The Nighthaunt cometh – hands on with Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Realms of Ruin

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Despite being around for eight years now, there’s still been just a handful of attempts to adapt the rebooted Warhammer Fantasy world of Age of Sigmar into video game form. With that in mind, Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Realms of Ruin is both a fantastic opportunity and an important introduction to this revised world.

We got to go hands-on with two more of the campaign story missions from Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Realms of Ruin, getting another sneak peek at what the full campaign is set to deliver.

There’s definitely the sense here that the expedition of Stormcast Eternals (basically fantasy Space Marines) to the realm of Ghur don’t know what they’re getting themselves into. Certainly, they will have expected to encounter the Orruk Kruleboyz that were known to have spread through Ghur, but even so, their vanguard has been ambushed and imprisoned, and there’s more insidious evils waiting for them.

To be specific about it, and as revealed during the Gamescom release date announcement trailer, the Nighthaunt, servants of Nagash will emerge out of the shadows, their ghostly apparitions coming in great numbers to besiege the Stormcast as they seek to secure a mysterious artefact.

Compared to the barren-looking biome of jutting rocks, sparse trees and patchy yellowing grass that seems to make up most of Ghur, the shift to the dark nighttime ruined city made for a good change of pace. The level structure also shifted dramatically from a winding and linear push through Orruk defensive lines and checkpoints, to a rushed defensive effort to spread and hold off regular Nighthaunt incursions across pretty much a whole map. It felt a touch desperate at times while trying to hold and control a set of ethereal chains, but the best RTS