Warhammer Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy - the next Warhammer 40k RPG from Owlcat Games

[Harthwain]

Nah, you start the game as an underling.

Do you? I read that you start as a bonafide inquisitor right from the start

Indeed, you start as Inquisitor:

Embrace the role of an Inquisitor in a grimdark cRPG set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Investigate heresy, command a diverse warband, and shape the fate of the Imperium in a story-rich experience where every decision has weight. Be the conduit of the Emperor’s will in a place where all hope was lost decades ago, justice is ruthless, and the line between salvation and damnation is razor-thin. Explore the mysteries of maddening Tyrant Star and overcome the worst horrors thrown at you by the Long Night.

Source: https://darkheresy.owlcat.games/#about

It makes a bit less sense going in the other direction, but then therein lies our game.

I already explained why it would make a perfect sense to start as Puritan. That said, half of the disclosed potential retinue (2/5) are filthy xenos, which isn't very Puritan. Hopefully the pool of party members will be larger than that (and I expect there to be full-on Heretical NPCs as well). Or maybe we will get access to custom "companions" from get-go, who would serve as expendables or something along these lines (although this is unlikely, considering Owlcat's attitude towards party members).

 

[Panzerbjorne]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government. Y’all want to support their aggression against Ukraine? Buy their shit. The whole story of “based in cypress” is BS. That’s just a shell company to avoid sanctions and give them a positive image. They run job ads in Moscow. Have execs with ties to Gazprom financial. Fuck Russia and fuck OwlCat broken ass games. Also buy one of their games at launch you’re a dumbass paid beta tester. They use first buyers as free QA department. Oleg and Alex the owners are morally bankrupt Russians.

 

[Camel]

Are you going to boycott Lionsgate too, which released the Ana de Armas's “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina” in Russia?

 

[notpl]

Nah, you start the game as an underling.

Do you? I read that you start as a bonafide inquisitor right from the start

Indeed, you start as Inquisitor:

Embrace the role of an Inquisitor in a grimdark cRPG set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Investigate heresy, command a diverse warband, and shape the fate of the Imperium in a story-rich experience where every decision has weight. Be the conduit of the Emperor’s will in a place where all hope was lost decades ago, justice is ruthless, and the line between salvation and damnation is razor-thin. Explore the mysteries of maddening Tyrant Star and overcome the worst horrors thrown at you by the Long Night.

Source: https://darkheresy.owlcat.games/#about

It makes a bit less sense going in the other direction, but then therein lies our game.

I already explained why it would make a perfect sense to start as Puritan. That said, half of the disclosed potential retinue (2/5) are filthy xenos, which isn't very Puritan. Hopefully the pool of party members will be larger than that (and I expect there to be full-on Heretical NPCs as well). Or maybe we will get access to custom "companions" from get-go, who would serve as expendables or something along these lines (although this is unlikely, considering Owlcat's attitude towards party members).

I don't care at all about proving it but I think I remember one of the interviews about the game saying it will be another rogue trader situation where you inherit the mantle, not start with it.

 

[Harthwain]

I don't care at all about proving it but I think I remember one of the interviews about the game saying it will be another rogue trader situation where you inherit the mantle, not start with it.

Oddly enough you're correct. On Steam store page there is more info about the game than on the Owlcat's site dedicated to Dark Heresy(!):

Embrace the role of an Inquisitor in the grim darkness of the far future in a cRPG set in the rich Warhammer 40,000 universe. Start your service as an acolyte of the Inquisition: Investigate heresy, command a diverse warband, and shape the fate of the Calixis Sector in a story-rich experience where every decision has weight, justice is non-existent, and the line between salvation and damnation is razor-thin. Explore an in-depth depiction of the Inquisition as an organisation and the vast force it commands: its power, bureaucracy, and inner conflicts laid bare like never before.

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3710600/Warhammer_40000_Dark_Heresy/

 

[Lyric Suite]

Y’all want to support their aggression against Ukraine? Buy their shit.

Thanks, will do.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government. Y’all want to support their aggression against Ukraine?

 

[ArchAngel]

Unless part of the profits of Owlcat are being sent directly to finance the war in Ukraine I do not see the problem (and I am not counting regular taxes to Russian government in that) in buying their games if they are good.
But I can understand why some Ukranians (and some others) would be very opposed to it, they are free to do what they feel is morally right for them.

If I knew they were financing some pedo organizations I would not buy their products as well.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. This sort of boycott for a product that you'd otherwise get is just performative activism and cheap virtue signaling.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government.

This has been debunked.
Owlcat is a Cypriot developer.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

By Olegos Shpilchedopolos and Aleksandros Mishulakis.

 

[The Nameless One]

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. This sort of boycott for a product that you'd otherwise get is just performative activism and cheap virtue signaling.

Ah yes, we need glorious ethical state-sponsored famine for the masses. Then will surely be liberated from the oppresive guilt of living.

