WH40k: Rogue Trader - Launch Review

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Talking about my experiences with Rogue Trader after almost two full playthroughs of the launch version of the game!
Character Creation: • WH40k: Rogue Trader - ...
Lore Primer: • WH40k: Rogue Trader - ...
Combat Basics: • WH40k: Rogue Trader - ...
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:19 Overview
02:13 Technical State
03:54 Story Set Up & Thoughts
06:07 Convictions
07:27 Difficulty
08:31 Character Creation
10:33 Progression Systems
16:38 Gameplay & World
21:24 Combat
25:50 Things I'll Talk About In The 100%
26:36 Positives/Negatives
29:00 Conclusion
30:26 Wrap Up
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@MortismalGaming 6 ай бұрын

Nurgle has granted me his blessings (I am sick) so I sound a bit weird here.

@sleepalaska 6 ай бұрын

yeah, sick in the head! feel better Morty.

@jp5696 6 ай бұрын

Hope you feel better soon. Rember Grandpa nurgel loves us.

@joshualegg3750 6 ай бұрын

I heard it in the voice and was a bit worried. Glad it's just a boon from nurgle and nothing more serious.

@epyjacek 6 ай бұрын

Heresy! For real though, get better. The Emperor Protects.

@Hekk. 6 ай бұрын

Get well soon! Papa Nurgle loves you.

@Hurricayne92 6 ай бұрын

I think the fact that each of Owlcats releases has been less buggy is, at the very least, a good trend to see.

@lorenzosp8566 6 ай бұрын

they did come a long way from the trainwreck that was Kingmaker

@AndRei-yc3ti 6 ай бұрын

@@lorenzosp8566kingmaker was a good game tho

@lorenzosp8566 6 ай бұрын

@@AndRei-yc3ti it was also catastrophically buggy at release. Like unplayable buggy

@TAAF619 6 ай бұрын

@@AndRei-yc3tiyes it is, nobody discusses that, but it was borderline unplayable at launch

@lordcatpotato 6 ай бұрын

I think they made alot of money from pathfinder so yeah, the team and the budget should be bigger than before Even if pathfinder series have lots of bug, they still made it. The story is just good enough to offset the minus points..

@wyomingsioux 6 ай бұрын

0:27. “It’s still going to take me another week or so to finish the 100%…as it stands, I’ve completed the game one time and am coming to the end of my second playthrough…” The man is no doubt a machine, blessed by the Omnissiah itself.

@matekiddleton828 6 ай бұрын

This has been an absolute monster of a year for turn-based tactical cRPGs.

@frankieb9444 6 ай бұрын

Still waiting for the RTS genre to get a revival LOL

@Malak1man 6 ай бұрын

@@frankieb9444 Homeworld 3 is coming out at some point @frankieb9444

@ataridc 6 ай бұрын

LOL@@frankieb9444

@MrJCarter8 6 ай бұрын

@@frankieb944413 sentinels was really good and hope we can get more of that

@xLisranda 6 ай бұрын

Building an encompassing story instead of short 1-offs and keeping player characters personally engaged in it rather than having everything done by NPC red shirts are two of the biggest challenges in the source table top, so I'm not surprised that the overarching story is a little tougher to see unfolding here.

@CrystallineLore 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, true. I knew this would kind of be a problem a soon as they pitched Rogue Traders as the center. It was probably Games Workshop not trusting them with more important factions or the current lore timeline stuff, but as much as there is potential for Rogue Traders I think a tighter story focused specifically on, say, being a member of the Inquisition where you move up the wrong making hard choices or say member of the mechanicus would have given you clearer goals, enemies, internal conflict, and more fertile grounds for an instruiging story. Heck, I'm not even a space marine fanboy, but I'd go make out with all four chaos gods if they had allowed us to raise in the ranks of a space marine chapter from neophyte to a higher rank or something, or have done something spicy like letting us play as human (or other race) members of the tau.

