Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

Slow, monotonous, and aimless. You fly around in circles until a randomly generated map shows up that looks exactly the same as all the others, so you can fight the enemies that looksthe same as all the others, with your guys that look the same as all the others. The plot is paper-thin, the dialogue comes across almost like a 40k satire it's so bad, and in the Warhammer universe of untold billions, all you get to shoot are the same 3 or 4 nurgle cultists over, and over again.

Great start and fun when you begin but as you progress it becomes impossible. So only purchase when its on 75% sale or more then you will get your moneys worth.

200+ hours. I got this game on sale. Other reviews are correct in that it is similar to XCOM, but the overall strategy is significantly different. I spent the first 30+ hours trying to play it like I play XCOM and got pulverized. You have to come out of your safe little cubbyholes and fight, or die. So many times I started a mission and found myself surrounded by doom and thinking this game is just too dam hard. I actually quit playing it for a week or so and came back one last time. After numerous restarts I finally found a few key pieces in the strategy to give a slight upper hand ... muahahaha. This is one game where you better read everything in all the tool tips and study the terms and definitions. That is where I messed up the first 30+ hours. I just didn't take the time to read the stats on each skill and think about how certain skills combine together and form a cohesive unit. I would rather I didn't have to do that, and it would instead become obvious after playing, but the tactics in this game are very subtle. I don't recall ever reading as many details in a game as this one. But in the end I thoroughly enjoyed the puzzle and piecing together an approach. HINT : Best make sure you are training up many different brothers as you go along or you will be in trouble eventually. The game does a pretty good job of snuffing you out if you don't, but beware. I don't think this is as replayable as XCOM. I played War Of The Chosen from start to end so many times I have lost count, including all the various rich and deep modded versions that change the game. Some of the super mods in XCOM can approach the difficulty of Chaos Gate but vanilla XCOM is a cakewalk compared to the perils your brothers will face in this game. So good thumbs up for me. Super challenging and very rewarding once you work out a good strategy. I will probably play the DLCs eventually as well.

The core gameplay is fun (it's a solid XCOM clone) but plagued with endless baffling design decisions that are seemingly made for no other reason than to frustrate. Examples: -Skill tree to upgrade a specific active ability locked behind a skill tree for a weapon that cannot use that ability. -Random events are so insanely weighted against you that the only winning move is to not play. You can expect rewards such as 50% increased EXP gain or research speed...which will quickly be overwritten by a different, negative event that completely stops your research progression or cuts your EXP gain harshly. One event in particular caused so many negative effects that I was essentially powerless to fix that I completely lost interest in playing the game. -Class balance is basically nonexistent. Interceptors, Librarians, and to a lesser extent, Purifiers, completely outshine the other classes to the point that you'll feel like you're intentionally gimping yourself for using the others. Justicars are viable as well...for exactly one ability they have that gives their action points to their allies. There's fun to be had, but the game just isn't for me. I gave it an honest shot. Maybe you'll have more fun with it than I did.

33 hours in and I'm tired of playing, it just got too tedious. It was fun at first, but it drags on the upgrades take too long to apply. Your best units are always healing so you need to take noob squads out all the time. If you really want to play it, I suggest getting on sale.

1 autosave slot? I just acidently load my manual save and revrite it, WTF, how you posibly could fucked up so simple thing as autosave.

XCOM with Warhammer 40K? What could go wrong? While the game does a good job in the moment-to-moment gameplay, there are some design decisions that I'm not the biggest fan of. As most have pointed out, the game has a ridiculous difficulty-spike after the first couple opening hours once all the systems and mechanics are introduced. The mission structure is overly-repetitive, the UI is really clunky and requires far too many clicks, and the upgrade system is too slow given the difficulty curve. If you can get it at a deep discount, like $10 or lower, then it's a kind-of fun XCOM-flavor of Warhammer 40,000 that we don't get too much of. But for full price, or for those who aren't already Warhammer fans, it's hard to recommend. Hopefully with a sequel or successor they can fine-tune the formula to make this something special.

It seems like devs approached the topic in slightly satiric manner. I'm not sure if it totally fits Warhammer 40k climate. It feels to me closer to Borderlands thank Real Warhammer game. It's a shame cause game is not bad.

I'm sure they had good intentions making this game, it looks awesome , and im sure they thought they had built xcom for 40k but the bugs stopping players going any further in their save game that the game corrupts itself and that's not just for PC, I bought it on my Xbox too thinking it wouldn't be a mess but I get to the same part of the game and it corrupts. And then the developers no show and swipe right on all the player base, shame I really thought this game would be a series

Terrible performance. Game seems to stutter on a system well above the recommended requirements. You can lock the frames to 30fps but that's not really a tolerable solution. Seems to be a common problem online and not really any solutions. Not only that, but the game is no longer updated so there was no real fix to this. As a massive fan of the 40k universe I tried to give this game more than a fair try but I can't personally say I've ever played a game with such issues as this.

