If you're a turn based strategy veteran and were looking for a game with Warhammer vibes, this is it. buy it.
yes its clunky around the edges (which can be patched out) but the gameplay is there. Every faction feels unique and plays differently and have their respective weaknesses & strengths.
the main thing i would ask for is quality of life changes for the player. dont make me set every single inactive building to snooze one by one, have a "snooze all inactive" button. i discovered a bug where if after you move a hero over a trading company and select shop before your game goes to another unit, the store will stay open. if you buy an item while still having the other unit selected the item will just pop out of existance. its kind of a bummer when your last lord needs to make haste to the battle and you end up wasting 200 influence for nothing.
all in all though, its terrific and i can see myself playing it for many more hours, given the devs stay on the course they have shown.

***EDIT 12/7/2018 EDIT***

After getting way more into the 40K lore, I'm left wondering who the hell Astra Militatium is... seems like a missed opportunity to add Tyranids, or Korn w/ his Chaos. Or maybe theyre adding them via DLC which is kinda scummy but makes sense moneywise.
Still a great game, if you love 40K & 4X games youll still love it.

***EDIT 4/6/2019 EDIT***

OK, recently purchased Tyranids and theyre damn good! not $15 bucks good personally but im not gonna kill myself over it. the game is fun with or without them but im just happy theyre in the game xD

***EDIT 3/22/2020 EDIT***

So yeah, kinda predicted both the Tyranids and Chaos coming in on DLC. Chaos is pretty good, but somewhat stale. if youre not spamming out marines and giving them the Khorne buff then youre playing them wrong, basically. Fun but kinda boring tbh. Just a more complicated Space Marines, with the downside that your units can devolve into worthless fodder.
I know the Tau is out rn, but im broke so ill reupdate when i get paid and get the Tau and tell ya'll how they are.

***EDIT 1/27/2021 EDIT***

Damn, i forgot i acquired Tau, and now Eldar. Eldar is the strongest personally simply for the map wide scouting at the start. you can easily choose a second base spot depending on defensive/offensive/strategic reasons. Tau plays like an Astra Militarum but with more expendable units (the drones) until you get to your more glass-cannon units. once you get a few lategame artillery units out you can essentially oneshot cities.