@xLisranda 6 ай бұрын

@@CrystallineLore One of the biggest issues I have with the Rogue Trader lore basis and the Koronus Expanse in particular is because of the modern timeline. This is the galactic North West, it's been mostly cut off for 12 thousand years and as of now it's on the Nihilus side of the great rift. The Astronomicon is completely snuffed out here. Only short, blind warp jumps are now possible. By dialing the timeline back to before the fall of Cadia they have taken what could have been a true wild-west empire building scenario with a blank slate, and restricted it heavily.

@CrystallineLore 6 ай бұрын

100% agree but I'm pretty sure it's all Games Workshop. It seems from small leaks like about what they vetoed about Argenta that Games Workshop had a vice around their necks. A CRPG in 40k is a dream come true but they kind of played it incredibly safe with this one it seems. I guess I should be happy it's just not another space marine game though.@@xLisranda

@StonemeisterPP 6 ай бұрын

@@CrystallineLore I mean, you pretty much have to go with a Rogue Trader or Inquisitor (or maybe Eldar Corsair if you're feeling super spicy) if you're gonna do the whole open world rpg thing, they're the only people that interact with other factions in any meaningful way and with a meaningful degree of influence, it also opens up interactions with xenos beyond shooting eachother in the face. Other factions could work with a much more focused game, but that's not really the kind of games Owlcat makes.

@sawyermifsud852 6 ай бұрын

I'm going to guess they vetoed her falling to Chaos if the Main Character does?@@CrystallineLore

@wyomingsioux 6 ай бұрын

Being familiar with the original tabletop RPG from Fantasy Flight and having played through the entire alpha and part of the beta, this remains my most anticipated game of the year. I’m an old-school gamer with a high tolerance for jankiness, so- short of utterly game-breaking bugs- I’m looking forward to the full experience. It is still surreal to me that, in almost 3 decades of 40K computer games, this is the first CRPG in the setting. The circle is now complete. The first edition of 40K was known as Rogue Trader, so it is fitting that the first CRPG adaptation should share the same name.

@miracledev2656 6 ай бұрын

Have they stated that the game is explicitly Fantasy Flights system or is that just assumed because of the name? I had assumed they were using Cubicle 7s Wrath & Glory system. Not that it matters much to me but hearing that they’re using the old system as opposed to the current one just seems odd to me.

@wyomingsioux 6 ай бұрын

@@miracledev2656 Neither. The setting of the Koronus Expanse is shared with FFG’s version of Rogue Trader and, in the first iterations of the game, the names of some mechanics (e.g. Profit Factor, Righteous Fury) were borrowed. Those were the only shared elements. The mechanics were otherwise Owlcat’s own. Then, with the Beta and now full release, those vestiges mostly disappeared. The concept of Profit Factor remained but was implemented differently from tabletop. Righteous Fury was dropped in favor of a more generic critical hit mechanic. The current rules include the same stats and D100 system as FFG’s version, with D100 being used for skill checks and attack rolls and D10’s being used for damage. Everything else- combat talents, abilities, character creation, psyker powers, armor and dodge rules- are Owlcat’s own invention or work differently from the source material. In short, it is a new ruleset only loosely inspired by FFG’s work. But it remains the closest semblance of an adaptation of that property, which is why I mentioned the company.

@fernandozavaletabustos205 6 ай бұрын

My channel suggestions to dive even further into the Warhammer 40K lore: - Bricky / Adeptus Ridiculous - Luetin09 - Arbitor Ian - Janovich - MajorKill - Weshammer - Oculus Imperia - Baldemort - Noirn Queen Alexis

@JazzzRockFuzion 6 ай бұрын

This sounds like everything I could hope for in a modern CRPG. Owlcat's pedigree, the WH40K setting, challenging (but not brutal) combat, and a choice-driven, story-focused RPG. Can't wait for tomorrow!

@jolt187 6 ай бұрын

Cant believe this game copied bg3...

