Looks like the two bugged achievements are fixed with the latest patch!

the fact that you dodged game breaking bugs by "purging the heretics" sounds just like the emperor wanted it to be

To be fair when I played the Rouge Trader TRPG my Rogue Trader also kept around companions who were cardboard cutouts of their faction and incredibly dangerous to keep around them and likely to sell you out to the Dark Elder at the drop of a hat They were called the others PCs

In the character section he kinda forgot the main thing of Abelard as a companion: he's a master at introducing you to strangers and incredibly satisfying to order around.

Having Abelard introduce me to everyone amused me much more than pretty much any other RPG dialogues in a long time

> Can't romance the sister of battle Well, I got what I needed out of the review, thanks.

Abelard is by far the best companion i love him so much

I know it's been said by many people, but I have to repeat it: it is amazing that you complete so many games so quickly. You are a machine. But more than that, your reviews are thorough and far more objective than most. Reviewers like you are few in number, keep up the great work!

I'm going to wait for a while, and it breaks my heart because this looks absolutely amazing. I'm sure it will be a masterpiece in a year or two

Top tip you can turn of animations for non attack moves in combat so all the buffs and debuffs and random pointing gets cut out.

I’m still begging for a mass effect style eisenhorn game. Dan Abnett wrote those characters so wonderfully that I still go back and read them

I have to say for me what makes it so compelling, is 1 the setting is more unique than usual sci-fi or fantasy settings, 2 your character is not a typical start from nobody become savior every time and these two for me really helped hook me vs other games lately.

It's strange that nobody talks about the skill system and character progression in Rogue Trader. In my opinion, it's way to expansive and convoluded. I was unfamiliar with the RT rule system, and found myself confronted with about two hundred skills to pick from, half of which I had no idea what they are supposed to do. Sometimes, less is more! I would have preferred fewer, more impactful and better defined skills, rather than spending hours reading through several dozens of skill choices that provide minor bonuses to this and that. I guess that some people enjoy crunching numbers and make notes figuring out optimal character builds...but as someone who just wants to enjoy the game as an experience; I am a little frustrated that I had to spend almost as much time pondering skill choices, as I have actually playing the game.

9:22. I have to agree with Mortym here. The heretical playthrough is shoehorned into a narrative that really isn’t equipped to handle it. In-universe, the Imperium as a whole is very black and white with regard to Chaos and heresy. Rogue Traders’ vast powers give them a huge amount of latitude but this is not inexhaustible. The Inquisition is an equally formidable force and can destroy a Rogue Trader, especially one who has only just inherited the warrant and is not yet at the height of his/her influence. Once it becomes clear that the protagonist has forsaken the Emperor, the sector’s Inquisitor would declare him/her Excommunicate Traitoris and order Heinrix to purge the heretic. Argenta, per her vows, would no doubt assist, as would the rest of the Dogmatic characters- assuming that your Heretic did not preemptively have them killed first (as the repercussions of his/her actions would be easy to predict). That being said, it would be extremely difficult to properly portray a heretical campaign within the same game. There would have to be extensive rewrites and a major overhaul of the companions who would stand by you, if the story were to remain lore consistent. Owlcat instead chose a weak compromise, leading to the ludonarrative dissonance (i.e. story-gameplay segregation) that Mort describes.

OMG! thanks for that tip on the navigator insight and charting a new course! I had no idea that was a thing, and explains why I seem to be trapped in certain areas of the map

I had to stop in early Act 4 because of the transition between Act 3 and 4 so I had to wait for patches. Luckily 2 weeks later it's finally fixed so I went back to my playthrough and I hope to finish it before the year ends. I know there's more bugs at the end of Act 4 and 5 but if it happens again then I will wait a month before going back to it. Thanks for the review Mort! I hope Owlcat can go back and make Pathfinder games now, since that's my preference, even though I really enjoyed Rogue Trader thus far (90+ hours in). PS: Since this video released 1 day before Christmas and on my birthday no less, I wanna wish you Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! :D

The faults with the companions and story to me see like a prime example of the control that Games Workshop has when they give out their IP. Usually it’s pretty good to protect the lore and give consistency across the board, but like you said, it makes this game feel flat in some places and railroaded.

