I Feel Like This Forgotten Warhammer 40,000 Game Needs The Space Marine Treatment

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I've been a big fan of ever since I was around 11. When I first stepped into a Games Workshop shop and browsed the endless overpriced boxes, I was drawn to the Imperial Guard — aka Astra Militarum — compelled by the slick uniforms of the Cadian soldiers, the nimble and almost patchwork-like design of the Sentinels, and the sheer firepower of the various armored vehicles from Leman Russes to Basilisk artillery. For the most part, my love of the Imperial Guard has lasted, endlessly rereading novels like,, and, naturally, omnibuses.

However, while I was never attracted to other main factions, such as the Space Marines and Orks, I was drawn to the mysterious, ethereal Tau who are so vastly different from anything I had seen before. Of course, when I learned they had their own game,, I leaped at the chance to play it and got giddy when I realized it also included the Imperial Guard. That game has stuck with me ever since, and while it isn't considered one of the best games of all time, it absolutely deserves a comeback.

I played on the PS2, something I feel is important to mention considering the notable differences in quality between each platform's version of the game. At the time, I remember thinking quite highly of it. I enjoyed being able to use Imperial Guard weaponry in a first-person shooter and exploring the deep lore of the Tau. It was also just fun to be playing a first-person shooter, as those didn't exist at all at the time.

Unfortunately, the game has not aged well at all, and, in reality, was terrible from the start. What my youthful brain had conveniently opted to forget was the awful audio quality, frustrating difficulty spikes, inaccuracy of the weapons, and generally buggy gameplay that was barely propped up by a largely uninteresting narrative. Apparently,I'm not alone in thinking that was, to put it lightly, practically undeserving of my time, as the internet has almost banded together to hate it.

However, despite the warranted criticism of a game