@nickcallahan1003 6 ай бұрын

I. Wouldn't say copyed although they usually do real time, with pause they said they wanted to do something new I hope it's harder then bg3

@sergiocolautti 6 ай бұрын

@@jolt187 get out of here. Baldur's Gate 3 is not the first and only CRPG there is.

@syressx9098 6 ай бұрын

@@jolt187 It HAS to be a joke xD NO ONE this dumb ahaha

@Sentorial 6 ай бұрын

So you hoped that the entire story didn't work up until act 5, near the end of the game like he says in the review?

@abraxis59 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great initial review. I will definitely be picking this one up, but I may wait for a round or two of patches before I do so. I appreciate your efforts as it really makes it possible to help ensure we have the best play experience possible.

@zzSHOTGUNzz 6 ай бұрын

I am amazed at how absolutely awesome this game is. They have nailed the setting and RP parts in such a brilliant way. I don't care that it's not voiced and/or buggy, it FEELS Warhammer 40K like few other titles set in the universe. So far the morality aspects seem spot on and really reflect the nuances of this universe. I really enjoy the slower pace, gives plenty of time to savor it all, like a fine wine!

@Maidiac 6 ай бұрын

Glad you didn’t wait to do 100% review. I have my eye on this and wanted your opinion. Nice to get it before launch! Happy Holidays 👋

@MortismalGaming 6 ай бұрын

Happy Holidays!

@LMaia14 6 ай бұрын

I was waiting for your review, WotR is one of my favorite games of all time so I'm really excited for this. Thank you for reviewing the game.

@thefrozenpanda 6 ай бұрын

I've been looking forward to this game, and your review, for awhile. Can't wait to dive into this.

@HereticHammer01 6 ай бұрын

as a diehard 40k fan I watched about 4 reviews before this and they all missed several important areas that you covered. So thanks for the comprehensive review.

@bustabusts 6 ай бұрын

All the severe bugs ? That make it unplayable?

@blkwng 6 ай бұрын

You're the best impartial reviewer out there. Not fanboyish enough to hide the faults, not hater enough to nitpick on useless stuff. Just right down the middle. Good job. Thanks for the review.

@YudaHnK 6 ай бұрын

Hear hear, well worded comment 🎅

@Dracobyte 6 ай бұрын

This comments needs more votes!

@codyvandal2860 6 ай бұрын

@@FennelRPGMan who is doing the 2 hour reviews? That seems excessive

@lyssler4766 6 ай бұрын

@@codyvandal2860 Homie is probably thinking of the critiques people make. But there is a clear difference between a critique and a review. You watch a review to see someone's opinion on a product, you watch a critique to see someone completely tear something (in this case, a game) apart and do a in-depth analysis of the components. They serve very different purposes imo.

@brentbentKRFP 6 ай бұрын

So excited, almost entirely because of your coverage, for this game!!! Hope you feel better ASAP.

@LegendaryDrops 6 ай бұрын

We are eating so good this year. It's crazy how stacked next year is with RPGs, too.

@Outmind01 6 ай бұрын

I need to start keeping up more - what's good next year, except Avowed if it drops?

@25xxfrostxx 6 ай бұрын

@@Outmind01 Dragon's Dogma 2

@dylanfuller8146 6 ай бұрын

@@Outmind01hopefully dragon age, and I’m excited for ff7 rebirth also.

@louieberg2942 6 ай бұрын

@@Outmind01 I completely missed Avowed. An Obsidion First Person perspective RPG? Sign me up.

@Dermetsu 6 ай бұрын

@@Outmind01Broken Roads looks promising too.

@larrypotter2015 6 ай бұрын

No rushing, no distracting background music, and no disingenuous bs. Just pure reviewing and explanations. I really enjoyed this review and you got a new sub!

@PrimetimeD 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate the fact that you give both positives and negatives in your review. Looking forward to giving it a go myself!

@MrJJ86 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for keeping up with great content.

@The_Foil 6 ай бұрын

Can't wait to play this tomorrow! Thank you for the review

@johndonaldson3890 6 ай бұрын

Great review. You continue to be one of the best gaming focused creators on KZfaq. Hope you feel better soon.

