Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II

huge steps backward from the first game

Playing Mechanicus II makes me suspect that Mechanicus was a fluke, and that the devs do not understand what made their previous title such a hit. Beloved features like dungeon crawling are missing entirely. It's like the game was made by someone whose only knowledge of Mechanicus was second hand.

How was the first one so much better? I feel like it just focused on making a tighter experience. In the second one they could have focused on the Necrons, instead they split it between two factions, with more stuff! More units! More heroes! More abilities! Two factions! Half the fun. What was a fairly tight design just became a flaming mess.

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okay i have to be completely honest. so far (havent completed any of the campaigns) im not really impressed when it comes to being a sequel. the launch was honestly a disaster and performance hasnt been great either. performance has been become better but its still not great and for some reason the game also makes my GPU driver crash and has happend multiple times (im using a AMD GPU) the campaign honestly is very lackluster and when it comes to the adeptus mechanicus there is only 1 new unit from what i can remember that being the electro priests wich is just a letdown. and im not really sure but i havent really heard any of the music it feels like theres only 1 soundtrack in the entire game?? but yeah the first game is honestly still much better than this when it comes to mechanics and playabality maybe they will improve upon this one but i kinda doubt it.

While the gameplay loop is enjoyable enough, I cannot stress enough that this game has launched in a way that gives me PTSD to Cyberpunk 2077- Poorly optimized is an understatement and more bugs than a Louisiana swamp in summertime, the AdMech unit tree seemingly punishes you for unlocking units as you progress, as they will clog your roster options over units you actually want to use. At the very least wait 6-12 months and for a sale would be my advice.

Posting a recommendation just to counter some of the negative reviews. I will say I think I know where the negativity comes from. The first game was amazing, and the sequel isn't the same. But the sequel is still good. I get being disappointed it isn't what you expect, but there's still fun to be had. First the bad: It is a simpler game than the first. The story is linear. There are some stability issues. Enough that it is worth saving often. Infrequent enough that I would generally forget to save often. There is an auto-save, but it doesn't do it frequently. But the tactical combat is really good. Lots of unit and ability variety. Challenging at times. I will recommend that you play the Necron campaign first, which is not how the game presents it to you. The Necron heroes are more straight forward - their progression is easy to understand - and the way their upgrades work they just get more powerful, whereas the Adeptus Mechanicus can be tricky at low level and some of their upgrades are "gain this, lose that". Also, the story is presented in such a way that one side doesn't get to see what the other side is doing, and less material information is kept from the Necrons, so I think it just makes more sense to see their side first, though YMMV. Some decisions aren't going to make sense unless you know more WH40k lore, which is what it is. Also, this game is very easy to get perfect achievement unlocked. I almost did it without trying. I haven't gone back to finish the others, but none of those remaining look hard. I'm just not that kind of completionist. There's a fun game in here. Don't expect it to be Mechanicus 1.

honestly, find the review titled "this is a fake game" - the author is like 144% spot on with it, can't really add anything to it other than mentioning that I tried to give this game 2nd and 3rd chances. I took some time off after the initial disappointment after beating the first act, then tried again in a couple of weeks, again pure disappointment, then slightly over a month break, and then got disappointed even more coming back fresh. What a BRUH moment, ffs, and it cost me 40Eur which can't be refunded now 🤡

will recommend when the game works

1、虽然一代走格子也不有趣，但是二代纯自动走地图就更无趣了。一代ui就有问题，二代也没差别，在任务中想看自己的不朽者带的什么武器都不行，只能进战斗看；每次做三选一的时候，献祭某某单位或者某某单位掉血了就放个小小的头像上去，问题是很多时候就是分不清不朽者和普通武士啊，这ui做的是真够不方便看什么都很费劲。 2、这一作很多时候强调兵牌交换，譬如部署区域在不被事件扩大的情况下多数时间都离敌人近且窄，再搭配上几乎没什么有效互动要素的又小又同质的地图。导致玩家在战斗中的操作性很少，该吃的战损只能硬吃（无非是用哪个炮灰而已）。再加上其实局外养成也非常单调，只能说这些设计在贴合桌游风味上下足了功夫，但是作为一款供人游玩的电子游戏就十分不合格了。其实一代也有这个毛病，但是二代尤甚。 3、音乐也不如一代，当然这个比较主观。中文文本中一大堆方框，一个多月了也没修，玩起来也不知道角色在说啥，所以也不评价剧情内容了。风味尚可，但是真的不好玩。