I really have been enjoying this game and I'm sad I didn't give it a chance sooner! The art work is great and gameplay is fun. Yes it can feel repetitive at times but I still found it enjoyable trying out new ways to attack, customize my knights, and approach enemies. I would highly recommend and hope they make a sequel or technically third game. I am super into the Grey Knights now!

Its ok. Better if you like Grey Knights (I don't). It's just another example of the warhammer turn based game, and its not a bad one either, but its no mechanicus.

Performance has gone to shit over the years. Such a shame. There is so much care and passion in this game. Yet a few, humungous and disgusting boils of stupid rot plague the quality of as a whole. Mainly performance, difficulty attunement, unQOL design choices, and lots of heretical bugs.

One of the better WH40k games, played it on and off finally finishing it years after release. Definitely a recommended game for me if you like 40k

very good turn based game.. would suggest to start on "easy" difficulty at least for the first run, as game can get brutal (even at normal diff) as bloom becomes worse.

So i bought this after playing Rouge Trader. When i played Rouge Trader i got really sucked in and played it right through to the end. So when i saw this i thought it may be similar. However apart from the game play being similar it doesn't have a solid a story or narrative like Rouge Trader did. It also lacked in the variety between missions and places. But none the less its still a good game if you are looking for something not to complicated or story heavy. The graphics and art style is pretty good there is better out there but its not terrible. I would recommend it if its going for a reasonable price. I would say pay £40 plus for it. But if its going cheap then pick it up. So the list goes: Pros Character variety The ability to recruit new marines if you lose any in combat Good to see the forces of Nurgle and plague marines being used rather than normal Chaos marines as per usual. Actions good and the small cut scenes that play during the battles are good to spice it up a little. Story isn't overlay complicated to the point where you need to keep notes on different characters you meet. Lots of reviews mention bugs but i haven't come across any so far. Not saying there isn't any but i haven't come across them yet. Good variety of options for your load out for weapons and armour. Cons Lack of mission variety. Lack of different enemies (so far i have play 7 hours and its just been the same few enemy types). The area of space you operate is small so you are just going around the same few planets each time. So the game overall could become repetitive especially if you are used to large scale games with plenty of variety. Choices you make in the narrative have little affect to you or the story. Unlike Rouge Trader.

Very good game! Bravo to the devs! Totally X-Com vibes wrapped in a Warhammer theme. I enjoyed the story line, as well. Stop the bloom! The 3 main support characters are super cool. Game played well, no glitches, enjoyable graphics and sound. The final battle was wild AF. Really scratched my strategy itch. I probably could have taken more time, mid-late game to build up more of my secondary knights. I do find that some games tend to get old fast when its just more of the same over and over. I like a game that knows when to end before it gets to be too tiresome. The "goal" was clear the entire game, which helps to stay on target, if you don't want to screw around. Well worth the money on sale. Would def recommend to any strategy lovers out there.

Alright game, but definitely does get repetitive and the story can drag.

I tried to get into this several times but I just cannot recommend.. UI is terrible (having to constantly click through different windows to get relevant info) which caused my knights to take pointless damage soo many times- which puts them on the bench for an eternity

The crashing and hanging is just so much shite. It crashes on last turns of missions that take ages, and then fecks up your campaign, This is trash, just don't buy it.

Super fun, Very XCOM2 style tactical RTS with 40k styling.

The art style just takes me out of the experience, it feels like a mobile game.

god this game is awful, wish I could refund, stupid repetitive combat with 0 depth and annoying Voice acting, Librarian chick is cute but obnoxious

Really liking the game so far. Graphics and gameplay are great.

For fans of Warhammer 40K this is a must play! Playing as the Gray Knights, you're right in the thick of it from the very start.

For the Emperor, all achievements have been acquired. The Materium is a bit safer thanks to the GKs and His will.

Bought this on a sale, but so far it is NOT my cup of tea. There might be a good game hidden in there somewhere, but why is everything on a damn timer? The game gives you 3 missions for you to do, but you can only reach one of them in time, while the other two will expire and punish you with gradually building warp corruption making the game harder to finish. Why? What's the point of that? I play games to relax and have fun, not to be chased around by the game's mechanics like it's my boss at work! Then once you land on the one mission you could actually reach, you have to bum-rush the target because there's a clock ticking from the moment you load into the area that will make it harder and harder to complete your objective. Want to utilise cover? Sorry, no time for that! Want to set up over-watch and draw the enemy to you? Sorry, no time for that either. You have to rush the objective or fail the mission. Then when you DO rush the enemy, you quickly learn that your Grey Knights are piddling little weaklings that get wounded by just a few rounds from a mewling chaos cultist. I'm sorry, the mighty Grey Knights can't handle a couple of Nurgle cultists without being critically wounded in every other mission? I'm usually not too concerned about game mechanics if it tells a good story, but this game stresses me at every level. Maybe I could look past that if Chaos Gate then at least did have an amazing story, but the story so far is mediocre at best. The characters are flat and one-dimensional archetypes and their dialogue is campy even for a 40K game. I'm starting to regret this purchase even at the 60% discount.