@wisabusiness 6 ай бұрын

I learned a lot from this comprehensive review. Thank you, Mort! 😁

@yekuang6607 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great review ( as always ) brother, hope you get well soon !

@binsomuede 6 ай бұрын

instant upvote, thx bro for all your content :)

@17thknight 6 ай бұрын

Getting off of work to see the only review I care about for this game was a real treat

@Dzugoslav 6 ай бұрын

What I will point out is so far my only grudge I have with the game, so please bear with me, I love the story and gameplay for the most part. Which for me boils down to items and item acquisition. Since relatively early level, you can specialize in any type of weaponry of your choosing. You like chain melee weapons, here is the ability that you can pick and be more efficient with them. You like power weaponry more, by all means, you have specialization for it. The game leveling up sytems does encourage that. Also, RPG wise, you are a rogue trader, a higher class of citizen within empire, that specialize in trade. Meaning, that almost anything there is to be bought on regular or grey/black market, you can get it through your position. And now comes the killer- you can't really get weapon type you want. There is no trader, that sells average equipment of all types. You will hope, that on your mission with some low life you will get their items and weapons after the fight. Seriously, some random cultist citizen or prisoner have better chance of getting and owning weapon they want than you do. Let me give you an example. The moment game showed its character creation, I wanted to make melee psyker, that will use force swords. Yes, like Heinrix. You know how many force swords are in the game? Two. One of which you will get by taking it from its owner, companion you recruit in game (sorry Heinrix) and other one you will get relatively late in game and that one cannot compete with other melee weapons. Now, compare that to amount of (for example) navigator only gear. Or techpriest only gear, which despite its exotic type have a lot more items in the game. None of those two backgrounds you can pick up for yourself, yet there is a lot of items to choose from. Lore-wise, I would understand why some of the more exotic weaponry used by either adeptus astertes or xeno races will be hard to find. But regular weapon utilized by psykers in the Empire of Man, being kinda disregarded... what the actual heck.

@modest_spice6083 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, there's a lot less variety of weapons in this game than in their previous games, but I will say that items are much more powerful here. The game will rely more on your build and item synergy than just every increasing item states, so much so since my level 18 Argenta in Act 2 Daring difficulty still uses the standard boltgun, but even so, she's still a walking nightmare because of her good soldier/bounty hunter build.

@macus23 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for a comprehensive day 1 review!

@Cynndora 6 ай бұрын

Looking forward to this one, just the main menu theme alone kinda pulls you in, it really channels that 40k atmosphere.

@snowballandpals 6 ай бұрын

What a time to be alive for a Warhammer videogames fan!

@SwagMyAssOff 6 ай бұрын

Im so glad that there is finally a WH40K game which i will enjoy. I love the universe and I hope more RPG like rogue trader will come with that universe. Hope the game held up to my expectations

@kingleech16 6 ай бұрын

I like a lot of the universe, but unfortunately its design limits a lot of the narrative choices you can make in other settings. That being said, I’d love for an Eldar centered CRPG to come out next if this one is a success!

@SwagMyAssOff 6 ай бұрын

@@kingleech16 totally agree. It’s hard to capture the overpowering elements like the space marines and the sheer mass of enemies you find within the Orks or other troops in that setting. I belive you have to go both ways away from the lore itself - I mean image a video game adaption of the Horus heresy, that would be absurd. But the lore itself offers so many unique settings which I hope can be adapted. For example focus on a planet, or chose a tau invasion. But I think the rogue trader option is very well chose for en entry point for such a video game. Hope we will see more!

@GurenEinzbern 6 ай бұрын

Let's gooooooooo! I'm really excited for this game since I really love Pathfinder:WotR, glad we can listen to your launch thoughts about this.

@fleetkidn 6 ай бұрын

3rd playthrough and still calls it as launch review. You are the best!

