Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000 (Classic)

Great to have these classics back and easily playable!

I've had this game since it's original big-box physical release! Built on the test rules for Warhammer Epic 40,000 (The devs were given rules as GW was readying the release of their boxgame) this is a faithful recreation of the ruleset as it stood just prior to release by GW The UI and QoL features of the game are a little lacking and dated but it remains a solid 90s 40K game nonetheless Indeed, most of the charm comes from the infamous cutscenes (made by the company that did the Inquisitor short film) and the fact that this represents a full planetary invasion - switching between a global strategic layer and a digital, isometric, tabletop battle simulation following the Epic rules of the time It remains the ONLY 40k game to get the feel of a planetary invasion right - The Space marines are rare, only really used for special assaults and roles performed by elite troops (indeed, they get told to return to duties elsewhere very early on) leaving the Planetary Defence and Imperial Guard forces to do the bulk of the work - This is who you spend most of your time managing and fighting with Probably my only critique other than the dated UI (even then) is the limited response to player actions on the strategic map layer - without spoilers there are a couple of times the Orks respond throughout the game but after a point you can happily sit and wait to your advantage. This was an issue on initial release in 1997, it remains so now. I feel it was a design oversight probably bought on by pressure to release and had it spent a few more months in the oven, we'd have had more dynamism A Chaos Expansion was planned - you can find an Alpha state mod with some of the content from "various sources" around the web and it's worth checking out if you can hunt it down (alas would be a ToS breach to link here) All in all, highly recommended!

one of the most fun strategy games ive played

Fantastic port of an old classic. For the Emperor!

I can not get any of the 'cheat' codes to do anything. In fact the Imperials cant hit anything most o the time.

Command Infantry, Tanks, Artillery, Super Heavy Tanks and Titans to smash hordes of Orks!

The game has aged surprisingly well, only in the cut-scene videos does the age show (extremely grainy when playing with modern resolutions). The simple but fun gameplay is still there, and one can but wonder in awe how big the budget must have been back then for the live-action videos (even thogh the videos are grainy, as mentioned, but they actually have real people playing the roles of imperials, space marines and orks; all masked and suited up, as if one was watching trailers for a WH40k movie). I prefer to play this in windowed mode, so that the game uses about a quarter of the screen -> the videos look better, and I can play this while I have another game waiting for something (like sitting in a queue for whatever). During the about 8 hours of gaming I have suffered one crash, and even that I suspect might have been my fault (I had two other CPU intense programs running at the same time), so this release seems to be very stable.

Great memories. I still own the original but it hasn't been played for a very long time. The UI is outdated AF but the game is solid and has always been one of my favourite Warhammer games. Did crash a bit on me when I tried to see the movement grid but it kind of came back then tried to crash my system but Debian was having none of that. This is a 9/10 game for me at the time. I still rate it 8/10 and if you can get past the slow and outdated interface I think you will have a great time if you like turn-based wargames.

Just finished the campagn for the first time in my life, a revenge of 30 years in the making. Alas, the game is not as good as i was hoping as a kid : rules being too obscures, strategic logics not being all met, some units being unbalanced AF, infantry being close to useless, and the RNG being a real pain in the ass, even when you're pushing your advantage. But don't get me wrong, the game is still pretty fun, as a wargame with some power fantaisies, a Warlord Titan leading the charge of vast armies in the name of the Emperor of Manking. The OST is still one of my favorites, and while the story is clearly lacking, the FMV are quite charming. For a reasonable price, you can discover and enjoy a classic and a really well done port on modern PCs, shipped with achievements and manuals. Hope the other edited games by SNEG have received the same treatment.

OH damn, got me right in the nostalgia... memories flooding back of playing this 30 years ago. What a great game, and looking back in hindsight, ahead of its time with some of its features.