Pretty awful. You can tell it's a modern game. Poorly written. Bad character design. Maybe a good game if you haven't experienced life or know any better. Played the intro and decided to exit the game before even seeing my character.

Great fun but i find it too difficult to progress so give up rather than keep banging my head against the brick wall!

Great turn-based combat as well as strategy elements. If you enjoy X-Com games, you'll like this too!

Xcom game like, seems fun at first, but for a strategy game like, It is super unintuitive, I got debufs that I couldn't find what if does or how it worked for the life of me, had to keep going to search on the internet every 5 min how to do stuff because the game or doesn't tell you, or teach you wrong, like how to extract seeds that is one of the key resources for meta progression in the game. Super frustrating experience.

This game is a gem for those into TBS. It‘s a bit like XCOM on the strategic layer but differs a lot tactically, for it not just rewards but forces an aggressive approach - which might explain why so many reviews criticise the steep learning curve and the difficulty in general. Don’t be fooled and just don‘t turtle. As soon as you realize how to do things it‘s a blast. :) Hopefully they‘ll do a sequel. This one‘s already a masterpiece.

Very fun strategy game that is basically Xcom but in WH40K universe. There are some key elements that are fundamentally different - accuracy is not a factor when attacking enemies, cover instead reduces damage. You also get three actions per turn, and there are a lot of ways to abuse this mechanics to wipe out entire squads when you first encounter them. Actions are automatically refunded at the start and end of combat rounds, which smooths out the gameplay a bit. Early game is hard as the tutorial is not the clearest - I had no idea I could shoot explosive barrels until I manually shot them. Each soldier also starts with a unique ability that you can only really see if you look at the ability tree central icon. The gameplay is very fun, but lack of mod support means I will probably not revisit this game anytime soon in comparison to the XCOM games. Still very good and recommended for anyone who wants to try something like XCOM but unique in its own way.

Think XCOM: Enemy Unknown, only within the massive, rich Warhammer 40000 universe. Solid turn-based combat and research tree. Good voice acting. Missions are maybe too similar. Overall, enjoyable game (if you like XCOM-like games).

Excellent game, okay replay value doing base game first and then a DLC (which I do recommend also) run after. Thats about but that represents a pretty solid 70hrs or so of gameplay.

If you like 40K or if you like X-COM this game is for you. It took me a bit to get into it and I don't like the fact, that you play as Grey Knights (in the original you play as "normal" Space Marines - also you have multiple Squads) but it is fun to play.

Solid Xcom style game, but more melee focused, which is fine by me. Had a learning curve at first because I was still playing it like Xcom, but here, speed and aggression is the key to the game. Juggling the warp meter and you charge through a bridge as portals are opening up all around you and demons jumping out while you rush for the objective makes it feel so cinematic and immersive. The customization and different weapons, skills, etc are diverse and fun to play with as well.

Fun, turn-based tactical combat with RPG-lite progression. Think a bit like the modern X-Com, only with no percentage chances to hit—some secondary effects are probabilistic, but even those can be improved—and characters who are more forgiving about permadeath. (Higher-level characters can be downed more times, and with the right upgrades to your ship they actually [i]improve[/i] when they come back.) The character and equipment progression and changing enemy makeups as well as the variety of maps meant that I was usually kept thinking, and if I didn't have to think, it was because I had a perfect solution for the situation and it would be over quickly. Still grind-y in places, but that was also just my style. Story is nice, if simple. A Grey Knight, Inquisitor, and Tech Priest Dominus walk into a command room. . . . I find the two events guides available on Steam makes the random events less of a potential hassle; if you play without them, YMMV.

A good solid X-com style game with Space Marines.

its pretty fun but takes a lot and i mean A LOT of stratagy

Xcom 2 in Warhammer 40k universe. I had a lot of fun with it.

Good game. Avoid the Duty Eternal DLC.

One of the best tactical games i've played.

Okay w40k game, poor xcom wannabe. Meh.

The very 'animated' Mechanicus advisor is weird.

xcom like warhammer game

Let me play Deathguard.

much better on pc than console

actually really good! EDIT: So before buying this i read the other comments, then i waited to buy till it was on sale caus eeveryone else was "well it's a scom 2 clone, they could have done better" SHAME ON YOU the only thing they cloned it's the grid system for moving the characters. Combat is way less RNG than XCOM 2. Someone wrote that it has more or less 7 maps in total. He must be blind. It has a lot of maps. Way more explosions. Way more story. WAYYY MORE Omnipotence feeling when u get to the end, especially when they start spawning stuff u didn't expect and the whole maps is a giant smoking crater. You don't have to mop the map, you can cleverly go straiht for the objective. Ok actually this game do a lot of good stuff. Just buy it and enjoy it.

Awesome game.