Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War Reviews

It's like SMCiv-lite, with more of an emphasis on combat. Tight tactical gameplay, but really tough. AI are relentless. It's weird that Astartes can only have one city, and it's crap that you have to buy DLC for every single new faction, when there aren't that many factions to begin with. Still, I'll probably end up buying all of 'em. It's a pretty fun game.

5/5; would recommend This is a fun and faithful adaption of the talbletop to computer game for 40K. In my opinion Games Workshop should work with Proxy Studios more and expand this game alongside the tabletop when it comes to new releases of races/factions within the universe of 40K. My only downsides to this game is the lack of differing play spaces, while yes you can customize the board in the pregame options I do believe the game would benefit from having "premade" biome-maps and some more set pieces like the obvious Cadia map with a lot of Guard themed map objectives. The second one, and the biggest of the two for me, is the lack of unit voices. It is not the deal breaker for me but it does weigh it down, especially when you're playing for hours on end and your units are just standing there silent. I know voice acting costs extra money but should there be an update where they do add voices to units it would be welcomed if not, oh well, the game is still fun.

Lovely game, very addictive. Each mission takes a substantial amount of time (8-9 hours if you are methodical like me). Extensive strategy throughout, many ways to play, multiple races, beautiful graphics and music, deep lore, what more could you ask for?

This game's tutorial does a terrible job explaining the game to anyone who doesn't already know how to play it....

A pretty solid 4x game. I think it should have not had most of its content split off into "dlc's" but oh well. I enjoy the variety of units and faction specialties. Some did feel like reskins but a majority of them felt new and unique. I can't say I would play it for hundreds of hours but I would play it to scratch that 4x itch mostly because its easy to hop into a game and they go quick. I think that the game does have balancing issues but those would only rear their head in multiplayer when someone can use them to their full potential. All in all I give it a 6.5/10

I got so much bored with this game. Nothing looks cool in this universe. Its bland music and sound also is making me sleepy. I am not even going into the problem of so many dlcs. Maybe if I had them it could be a bit better, but I am sure with this foundation of boredom, the result will be a bit fancier boredom. Don't be tempted by your love warhammer 40k as I did, keep away from this game.

Great soundtrack and very addictive game play in the 40K universe. I always have a hard time stopping when playing this game. Just one more turn....

Worth it on a sale Absolutely fun with mods and friends (if you have any)

Enjoyable turned-based strategy still getting regular updates in the form of not unreasonably priced DLC. 1000+ hours of play, no complaints!

Cool game that charges so much for the DLC that it's not even worth trying, unless you're willing to spend over 100 dollars on a game that should never go over half that cost.