Glad to see your take on this game overall. Thank you. Merry Christmas.

Another great review. Thanks for your efforts.

Great review (as always). I'd love to see that list of places we should avoid until we've leveled up a few times.

My biggest complaint is not having options to change companion convictions like in Wrath of the Righteous, where you could take them down the light or dark path so to speak. Especially since they give you multiple morality paths to follow, it felt like you just had to take the companions that pre-fit those paths rather than having them change along with you.

That is an excellent review. I just finished Act 1, and I’m trying to decide how much time to put into the rest of the game. I appreciate the look ahead.

I absolutely loved chapter 3! It's interesting to see the different opinions on each chapter put out so far. By far that was one of my favorites plot wise and gameplay wise. All the twists were so much fun to unravel.

Omg yes, I've been waiting!!! Thanks bro ❤.

Great review as always. I should mention that, as someone who play on three different devices (desktop pc, laptop and steam deck) I never had any issues with my cloud saves. Also the performance on deck is alright at capped 30 fps with medium settings (shadows off though) on my OLED.

Perfect soundtrack for my errands adventure this morning. I've been enjoying the game and am at level 9 running a sanctioned psykker. Especially like the cyborg guy and the overall setting which I have zero familiarity other than knowledge you've dropped in content I've watched.

Hi Mortym! Just starting playing the game. My first deep dive into the WH40K universe. (I am more familiar with the fantasy setting.) Really looking forward to it!

I am playing a psyker pyro-bio following your build idea ^_^ I just got to Chapter 4 after 70 hours... perhaps I should wait for a patch before continuing because of what you told us here. Thanks for everything and enjoy Xmas with your son!

As always fine review, mon-keigh.

Originally I felt like when watching videos about the game before and right up to release, I thought it looked complicated and overwhelming to pickup. In comparison to something like Xcom or Baldurs gate. But once I got my hands on the game, I fell in love. The reading is enjoyable due to the lore and the world it’s placed in. The combat is my favorite style so I’m biased, but I enjoy every battle. Compared to their other games, it’s certainly easier to jump into.

DUUUDE iv'e waited for that review for so long (I follow your steam profile). Thanks!

Brilliant, been waiting for this video, appreciate you mort!

It's clear that they only performed serious QA on the acts available during the beta. The technical state of the game is a damn shame considering how much I was enjoying the story until bugs stopped me from progressing with the main quest line.

I'm having so much fun with this game, more than I've had in a long time and I'm absolutely terrified of a game ending bug

Merry Christmas, Mort, happy holidays to you and your family.

Currently playing through the game and i really like how deep they go into the W40K lore. I encountered one big bug so far which was a recurring one from Pathfinder games where somehow the fight effects/blood/area placed abilities end up on the campaign map/star map. At one point the whole solar system was littered with blood splatter. Difficulty wise some classes seem very dumb down compared to others so far. I have assassins struggling to kill one enemy where my snipers are stacking crits and Argenta with a flamer is just devastating whole Bosses in one turn.

My problem with the plot is one detail they miss with Yirilet In my opinion they should add the option, which would reward Player for been Benevolent and maintain good relationship with the character: One additional dialogue scene with Yirilet in the end od chapter two when our eldar companion would ask Rouge Trader about pieces of Craftworld that we have and our relationship to all of that - would be enough . Then, instead of luring us into the trap, she could tell Rouge Trader truth about Marajay offer. So now you travel to that system not in order "to save eldar", but to catch\deal Marajay...But Marajay being a cunning asshole as he is outsmart you (he predict possibility of Yirilet trembling) and you end up in Commora . Same outcome but very different contest

Thanks for the review. With a pretty full game slate from an amazing year of games I think I'll wait till the bugs are fixed like I did with Wrath.

