Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate Daemonhunters Preview - A Brutal & Fast-Paced Tactical RPG
The Warhammer 40K license is ripe for video game adaptations, with many falling into the first-person shooter and strategy game genres. Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate — Daemonhuntersis a tactical RPG that involves conflict on a massive scale, as the player directs a war across the stars while also managing troops in brutal battles with the forces of Chaos. Screen Rant had a chance to see the game in action ahead of its May 5 release date.
Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate focuses on the conflict between the Gray Knights and the Plague Marines. The Gray Knights are the chapter of the Space Marines that deal with the forces of Chaos, and the Plague Marines are the servants of the Chaos God Nurgle, the lord of pestilence. Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate's storyinvolves Gray Knights learning of a new plague, known as the Bloom, which can affect an entire sector of space. Thus begins a race against time, as the Gray Knights must purge the infected worlds of the Bloom while battling the Plague Marines.
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The main gameplay loop of Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate will be familiar to fans of the XCOM series. The player directs their campaign from their colossal battleship, where they can: use the Barracks to customize the appearance and load-outs of their soldiers; use the Armory to purchase permanent upgrades that affect available troop types; use the Manufactorum to upgrade the ship; and visit the Libris Malleus to research new weapons and anti-Bloom tactics. The Libris Malleus also has a research tree for Strategems, which are psychic buffs that can be used during missions, but only in limited numbers. Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate has an entire base management simulation on the ship, but
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