Comments on: warhammer 40k games that need to be made

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:30:24 +0000

I remember Space Hulk – ’twas a conversion of the board-game for the Amiga/Atari/PC. There was also an excellent version of Space Crusade made by Gremlin Graphics too, which I spent a pile of time on as a kid. I probably have the ADF images around here (if not the original floppies) somewhere.

By: El pado

El pado — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:13:15 +0000

There was a game called space hulk in which you could command a unit of space marines as they moved through a ship. you could play it fps or strategic, and pause to give commands. I really enjoyed that one in my youth.

By: mj

mj — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:30:12 +0000

Check out the plugins for Myth II which turn your fantasy army into WW2/Vietnam soldiers, Civil War soldiers, cowboys, pirates and ninjas. It’s really amazing what they squeezed out of the engine.

By: John Girvin

John Girvin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:06 +0000

Good point, MJ. On reflection, Laser Squad is definitely a tactical game with the strategy limited to choosing your weapon loadouts and deployment. There’s more strategy in X-Com, but it’s kept pretty simple with most game time being spent on squad level tactical battles and the strategy elements feeding directly into that.

Not being a fan of the fantasy genre I hadn’t paid any attention to the Myth series, but they do look fun. As does Warhammer: Mark Of Chaos. Now, if there was a sci-fi version of those I’d be interested.

By: Steve Smith

Steve Smith — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:31:17 +0000

Yes, Stellar Forces (http://www.stellarforces.com) is multi-player only, mainly cos playing against another person is much better, and partly cos writing decent AI is hard!

Unfortunately, I’ve already used those WH40K models in a game: Xenogeddon (http://onlinegameplanner.no-ip.org/games/xenogeddon.cls), a simple FPS I knocked up. Just don’t tell GW!

By: mj

mj — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:38:21 +0000

S’funny because I enjoy the Real Time Tactics of games like Myth/Myth II most of all.

Strategy games to me remind me too much of Warcraft and Command and Conquer where your ability to mine resources effectively plays too much effect on the outcome.

By: John Girvin

John Girvin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:26:57 +0000

Thanks for the link Steve. I hadn’t heard of Stellar Forces but it looks like it’s worth checking out. Am I right in thinking it’s multi-player only?

I’d keep those W40K models to yourself (at least for now) – I heard the same about Games Workshop!

By: Steve Smith

Steve Smith — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:21:46 +0000

If you liked the Laser Squad style of game, you’ll like Stellar Forces, which is pretty much exactly the same game with updated graphics and a games lobby to connect to other players, so you can play on-line (all free). I wrote it, and I have actually got some WH40K 3D models which I could easily plug into it to create the game you describe above, but I hear the GW are pretty litigous.