Steam Deck on something like Total War Warhammer 40k. I own Rome and Shogun, so I think I know what to expect. It’ll probably be like StarCraft and StarCraft 2 where it’s good, but I’m not cut out for the long run. I wouldn’t mind playing another game in this franchise after Boltgun.

But Vermintide is not 40k.

 

[Northeastmonk]

But Vermintide is not 40k.

I issue my most heartfelt Jamie Lee Curtis apology.

Cool to know. I did not. Which game is the best?