Letssssss goooo Mort my man , gonna be sipping some fine wine as a rewatch this review a few times

Damn how have I been sleeping on your reviews! Subbed ~

A small tip for charting the courses - it may be a good idea to connect your fathest colonies by a direct route as you often get events prop that require your presence there.

I have to say, the UI and the way the candles cast light onto it is a very nice touch. Great game so far

Thanks for this commentary. I'm up to Act IV (holy difficulty spikes batman). It's interesting to learn that about Yrilet; I actually had her executed just seconds after she helped me vs the Farseer on Janus. After all, she is a dirty Xenos. Having said that, usually I try to find peaceful solutions to the Aeldari funnily enough, like with that forest planet in Act Iv, or even with Cassia's Atlas. I agree that the companions are strange. I was a bit terrified about going Heretic beforehand because I thought I would be losing a lot of companions. Probably not. I think Heinrix along should be not as tolerant, but I suspect he's tolerant because they need the Rogue Trader's immediate resources, and while Heinrix probably can't kill the RT out of hand and not experience some sort of fallout (like immediately getting thrown out of the voidships airlock), Calzador (or whatever his name is) could - and doesn't. I agree that Act 3 feels really strange. Even the guy betraying you (in case Yrilet is not alive to do so) is strange. I think Yrilet betraying you as well because you had just sort of shown up to fight her species nemesis She-Who-Thirsts over the planet basically. There just doesn't seem to be consequences for their actions. I had Argenta in my party when she comes clean with her sins, and it basically amounts to either abandoning her there or taking her with you over the next couple of acts - but it doesn't seem (so far at least) that you can even mention it... I do like Act 3 except for a couple of things - it's kinda forced onto you via contrivence, - it's kinda short, - you don't really establish your own safe harbour (which is I imagine should be a priority in a place like Commoragh).

By the way, Happy Holidays and I hope you reach 300K subs! You deserve it.

To me biggest flaw at the moment is that game does not communicate some limitations to player until it is too late to change them. Example being reputation system rewards, which you will not see in its entirety until you reach Act IV. Meaning, that you cannot consider beforehand which faction you should focus on, since rep rewards are limited and you will struggle to max one faction (not counting Imperial Navy) even if you focus on it at the expense of other factions. If you spread around to pick up rewards as you go, you are likely to lock out any high rep rewards. That should change- the game should give you a strong hint, that there will never be means to unlock several rewards. Second, rewards list should be complete for review once you unlock trading faction, so you could plan which route is the most optimal one for you. Right now, late December, you can easily set yourself for a failure on your first walkthrough.

Gonna hold back on watching this because I'm worried of spoilers, just finished act 3 and going away to my family for 2 weeks now, I just wanna stay home and keep playing frankly. It's the first game since WotR that's been actively robbing me of sleep, sometimes playing into 5-6 in the morning when I gotta get up for work at 9. Man I love Owlcat, despite the less than perfect state of the game currently.

I couldn't finish Yrliet's questline cause of bugs, also another quest in act 2 (Nurgle in Footfall) did not trigger The rest of the bugs were manageable (I fixed Marazhai and Ulfar's quests with toybox) Overall a great game cause I'm huge 40k fan (read hundreds of books), they really did good research, I wish that some psyker abilities had animiations, like the Sword of the Emperor

Been looking forward to this one!

waiting for this review after 100% :D

Yrliet and Marazhai are my favorites for those exact reasons you listed as cons lol. To each their own.

