If you cant wait till August for Titanicus on the table top, the Dominus video game is available for early access now! Check it out and support the developers.
Membraine Studios just gave a press release for a new Knight game hitting the market. Let’s take a look at what we’re getting.
Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus, the 3D turn-based strategy PC game adaptation of Games Workshop’s Titan Legions tabletop game, puts you in control of the greatest weapons available to the Imperium of Man, the mighty Titans of the Adeptus Titanicus!
The Details From The Developers:
Why Early Access?
“Membraine Studios is a small team—Glenn and Mark. We need feedback from a larger base of players who will help us understand what’s working and what we need to improve. If you understand what Early Access is about, you’re happy to be part of a journey of discovery with us, and you love the idea of helping shape Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus by giving us your constructive criticism in our Steam Discussions forums or Facebook, it would be great to have you on board.”
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“The Full Release date is currently a moving target. Between our own ideas and ambitions for the game and the feedback we anticipate our community may contribute as we make the game together, we are unsure how long we’ll be working on the game, but we think a reasonable estimate is somewhere between six months and a year.”
How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
“We plan to expand the number of battlefields and the roster of Titans variants over time in regular updates. We also want to add more significant features, like Steam Achievements and a loot-drop system, in the Major Updates we have planned. Beyond these things, we also hope to be able to implement new ideas and features that our community may request—all reasonable requests will be considered…but we’re not making any promises.”
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“The current Early Access build of Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus features the following:
- A true-to-source adaptation of the Titan Legions tabletop rules, streamlined for PC
- Nine Titan variants, three each for the Warlord, Reaver and Warhound
- Four Loyalist Legios and four Chaos Legios to choose from
- Three battlefields, each with distinct environments
- Destructible terrain features – watch buildings collapse as stray weapons fire obliterates their structural integrity
- Several game modes with multiple victory conditions – there is more than one way to win
- Eight fixed-forces scenarios to challenge your skills as Legate of a Maniple of Titans
- Discover the strategic depth underlying the game, with points-based army list building in Skirmish and Multi-Player via the Detachment Builder
Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
“The price at Early Access launch will be commensurate with the amount of content available in the game at that time. We intend to then raise the price with each Major Update, as by the time each of these updates is released, significant new content should have been added to the game. We feel this approach will appropriately reward those gamers who join us on our Early Access journey, and will particularly reward those who join us right from the start.”
How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?
“We want to recreate the world of Adeptus Titanicus and the glorious Warhammer 40,000 universe on PC, doing justice to that universe and forging a true-to-source game to which players want to return again and again. To achieve this, we will need constructive feedback from the community on each Early Access release. Feedback like this will enable us to amend and prioritiseour development cycle as appropriate. We will of course avidly monitor our Steam Discussions forum, but we will be particularly active on our Facebook page, where you will be able to engage with us in public and/or private discussions, depending on your preference.”
The game is a somewhat top-down strategic game. You are able to command multiple Knights to complete objectives by destroying key enemy positions. This game is still in early access so optimization and more content are sure to come. The game is being developed by a 2-man team so give them your support and crush the enemy with your Knights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiA6hyRrvxA
This has a very Deathwatch-esque feel if you have played that before. The game is available on Steam and is 30% off until June 4th. Grab a copy and claim land for the Imperium.
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