@loreofmetalenthusiast 6 ай бұрын

Still tangled up in BG3 for now. It's a good feeling to have a new RPG waiting for you when you finish. 😁

@Rasc0117 6 ай бұрын

As always, you are go-to person when it comes to things that are important to gamers, someone who knows what they are talking about. Tommorow is gonna be a big day!

@MichaelGalt 6 ай бұрын

Great overview! I'm really looking forward to playing it. Sanctioned psycher, here I come! Holy fire for the Emperor!

@MartyWhite-qf4fx 6 ай бұрын

Always the best spot for (CRPG-) reviews, thanks for your work!

@DiannaManz-ts4vk 6 ай бұрын

I’ve been playing 40k since ‘91. Looking forward to playing this!

@ciscokid78 6 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to dig into this!

@AIopekis 6 ай бұрын

Super excited for this. I love the 40k universe and I've been playing a lot of Pathfinder Kingmaker and have been loving that as well, so I'm really excited to see what Owlcat has done with this. I think the cRPG style is something that can be great for something like 40k and I'm kind of surprised it hasn't been done before. Lol

@damienlg4281 6 ай бұрын

You did kingmaker but not wotr? Sounds like you should buy this one first, wotr is really incredible

@AIopekis 6 ай бұрын

@@damienlg4281 I've got WOTR. I'm just playing through Kingmaker first. I'm definitely excited to start WOTR as well.

@azku 6 ай бұрын

I’m playing Kingmaker too at the moment. Loving it, but the loading time is killing me.

@DaveVoyles 6 ай бұрын

I've been looking forward to this one!

@Lemurion287 6 ай бұрын

Really looking forward to launch day. I'm using the TTRPG core rulebook as a mouse pad and have over 100 hours in the beta. I do wish they had kept the original names for the Convictions as I prefer the latinate terminology, but overall it looks awesome.

@erylaria398 6 ай бұрын

My boyfriend recently sat me down for 3h to explain 40k lore to me (he's been playing 40k and fantasy for 20 years) and i was like "that all sounds so cool but I'm not into the huge tactical battles, I'd rather have an rpg" - and next thing you know, this game pops up! :D definitely giving this a shot after i finish my BG3 playthroughs.

@robcampion9917 6 ай бұрын

I like that they have gone for a similar style to Chaos Gate, making it look like the models rather than realistic. I know it's still the Owlcat style anyway.

@rerere1120 6 ай бұрын

The mentions that you will be pretty invincible before end game makes me want to get this game more! I am no hardcore gamer, just enough to beat XCOM and have played other CRPGs too. I don't want to exhaust myself when work is already stressful enough.

@rerere1120 6 ай бұрын

Tried it today, it's really good! You have the difficulty slider so you can just customize it yourself.

@kumarsalib722 6 ай бұрын

I look forward to picking this up after a few major patches.

@Alexandermhinton 6 ай бұрын

nice, thanks for the early review. Very excited for this game.

@justinr6006 6 ай бұрын

Released 48 minutes ago Me: “I’m sorry I didn’t get here sooner”

@ivanbritz 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mort, thanks for the review as always. Could you tell us a bit more about the responsiveness to choices in your 100% review when you get there. I`m curious how it compares to games like WOTR or BG3 in that area. Cheers!

@brentbentKRFP 6 ай бұрын

I'm fine with the problem you've mentioned with the early act much like I'm fine with the giant horseback knight you meet at the start of Elden Ring. I like finding I'm in over my head and made a mistake as long as it doesn't happen excessively. Bummer about the end acts being too easy, will be sure to turn up the difficulty when it gets too easy. Definitely buying it tomorrow based on your review, not going to wait for a sale. I adore your super honest and informative reviews.

