Today, we’re going to be taking a look at the upcoming Necromunda: Underhive Wars video game and what you can expect to see. Come check it out!
The new video game, Necromunda: Underhive Wars, is being produced by Rogue Factor, and they’re doing an amazing job from what we’ve seen so far. Let’s take a look at the new trailer and see what PlayStationLifeStyle had to say about their demo of it.
Necromunda: Underhive Wars is based off a tabletop game of the same name, which is itself a spin-off within the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The planet of Necromunda is covered in poisonous ash wastes, thus forcing most inhabitants underground to live in Hive Cities, which are enormous man-made structures built up over thousands of years in order to support the rich and noble, who still live above the clouds in the Spire. The rest of the population live underground, in the hellish place known as the Underhive. Two main gangs have emerged from this nightmarish place: the House Goliath and the House Escher. The Goliaths are hulking, lumbering superhuman-like brutes, who value raw strength above agility. Naturally, then, the Escher members are a cast of all-female fighters, who are smaller but also faster, and are adept with pharmaceuticals and chemical manipulation.
Squads can be customized in many different ways. Different loadouts can be equipped, and of course new equipment will be unlocked as progression is made. Almost anything that can be worn can be customized with different colors, and there are skills in physical, mental, and martial categories to allow the player to have each of their characters play a specific role in their squads. These squads can be taken online, as well. For the single-player campaign, injuries and deaths are permanent, so the results of a bad match can have lasting and far-reaching consequences.
Warhammer games are traditionally turn-based affairs, and developer Rogue Factor has gone this route in Necromunda: Underhive Wars, with a real-time twist. While a single-player campaign will be included, during our demo a two-player competitive match was shown. Development is currently only at the pre-alpha stage, so perhaps that portion wasn’t fleshed out enough to be shown off just yet. No worries, since the core mechanics of the game did appear pretty solid by this point.
Each match consists of multiple turns, which have different phases. First, each player can only control one member of their squad at any given time. Each member of the squad has a certain amount of action points, which are used up as the player commits actions in real-time. So a decision has to be made whether to use up most of those points running to a key strategic point on the map, set traps, or trigger a battle with an opponent.
Necromunda: Underhive Wars’ combat system is where the turn-based nature of the game shows up. Here, action points are still used to perform any action, including but not limited to attacking, moving, interacting with the environment, shooting, and even reloading and fixing weapon jams. Approaching an enemy that is not currently being controlled by an opponent affords certain advantages to the aggressor, and breaking the line of sight with the enemy ends the turn-based battle immediately. So if a player is losing a battle or knows they don’t have enough action points to mount a proper defense, they can use their last few points to grapple away to safety.
The new Necromunda: Underhive Wars video game looks like a success in the making. It’s still in the pre-alpha stage in production, so there’s no telling exactly when we’ll be able to get our hands on it. But, with the graphics in the trailer, the play style is extremely similar to the tabletop game, and both single player and multiplayer options, we’re really looking forward to finding out more.
We’ve seen a lot of Warhammer based video games coming out recently, but it’s looking from the trailer, that this one may just take the cake. Are you looking forward to the release of Necromunda: Underhive Wars as much as we are?
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