Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II

This game is a shell of the first game. Player choice has been removed, you can no longer build priests to your liking with equipment and you only take one at a time into missions. It is basically on rails. Do not buy this game, simply play the superior first iteration.

口口口口口口口口口口 优化差，不完整的“自定义”，也就比第一部多了一个阵营

Probably the best strategy game to release this year. (I wouldn't mind being wrong either). It is exceptional, it is memorable. The few issues I found are easily fixable in settings. I'll elaborate. The Adeptus Mechanicus' campaign is longer than in the first game, (say 40% longer, depending on your pace). But then, there is the Necron's campaign, of same length. And then, there is a short Epilogue campaign. All in all, [b]triple the length of the first Mechanicus[/b], and you get a good estimation. There are new units showing up and the guest starring of another two factions: Astartes and the Kin (which fit the setting surprisingly well). The [b]music is disappointing[/b] this time around, anyway insufficient variety of tracks if you think about the amount of missions/campaign I have described. I recommend the option of [b]combining Mechanicus 1 and 2's soundtracks in the sound settings[/b]. Still, the music provides great ambience, and the sound design is still top-notch, probably better than the first Mechanicus'. There is still that voice distortion and those crazy bass levels that are probably illegal in Europe. The units are all great and they sound and feel incredibly satisfying (those necron praetors, OMG). All the dialogues and dialogue options are voiced. That's a lot, really a lot of voicing. Scaevola/Rachel Atkins is great. The little quotes between loading screens are awesome. The prologue is the same as the demo, and neither provide an accurate first impression. I would recommend playing the first Mechanicus, which can be really cheap on a discount, and then this game would be the same gameplay loop, just deeper, more options, more mechanics, more quality-of-life... The graphics are also overall better this time around. If you have a decent GPU, [b]you can probably turn all settings to max[/b]. Also if you have a decent GPU, probably should [b]set frame cap to 60 FPS[/b] to avoid unstable framerates. In any case this is not a graphically demanding game, if you have problems, it is probably related to the frame cap. Compared to other Warhammer "strategy" games, I'd say this felt like finally a "proper" strategy game: neither Rogue Trader nor Chaosgate Daemonhunters nor Total Warhammer were up to the task. There's nothing wrong if you just want a lore drop and the difficulty level of a military parade, but they are just not a proper challenge and most games don't present themselves as a board game where each skirmish is a puzzle to be solved, in the way this game does. [b]This game is difficult[/b]: Having played Mechanicus 1, Ixion and Mechanicus 2 all in the default difficulty, I think this is the more difficult of the three. There is also the progression mechanics, and enough augments and leveling-up will make your life much easier, but the developers really know how to throw in a challenge in survival modes and boss fights. Anyway one can always save/load, it is possible to save game at any given time, including mid-skirmish, which is crazy that I have to point it out, but apparently too much to ask with most strategy games in 2026. In 2026, there was the Skitarii class coming to Darktide, the Necrons and augmentations coming via DLC to Rogue Trader... the new DoW4 game includes Mechanicus and Necrons. This was the year of the Adeptus Mechanicus in so many ways, and I think the responsibility on making specifically a Mechanicus videogame was way higher in 2026 than in 2018. I think the bar was high, and Mechanicus II was up to the task.