@Darkholow 6 ай бұрын

I'm so excited for this game, since I know that Owlcat is gonna have another banger on their hands..hopefully a little less buggy this time around. I really enjoyed my time with the closed beta for around 30 hours before deciding I didn't want to spoil myself further so I stopped playing until launch. Thanks for the review Mort! I can't wait to fully dive in tomorrow. :D

@TheNephes 6 ай бұрын

Get well soon. Thanks for the Video :-)

@77Arcturus 6 ай бұрын

This looks fantastic on every level. OWL CAT has done it again. Can't wait to see how ship combat goes. Been waiting forever for turn based ship combat set in the WARHAMMER 40,000 universe. GOTHIC was alright but the fast paced battles never did it for me which is too bad considering all the detailed systems involved. I think a turn based mode for old time tabletop gamers would have balanced things out. Love OWL CAT's PATHFINDER rpgs and will definitely be picking this up tomorrow. Thank you for the excellent review and happy gaming! ☕

@anotherkenlon 6 ай бұрын

I really wish they were giving us a preload option, because I want to play this right away. I'm also really looking forward to Rogue Trader 2, if this sells well enough, because based on the change between Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous, I suspect it'll turn out amazing.

@tulkdog 6 ай бұрын

I’m pretty excited to try this out.

@Slapdab 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. I think I’ll get it!

@TomaisMac 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. You're easily the go-to channel for RPGs and especially Owlcat games !

@pascaldifolco4611 6 ай бұрын

Can't wait to grab it tomorrow ! :)

@marcos.bastos1905 6 ай бұрын

Really looking forward to this game. The last couple of weeks have been fun, reading and watching videos about 40k. I hope the release version doesn't have that many bugs lol.

@gasfrommyanusi0i594 6 ай бұрын

Can't wait to try it out. I'll be 90% playing it on my steam deck. I hope the text will be easy to read

@whitewolfsp 6 ай бұрын

Story is the most important part of a RPG , "for me", thats why i never could come around with Solasta, so i have to say the way you talked about story got me a little worried but as always amazing video.

@GtheMVP 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, every review of Solasta I saw had negative things to say, or little to say at all, It was always about the gameplay. For these types of games, story and character development is just as important as gameplay/mechanics to me. One big thing this game has going for it is the 40k universe. It's my favourite lore of any franchise, so as long as we can get lost in it with strong enough environmental storytelling/lore, I can look past a lesser story. At least he said whatever narrative they have comes together at the end.

@focabox5594 6 ай бұрын

To me, story is never the most important thing because you can have a horrible story, but if the gameplay is good you can have fun. But if you have a great story with terrible gameplay, it's a complete mess. Story is important on RPGs, but gameplay always comes first

@LordKolumb 6 ай бұрын

@@focabox5594 Gameplay is important to any other genre. For RPG story is on the first place. I'd rather have text based rpg that rpg with atrocious story.

@NefariousKoel 6 ай бұрын

@@focabox5594 Same. If the game mechanics don't engage me then the story & plot, alone, will not win me over. I can even do without an RPG story line if the rest is good; an example being traditional roguelikes.

@Joyapp 6 ай бұрын

@@LordKolumbI think its very subjective either way.

@przemo141 6 ай бұрын

Hey man, hopefully you'll get through the sickness sooner rather than later!

@bezka91 6 ай бұрын

You are easily my favorite KZfaqr when it comes to gaming

@bricegardner7815 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video as usual good sir! :salute:

@qualise98 6 ай бұрын

Liked, commented, and subscribed, even added the to my steam cart. This was a very informative video 😮

@jokke6265 6 ай бұрын

I love the colors they use for dialog.

@avion3796 6 ай бұрын

great Review, thanks keep it up

@charlesmccrea834 6 ай бұрын

Ive been waiting for this. For the algorithm!

@jR78Gaming 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your quality content. Get well soon.

@kharacon 6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear there's respec, I'm pretty curious to try some stuff out, and there were some mechanics in KM and WotR didn't work quite as expected / per the tabletop.

@rb98769 6 ай бұрын

It sounds like it's exactly what I was expecting. I just want more of that Owlcat flavor, and I'm looking forward to learning more about WH40K

@Abracadaniels 6 ай бұрын

All 100% and no sleep makes Mortismal a dull boy :D

@ExtremeMeinung 6 ай бұрын

Definitely a buy. 40k and crpgs will always have a big chunk of my heart so this is no tough choice. Big E protects.

