I'm kinda enjoying Chaos Gate Daemonhunters. The style is odd but interesting. The combat is good. I'm leveling up characters and equipment quite well.

But it's also getting to the "bit of a drag" point where everything is getting harder with stupid-tough terminators, spawn or machines, or LARGE hordes of cultists that are too numerous to take out quickly and then they cover you with LOTS of overwatch.

Just wish the scaling up didn't scale up so much.

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May 4, 2023 - Day 124 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 139

Game: Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

Platform: Steam
Release Date: May 5, 2022
Library Date: May 4, 2023
Unplayed: 0d (0d)
Playtime: 61m

Given the date, I see now I missed a solid opportunity to theme my NewPlay, but what can you do?

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (CGD, OK?) is the first cab off the rank for this month's Humble Choice, and is the latest... (checks notes)... *turn-based* 40K *PC* game.

I honestly thought it was the latest 40K game, but I checked, and there have been FOUR 40K games released since this, with two new ones later this year.

Embarrassingly, I've tried multiple 40K games, & failed to connect in any genre. I went into last night's stream, not sure which which genre CGD was, and it's a turn-based tactics game.

CGD is both visually & aurally gorgeous, and was I not pretty much trashed, I could have gone on playing for another hour or two.

However, it feels very lore-dense, with some assumed knowledge, which might be off-putting if someone was buying it cold, without any 40K knowledge.

A few weeks ago it dropped to a historical low, and I was tempted, but decided against it, which meant that for once, Humble Choice paid for itself.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters is a really long name, but it's:

4: Good

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Well. Finally got the current iteration of the #ChaosGate PC game for my birthday :)

Gotta say I like it. Feeling very at home already.

XCOM + WH40K. What could go wrong o0

(And for heresy reasons I play it on Linux PC, as usual)

#linuxgaming #gamingonlinux

#Othercide has just about the level of complexity i need from my tactical game skill trees: you pick one of two class-specific choices every time you hit a significant level, and they're both pretty good. you may remember this scheme from such games as #XCOM… XCOM 2… probably some other ones… anyway it works well because you don't spend forever customizing a unit that is about to make a heroic sacrifice or drop a grenade on their own toes.

kinda wish the squad sizes were bigger, but i don't know that they won't be later. the occasional 4-Daughter maps are definitely fun.

paying for overwatch skills in HP instead of AP is something i thought i'd hate but actually love, since it forces you to play more aggressively than the usual overwatch crawl. #ChaosGate did something similar with the periodic Warp surges to keep you moving.