Always appreciate your reviews, maybe it just my preference for long form reviews. Definitely agreed on the bugs being the biggest factor for people to buy now or wait months or a year later, giving their previous game, waiting for the definitive edition is a solid choice (if one is planned) if you are not a fan of 40k. I ran into a few bugs that soft lock me from progression. At this point, there is a part of me that drawing a parallel between Owlcat and old Bethesda, ambitious RPG developer that endeared their fan because of that ambition despite buggy as hell launches, hopefully Owlcat can avoid the fate of Bethesda. The ship combat is following the trend of non-crpg mechanics in their pathfinder games, good idea, need more time in the oven with the executions; although they are getting better with them, I definitely enjoy the ship combat more than the army combat in Wrath, my main gripe with it is the movement of the ship, which does not match the preview hologram half the time, and positioning is a major part of that section. It is really frustrating and I hope that is one of the big priority in their fixes. I had movement where the ship literally hop to the adjacent square, which is hilarious but also a kind of fuckery that make me miss my shots. If the point is to emphasize with the movement system is that these are big heavy ships, then that hopping is a big problem mechanically and immersion. Companion in this game is definitely an good example of the double edge sword of sticking with the lore/vibe of the IP; on one hand, fans of the IP expect the lore being represented well, while on the other, one note character can be a turn off when your game is on the long side (though for 40k fans, the one note is awesome enough that it would be ok, which is why I don't think many fans will complain about the Sister and the Wolf, even the elves really). This could just be personal preference, but I thought Yrliet had personal growths, maybe it only visible if you went with the romance route. The most boring one for me is the rouge archetype companion (Jae), fine in other rpg world, but very boring in 40k. My biggest complain about companion, and by extension chapter 3 really, is the depiction of the Drukhari. It is very uncreative. As it stand, the Drukhari is your typical chaotic evil race mostly blood, pain, and a bit of pleasure. They fit more as Khornites than people who try to staved off She Who's Thirst. I get that depiction of the pleasure aspect is a mine field for devs, but I expected living furniture and hats. An entire race devoted to never get bored should get more creative than blood sports and stabbings. I like that they leaning more into the turn-base side for combat, though I am not good with combat in CRPG and tend to build more for RP than efficiency. The only thing I can say about it is that it lean heavily toward action economy, and I can see unfair playthrough expect you to take all the advantage in that (i.e., lots of officer).

great review. i personally think it is owlcats best game by far. i really didn't like certain things in pathfinder games, timed stuff, the side mini games were awful. the insane pre buffing. the way you could mess up ur build so easy and just the amount of stupid puzzles and general mechanics to slow ur game down and offer nothing like weight limits, fatigue ext. As a 40k fan , this game just nails the world so well. The companions are my fav in a crpg since pillars 1. There is not one companion i dont like, it was hard to choose who to bring with me. Some of the companion stories nailed it and i think they went as far as they could with the companions to stay in line with the lore of 40k. Gameplay , combat feels a lot more streamlined and enjoyable, faster considering its also TB and not RTWP. Dispite the bugs, which were also a huge issue in owlcats previous games this has been the best game i've played for awhile and honestly once it gets its own enhanced edition with dlc will probably be up there with my fav crpgs of all time. ps . do heinrix's romance story its great :P

Hundreds of hours in beta and alpha and I loved it. Release...is going to be my favourite CRPG second only to Baldur's Gate...in six months time :) Toybox mod is crucial if you are keen to play now.

You are amazing lol. I'm still working on BG3, and only in Chap 2 in RT.. Incidentally , "No Stone Unturned" does seem to be bugged, as I got the achievement randomly while in Chapt 1. I haven't even come close to visiting all the systems.

Mort! Just want to let you know that youre my most favorite Videogame Reviewer! Youre like the Completionist but more badass and less scammy! Stay cool brother! may your holidays be merry and may your new year be more bad ass as before. DUDE! please make achievement guides too. Pls! Pls! Pls! :D

Nice I was looking forward to this one.

really enjoyed the review, only criticism is at least in the lore, eldar companions looking down on humans the ENTIRE time, despite even being honor bound, is completely within the lore. Khylon had a dark eldar blood ward who was exactly like that

Great review. I think I'm more lenient on the companion design and story and interaction quality than you though. I enjoyed most of the companions (Indira can go to hell though, but I genuinely liked interacting with Argenta, Cassia, Henrix, and my bro Abelard - the most badass grandpa in the Koronus Expanse!). Even with Yrliete (sp?) there were some interesting dialogue options and I liked her quest in general (thankfully it was not bugged for me). The romance options were limited and felt forced for the sake of "we need to include romance options because that's what players expect nowadays" and that was my biggest gripe about the companions. I do wish the space combat was either better or could be auto-resolved as it eventually got pretty tedious. I hear that the next big DLC will be addressing a lot of complaints about lacklustre voidship customization, combat and quests though. Overall, Rogue Trader gets a very solid 8/10 from me.

