Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader in Development by Pathfinder Developer
Warhammer 40K is best known as the franchise that gave players the word “grimdark.” An over-the-top science-fantasy franchise of epic scale and almost unrivaled scope, the Warhammer 40K setting has been adapted to numerous books and video games in addition to the original tabletop strategy games. But for some reason, it seems no one has yet to adapt Warhammer 40K into an isometric old-school RPG.
Owlcat Games, the developer of Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, evidently decided to correct the problem by announcing Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. The upcoming CRPG doesn’t have a release date just yet. However, Warhammer 40K fans at least have a dramatic new teaser trailer to pick apart.
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The roughly two-minute trailer contains a mix of animation and in-game footage. The latter is quite reminiscent of Firaxis Games’ rebooted XCOM series. Rogue Trader’s trailer begins with the player character’s predecessor explaining that their family has always been loyal servants of the Imperium of Man. As a result, they’ve been entrusted with the dangerous but vitally important tasks of exploring the galaxy in search of lost artifacts and potential threats. This part of the trailer includes brief clips of inside the player’s ship, of explorers activating a strange relic, and of a skirmish between Imperial Guardsmen and alien Tau soldiers on a lush jungle planet.
As Rogue Trader’s trailer continues, the narrator wonders whether her heir’s fate will lead them down a path of service, glory, or heresy. This is intercut with scenes of the player’s party battling the forces of Warhammer 40K’s Chaos and Dark Eldar. It ends with the ominous statement, “One can only
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