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

[Tomas]

I've been playing Darktide and whilst that game has a lot of faults it gets the visuals of 40k so right that it really highlights just how much of a travesty the art style of this game is.

I would've sold several of my organs and my first born child for the Bioware that made Baldur's Gate, KotoR, and Jade Empire or the Obisdian who made KotOR 2, FNV, and NwN2 to make a 40k RPG using the Dark Heresy d100 rules with decent visuals that actually evoke the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. As opposed to whatever this crap is designed to attract the sort of people who think the Pathfinder games or BG3 is a good game. This was SO FUCKING CLOSE to being my dream game. So fucking close that I am actually angry that it isn't.

If you told me ten years ago that a big RPG studio would be tackling a 40k Rogue Trader game, and it would be top-down, turn-based, party building, I would honestly say it would be the most hyped I've been for a game, ever.

And I felt the same way when this one was announced, only to have the hype snatched away as soon as Owlcat's name was mentioned.

Owlcat's art style and "writing" can't be further away from grimdark.

Dark Tide is fun though, a new update dropped so maybe servers are more stable now.

I still am regardless of any names mentioned.

 

[Peachcurl]

I'm not hyped. But I'm still hoped.

:/

 

[Parsimonious cook]

Alpha is coming later this year. Cant wait to get my hands on it.

Interrogator Heinrix van Calox, apparently a new party member. Definitely gonna be taking this dude along with the Sister for true Emperor approved experiece.

HEINRIX VAN CALOX: THE GOLDEN THRONE’S HEAVY GAZE​

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

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Rogue Traders fear little. Their unbelievable wealth and unquestioned might ensure their will is always respected and their goals always reached. Yet there is but one power that stands above them – the power called the Holy Orders of the Emperor's Inquisition, whose only purpose is to identify and destroy the vilest of threats to the Imperium of Man. Agents of the Golden Throne are wary of Rogue Traders, whose overconfidence and lack of restraint could lead to damnation and, consequently, to unimaginable ruin. So grave is this concern that a cautious Inquisitor may deem it necessary to post one of his own on board the voidship of an especially recalcitrant Rogue Trader – to watch and to assess in order to either respectfully usher the lost ship back into the fold or mercilessly cull the heretic if they are deemed hopeless.

Interrogator Heinrix van Calox is a sanctioned psyker – a living weapon of the Inquisition, an example of the vile power of the warp, bound and controlled by the vigorous training and unbending will of the man himself. Many twists and turns of fate brought van Calox from his Knight world home to the service of the Ordo Xenos, with his diverse specialties and formidable psychic powers making him indispensable in the eyes of his pre-eminent mentor. It is this high-standing and powerful individual who set Heinrix on a mission of his own – one that eventually led the Interrogator to meet the Rogue Trader.

While Heinrix is focused on the Inquisition’s goals in the Koronus Expanse, the sudden task of joining the retinue of the almighty Lord Captain will prove a challenge of its own. After all, the mere sight of the crowd around a privileged Rogue Trader can make any loyal Imperial agent’s blood boil, let alone the arduous task of tolerating heretics and xenos by one’s side day after day. Still, there is something important about this particular Rogue Trader, something that urges the Inquisition to stay the hand of judgement and forces van Calox to endure more than his fair share of questionable decisions from the Lord Captain.

The Interrogator may have his doubts about the situation, but for now he hides them behind his respectful yet cold demeanour. After all, his main purpose on this very voidship is to watch and see whether this remarkable show of trust will prove fruitful. For if the Rogue Trader ends up worth the travail, they could prove to be the Inquisition’s most useful asset in the Koronus Expanse. Otherwise, the Lord Captain might soon discover that van Calox’s mask of noble politeness and dutiful deference is but a shackle on the psychic storm ready to be unleashed upon the heads of the unworthy.

Coat of Arms of PCs family:

 

[Koolz]

I will be watching from a distance...

Checking out Darktide they really nailed the atmosphere. Great opening!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yReEK0AsUo

 

[notpl]

I've been playing Darktide and whilst that game has a lot of faults it gets the visuals of 40k so right that it really highlights just how much of a travesty the art style of this game is.

I would've sold several of my organs and my first born child for the Bioware that made Baldur's Gate, KotoR, and Jade Empire or the Obisdian who made KotOR 2, FNV, and NwN2 to make a 40k RPG using the Dark Heresy d100 rules with decent visuals that actually evoke the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. As opposed to whatever this crap is designed to attract the sort of people who think the Pathfinder games or BG3 is a good game. This was SO FUCKING CLOSE to being my dream game. So fucking close that I am actually angry that it isn't.

What, specifically, is wrong with the (incredibly small amount of) footage we've seen? Preferably with example alternatives to the things you complain about, please.

 

[lightbane]

Having a psyker Interrogator makes the crazy rogue psyker redundant, as the former is much safer (and possibly stronger) than the latter to use no matter what, despite the Inquisitorial gaze.

 

[Peachcurl]

Having a psyker Interrogator makes the crazy rogue psyker redundant, as the former is much safer (and possibly stronger) than the latter to use no matter what, despite the Inquisitorial gaze.

