Space Hulk: Tactics

After playing this for a few hours I was getting some seriously weird nostalgic feelings of Déjà vu and then I suddenly got all these repressed memories coming back from what must have been the beginning of the 90's.
I now vividly remember gazing up entranced at the space hulk board game artwork on the top shelves out of my reach in Toys R Us and being so excited to get my hands on the box not even knowing what it actually was.
Much to my parents disdain and considerable resistance I insisted on spending all my birthday money on purchasing it even though at that tender innocent age I knew nothing of Warhammer 40K and its eternal war, but I was enthralled.
When finally getting my hands on it and looking at the magical contents listed on the back my eyes glazed over with all the potential wondrous glories of men in in suits of armour with big guns killing aliens.
This cost a considerable amount of money at that time and meant I would not be able to buy any other toy for over 6 months until Christmas time.
A serious commitment for a child of perhaps 9 or 10 years of age and a precarious situation to be in if the game turned out to be a big age inappropriate waste of money as my parents kept telling me.
I now understand this was the Emperors divine guidance leading me down his chosen path for my enlightenment.
After getting the game home I recall the first week of the summer holidays spent forlornly at home repeatedly asking my mother every day to play the board game with me diligently setting it up each morning only for her to promise that she would play later or tomorrow.
At the end of the week I confronted my mother as eloquently as a desperate young boy could beseeching her to finally honour her constant promises to play this game with me, and she eventually agreed.
After trying to explain the rules as quickly as possible unable to contain my excitement and enthusiasm I began my first turn and after only barely moving a few pieces my mother stood up and exclaimed :
Sorry David this is so boring I can't play this and then just left the room.
Devastatingly anticlimactic my realisation that my mother preferred to do the ironing or dishes then purge Xenos with me.
I now know the proper way to deal with heretics but at that tender age I was just filled with a profoundly disappointing sadness.
After this I then remember taking the board game on our annual 2 week family summer holiday to Devon in some godforsaken campsite in a mouldy tatty caravan I again hopefully set the game up each day on the little plastic dinning table at the back.
My brother aware of how desperate I was to play the game would feign interest and convince me he genuinely wanted to play and after not even finishing his first turn would get bored and frustrated and declare the game was rubbish and stupid relishing in upsetting me only to repeat this cruel trick on me again after a few days.
I remember on one day during the holiday my father (who was super competitive even with his children) agreeing to play but only after studying the instructions for what seemed like hours the evening before totally destroyed me in a couple of turns and then to my frustration never agreed to a rematch ever again.
I also remember after a while desperately going out into the campsite attempting to befriend and convince other children about how much more fun it would be to come back to my caravan to play a board game with me then run around having fun in the sun.
I recall now I even began trying to tempt them in with promises of showing them the rest of my Booglins collection if they would come inside with me just to play the game with me a little bit first.
What I'm trying to say is there is no way this game deserves mixed reviews as its a faithful adaptation with excellent graphics, music and atmosphere and I wish I had it to play by my myself instead of that cursed board game when I was younger to save me all that emotional trauma which I now have to repress again.

When I first bought the game, I was very frustrated by the U.I. I didn't understand the gameplay mechanics, every match I played I got my ass handed to me. I watched a few videos about the game, along with a few about the board game. I came back the next day, and I've been crushing it. I feel like if you don't understand the actual board game mechanics then you'll be lost understanding how to approach the game. The gameplay is repetitive yes but it's based on a board game between 2 people, and it's only supposed to played a few times then put down for a while, this does not bother me. I like to plum the depths of derelict craft drifting in and out of the warp and that is tedious dangerous work. As the terminators you are pressured to move fast, if you don't the genestealers are going to overwhelm you. I like it now since I've taken the time to understand everything.

Brothers, don't write it does not work on linux, it's heresy. Used blessed Proton db page and simply install proper version, brothers. You can mislead other brothers writing such unholy verses, brothers. It runs smoothly (blessed be machine spirit) and xenos can still bite your red (or blue, white or even yellow) buttocks off, brothers. Still not for weak brothers this game shall be, but for brothers who really wants to crack their implants on this, brothers. Emperor protects brothers. But not on this damned ship brothers. Peace(War), brothers.

A hidden gem among a deluge of Space Hulk games. It properly uses the rules from the Space Hulk board game with some minor changes most of which are good. The timer for Space Marine players is gone which makes a lot of sense for a single player game so you can think over your tactical choices. It's no longer a d6 for Command Points instead there is a card system. The cards give between 2 and 4 command points so less of a range but more average. You also can play cards which get some pretty powerful effects.
I think the game's biggest issue is a very steep learning curve. This is accurate to the board game however where genestealers were heavily advantaged. As the game goes on you unlock more heavy weapons, cards, and the powerful librarian with psychic powers. This means the game gets easier as you get more powerful abilities and options. I was still often failing a mission on the first try but I welcomed the challenge and the penalties for losing are negligible.
I recommend this game, it has tactical depth and genuine difficulty. Go into it knowing Space Hulk is a very difficult game as the Space Marines and just try to have fun.

Good Game. Cards are fun, so is squad customization. Other than that, UI is a bit more confusing. It's similar to the board game, in that the space marines are kind of screwed from the beginning. This game's RNG will drive you crazy. Save game is your friend. That said, if you like slow, tactical games instead of mindless shoot-em-ups, you might like this. The game itself is pretty good in terms of the campaign so far (I am playing the blood angels). It is worth its price and the mechanics and game-play are that of the actual board game, Is a decent game, but full potential was never reached by the developer which is common for this quick grab developer.

Picked this game up on sale and played through the campaign, I would say it's worth it. You can customise your squad as you progress through the story so you're not stuck using the same team every game. The graphics are nice, the UI was a bit confusing at first and took sometime to get used to. I had to turn the animation speed up otherwise the game would be very slow pace. All in all, not a bad Space Hulk game!

I've been playing this off and on for a good while, I always come back to it at some point. Great game, nice spin on the classic game, and lots of little exciting moments, especially when the dice roll your way when you need it the most. I play on the Steam Deck now, and it works great but you need to use an older proton version for it to run.