While im thoroughly enjoying being an abject sin to everything the God-Emperor stands for, many of the build defining talents like Psalm of Heroes and the Death World dodge talent (forgot the name) straight up not working as well as full cover animations causing some abilities to just not function at all puts a damper on what is a pretty fun game to me.

Wow, that last act when you find yourself in the Drukharis world sounds super cool, I will have to try this game.

I think I will pick up this game eventually, long time 40k fan so I really want to enjoy this game... But it sounds like the best bet is to wait a little while for bug fixes. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

the game was Fantastic, for me this is the best way to depict Warhammer 40k so much story ,lore ,amazing plot excellent writing amazing characters despite the bugs the game was 10/10 for me and easily my favorite in 40k universe with Space marines Game is getting more and more stabilized after 1.0.89 patch

Thank you for the review Mr. Morty! With all the bugs... And less than "good" co-op... (playing with just 1 friend in a different playthrough). This game is everything i ever dreamed of in an RPG set in 40K. After BG3 - Rogue Trader is my game 2 of the year. I'm having so much fun! Owlcat outdid themselves. So much love put into it. All the attention to details. Combat mechanics is fantastic! I can forgive all the bugs when everything else is so good. Been playing non-stop since release. For the Emperor!

I do plan on getting this game (good review, as always), but I will wait for them to polish it and get a little cheaper. Seems like they could have used some early access like BG3?

I am a total newbie when it comes to Warhammer, with my only exposure being Vermintide 2... which is I suppose a different slice of the Warhammer pie versus this Sci-fi variant. But yeah after this 100% review video I think I will give this a go soon. I recently beat Kingmaker and really enjoyed it! The ending wasn't my favorite, but otherwise everything up to the completion of Pitax and right before Nyrissa and the Latern King stuff really goes deep - absolutely loved it. Moving on after that I have already deep dived into Wrath of the Righteous where I just hit Act 3, aka post the Capture of Drezen. So far I have mixed feelings about WotR, but I do enjoy the QoL/Improvements that have been added since KM. Crusader Management is a lot more enjoyable than Kingdom Management (which honestly I didn't hate overall, it wasn't as bad as some say). While I know I still have quite a ways to go with WotR, Rogue Trader does look like a lot more of Owlcat goodness, especially with Starship Management and the the whole Galactic/Planet Management deal here. That with the new change of pace of turn-based combat versus Pathfinders looks really promising. Looking forward to checking this out relatively soon! Need to make it through this Wrath playthrough first though!

I'm sure this game will be incredible in a year or so. I did thoroughly enjoy playing it, I have about 100 hours played. Unfortunately it's riddled with bugs and a lot of companion side quests aren't being tracked/ triggered correctly.

Thx for the review. I'm still gonna wait a little as, even the best performing Owlcat game is still probably too buggy for my liking, but I'm gonna grab it for sure next year. Also - Merry christmas dude, have a great holidays!

Hi Mortim, i've recently starting playing Pathfinder and have been looking for a beginner friendly 2h build, would you be able to recommend any from your video playlists or website links? thank you!

Ehh, I really liked all of the companions. They all served as methods of exposition for the universe, representing different groups. I do wish they had been developed more... but, I would bet Owlcat will reach a bunch of DLCs or free add-ons where they give extended side quests for the companions.

