They would all gather up in an orderly line and wait for me to drop the overwatch, which I never did. For the bulk of the missions I played, all I had to do was cover any path that the Genestealers could take to get to me with an overwatch command and the enemy AI wouldn’t dare cross it.

It’s not threatening and to put it bluntly it’s almost brain dead. While I enjoy the ability to play single player, the Genestealer AI is pretty disappointing in the current build of the game. I’m also a depressing bastard so you know, take that with a grain of salt. It’s got a nice tragic feel to it that I think fits with the universe really well. I personally found the Genestealer campaign to be more intriguing though because it is told from the perspective of an Imperium Inquisitor telling the tale of fallen Space Marine squads. Lots of squabbling between factions, plenty of cries of “brother”, some casual xenocide, exactly what you’d want. The Blood Angel campaign is about what you would expect from a Warhammer 40K story. There is a decent campaign attached to the game, one for each faction. That being said, it can get frustrating when your prayers to RNGesus fall on deaf ears and your well-planned assault crumbles but thems the breaks I suppose. The random outcome makes for a nice thrill when you attempt a daring move while still making you think tactically enough to mitigate risks. I do however like that every dice roll is shown on screen which makes me feel like I’m keeping an eye on the computer so it doesn’t cheat.

Because of that, there is a bit more variety to playing as the Blood Angels, but I can’t deny the fun that is playing as the Genestealers with the sole purpose of ruining someone’s plans. For the most part, Genestealer missions are always about killing the Blood Angels, while Blood Angel missions can run the gamut from escort, to destruction, to extermination. At least it should be, more on that in a bit.Įach mission has the two factions going after their own goals, each running counterpart to the others. While the Blood Angels have the blessing of weapons, Genestealers can for the most part only attack with their claws. The two factions are opposite of each other, where the Genestealer has agility, the Blood Angels are bulky and slow. You play as either the religious humanoid Blood Angels or the Xenomorph-like Genestealers. Space Hulk is a claustrophobic asymmetrical tactical strategy game, set in the hallways of starships that have snowballed together as ship wreckage drifts through space.

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