From a bang/risk perspective, yes. Absolutely.

But it depends on what you want to do. If you want to smuggle xenos weapons or something like that, probably better to get rid of the guy.

 

[Parsimonious cook]

Having a psyker Interrogator makes the crazy rogue psyker redundant, as the former is much safer (and possibly stronger) than the latter to use no matter what, despite the Inquisitorial gaze.

Rogue psyker is there for people who want to be chaos worshiping scumbags.

 

[Infinitum]

Gotta give it to them though, Owlcat has really nailed the grimdark & handsome part of the setting.

 

[lightbane]

But it depends on what you want to do. If you want to smuggle xenos weapons or something like that, probably better to get rid of the guy.

Depending on the inquisitor and how really shady is whatever illegal shit you're doing, the Inquisitorial aid might look the other way (for a while at least).

 

[Vermillion]

But it depends on what you want to do. If you want to smuggle xenos weapons or something like that, probably better to get rid of the guy.

Depending on the inquisitor and how really shady is whatever illegal shit you're doing, the Inquisitorial aid might look the other way (for a while at least).

Really depends on what inquisitorial scale of puritan-radical the inquisitor is on and whether or not the Rogue Trader is willing to sell his ill-gotten gains to the inquisition.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

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I love these uniform styles.

But anyhow, thus far: Pasqal, Abelard and Heinrix as goto party members.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Having a psyker Interrogator makes the crazy rogue psyker redundant, as the former is much safer (and possibly stronger) than the latter to use no matter what, despite the Inquisitorial gaze.

Rogue psyker is there for people who want to be chaos worshiping scumbags.

I'd try a Chaos playthrough, but I'm guessing that Chaos worship will be either of the Tzeentzchian and/or Slaaneshian variety (i.e. scheming, decadent captain in search of lost lore and forbidden pleasures). No love for the blood god, so meh (although being a Khornate wouldn't make much sense for this game's PC, so I don't mind the lack of a Khornate option).

 

[Forest Dweller]

How large of a party are we expecting?

Party of 4 judging by the gameplay trailer.

From the Steam page:

 

[Camel]

From the Steam page:

I stand corrected.

 

[Peachcurl]

Having a psyker Interrogator makes the crazy rogue psyker redundant, as the former is much safer (and possibly stronger) than the latter to use no matter what, despite the Inquisitorial gaze.

Rogue psyker is there for people who want to be chaos worshiping scumbags.

I'd try a Chaos playthrough, but I'm guessing that Chaos worship will be either of the Tzeentzchian and/or Slaaneshian variety (i.e. scheming, decadent captain in search of lost lore and forbidden pleasures). No love for the blood god, so meh (although being a Khornate wouldn't make much sense for this game's PC, so I don't mind the lack of a Khornate option).

Okay, listen, this doesn't cut it.

You forgot someone, the most friendly and caring of the bunch!

 

[NecroLord]

Something,something,Nurgle.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

You forgot someone, the most friendly and caring of the bunch!

Nurgle...

Spoiler

stinks.

Spoiler

Both literally and figuratively))

 

[Peachcurl]

You forgot someone, the most friendly and caring of the bunch!

Nurgle...

Spoiler

stinks.

Spoiler

Both literally and figuratively))

So now you attempt flattery.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

You forgot someone, the most friendly and caring of the bunch!

Nurgle...

Spoiler

stinks.

Spoiler

Both literally and figuratively))

So now you attempt flattery.

 

[Phenomenology of Fail]

I am going to roleplay as the most racist character to ever exist in any rpg setting ever

It's just roleplaying though

 

[0sacred]

From the Steam page:

I stand corrected.

gameplay trailer shows party of 4

 

[Dodo1610]

From the Steam page:

I stand corrected.

gameplay trailer shows party of 4

They said in interviews months ago that you have a party of six and I doubt that has changed since then.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ow...-full-heretic-in-warhammer-40000-rogue-trader

You’ll be causing and suffering these bloody deaths, as with Owlcat’s Pathfinder games, as a party of six.

 

[Alpharius]

Not sure including a space marine was a good idea. Does the tabletop game have such an option?
Like he should be so much stronger than your regular mortals such as senechal as to make them redundant. So they will have to balance him to make him just as weak.

Its been 11 years but i'm still butthurt about how tactical marines were rekt both in melee and at range by ig catachan devils in dawn of war 2 retribution because balance.

Psykers, navigator, eldar and mechanicus dude are fine i guess.

 

[Yosharian]

Not sure including a space marine was a good idea. Does the tabletop game have such an option?
Like he should be so much stronger than your regular mortals such as senechal as to make them redundant. So they will have to balance him to make him just as weak.

Its been 11 years but i'm still butthurt about how tactical marines were rekt both in melee and at range by ig catachan devils in dawn of war 2 retribution because balance.

Psykers, navigator, eldar and mechanicus dude are fine i guess.

Are you kidding? How the hell are they not going to include a fucking space marine. They would lose a lot of potential sales if they didn't.