Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Reminds me of the Wasteland games in a great way. Loved it.

Clocking in just about 100 hours at the time of completion, including the first two DLCs, RT is a solid 8/10. Is it better than WOTR or Owlcat's prior games? In some ways it is, in others it isn't. Plot-wise, this is the better written game out of their prior games, but I say that with a warhammer bias on my part. They nailed the setting down. There is absolutely less class diversity and builds in RT than the prior games. Items make or break many builds. Psyker is just overpowered but that does seem true to the lore. This isn't a dealbreaker, but the leveling was absolutely a chore. Overall, classes and build crafting is weaker than WOTR by far. But the actual gameplay felt a lot more solid than WOTR in turn. However, balancing is completely gone by mid game. My psyker could solo entire maps on the first round. I played this on the second most difficult gameplay setting. The meta-game of battleship was interesting at first, but it quickly becomes stale, as it never evolves beyond what you initially see. Yes, you get new toys as you level the ship and change the weapons, but flip the page, and it's still the same book. Lastly, slideshows are employed again for the ending. Yay, you beat the final boss, time for a slideshow. Do I want every single thing shown on the screen? No. I would love to actually see an ending play out for some of the more important choices you make. It really brings the high of beating the game down to a huge low, as you're simply sitting there...reading and reading multiple pages of slides..then credits. Overall, I look forward to Dark Heresey if it improves upon RT.