Space Hulk
Space Hulk is a 2013 turn-based tactics video game developed by Danish studio Full Control. It is based on the tabletop game of the same name by Games Workshop. It features the Blood Angels Chapter of the Space Marines battling grotesque aliens known as Genestealers.
Space Hulk
- Date
- 2013
- Language
- English · French
- Genre
- turn-based tactics
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Space Hulk is a 2013 turn-based tactics video game developed by Danish studio Full Control. It is based on the tabletop game of the same name by Games Workshop. It features the Blood Angels Chapter of the Space Marines battling grotesque aliens known as Genestealers.
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A follow-up game, Space Hulk: Ascension, was released in 2014.
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• Title — Space Hulk • Developer — Full Control • Publisher — Full Control Funbox Media (PS Vita) Hoplite Research (Android) • Series — Warhammer 40,000 • Engine — Unity • Platforms — * Microsoft Windows • OS X • iOS • Linux • PlayStation 3 • PlayStation Vita • Wii U • Android • PlayStation 4 • Released — Windows, OS X 15 August 2013 iOS 5 December 2013 Linux 29 January 2014 PlayStation 3, PS Vita Wii U Android 8 June 2016 PlayStation 4 • Genre — Turn-based tactics • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Plot
Plot
The plot of this table-top game is that the player has a squad of 2 assaulters, 1 force commander, 1 flamer and a librarian. The goal is to get to the shuttle at the exit while genestealers and tyranids block the player's path. A narrator explains each mission before starting.
Gameplay
Gameplay
The gameplay is based heavily on the 4th edition of the tabletop game. The game is turn based and uses dice rolls. At each turn there is a limited number of action points to direct your squad. Extra action points can be earned from a dice roll. The game allows for undoing the last made action. The multiplayer supports hotseat mode.
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Reception
The iOS, PC, PlayStation Vita and Wii U versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Eurogamers Dan Whitehead viewed the PC version as an exercise in nostalgia, faithful to the design of the original board game without innovating in any way, "more awestruck tribute than actual adaptation." Rob Zacny of IGN said that the same PC version's main problem was that "its designers couldn't let it deviate from or build on the simple rules of a board game experience that lacks tactical depth." It was considered, nevertheless to be "a fine game, a pleasant diversion."
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