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Space Hulk: Tactics
Developer(s)Cyanide
Publisher(s)Focus Home Interactive
SeriesWarhammer 40,000
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release9 October 2018
Genre(s)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Space Hulk: Tactics is a turn-based strategy, tactical role-playing game developed by Cyanide and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe and is based upon the turn-based strategy tabletop miniatures board game Space Hulk. The game was released on 9 October 2018.[1]

Gameplay

Players can play as one of four chapters of Space Marines (Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Space Wolves and Ultramarines) or their opponents which are grotesque aliens known as Genestealers which come in four different factions.[2] The game features two single-player campaigns, one you play as Blood Angels, the other as the Genestealers, along with competitive PvP multiplayer and a skirmish mode.[3]The game also features a map builder allowing players to create their own maps and scenarios to share with others.[4] The game is turn-based and features a card deck system.[5]

Reception

The PC version holds a score of 73 on Metacritic.[6] Charlier Hall for Polygon praised the customisation options for players.[12] Fraser Brown, writing for Rock Paper Shotgun criticised the games pace and UI which "punishes even tiny mistakes".[13]

References

  1. ^ Donnelly, Joe (20 August 2018). "Space Hulk: Tactics release date set, gameplay trailer teases explosive combat". PC Gamer. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (20 August 2018). "Space Hulk: Tactics looks like a promising clash of Space Marine and XCOM". Eurogamer. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ Stauffer, Derek (15 October 2018). "Space Hulk: Tactics Review - Marred by Weak Console Controls". Screen Rant. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. ^ Senior, Tom (5 October 2018). "Space Hulk: Tactics trailer kills a planet". PC Gamer. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  5. ^ Purslow, Matt (21 August 2018). "Space Hulk: Tactics' tenacious enemy AI makes it a relentless battle that's tough to outwit". PCGamesN. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Space Hulk: Tactics for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Space Hulk: Tactics for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Space Hulk: Tactics for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  9. ^ Marzano, Anthony (27 October 2018). "Review: Space Hulk: Tactics". Destructoid. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  10. ^ Hafer, TJ (12 October 2018). "Space Hulk: Tactics Review". IGN. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  11. ^ Silent_Jay (16 October 2018). "Space Hulk Tactics : Une adaptation efficace manquant d'audace" [Space Hulk Tactics: An effective adaptation lacking audacity] (in French). Jeuxvideo.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  12. ^ Hall, Charlie (9 October 2018). "Warhammer 40K games are a dime a dozen, but Space Hulk: Tactics shines". Polygon. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  13. ^ Brown, Fraser (17 October 2018). "Wot I Think - Space Hulk: Tactics". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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