Warhammer: Mark of Chaos

Latest in Namco's tabletop RTS arrives on PC.

	Version PC	Developer Black Hole	Publisher Bandai Namco, Deep Silver	Genre RTS

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Will I be derided by the Warhammer-loving community for opening this review by laughing at Warhammer: Mark of Chaos? Begin a campaign, choose the Chaos side and listen to the opening dialogues. Now for those of you who have seen The Brak Show, think Thundercleese. For those who haven't, just laugh at the voice talent.

Crikey. This is some ridiculously over-the-top roaring vocals we have here, that's for sure. It isn't helped by the Empire's forces all sounding like nicer versions of exactly the same person over and over. It honestly made me laugh quite a lot, even if it was unintentional. The music is good, mind.

Anyway, this is likely the beginning of a new series of games based on the Warhammer universe, made popular through the Games Workshop tabletop game of the same name, as played by the people who are the basis for Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. Look - I'm allowed to be judgmental. The fantasy Orcs, Goblins, Elves and everything else universe is nicely recreated in the game and bar some of the insane amounts of rules from the tabletop not making the transition, this should be something to please veterans of the Warhammer universe.

Those approaching the game without prior knowledge of the Empire's battle with the forces of Thundercleese soundalikes will encounter a decent tactical war game, more like the Total War games than the Warhammer 40,000-based Dawn of War - no resource management, bar keeping up morale and hoarding gold. It keeps things simple and focused on the fighting, which is nice, but never carries it off as well as the stunningly crafted Total War games do.

At times it feels rushed whereas others it just feels like it was created by those with little experience of the genre - rewarding genuine tactical inspiration as much as rushing strategies devalues the strategic experience a fair whack, and comes across as inexperience on the part of the creators.

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