@Ower8x 6 ай бұрын

I am glad to hear that the prelaunch version looks better than Wrath launch version .... that is good, that said I am not surprised there are a lot of smaller annoying issues ... with just one early playtest version, it was likely a lot of the smaller issues would not be found/fixed in time. cant wait for tomorrow

@torikazuki8701 6 ай бұрын

I'm always glad to see cRPG's that haven't forgotten the key aspect that actually DEFINES what an 'RPG' is- Player Agency. As a PnP Roleplayer since 1982 at the age of 11, I have a ton of XP under my belt in that regard. Though I know many have their own ideas of what 'makes' an RPG (Stats, XP, Loot, Puzzles, etc...) without actual player input into the story, you end up with something like 'Diablo'. While it may be a good GAME, it fails to contain that key element that makes RPG's a truly unique form of entertainment. One of my greatest achievements as a Gamemaster was actually being able to run a Campaign from start to finish, that lasted 16 years (1996-2011). With a group of 6-10 people, through all the Real Life ups & downs that entails, I managed to keep those people engaged and wanting to return to the world I created. How? Again, Player Agency. See, the goal of a GM is NOT to just tell a great story, while your players sit back on their Duffs & gaze at you in Awe. That is essentially what a Book or Film does. RPG's are special because the goal is to create an interesting and engaging world, through which the players in that world can tell their OWN stories. That fact often gets lost in marketing commercial blather, or because individuals love one or more secondary aspects so much. However, once you've actually participated in an RPG that allows you that creative input, games that don't have it are flat cardboard cut-outs by comparison. Now of course, no cRPG can match the flexibility and adaptability of even a moderately talented GM in a PnP setting, but TRYING to reach that goal should always be Job One with any Dev team. Owlcat has done a respectable job within modest technological limits & hopefully with games like this & Baldur's Gate 3, we will see the genre move forward in a positive way. Excellent review, by the way. Didn't want to leave that out! ^_^ I am very glad to see a review that is thoughtful, detailed, not merely a corporate ad & actually focused on informing your audience.

@82seno 6 ай бұрын

Everybody who has read and enjoyed the Eisenhorn books should be super stoked for this game...Tobius Maxilla was one of my fav characters 😁

@aleksejsmiscuks4138 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the review! I started watching you when you started covering WOTR and since then you are my number 1 creator for rpg content! As a diehard 40k fan i am so happy this game seems to be great - long overdue for a 40k RPG. LOOONG OVERDUE! Can't wait to start tomorrow! P.S. I am also Nurgle blessed at the moment with Covid and lucky enough to get torn ligament on left foot - so i hope we both will be fine soon!

@MortismalGaming 6 ай бұрын

Hope your foot heals up okay!

@aleksejsmiscuks4138 6 ай бұрын

@@MortismalGaming thank you!

@gaalanonim4503 6 ай бұрын

I loved both Pathfinder games, spent over 300 hours between them and I just know I'm gonna enjoy this, so I'm putting your video on hold, mate. I'm playing it without sound to support you, but I don't want the littlest of spoilers - it's gonna by my first WH40k game ever and I wanna run into it like polish stepdad into 24/7 alcohol shop at 3 a.m.

@bakuiel1901 6 ай бұрын

I won't be picking this up till next summer but I am looking forward to it

@MrKamylow 6 ай бұрын

Nice review which covered pretty much what I care about. I’ll throw my pennies in and guess that the overall 40k universe will carry. The game in its low point because I really like the setting. Slow combat is a bummer I really hope some onf those game would start to implement 2x or 4x speed for combat in case it guets too long. Some Underrail parts and the constant slow back and forth of Pillars of Eternity made me use cheat engine speed up and I’d rather it be native. Thanks for the content !

@security9999 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the indepth review. I am on the fence about this game but really leaning towards it.