For me, the game felt like they tried too much to port a ttrpg system into a videogame. the problem with that is the videogame lacks a dynamic DM that can create a story regardless of success or failure in skill checks. The game makes it clear quite early that if you want, you totally can kill people or fail questlines at any point, but I never felt like doing that was anything more than a fail state, removing content for myself later on. Where a human DM could take a failed skill check and use it going forward to build upon the story and progression just as much as a passed skill check, Rogue Trader uses them as hurdles forcing you have to constantly quick-save and minmax if you want to actually get the most out of your playthrough. The worst of this offense is definitely chapter 3. It amplifies everything and removes the crutches of items and party builds that at least made it bearable prior, and then punishes failed skill checks with losing half of your characters. I am currently struggling to get through it and honestly on the brink of simply dropping the game, which is a shame because I really have enjoyed it, especially through the free-roam of chapter 2.

I love the game. The battle system especially is just too much fun and building your characters makes a big difference. I also loved the companions but its true that they lack interactions. A bit more discussions and reactions after missions would have been great

Having just picked this up (and put it down because of bugs in Act 4) I completely agree with you on the points needed to go down trees on alignment. I tried to do a dogmatic run, but the amount of dogmatic options that just seem lawful-stupid made it really hard to not go iconoclast. I ended up 50/50 with both on stage 2 and with no herasy points. I however do see why the characters are how they are. Yrliet, despite betraying you I completely understood why. To me, it felt like a reasonable thing for her to do, but being able to make the Drukari a companion just feels very weird and out of nowhere. Was that something added by Kickstarter? I think that one of the biggest issues that the game has is a lack of feeling of time I don't know how long each jump takes, I don't know they year, it is always day so that doesn't even matter much. Most of the companions feel 40-50 years old, Abelard is something like 80(?) given he has a late-teen great-granddaughter. Most of the characters are old enough and experienced enough that they shouldn't be changed much by you.

I wish it had full voice acting or at least text to speech. Path Finder WOTR has a mod to add text to speech. Me personally I find it a lot more enjoyable it gets exhausting reading hundreds texts through types of games.

I'll definitely be playing this game at some point, but I figured I'd wait a few patch cycles.

The Profit Factor and Reputation system was frustrating as I didn't get even half way up the list, or see a way to ever make it, for any of the vendors. Also the Necron ship battles were mind numbingly difficult, though I heard they've patched that (they were doing 4x the damage they should have!). Still, a great sojourn to the universe of 40k!

Absolutely loved this game! My first time experiencing the 40k universe and I'm enchanted. I really want to dive into a few 40k novels now, anyone here recommend me a good starting point? Thanks a lot gang

I bought the game because i want to support a studio that make amazing games like owlcat. Played like 8 hs but i will hold for now because i want to have a less buggy experience. Like akways, great review!

This is one if my favorite games in recent memory. Played it on my steam deck and went hard on it, playing about 200 hours. Argenta I thought was pretty weak in the beginning, but she carried hard in parts of the end of the game, like soloing a defiler in act 4

I did not mind the kidnap event that much, except the part where I had to spend at least 30 minutes searching through my equipment and reequip everybody. It also felt odd that I had access to my cargo and hence could immediately equip myself with decent stuff without getting my own back.

On Yrliet: Henrix straight up warns you about dealing with the xenos when she shows up. So I traded her to the Inquisition as soon as it was convenient. Glad I did after watching your review on the path not taken.

Well done Morty son! Just before Christmas ! Wishing you and your son a great time!🎄💀❤️

After this Starfinder would be interesting. That would get around the IP restricting from GW anyway. I love both the pathfinder games and would love to see or try a starfinder game.

