Warhammer Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Swen]

I didn't have high expectations, but that PC Gaymer review made me really optimistic. If a game journo gives a low score whining about too complicated systems, it probably means the gameplay is great, and there wasn't enough woke shit to make up for the systems being too hard on journo's brain. Best possible endorsement.

 

[kangaxx]

I didn't have high expectations, but that PC Gaymer review made me really optimistic. If a game journo gives a low score whining about too complicated systems, it probably means the gameplay is great, and there wasn't enough woke shit to make up for the systems being too hard on journo's brain. Best possible endorsement.

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

I didn't have high expectations, but that PC Gaymer review made me really optimistic. If a game journo gives a low score whining about too complicated systems, it probably means the gameplay is great, and there wasn't enough woke shit to make up for the systems being too hard on journo's brain. Best possible endorsement.

Possibly. That same reviewer was pretty much spot-on with Owlcat's enduring flaw as to WOTR already. And all it took was a single, simple oservation:

"(There's a lot of filler").

That's saying it nicely. Now I DO like Owlcat's games. But I swear so far they are letting an intern go over all their maps at the last minute. His mission: to copypaste another couple copypaste mobs over any empty spot yet to be found. So that the resulting experience can be sold as twice as long time sink as BG1+2 combined.


And now the reviewer has this to say about Rogue Trader:

here are things about the combat I like. There's artful slow-mo on kill strikes that adds emphasis to the Sister of Battle's bursts of bolt-pistol fire or the psyker's lightning arcing from target to target. And using psychic powers results in veil degradation, which adds whispering voices, shadow tentacles, and other visual effects as well as random Perils of the Warp like a blastback of psychic damage or straight-up summoning a daemon.

It's just that there's a lot of combat, and most of it's boring. There's never one interesting tactical battle when there could be three samey ones to grind down your resources.

I mean, fingers crossed an all. But so far Owlcat have been remarkably stubborn to correct their ethos, given that Kingmaker took quite a bit of flak already. That is by anybody who isn't immediately enarmoured by the prospect of spending 200 hours on a single campaign itself, but only if that mostly entails quality as opposed to quantity.

 

[ferratilis]

He says he's confident BG3 is GOTY, but he feels a great urge to soil every page of this thread with anti-Owlcat sentiment. Insecure or just autistic?

 

[Swen]

He says he's confident BG3 is GOTY, but he feels a great urge to soil every page of this thread with anti-Owlcat sentiment. Insecure or just autistic?

MOAARRRRR!!!!!!

 

[Reinhardt]

I didn't have high expectations, but that PC Gaymer review made me really optimistic. If a game journo gives a low score whining about too complicated systems, it probably means the gameplay is great, and there wasn't enough woke shit to make up for the systems being too hard on journo's brain. Best possible endorsement.

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

just like belgian humor in larian games

 

[Swen]

I didn't have high expectations, but that PC Gaymer review made me really optimistic. If a game journo gives a low score whining about too complicated systems, it probably means the gameplay is great, and there wasn't enough woke shit to make up for the systems being too hard on journo's brain. Best possible endorsement.

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

just like belgian humor in larian games

That belgian humor got me GOTY this year though. Call me when Owlcuck games wins...well anything really LMFAO! :D

 

[Reever]

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

It's like a reddit attempt at a /v/ shitposter. The worst of both cringe spectrums.

 

[Swen]

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

It's like a reddit attempt at a /v/ shitposter. The worst of both cringe spectrums.

Keep it coming losers!

 

[kangaxx]

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

It's like a reddit attempt at a /v/ shitposter. The worst of both cringe spectrums.

Also completely fucks up the thread for suckers like me who (shock horror) want to read Codexers' opinions on the game before I decide what to do.

 

[Spectacle]

Bros, those of you who have been playing the latest beta. How buggy does the game seem to be? Is it safe to dive in as soon as it releases tomorrow, or should I wait and see?

 

[Daedalos]

So is this game gonna be good?

