Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II

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This game gets a 7/10 from me. It's fun, the story is good (not great), the gameplay is good and the performance could be better tbh. For the story, I played both the AdMech and Necrons' campaigns, and I really like how the story is 'shared' between the two factions. It's not like the their story goes off in two completely different directions, instead they're connected. And having played the AdMech campaign first and feeling like "wow, they can really get things done", only to find out in the Necrons' campaign that they allowed some of the things AdMech does to happen. It makes the story fun to follow the second time playing it. This game also wants you to play both campaigns, in order to unlock the actual endings, which I think is a bit of a mistake, because the gameplay does get tedious and repetitive over time. For the gameplay, I played the AdMech on the normal difficulty, and then the Necrons on the hardest difficulty. Pretty much the normal difficulty is a breeze except for a few moments where you get tired of putting your leader character at the back and send them forward, only to get focused down by the enemies (doesn't really happen at mid to end game because your leaders get overpowered eventually). Unlike Mechanicus 1 where you control customisable tech-priests, this game gives you 5 different leader tech-priests which have fixed equipment and skills. These leaders are actually the missions giver from the original game. Personally, I don't mind it that much because each equipment and weapons can still be upgraded differently and into different builds. I also don't mind the AdMech having actual voice instead of just speaking in the robot language they use (Scaevola still uses it time to time, and the skull probes use it all the time), because the voice acting is epic. My favourite quote from the whole game is from Rho - "Body of iron, soul of steel", just because of how he says it. The hardest difficulty require some trial and error on the earlier missions on which leader to select. Some leaders will just straight up lose if the enemies (which is RNG btw) spawned counters your team (for example, Obasis' team - mainly melee/tank characters, have to fight against range units). But of course, at the mid to end game, you can now equip Obasis with teleportation, or a longer movement trait, with a freaking explosive skill that kills everything around him. I think this part the game gets right, as Necrons, you really feel the power your leaders bring. Two more examples, there is a swarm leader, Hehki (with the correct equipment, i.e. relic) that just keep on spawning bugs to overwhelm enemies, or a reanimation leader, Ominekh, that just keeps on reviving your dead Necrons. Finally, there were some performance issues initially. But along half-way playing it they released some performance updates, and DX11 mode which really helped with the performance and the game never crashes anymore. But still, I get an average of around 30 FPS in this game which is bad. So, just play this game if you like Mechanicus 1, or want to play a game as the Adeptus Mechanicus or Necrons!

Performance got better. Its fun. just a little repetetive

Solid game (once the bugs got fixed) game play is fun despite what many people say. Has a great view of both the sides in the story, and i may be biased but the Necron story was more interesting plus they have more customization to fit different playstyles between lords. overall 9/10 scarabs

Though its flawed, I don't get the amount of hate that this game is getting. Maybe the developers can address some of the criticisms by adding a junior tech priest for each leader that has more customization options. The core gameplay and design is solid, so there is nothing irredeemable here.

Its great! Especially if you enjoyed the first one!

Great story, fun game and will for DLCs in the future. Only downside is it does crash every now and then. Just a little more than Id like but still into it

I will preface this review by saying I have played about half of the Necron campaign. I have yet to touch the Adeptus Mechanicus one and based on my experience I am in no rush to finish the game. Probably one of the biggest letdowns in recent years for me. I wanted to give this game a chance; I went into it without comparing it to the first game as it was clear that they were trying a different format. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the designs. But as I progressed, I just couldn't stop thinking "I'd rather be playing Mechanicus I right now." Mechanicus I was a fantastic game. You could customise your tech priests, choose the path you take through a mission, and it's a rush against the clock to upgrade your units in time for the final mission. In Mechanicus II? Much of the charm that made the first game so good has been lost, and it's a good reminder why I don't buy games on day 1 anymore. PROS: [list] [*]Music is OK, nothing sticks out to me as good like in the first game. [*]Unit design is cool. [*]Split campaign is a fun idea. [*]Additional faction enemies were an unexpected but cool addition. [*]Maps are OK, though they lack some of the detail and "dynamic-ness" of the original game. [/list] CONS: [list] [*]Game balance is dreadful. If you play as Necrons, the majority of the enemies you face are designed to hit twice either directly or through DOTs, meaning you can't even reliably make use of reanimation. Your units health compared to your opponents is wildly off. I accept it's probably a skill issue, but I had to drop all my gameplay settings to easy just to progress the story reliably. [*]Zero customisation. If you enjoyed the ability to customise your tech priests in the first game, then sorry, that feature has been removed. They give us two of the most aesthetically varied factions in the lore with no ability to customise. [*]Zero tactical mission exploration. All the missions are linear and the path you take is predetermined. [*]Remember in the first game where you had limited time to complete the campaign? That's not really a thing here. You have a story to complete but there is no real urgency to complete it. Instead, making risky decisions in a mission result in the next combat adding "reinforcements". If you hit this - and sometimes you have no choice to - the battle becomes much much harder and compounds all the previous balance issues. [*]Much of the game progresses incredibly slowly. Dialogue is slow, cutscenes are slow, and because of the linear missions you spend a long time just watching someone walk across your screen. It's mostly due to this that I can't refund anymore. [/list] When a game touts itself as a sequel, I should be able to expect an improvement from the original, or at least an extension of the original with fresh missions and similar mechanics. That is not a difficult thing to ask for. The first game had a perfect gameplay loop and they ruined it. If you're looking for a good Adeptus Mechanicus strategy game, then go play the first one. This one isn't worth your time.