 

[Space Satan]

1. "The only truly fair society is a classless one where all are equal. For centuries, humanity has agreed that the only thing that truly makes us all equal is death. Thus, in undeath we are all equal."
2. "Capitalism creates a divided and unfair society through control of labour and manufacture. The bourgeoisie are able to perpetuate an unfair society through the manipulation of the desire of the proletariat e.g. through compelling them to buy consumer products they don't really need. The dead desire nothing. Thus, the undead cannot be controlled by the bourgeoisie."
3. "One of the main problems faced in any society is the construction and maintainence of infrastructure i.e. education, medicine, food, hospitals, sanitation etc. Failure to build and maintain an efficient infrastructure causes that society to collapse. The dead do not require any of the facilities provided by an advanced infrastructure. Thus, an undead society cannot collapse."
4. "For a socialist society to spread across the world requires constant global revolution. A constant global revolution requires either an army that is undefeatable, or else nigh infinite in number. An army of the undead cannot be defeated and continues to grow as enemy casualties die, only to join the ranks of undeath. Thus, an undead revolution cannot be stopped."
5. "The other great enemy of society is time. With the passage of time, people die, cities fall, ideas fade and the greatest achievements crumble into dust. Even a socialist society must, in theory, one day falter. With undeath comes inmmortality. Thus, an undead society cannot fall."

 

[Fedora Master]

Are you going to boycott Lionsgate too, which released the Ana de Armas's “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina” in Russia?

I want to see them drafted.

 

[notpl]

I am American - the protagonists of Earth - and will play and do whatever I feel like at a given moment. The consequences of this are for the NPC nationalities to worry about.

 

[Lyric Suite]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government.

This has been debunked.
Owlcat is a Cypriot developer.

Even if they were Russian, what difference does it make?

I honestly wished they were working with the Russian goverment as that would mean a lot less DEI shit.

 

[Morality Games]

Even if there was a moral obligation to boycott Russian products that extended to Russian video games, this company already bent the knee so that they could continue working on big IPs. Kicking someone after they've bent the knee is bad etiquette.

 

[MiX]

Indeed, you start as Inquisitor:

I'm pretty sure they said you don't start off as one but become an inquisitor over the course of the game. So probably at the end of act 1 like all their other games

 

[Nm6k]

Indeed, you start as Inquisitor:

I'm pretty sure they said you don't start off as one but become an inquisitor over the course of the game. So probably at the end of act 1 like all their other games

Think they said in an other interview that it take place half way though the game

 

[Panzerbjorne]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government.

This has been debunked.
Owlcat is a Cypriot developer.

Ah yes very good debunk there buddy. A screenshot from wiki. Wiki is never wrong.
Debunk this

 

[Harthwain]

Indeed, you start as Inquisitor:

I'm pretty sure they said you don't start off as one but become an inquisitor over the course of the game. So probably at the end of act 1 like all their other games

Think they said in an other interview that it take place half way though the game

Guys, I already corrected that in my next posts on the same page, three posts down:

I don't care at all about proving it but I think I remember one of the interviews about the game saying it will be another rogue trader situation where you inherit the mantle, not start with it.

Oddly enough you're correct. On Steam store page there is more info about the game than on the Owlcat's site dedicated to Dark Heresy(!):

Embrace the role of an Inquisitor in the grim darkness of the far future in a cRPG set in the rich Warhammer 40,000 universe. Start your service as an acolyte of the Inquisition: Investigate heresy, command a diverse warband, and shape the fate of the Calixis Sector in a story-rich experience where every decision has weight, justice is non-existent, and the line between salvation and damnation is razor-thin. Explore an in-depth depiction of the Inquisition as an organisation and the vast force it commands: its power, bureaucracy, and inner conflicts laid bare like never before.

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3710600/Warhammer_40000_Dark_Heresy/

Why this information isn't present on the official site I have no idea, which is why I initially thought you begin as Inquisitor. Maybe they changed that later or something and didn't bother to fix the main site.

 

[Angelo85]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government.

This has been debunked.
Owlcat is a Cypriot developer.

Ah yes very good debunk there buddy. A screenshot from wiki. Wiki is never wrong.
Debunk this

They answered directly to a similar inquiry on reddit (this is from 2022):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/comments/ubmo1m/comment/i65mozh/

I am confused. Some websites say that the headquarters are in Cyprus, so this is a Greek Cyprus company, some other says that it is in Moscow. Why is that? Are there multiple headquarters? Why is there no mention of Moscow on their website "About us"?

Our headquarters had always been in Cyprus, with developers working from multiple countries. A lot of developers were located in Moscow until recently, but now many of us are relocating to Cyprus, Armenia and other places. If there was anything good in the pandemic, it is that it gave us a plenty of experience in coordinating and working on our projects online from multiple locations, so we can continue to create games for you guys.

 

[Rahdulan]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government.

This has been debunked.
Owlcat is a Cypriot developer.

Jesus, look at that employee count. When exactly did they balloon considering there was a lot of outsourcing in Kingmaker? At least according to credits.

 

[Space Satan]

OwlCat is a Russia company with ties to the Russian government.

This has been debunked.
Owlcat is a Cypriot developer.

Jesus, look at that employee count. When exactly did they balloon considering there was a lot of outsourcing in Kingmaker? At least according to credits.

Owlcat do a lot of outsource works.

 

[Dishonoredbr]