Opinion of the game
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:49 pm
This game is a blessing in disguise; putting the Warhammer 40k universe in a 4x setting. It's honestly quite brilliant. I personally enjoy the game but I would like to share my opinion about the PROS and the CONS of the game thus far. Please take into consideration that I know the development team is small and trying their best.
PROS:
1) The races heavily differ in game play from one another. The Orks and the Necron for example are VERY different. Adds possible replay-ability.
2) The early game is AMAZING. The thrill of exploring and the start of expansion is great. The options for units from early to mid is wide and you can play any faction in many ways.
3) The random map generator creates very decent maps for playing on.
4) The AI is quite good! (Unless the wildlife is turned too high). (Have experienced bugs with Necron AI not expanding while having 4 scarabs sitting in a city).
5) Heroes are powerful... but not too powerful. This is good as they shouldn't dominate the battlefield. They are treated more like powerful support characters and I like that.
6) The models are okay. I feel like some of them could be touched up but they are fine the way they are.
7) The UI is simple to look at and easy to understand. Some see the simplicity as a CON.
There are others but I cant think of them right now.
CONS:
1) There are no VO lines in game other than the occasional death noise from units. It would add a lot of impact if units made noises or spoke when selected or commanded.
2) It's too easy to expand if youre Orks, Empire, or even Necron. What I mean is the penalty of expanding is not enough to discourage people from expanding TOO much. This ties in to the next CON.
3) Late game is pretty linear and boring to play. All of the factions will just produce super units and the factions who can expand will over run the Space Marines and Necron.
4) Could use more gore and blood in better death animations but that's not too important.
5) There is no World Builder. This would add SO MUCH replay-ability to this game. I am only 4 days into it and I am already getting pretty bored of it. The World Builder would allow players and creators such as myself to create scenarios and build maps that tell a bigger story of Gladius.
6) It's too easy to accumulate resources. By mid game I can have non-stop armies no matter what faction I am to fight people. While other human players match this play style the AI cannot handle it.
7) Late game is just a big lul. Stalemates often happen on multiplayer because everyone has nonstop cashflow. Upkeep and the cost of units needs to be higher so that the game is more tactical late game (like it is early) and not just throwing units at eachother.
PLEASE consider World Builder, I know I already said it but you (the developers) wouldn't have to make a campaign or story mode or hell, even add other map selections if you take the time to create a good World Builder.
The game is very fun to play but the major problem is that in its current state the replay-ability is not quite there; and I know you want your hard work to be admired and played for as long as possible. Gladius feels like it's in Beta which is okay; as long as there is continuous development going on (which I know there is).
Thank you so much for giving fans a 4x Warhammer 40k game to play, Ever since Civilization 3 people have been asking for warhammer 40k mods but no one was there to answer.
PROS:
1) The races heavily differ in game play from one another. The Orks and the Necron for example are VERY different. Adds possible replay-ability.
2) The early game is AMAZING. The thrill of exploring and the start of expansion is great. The options for units from early to mid is wide and you can play any faction in many ways.
3) The random map generator creates very decent maps for playing on.
4) The AI is quite good! (Unless the wildlife is turned too high). (Have experienced bugs with Necron AI not expanding while having 4 scarabs sitting in a city).
5) Heroes are powerful... but not too powerful. This is good as they shouldn't dominate the battlefield. They are treated more like powerful support characters and I like that.
6) The models are okay. I feel like some of them could be touched up but they are fine the way they are.
7) The UI is simple to look at and easy to understand. Some see the simplicity as a CON.
There are others but I cant think of them right now.
CONS:
1) There are no VO lines in game other than the occasional death noise from units. It would add a lot of impact if units made noises or spoke when selected or commanded.
2) It's too easy to expand if youre Orks, Empire, or even Necron. What I mean is the penalty of expanding is not enough to discourage people from expanding TOO much. This ties in to the next CON.
3) Late game is pretty linear and boring to play. All of the factions will just produce super units and the factions who can expand will over run the Space Marines and Necron.
4) Could use more gore and blood in better death animations but that's not too important.
5) There is no World Builder. This would add SO MUCH replay-ability to this game. I am only 4 days into it and I am already getting pretty bored of it. The World Builder would allow players and creators such as myself to create scenarios and build maps that tell a bigger story of Gladius.
6) It's too easy to accumulate resources. By mid game I can have non-stop armies no matter what faction I am to fight people. While other human players match this play style the AI cannot handle it.
7) Late game is just a big lul. Stalemates often happen on multiplayer because everyone has nonstop cashflow. Upkeep and the cost of units needs to be higher so that the game is more tactical late game (like it is early) and not just throwing units at eachother.
PLEASE consider World Builder, I know I already said it but you (the developers) wouldn't have to make a campaign or story mode or hell, even add other map selections if you take the time to create a good World Builder.
The game is very fun to play but the major problem is that in its current state the replay-ability is not quite there; and I know you want your hard work to be admired and played for as long as possible. Gladius feels like it's in Beta which is okay; as long as there is continuous development going on (which I know there is).
Thank you so much for giving fans a 4x Warhammer 40k game to play, Ever since Civilization 3 people have been asking for warhammer 40k mods but no one was there to answer.