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Welcome to the life of a Rogue Trader, Will you take on the role of a shining example of the Imperium of Mankind, following all the rules, or are you more flexible with the leniency granted you by the Emperor's Warrant of Trade? Maybe you're even a little heretical perhaps? At least free and loose with the rules or at worst an absolute monster. These are just some of the myriad of choices you'll undertake on your voyages around the part of known space called the Koronus Expanse.

This game is a heavily narrative, choices matter kinda game with fiendishly intricate turn based combat set in the Warhammer 40k universe. The multi-faceted story is full of twists, turns and intrigue, or as much as you can handle going out and finding for yourself if you really wanna get beyond merely scratching the surface. Think of it as a Warhammer 40k "Baldur's Gate 3-Lite" if you will.

The gameplay is fun and engaging, especially as you work out better synergies and build compositions, where there is very much room for experimentation. The graphics are "good" for what they are, although dont expect too much from the minute to minute gameplay graphically as it's more of a Diablo thing going on rather than some flashy super hi-res models and such.

The game isn't without it's issues however, both bug wise AND bad gameplay mechanic sections later in the story, but totally worth persevering and going along for the ride.

When this game first came out, it was ground breaking for several reasons.

- It took the kind of gameplay you'd only seen in things like Gears of War, but removed the cover-based system (Space Marines dont need that nonsense!)
- It brought Warhammer 40k even further into the computer gaming spotlight
- It was *really good!* singleplayer game
- The multiplayer was great, and lived on long beyond the death of the rest of the games popularity.

Looking at this now (especially in the wake of SM2), it does look dated (it's 13 years old!), and the multiplayer scene is a lot quieter as a result of the games age.

If you're a 40k fan, it's worth a splash when it's on sale, but I dont think it's worth 40 bucks nowadays.

Well, that was pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ epic! A solidly enjoyable 10 hours spent on the campaign solo on normal difficulty, with the odd death here and there.

It may feel a little clunky to initially pick up if you're used to SM1 due to the new parry mechanic (more akin to Eternal Crusade), and an interesting choice of default keybinds, but once I was over these 2 hurdles, I was locked in for the ride.

Quality story, beautiful visuals, ran great on my setup, but I am over-specced. Kudos to the devs on this one, perfectly nailed the grimdark atmosphere, look and vibe.

[EDIT] -Update after 96 hours played:

Co-op Operations are a blast. Best with friends and voice comms, but equally playable and enjoyable with randoms. Steep jumps in difficulty between the difficulty modes, but that's par for the course.

As for the PVP, I have fallen in love again, taking me back to all those countless hours I played in SM1 and Eternal Crusade. Really looking forward to more PVP maps and modes, and hopefully eventually 6-man parties for PVP.

Overall? If you're just a Warhammer fan, you'll love it. If you like overkill hack 'n' slack shooters, you'll probably love it too. If you came here after SM1, you certainly shouldn't be disappointed.

This is the ideal game if you're looking for:

- Orks
- Guns
- Speed
- Fun

Very reminiscent of Twisted Metal from back in the day, and brought to us from devs with a pedigree of the more recent Grip.

High-octane madness, and very enjoyable. For free to play, this is an amazing window into the lesser-spotted corners of the Warhammer 40k universe.

Again, this is free to play, so worth a try if it sounds even remotely interesting to you. There is a free and paid battlepass, and a cash shop, but everything is for cosmetic changes only, and no weapons / upgrades / vehicles are locked behind a paywall.

I've been with them since alpha, and I can definitely recommend this!

[EDIT] 3 months later, and improvements are still being rolled out and community events being made. I'm excited for the as yet unreleased content I know from testing is still in the works.

I was pretty blown away when I first played this to be honest. Very late to the party, having only given it a chance recently.

The gameplay loop is fun and rewarding, enough so that I opted to do all the final outstanding collectables and side missions before I wrapped up the final story quest.

Speaking of the story, wow! At a few moments it can seem a little predictable, but on the whole, the twists and turns were compelling and drove me to see the conclusion, and I'm so glad I was along for the ride.