For the algorithm! Enjoy your holiday and stay safe.

super valuable

Just finished first play through, took for about 130ish hours. Want to share my thoughts on it, spoiler warning for the people who care. It was my introduction to 40k(played dawn of war back in 2006 but it was a CoH clone-ish game) The story and the lore was enthralling, I now found out that I enjoy space RPGs a lot more. I agree with your comments about the difficulty, played on Normal and pretty much everything was face roll. TBH, only thing I've had problems was Aurora. I had played Wotr a lot(on normal and core playthroughs) but haven't been able to complete it. This game provided more sense of progression due to having overall more levels and the game being basically power fantasy. I felt pretty powerful, real early. This wasn't the case for Wotr and kingmaker. Still, Normal difficulty was a bit on the easier side. I would recommend Core. There were some game breaking bugs, I couldn't progress to act-5 but owlcat fixes eventually. Funny thing was, I haven't recruited Jae and in act 4 I had her quest in my log ? :) About the companions, I agree wholeheartedly. I mean Yrliet done something unforgivable. I simply forgave just so that I was wondering how it would progress. Argenta was a character, and so was Heinrix. They were extra bland. Pasqal was not very interesting(imo) The omnisiah stuff went way over my head, I still don't know what does cycle discontinue mean :) Ulfar and Cassia was okay and I felt I had them progress or gain some different perspective on their future. The Spacewolfs and Lone Wolf stuff was fun. With all being sad, I had a positive experience of the game. Again, the lore was amazing, story of a RogueTrader was interesting, OST was fantastic, I routinely listen them now. Tough with some bugs, game mechanics was much easier to comprehend and engage with, comparing to Pathfinder titles.

I like yrilet but I can see why people would be upset at her. She did get super by the druchari at least on my playthrough as she just wanted to save her people

if I got age of wonders 4 and realms of sigma. and i’m a newbie to it all should i get this. i’m overwhelmed in age of wonders 4 but find it interesting.

Glad I waited to get this as I hate bug stuff, so will wait a few patch's done.

Rogue trader is a cool setting but im really hoping for an inquisition crpg at some point. Black crusade would also be incredibly cool and all those ppl begging to be paid off for being evil could really dive in lol.

Ugh, I'm having a hard time with sustaining immersion in Act 4. For example, I hunter down a defeated the Elusive Combat pirate ship. But all the map markers for the previous fights are still there and won't complete. Even though the rumor is supposed to be.

I've enjoyed myself with this game so far but I hit a point in my run where I got my character trapped and needed to reload to the start of the planet to get him out then tried again and realized that I can't actually finish the planet without getting my characters trapped. So I've decided to put it on hold and restart sometime next year.

Abelard and Cassia were my favorites , abelard is a parry dodge monster and Cassia is an absolute menace with her aoe and curses

