Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

Сильно разочарован решением разработчиков по поводу недоступности второй части игры в России, и несмотря на то, что первая часть игры мне понравмлась меняю свою оценку на отрицательною, за токое отношение к своим фанатам I am very disappointed with the decision of the developers regarding the unavailability of the second part of the game in Russia, and despite the fact that I liked the first part of the game, I change my rating to negative, for the attitude towards my fans.

Alright, strap in—because Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is what happens when a toaster achieves sentience, develops a superiority complex, and then decides to wage a polite but deeply unsettling genocide. Hello everyone, today we’re reviewing a game where your main resource is not money, not manpower, but the raw, unfiltered audacity to replace your internal organs with USB ports. Premise: Archaeology, But With More Heresy! :D You play as the Adeptus Mechanicus—Mars’ finest collection of cybernetic hoarders—who arrive on a Necron tomb world to do what they do best: Steal things they absolutely should not touch. The story is essentially: "We should not open this.” “We’re opening this.” “Everything is waking up.” “This is a learning opportunity.” And to its credit, the game leans hard into this tone. Every character speaks like a philosophical PDF file. Half the dialogue sounds like it was translated from Latin, into binary, then back into English by a very nervous intern. --- Gameplay: XCOM, But Your Guns Are Wikipedia Articles At its core, Mechanicus is a turn-based tactics game. Yes, it looks like XCOM. But here’s the twist; RNG is on a leash. Shots don’t miss because the Omnissiah decided to ruin your day. Instead: * Attacks are deterministic * Positioning matters more than prayer * And your failures are your own fault, not the dice Which is honestly refreshing. It’s like XCOM, but the game isn’t actively gaslighting you. --- Cognition Points: The Cyborg's Currency Instead of action points, you get Cognition Points—earned by: * Scanning objects * Standing near terminals * Or just generally acting like a tech goblin These points let you: * Move further * Fire more * Break the game over your knee And yes, you absolutely will break the game. By mid-to-late game, your Tech-Priests evolve from: > “Careful explorers” into: > “Six-legged war crimes with a doctorate in overkill” --- Customization: Become the Machine You Fear Each Tech-Priest is fully customizable. You can: * Replace limbs * Stack weapons * Install enough augmentations to void your warranty across multiple star systems Want a sniper with mechadendrites and a plasma cannon? Done. Want a walking tank that solves problems by existing harder? Me too! Want a priest that has abandoned the concept of legs entirely? **Encouraged.** The only limit is your imagination… and occasionally your blackstone budget. --- The Necrons: Angry Egyptian Roombas Your enemies are the Necrons: * Ancient * Unkillable * Extremely upset that you touched their stuff They don’t just sit there either. The game has a mission based and global “awakening” meter: * The longer you take, the worse things get * More enemies spawn * Missions become harder * The planet basically starts bombastically side-eyeing you So the game gently encourages you to: > Loot faster. Die harder. Leave sooner. --- Music: The Omnissiah Has Dropped the Bass The soundtrack by Guillaume David is a masterclass in what happens when a man is given the freedom to see what he can do -- with a pipe organ. It sounds like: * A cathedral learned how to synthesize techno * Gregorian chants got into industrial music * God downloaded FL Studio Every track makes you feel like you're committing sacred rites and OSHA violations simultaneously. --- Writing: Philosophy.exe Has Stopped Responding The writing is one of the game’s strongest points. Each Tech-Priest has: * Distinct beliefs * Personal dogma * Strong opinions about whether pressing a glowing button is a sin or a career move You’ll make decisions that: * Affect the ending * Change your expedition * Potentially doom everyone because curiosity got the better of you Which it will. Repeatedly. --- Downsides: The Rust Beneath the Chrome Let’s not pretend this is flawless. **Mission variety is limited** You will scan things. You will shoot things. You will scan things *while* shooting things. **Maps can feel repetitive** Necron tomb architecture has two moods: hallway and slightly different hallway. **Balance? What balance?** Once you figure out the systems, you can become a mechanical demigod who deletes entire encounters before the enemy gets a turn. But honestly? That last one kind of feels intentional. --- FINAL VERDICT Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is: * A tactics game that respects your intelligence * A power fantasy where becoming less human is objectively optimal * A slow descent into techno-religious madness It’s not perfect—but it is incredibly confident in what it is, and that carries it far. --- 8.5 / 10 **Pros:** * Fantastic soundtrack * Deep customization * Unique deterministic combat * Strong atmosphere and writing **Cons:** * Repetitive missions * Snowball-heavy balance * Environments blur together --- **Closing Thought** If you’ve ever wanted to: * Replace your spine with a USB hub * Declare a toaster sacred * And commit archaeological crimes in the name of science Then congratulations. The Omnissiah has been waiting.