I have ZERO prior knowledge of the warhammer universe, will I miss alot of stuff when playing rogue trader, or is it noob friendly for absolutely new-cumers to the franchise?
I wanna DIVE in tomorrow.

 

[Shaki]

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

It's like a reddit attempt at a /v/ shitposter. The worst of both cringe spectrums.

Keep it coming losers!

Stop spamming the thread dumbfuck, at this point you're like SDG, but he at least made effort with his videos and we could laugh at him being an inbred alcoholic, while you're just mass posting low quality unfunny reddit memes.

 

[ArchAngel]

You have ceased to be funny. Put a sock in it.

It's like a reddit attempt at a /v/ shitposter. The worst of both cringe spectrums.

Also completely fucks up the thread for suckers like me who (shock horror) want to read Codexers' opinions on the game before I decide what to do.

Put him on Ignore.
Personally his retardness amuses me so I didn't.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

Bros, those of you who have been playing the latest beta. How buggy does the game seem to be? Is it safe to dive in as soon as it releases tomorrow, or should I wait and see?

Latest beta was months ago, if you want to play it safe wait and see what people say about the day 1 patch.

 

[ArchAngel]

So is this game gonna be good?

I have ZERO prior knowledge of the warhammer universe, will I miss alot of stuff when playing rogue trader, or is it noob friendly for absolutely new-cumers to the franchise?
I wanna DIVE in tomorrow.

WH40k universe is awesome by itself. Only based universe left..

 

[ferratilis]

So is this game gonna be good?

I have ZERO prior knowledge of the warhammer universe, will I miss alot of stuff when playing rogue trader, or is it noob friendly for absolutely new-cumers to the franchise?
I wanna DIVE in tomorrow.

There's an in-game encyclopedia that will explain the most important terms. Or you can watch this lore primer:


But I'd say your best bet is to just dive in, and learn things as you go.

 

[Desiderius]

This really is the world’s gheyest war in miniature.

Belgians leverage Murkan nostalgia into hyping up their half-assed cause, RUS trips over own dick taking advantage of Belge overreach.

 

[Tyrr]

They didn't added a story/journo mode for stupid people to play the game?

 

[Raghar]

Bros, those of you who have been playing the latest beta. How buggy does the game seem to be? Is it safe to dive in as soon as it releases tomorrow, or should I wait and see?

GO FOR IT.

We would hear your moaning and have big fun.

 

[Shaki]

So is this game gonna be good?

I have ZERO prior knowledge of the warhammer universe, will I miss alot of stuff when playing rogue trader, or is it noob friendly for absolutely new-cumers to the franchise?
I wanna DIVE in tomorrow.

Dive in, just remember to kill heretics and space elves on sight, and you'll be ok.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Ps5 Review
https://www.gameskinny.com/reviews/warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-review-a-grim-dark-odyssey/

 

[Grauken]

So is this game gonna be good?

I have ZERO prior knowledge of the warhammer universe, will I miss alot of stuff when playing rogue trader, or is it noob friendly for absolutely new-cumers to the franchise?
I wanna DIVE in tomorrow.

There was a galactic war long before humanity rose, that drove hyperspace mad and led to incarnations of pure evil born from said hyperspace. Humanity had a golden age of space exploration long after but then hyperspace travel got more complicated and the human galactic empire splintered. An übermensch Prof. X then created a new human space empire fashioned around himself that was a bit more traditional and fascist than the Golden Age human space empire. There are also lots of aliens, but all are evil. Prof. X aka the Emperor is also evil but all things being relative, he is the lesser evil compared to aliens and hyperspace demons.

 

[Vasya]

Bros, those of you who have been playing the latest beta. How buggy does the game seem to be? Is it safe to dive in as soon as it releases tomorrow, or should I wait and see?

According to that pcgamer review the release version is more buggy than the beta I was playing.

 

[Infinitron]

Fuck the reviewers, but why did they insist on releasing this in 2023?