Graphically, this game is also stunning. Running on a high-end rig this will look amazing.

Perhaps it's unfair of me to judge this title after a mere 7 minutes of play, and possibly the other aspects of the game would have eventually won me over and charmed me into enjoying myself.

Unfortunately, the 7 minutes I played demonstrated a horribly clunky control and combat system, and terrible localization to English (I assume the dev is not English) riddled with bad grammar and spelling mistakes.

Ultimately, my 7 short minutes with this title were not enjoyable in the slightest and prompted an immediate uninstall and refund request.

Ok wow! Yeah, that was pretty epic.

First thing to clarify though is what this is game is and what it is not...

So, I played the Definitive Editions of Mafias 1, 2 and 3 in order. All of them good, with some minor jankiness in their own ways.

Mafia 1 was heavily narrative driven, and super GTA lite in terms of gameplay, freedom and additional activities. The story alone is worth the play through.

Mafia 2 was also heavily narrative driven, and although slightly expanded on from the first, was essentially still a watered down GTA lite. Again, amazing story, can recommend a playthrough of that as well.

Ok, so on to Mafia 3. This game is like a hybrid of a Mafia game (obviously), GTA and maybe a Farcry title.

The over-encompassing story is great, equally compelling and instils a drive in you to push forward and see what happens. So far, very much on brand with the Mafia series.

Beyond that though, we've taken a full on nosedive into hardcore GTA gameplay here. Lots of side activites, some mostly optional to a point (races, weed cultivation, doing all the bonus objectives etc), but there is also a lot of mandatory busy work. Some of it seems just for the sake of it too.

Dont get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed this game, and there's easily over 60 hours of content if you want to do it all, but the way districts are taken over can seem a bit drawn out and will account for a LOT of your playtime.

Fortunately, the combat and driving is a hell of a lot slicker than the previous 2 titles in the series, even as much as I started driving in the first person view after the first 20 hours of playing, and man, it's hella fun and a LOT more immersive.

Definitely recommend this as a solid bang for your buck. Great story, better gameplay (albeit a bit drawn out at times), and a perfect era for the soundtrack.

Having recently completed Mafia 1 Definitive, I was eager to get my hands on the next instalment, but found the 2 titles surprisingly different. Not necessarily in a bad way, some things felt like improvements, others like downgrades, but on the whole, it was still a thoroughly enjoyable title I ploughed through as I was again addicted to the story.

Set a decade after the original, times, music and cars have changed, but the underworld remains the same. The story in Mafia 2 is another work of art, full of twists and turns as you'd expect.

Once again, the shooting and combat feels a little skittish and not quite right, but as before, this isn't trying to be a AAA shooter or GTA clone. You play for the story and are along for the ride.

The Mafia 2 Definitive is just a remaster, not the same level of remake quality of Mafia 1, so if you come from 1 Definitive to 2 Definitive, expect a "minor" downgrade in visual fidelity, but otherwise, it still holds its own, in no way ugly.

Amazing soundtrack, fantastic voice acting again. Definitely worth a playthrough when it's on sale.

Moving on to try Mafia 3 next!

This is definitely worth a playthrough, just for the journey of the story alone. From what I can gather, this definitive edition has some very minor differences from the original 2002 version, but even so it was compelling enough I basically sat and ploughed through the campaign content in a day.

I personally found some minor issues with the shooting controls not quite feeling sensitive enough, but this isn't trying to be a AAA shooter title. The things this game is trying to do, it does amazingly well.

Fantastic story, beautiful updated graphics, amazing cast who act their parts perfectly.

Am gonna move on to check out the rest of the series next!

Nice, solid Codemasters circuit racing game using their tried and tested EGO engine. Game runs nice and smoothly on my rig too. Was very easy to pick up and play, super stress-free support for setting up my wheel / pedals / handbrake. Sank 8 hours into it in my first sitting.

Alas, no VR support, but can't have it all I guess