Having said all of that, being that I am a Warhammer 40k fan, there were a few things I thought were worth addressing.įirst off, an important detail to note is that this is the first game ever set in the Horus Heresy era of the 40k universe. That’s really all that needs to be said about Drop Assault on the surface. There’s a base-building game out there for Star Wars fans, there’s a base-building game out there for Jurassic Park fans, and now there’s a base-building game out there for Warhammer 40k fans. It’s fine for what it is, and if you get frustrated enough, you might toss the publisher a few shekels to make your units repair faster. Want to upgrade that base? Click here and come back in 4 hours. It doesn’t bring anything new to the table beyond the Warhammer 40k universe. In gameplay, this strategy/battle game is pretty much identical to Star Wars: Commander, Battle Islands, and every other free-to-play mobile game out there. The Horus Heresy: Drop Assault lies somewhere in between. This led to some ups ( Space Marine, Space Wolf) and some downs ( Storm of Vengeance, Space Hulk). And in the past 5 years, they’ve basically handed the license over to just about everyone who asked. Bleak and compelling, Games Workshop has built up this world over the course of several decades of miniatures, roleplaying games, card games, computer games, and fiction. The world of Warhammer 40,000 has always been one of my favorites in the sprawling landscape that is the back alley parking lot of genre universes. Drop Assault covers the events at exactly the point where the Battle of Isstvan III begins, where Horus sends loyalist representatives from his legions to planet to be virus-bombed.”
However during this specific period in Warhammer 40K cannon, all four of these Legions were loyal to the Emperor. (UPDATE: PR for Complex Games has contacted me, commenting upon my criticism of their inclusion of only Traitor Legions with this: “ You mentioned your concern with the four legions to choose from at the start of the game, specifically that these legions are all traitorous.
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