Space Hulk announced on Steam

[Erttheking]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/242570/

Just now a game called Space Hulk was announced on steam. I know it's connected to the Warhammer 40k universe, but that's where my knowledge of it ends. What is a Space Hulk and to 40k veterans, how does the quality of this game look? Is it worth buying?

 

[InsanityRequiem]

Well, to cover Space Hulk, we'll need to discuss what a space hulk is in the 40K universe. A space hulk is a large combination of derelict ships crashed and melted together (sometimes getting to the size of a moon) and inside the space hulk can be a combination of trapped survivors, orks, genestealers(think Xenomorphs, but they can capture and turn other creatures), daemons, etc. If a space hulk is believed to hold a relic of some sort, or may be too dangerous to let wander the galaxy, one of the ways to destroy/reclaim the relic inside the hulk is to send in a few squads of Terminator Armored space marines.

Now, Space Hulk was originally a board game where you and a friend can fight wits against each other, one being controlling Blood Angels and their Terminator Marines while the other controls a hive of Genestealers. The game is basically a reimagining of the board game. Quality? For a somewhat small time studio, I'd say it's looking pretty decent so far. Though I recommend waiting a couple days for the word on the game.

 

[Neverhoodian]

EDIT: Ninja'd.

Space Hulk is a tactical strategy game. "Space hulks" refer to any number of ancient derelict ships, asteroids or other assorted space junk that eventually merge together into one huge mass. These can range in size from a small moon to a large planet. Space hulks have a tendency to slip in and out of the Warp, and can materialize just about anywhere with no warning.

The Imperium often sends strike teams to investigate space hulks, as they can contain treasure like lost secrets from the Dark Age of Technology and/or threats in the form of pirates or xenos. More often then not they stumble across enemies, and the strike team has to fight their way through.

A typical Space Hulk game has one player commanding a small squad of Space Marine Terminators (elite veterans with powerful weapons) while the other player controls Genestealers (Tyranid life form meant to scout and infiltrate for the Hive Fleets. Extremely deadly in close quarters). The Space Marine player has to navigate the Terminators through the hulk to their objective, while the Genestealer player has to try and stop them. Because of the hulk's claustrophobic hallways and corridors, the Marine player has to utilize proper tactics and strategy to get his Terminators past the 'stealer hordes.

While primarily a board game, there have been a few Space Hulk video games in the past, namely the 1993 Space Hulk and 1995 Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels.

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Definitely a little rough around the edges, but they tried to capture the tactical aspect of things.

There have also been a number of Space Hulk mods for various games, including Dawn of War: Winter Assault, Dawn of War II and Left 4 Dead 2.

This newest iteration looks promising. I'm definitely keeping an eye on it.

 

[Aeshi]

It's basically a Warhammer 40k version of X-Com from what I can gather. I guess Enemy Unknown's success has inspired a few other Turn-based Strategies to step out of hiding.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

I've been keeping an eye on the development of this game and it looks good, and out so soon. We have the newest version of the board game here, so yeah, we have played it and I was familiar with it from the old PC game we had when I was younger.