@glennojard230 6 ай бұрын

Definitely waiting for a sale on this one but it looks AWESOME! Appreciate your effort Mort

@killazaawl 6 ай бұрын

absolutely needs to have the hell patched out of it. should be ready by he time you finish wrath, there's sales fyi.

@glennojard230 6 ай бұрын

@@killazaawl I'm still neck deep in Kingmaker, not gonna lie 😅

@SkarneZ 6 ай бұрын

Can't wait for this one. I am playing wow season of discovery so it will be tricky to split time but I'm excited.

@syrehn7684 6 ай бұрын

Glad to see youre covering this game too. otherwise i mightve never heard of it lol.

@TheRubsi 6 ай бұрын

Thanks as always for the great wrap up. How well does it play on the Steam deck?

@FOertel 6 ай бұрын

Wuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :x I am so looking forward to this :D

@user-fg5cn2re5s 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for review. Because of bugs I will wait a bit when the game will be in better technical state.

@0G_Golden 6 ай бұрын

Was reading thru Reddit and saw you being praised highly for your reviews! Mort man you famous!

@karlklein2263 6 ай бұрын

I'm going in blind so I haven't watched the video yet, but thats definitely an accomplishment to have this already done. Here's a comment for your engagement metrics.

@NefariousKoel 6 ай бұрын

I wonder if Owlcat will be making a roguelike DLC like they did for their previous RPGs. That would be wonderful for an extra game mode in 40k. Wasn't a big fan of their extra mini-games in their previous titles such as the empire management, but the ship and trade empire side games in this looks more appealing to me than those were.

@ArminiusSage 6 ай бұрын

This. Absolutely this. I said much the same on another video. There is perfect opportunity for Havin a roguelite dlc. Whether it’s boarding enemy ships or taking over planetary garrisons. *It just makes sense*

@jehusfolly 6 ай бұрын

Great review

@blushingralseiuwu2222 6 ай бұрын

I have been waiting for this

@keithrice39 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I see they have the usual problem of TBS games where the early game is challenging but then you get so many tools that evaporates. Think I'll keep playing Iron Oath and wait for some patches. Iron Oath was really smart in that it has no abilities that give you "bonus actions" (those are always so OP)

@Lunal1993 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. I purchased the game based on your recommendation.

@ronuss 6 ай бұрын

loved wotr, loved RT beta, huge 40k fan. cannot wait for this, feel like this game was made for me.

@vinhquanghoang8301 6 ай бұрын

The game come out right on my birthday, would be having a blast as i buy this for myself.

@joel5956 6 ай бұрын

The success of BG3 was incredible and I hope it inspires some large publishers/developers, but the future of the genre is going to be games closer to this scale. So it's nice to see Owlcat putting out another great game. I have a little bit of a backlog to get through first, but I'll give Rogue Trader a go in a little bit. I'm sure it won't hurt the experience to give Owlcat a minute to get a patch out for a minor bug or two.

@oldsaddad7274 6 ай бұрын

It's wild that you can watch and acknowledge the raging immense success of bg3 and then turn around and immediately say nah that's not how these games are gonna go. Wtf

@Dr_Bille 6 ай бұрын

I'm so excited to jump into an actual CRPG set in the WH40K universe. I'll wait a few months, until the bugs have been ironed out though. Standard practice in this mordern gaming landscape. Plus I am currently ballsdeep in my first modded playthrough of BG3

@senditall152 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@jepeman 6 ай бұрын

Backed this, so glad to hear Owlcat has made another great RPG, with the usual caveat of waiting couple weeks after release for more people to still kinda beta test the game and allow the devs to fix the issues. Luckily finally upgraded my PC over the blackfriday/week and just recently bought Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate edition, so Im all set there.

@Pukeyray 6 ай бұрын

Bought the game after watching the vids and they've been helpful in making my character. Got that achievement bug so I have 500 criticals and 500 frags unlocked 🎁😮 And about having to read a lot to begin. Like a whole rule book to start!