Necromunda: Underhive Wars

Mechanically, it’s as good as an adaptation of the tabletop game can get, and it definitely scratches the itch. Unfortunately, the multiplayer seems pretty dead and there is no multiplayer campaign which is the most fun part of the tabletop game. The story is pretty lacking too, the offline campaign is where its at. All in all it’s definitely worth $20 (also the AI isn’t really that bad people just like to hate).
Edit: nvm the AI is that bad.

what ive learned in the past 2 or 3 years playing warhammer games is dont read the reviews wait for a sale and just buy it and find out for yourselves. idk if the warhammer games have brought the tabletop gamers here for the first time but most of them have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to video games. ive only played 3 hours but thats because i bought all these games during the warhammer sale. i got to say from finally buying a lot if not almost all warhammer games worth buying the reviews are trash. i didnt find the few hours i spent in this game or any warhammer game to be that bad at all. to be honest as a franchise in gaming warhammer seems to hit way more home runs than bad its just unlike most franchises each game is really made for a specific audience. space marine is for the gears of war fans. total war is for the grand stradegy fans. games like this and battle sector and a few others one based in the age of sigard which is like a fusion of the fantasy and 40k universe are for turn based fans. basically just do your research and if you like the genre or warhammer your prolly gonna enjoy your time with these games more than 90 percent of the AAA slop that comes out today. if you wait for a sale chances are youll get it for like 2-10 dollars to.
but seriously for warhammer games do your own research dont listen to the reviews they are 90 percent ignorant slop and reading a lot of em it seems they have no idea what a video game even is. if you fact check a lot of them they are liars or have no clue what they are saying unless its about the lore.

This game is a third-person, turn-based, strategy game, with a map world overview, played in small instanced maps. You are in charge of a warband/group of 5 deployed characters. There are classes, skills, abilities, experience, and levels, as well as equipment, weapons, and more.

A truly excellent strategy game, much like 3D-chess, although with a whole lot more options. This is a very nice replica of the Table-Top old-school game, where you'd commandeer a somewhat large table in the residence, and invite a group of friends over. Ready the dice, the figurines, and rulers, to partake in a wonderful afternoon-evening event, with snacks, takeout, drinks all around, lots of laughs and cursing, but eventually you'd probably all have a great time together (nostalgia).

Movement in a three dimensional environment can be daunting, especially once you realize that the Enemy A.I. is using everything it can to its advantage, while you're only trying to keep up. However once you get how to utilize everything around you, you can actually get the upper hand.

Anyway this game is a complex and somewhat confusing version of that, but it has So many incredibly awesome things in it, that would make your old group so happy and exited to try this out. It is a terrible let down, that the company behind this abandoned it, instead of doubling down on it, by further developing it into something even more complex, with loads more options, and of course a helluvalot more content.

So lets get this out of the way.
Cons: AI is trash
The DLCs do not really add unique things and are basically skins

So if we ignore the AI thing, which is pretty bad won't lie. The game looks great, the cutscenes look amazing and fit in well, and the game can be fun. I wish they had included modding support, as it would push it even further.

Overall, it has a lot of flaws, but playing through the story was pretty fun. If you can get it on sale, I recommend grabbing it.

If it's cheap, and you're into the general idea, grab it. It's not groundbreaking, but I've had a good time minus a couple AI quirks. YMMV, but I'm digging it, and now I'm looking into the tabletop rules/alternates.

overhated, tho the lack of multiplayer operations sucks. the game does not do a good job of telling how it works, which is where i think of a lot of the "does not work" stuff come from. solid 3/5 game. with 4/5 if u really love hive city in 40k stuff.
updated review, with darktide's new class, really feels this game is a must have for anyone who wants to feel the scale and depths of 40k HIVE WORLDS, you are but a drop in the ocean of the city but carving out a slice for yourself in the under world and growing your gang feels good and tbh the best feature of the game is having the same gangers rise and fall over time.
only feature besides better multi player id love is the ability to face YOUR OWN Gangs out there like Stellaris does with its factions but alas
for the houses

This game is really close to being a good game, there's a lot of good to say about how it plays, great atmosphere and design but repetative unfortunately, likely due to a lack of funding/support.
More depth in mission variety would go a long way, more gang identity in how they play and a bit more customisation would also help, and a re-hash of the AI as that's one of it's main drawbacks alongside the copy paste mission types, the AI do need varied tactics that they execute and execute well, they're too easy to read, and play incredibly defensively or objective oriented, altering some systems would be good too.
To clarify, I do really rate this game, it's an unpolished gem, and the dev's have done great work, sure it plays more like an X COM style strategy than Necromunda but I like X COM, less visual polish needed, more variety in tools and playstyle, more necromunda related content, lots more mission diversity, a touch more depth to the game and some variety all round and it's one that could make a great profit for them.. the foundation is there, perhaps some tweaks to certain things including gang identity and how they play is one of the major things that could do with being fixed, it's just missing a bit of love which is a shame all things considered, the campaign is enjoyable, good story aswell, hope to see it get bombarded with necromunda content, more funding for development, mission types and gang models/vehicles and equipment. and a few reworks here and there.
I don't think it'll happen, but I hope the dev's do have the funding and support for it, as this game could most certainly be another X COM 1/2 necromunda is an exception realm of 40k to explore