Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II

Не запускается с первого раза и вылетает через 10мин игры. Стабильно. Сама игра хорошая. Жду когда разработчики починят данную проблему.

So, after finishing the whole game (both campaigns and the epilogue, all in Tactician difficulty - which is, in my opinion, the intended difficulty setting, Normal might be way too forgiving), what can we say about it ? The good : - Pretty good tactical depth, each faction having a good army roster and each leader has its gimmicks (being more supportive or more in-the-heat-of-things, focused on certain unit types, etc.) - Duration's good. It will take longer than the first game, due to its dual campaign, you can plan on ~20-25h per campaign. - I get the appeal of playing around the alert gauge (being greedy pre-mission in exchange of more alert levels, choices during the mission giving alert levels or removing them...), rewarding cunning play to try to be as greedy as possible without risking triggering a full alert gauge (which summons an additional squad on the next battle, which can be a bit deadly early-on)... - The progression system is good in general. - Pretty good stuff for people (wanting to be) interested in the war40k setting without shelling hundreds of €€€ in figs. The story's fine. The not-so-good : - Having lots of side content is good. Feeling it's duration-padding is not (too few mission types, structure is always the same for a given mission type...). Story missions are better structured, I feel. - Being greedy pre-mission feels somewhat important over a good portion of the Adeptus Mechanicus campaign (eg. to get more global upgrades faster). This need is non-existent in the Necrons campaign, sadly. - Full alert gauges are pretty much a minor inconvenience in the later stages of the campaigns, while the need to be greedy goes down, so the whole game mechanic feels undercooked after enough time with the game. - The progression system has global upgrades (for example, upgrades for the Adeptus Mechanicus giving more unit types, various enhancements... For the Necrons, that would be things like retaining more Dominion levels between battles on a mission, extra spells, etc.), which is fine by itself, but a good part of the progression system is also tied to your leaders. I did pretty much focus on embarking the same 2-3 leaders on missions to level them up, leaving the rest utterly underleveled and never used in actual missions. - The Necrons campaign is the outright easier campaign due to Deathmarks. Having insane mobility, indecent range and good single-target damage is pretty much a cheatcode in a tactical RPG during the whole campaign. I think balance is a bit off there. - The Adeptus Mechanicus allows us to unlock more troop types and all...But why do we have a random selection of troop cards for the pre-mission setup ? Let us choose our army comp, perhaps ? The Necron campaign did not even get this issue (the possible troop cards is tied to a leader, but ALWAYS FIXED) - The first game did let us actually explore the mission map, letting us decide how greedy or not we'd be during our exploration. The second one has pretty much on-rails mission progression, with a few stops for battles, events, rests... While this is surely a good thing to streamline the experience, I feel that it strips away an appreciated game mechanic. - Where are the bangers ? Mechanicus I did provide a gorgeous soundtrack by Guillaume David, and IXION also gave a very good soundtrack from the same studio and composer, I feel this title is kind of a letdown here. Soundtrack is serviceable, but you won't actually hunt for the soundtrack outside of the game... The outright bad : - The optimization is non-existent. This is a tactical RPG, it should be able to run on a toaster and require a light load on a gaming PC. TL;DR : That would be...6/10, 7/10 with actual optimizations ? I can still recommend the game. I feel you'll have a good deal when it's around...20-25€ ? The game has some good design choices but feel undercooked, and a somewhat shorter experience with less side missions would've been perfect.

原本一代好玩的部分這一代都不見了，關卡單調，作業感重

El primero me enganchó, este tiene mejores escenarios para mi gusto pero el juego tiene algo que lo hace muy muy aburrido, no sabría decir que es , de momento no me está gustando.

I enjoyed the game Pros Stability was good Graphics are good. The Strategic map has lots of detail if you zoom in. Your favorite mechanicus characters return and are given a bit more detail this time. I especially like Videx and Scaevola There is more story compared to the first game Upgrade system of the main characters is much improved compared to the first game The achievements are not too hard Cons It is a bit long and could use some of the filler removed The necron introduction needs more training. I was nearly at the end before I realised how to upgrade my basic troops (You click on their picture in the Necron Lord menu) Most of the necron characters are not distinct. Only Nefershah is memorable There is too much narration, it needs more show and not tell

Very fun game, great continuation from the first. Necron campaign was a great idea to spice things up a little bit too!

I really love this game. I am currently in the Nekron campaign and have a lot of fun. So many new units, so many new enemies. I like that you now only can use 1 hero, that makes all other units also important. Things that i would improve. - better level design. It is very repetitive - better AI - more mission types - make it harder, my units get stronger but the enemy often is weak