I hate turn-based games. I suck at them, I do not enjoy them at all. Bought this title on sale, not checking what it is, so I was really upset after launching it, knowing I will prolly just quit and never look at it again. Over 20 hours late, here I am, kneeling before my Mighty Machine (PC), playing tirelessly, Space Organs Churchwave on full volume, absolutely disgusted by the weakness of my flesh. Praise the Omnissiah.

Она простая и именно этим увлекает. Никаких сложных цифр, процентов попадания, случайности почти нет. Игра про то, как ты двигаешь своих человечков и по разному собираешь их, прокачиваешь, исследуешь. Я искренне думал, что меня хватит только на одно прохождение. Но после первого прохождения мне очень захотелось ещё, но с учетом полученных знаний. Поэтому я начал выполнять все достижения. Что подарило мне ещё два прохождения в совершенно разных стилях. И к концу третьего прохождения, я конечно же, немного уже устал, но только в силу того, что все три прохождения были неразрывны между собой. Я просто 160 часов подряд играл только в эту игру. Теперь я знаю об этой игре всё, что необходимо для прохождения на самых разных модификаторах сложностях. Жду вторую часть!

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… ...even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

Спасибо за русофобию, уроды

Mechanicus is a fun and flavorful version of XCOM. Completing all missions on normal took me 30 hours. I prefer the base game without the DLC. The tutorial is fantastic but forgets to explain the following: There is an "Awakening" meter that will force you into the end-game if it's maxed out. To slow it down, break "Terminals" during each mission and avoid exploring entire tombs. You will learn the rest with trial and error. Purge the Xenos. Praise the Omnissiah.

Man I am so heart-broken, I don't want to leave a bad review To anyone and everyone reading this - Mechanicus is a GOOD game first and foremost. It's good, really. I was initially sceptic about the stylistic choices but the UI, the portraits, the gameplay, everything looks real neat and nice. The builds, the customization, everything works great, it's a pleasure to be building your own little shock trooper squad of AdMech, and it feels closest to Darkest Dungeon of all things. The progression and the rewards feel really good and...rewarding. The OST is amazing as well and I've used the main theme over and over for my TTRPG sessions. But there is one simple issue (divided in two). QoL which this game lacks. 1. The speed of the game itself. It's SO PAINFULLY SLOW. Actions of your squaddies take FOREVER and the animations are lengthy. The worst thing is - there is neither an option nor a mod out there to fix the animation speeds. I feel like being unable to adjust the game speed is blasphemy. If only we could speed up or just SKIP animations (yea you can't skip them either) the game would be so much more enjoyable instead of waiting for the regular Nekron man #3465 to move in a random direction with the speed of an immortal killer snail. 2. The procedure of reloading a save is painful as well, it feels like you have to click two times more to just reload. Yeah I know savescumming is scummy but come on, it's XCOM Warhammer we're talking about, lemme savescum in comfort. I know. I know. Those are very, very specific issues I have with the game. Do they deserve a negative review? Probably not. Did they affect my enjoyment? Totally, I've dropped the game for now. If you feel like you're okay with it, you don't mind those issues, then go ahead, you'll likely have a blast with the game because aside from those points it's genuinely fun. And if anyone knows how to fix this, I beg, text me anywhere. I want to enjoy the game too!

I have a certain love hate relationship with this game. (Also this is a really long review, so feel free to read if you wanna have a REALLY good picture of this game lol) On the one hand, this game was my introduction to Warhammer 40k half a year ago, which has become a great interest of mine in all possible ways, be it the actual tabletop, the lore or of course the games. I adore the music and the setting a ton, having necrons and the Adeptus Mechanicus fighting against each other is actually quite amusing. The combat is also quite fun and it geniunely feels like you need to experiment and analyze your environment to win. The graphics also feel quite nice, while anything but modern, it stillf eels rather unique and immersive, especially the UI.. tho the portraits of all the characters feel rather ugly or at least weird. On the other hand.. this is a really mediocre game. While the combat is well fitting in the lore and really fun, it also doesnt really invent anything new, which is fine, but everything beside the combat in terms of gameplay is just straight up bad. The choices you make a really a nothing burger, both in character creator as well as map wise. Leveling and managing your character is really simple, make of every class that sounds fun on unit and just level it up to max, keep all units on the same level since upgrading is cheaper the lower the level and just give it the armor you receive from said upgrades. While its certainly entertaining using the classes, calling it customization is like saying its great customization option to either keep or delete System32 on your computer. Then theres the map or Dungeons or however you wanna call it. They suck, straight up unfun and honestly the worst aspect of the entire game. You got your battle rooms that are a blast but every other room is just stupid. All non combat interaction really just boil down to picking one of three random things at the end. Sometimes they give a reason why the effect happens, sometimes not and thats just kinda it. I recommend this game non the less and I really hope that the sequel can fix the problems that me and other players have pointed out. Id say dont buy the game full price and also either play this one or Space Marine 2 if you wanna get into the franchise.