Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War Reviews

It's sort of like endless legend. Fairly simple as far as 4x goes, but it's good fun to play for a couple hours.

feels like t he table top when every thing is at its strongest, idk if that is 100% accurate because difficulty ratings and I definitely max out all the extra options, this game is basically a low tire city/factory building game with military focus hidden behind warhammer skin, the maps are randomize which depending on your choosen game setting can leave you with a huge open field or a tiny choke point after choke point battle as you survive on a tiny island only connected by a single strand of tiles to the main land as you helplessly try to survive air assault from larger opponents. also mods, so many mods

The game feels a bit too shallow and slow paced for my liking, and the 'story' events are more frustrating than engaging at times. Are you meant to be taking on other players, or keeping a bunch of units close to your base to fight the 6 units that randomly spawn without warning after you scan 3 tiles? Also, 6 turns to pump out a single basic infantry unit doesn't make for fun.

The game by itself is great even without the DLCs, with just the four factions. I clocked so much gameplay time that it reached my top 5 played games. Recommend only buying when it's on sale because even despite that, I find its price too steep. I thought of getting a few of the DLC factions when I finished toying with each original factions. I chose them based on Dawn Of War's Dark Crusade: the Eldar, Tau and Chaos. While they were good, [i]each[/i] DLC faction has its own steep cost. It would make sense if they were bundled together and [i]totalling[/i] to less than the base game. I already got done with the game by then. Steam Deck: Runs smoothly enough with the basic custom layout. May have to zoom in and out in some places since it's not optimised for small screens.

This is a good game. You have to get the base game on sale though because it has a ton of dlc and it is not cheap. For a 40k game it is very good, for a turn based strategy game it is good. I rec this game either way, just not the prices listed.

It's good, play it......I mean I could waste both our time and go through all the positives, but as you've in all likelyhood stopped reading long before this point I'll just throw in a joke for any patient readers: Why aren't there any pregnant Barbie dolls? because ken comes in a different box...

There's a lot to say about this game, and it is a fun waste of time that sucks you in for hours. But the pricing is insane. To have the complete game with every DLC you're looking at around $200, and this is just not worth that. Besides that, here is what you need to know: The good - I hate 4x strategy games, but I found myself enjoying this one. It fits the 40k universe really well. - The free play mode offers a lot of adjustment to resource and difficulty sliders so that you can take the time to get a feel for each faction. - The modding community has done a massive amount with this one, and filled the workshop with a huge amount of expanding content in addition to balance adjustments. They've done everything from adding new sub-factions, to changing combat so its mass scale instead of small unit skirmishes. The bad - Click locks are a nightmare that turn me into a completely apeshit animal. A single miss-click will not only fuck you up, but it will play out the entire turn doing it while you sit and wait for things to go disastrously. Considering that the developer started their GW licensing with 40k Armageddon, which featured an -undo- button to prevent exactly this kind of bullshit, I'm socked they opted not to include it in this game. - Movement pathing, as above. Makes me fly into a rage because sometimes you can't tell which direction your units are going to move to a clicked spot. You can't see ridge lines on the map so sometimes the hex right next to you will require moving in the most retarded path possible, and sometimes your units just opt to take a path right through bad terrain, mine fields, and enemies, and once you've made the click, that's it, you're committed to it. - Some DLC content feels like it should have been part of the core game. Land raiders not being part of the Space Marine unit list from the start is like a WW2 game without Nazis. On an ending note, this game requires a saintly level of patience to put up with its flaws. I've already sunk the money in it, so now I feel obligated to enjoy the damn game whether I do or not. If you have a short temper, I would suggest picking up another title.

Takes hours to learn, many more to master. some things are not explained properly. The UI can be confusing. Pick it up when it goes on sale for $4 and play with friends. Veterans of this genre will pick up mechanics quickly

One of the best tabletop-like experiences with the added feature of base building. Great variety in units and factions.

This is fun CIV clone. It ticks all those boxes when it comes to 40k. There is no peace only war. Graphics are solid for what it is. All the troops you could want and a few that you don't. Solid platform has never crashed on me. I have gotten every DLC to play and fight all the races. I enjoy the game can be beat by either killing all everyone or by story arc. The story arc isn't that great no true cut scenes. overall 7/10