I just finished this last night. While I had a lot of fun I noticed some annoying issues. Like I once put lances in both my Prow weapon slots and then could only fire one per turn. I'm not sure if Its any two Prow Lances or if its because I installed two copies of the same Lance in both Prow slots but it doesn't cause a problem with a Dorsal Lance and a Prow Lance. I love the ship combat but I'm a Frigate fanboy in General so I was very happy when I discovered your flagship is a Frigate (So far all three possible ship selections for your main ship are Frigates) I was honestly expecting a Light Cruiser or Cruiser. And as someone who hates when a Player Character or party have access to an armed ship but ship combat is limited to cutscenes I love the inclusion of ship combat though i wish there were a way to fight simulated ship battles to experiment with new ship loadouts without having to find flaws while in an actual battle. I spared Yrliet because she was my first companion I found in Chapter 3, and as an Officer (A Forge World Crime Lord Officer to be precise) the lack of any companions in battle hurt me badly. And I managed to get everyone else out alive and she was my best Sniper character since my others were equipped for short range or mid range combat so I decided to keep her. Though I have to say I was surprised my Rogue Trader and Cassia's first kiss took place in Commorragh I hope the DLCs add more characters weapons, especially higher power Autoguns, and Autopistols. More ship weapons would be nice like a wider variety of Dorsal and Prow Cannon Batteries. Add the Laser Cannon Batteries from the tabletop game which are common weapons for ships around the size of your vessels in game. Spoilers ahead My ending was IMO absurd even for the setting IMO. I played a Loyalist Iconoclast without a single point in the Heretical conviction (Most of my points were in the Iconoclast conviction with the rest in Dogmatic) This led to me being known for treating his subjects fairly and that makes sense. Where things go crazy is for some reason the Imperium declares war on me because I'm known for treating my subjects fairly. The epitome of a Rogue Trader is someone who can break the normal rules when necessary for the greater good of the Imperium and Humanity. How is me treating my subjects fairly supposed to outside that jurisdiction? And it turned into a disaster for the Imperium because I had built strong enough ties to the Imperial Navy that many of the ships ordered to attack me promptly defected. So they turned a loyalist Rogue Trader into a rebel who kicked their ass in the first battle because he was too nice to his subjects. Even crazier is they pull ships from a sector on the border of the largest Chaos stronghold in known space for the attack. This would be so idiotic that the Imperium would have collapsed thousands of years before the game if their strategists were actually this stupid under normal circumstances. If my understanding of when the game takes place is right this is ever more ludicrous because I think the game takes place in the aftermath of the biggest Chaos victory over the Imperium in ten thousand years so the Imperium should have much much more important things to fight and worry about then a Rogue Trader loyalist who is nice to his subjects. The companion endings I got were mostly bittersweet. I was surprised Argenta was so loyal to my Rogue Trader. She eventually founded a new order of Sisters of Battle but then resigned and went into self imposed exile after she was ordered to join the attack on my holdings. Given that level of loyalty, and that as far as I know, unlike Catholic Nuns, Sisters of Battle aren't forbidden to have romantic relationships I think a romance between her and the Rogue Trader would have been a viable story path. I romanced Cassia though I had to cheat to get the IMO best Cassia Romance path (The one where she leaves her Navis Nobilite House for the Rogue Trader. I think I now understand the mistake I made but by that point I didn't feel like replaying Chapter 4 and 5 to fix it. There's a scene in Chapter 4 where one of the choices is you noting she looks tired and offering to let her sleep in your bed while you watch over her. To me this fit the fairy tale vibe of the romance well. An exhausted princess finding sanctuary with her beloved knight and resting while the knight protects her from harm. But apparently that wasn't the correct choice. In the end the Rogue Trader and Cassia are together for most of he life but as her mutations begin to overwhelm her she decides to depart leaving a not explaining how much she loves the Rogue Trader and telling him to find happiness again. When she leaves in relation to the Imperial Insanity of the Iconoclast ending I'm not sure because very few of the Companion endings give details on how long after the game events they describe take place. Just roughly how long after the game Yrliet leaves which I'm pretty sure is pre-Imperial Insanity and roughly when Jae dies plus that Idira definitely died before Jae since Jae was the last person to see Idira alive.

Moral compasses in CRPGs usually serve to represent the player having flexibility in choices, but here it clearly encourages railroading your choices (I can see why your compare it to Mythical Paths). Whereas I would play a Rogue Trader as walking a fine line between dogmatic, pragmatic/benevolent and flirting with what could be considered heretical by some (though not helping outright Chaos). Oh well.

I have 2 runs, both for now stopped because of bugs with companions quests in act 4 and 5. It is actually crazy that Drukhari is more loyal than Aeldari. I still don't know why I didn't shoot Yrliet... Henrix has not bad character development but you need to romance him for it. I love this game, I can't wait for a few more patches to finish it finally.

I got the "explore all the optional areas" during act 2 btw. It's just about each planet and system to be visited once.

My first impression of the rogue traders death at her desk, with the remark that there’s shiny glass pieces on the floor and coming from the Eisenhorn series was that she was doing flacts

Started playing Kingmaker again just before this released, can't wait to get into RT once I'm done with it.

If Rogue Trader gets polished up like Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous did with their enhanced editions, it'll be fantastic

My current main issue about 60 hours in is I can't decide on my 6 person team...everyone (except Henrix) is so good on the field I wanna bring them all lol