Well, obviously... Deathwatch is an iOS game ported to PC. "Enhanced" means just better looking (still far from PC standards). So, don't except any high concept... it's a simple turn-based game. If you need comparison - XCOM, but faaaaar more basic. Is it any good? Well, it's decent. Still, there are things you need to know about Deathwatch before you buy.

This is a grindfest. Missions give you XP, you unlock new "cards" - marines, new gear. You'll be encouraged to reply every mission to farm more items or better squadmates. I've managed to reach almost 70% of the game without any farming, but ... i got to a point where my best marines were slaughtered like sheep. So, farming XP and better gear was a necessity. In the iOS version you could buy equipement packs for real money - here you need to replay most lucrative missions to the point of complete boredom. Tactics, planning - not really important here.

So, waste of time? Well, i know that some people enjoy that kind of gameplay. Collecting "cards", filling that equipement checklists, getting all the possible Space Marines. I'm not really into that. If you're searching for a deep, tactical expierence, check elsewhere.

Still, i'm giving it a thumbs up. It's a competent little game, just not for me.

good turn based Warhammer 40K game, you have a lot of possibility in the chose of your team, very basic mechanics, good tyranid slayer game!

Warhammer 40k Deathwatch è un gioco di strategia a turni dove ci troveremo a interpretare dei prodi Space Marine(di vari capitoli e con varie abilità).
L'atmosfera rende molto bene la battaglia contro i tirannidi: luoghi bui e, spesso, sono presenti stretti corridoi.
Durante i nostri turni avremo 5 space marine ognuno con 4 AP: punti azioni(che potranno esser aumentati fino ad 8 con abilità o equipaggiamenti particolari) che ci serviranno per muoversi, attaccare e stare in overwatch(cioè usare 1 AP per conservare gli altri e mirare in una determinata posizione, così che se i nemici passeranno per la nostra linea visiva verranno attaccati).
Vi sono 40 missioni suddivise in capitoli(ognuno con 4 missioni più prologo da 4 missioni, sempre) e alla fine di ogni capitolo otterremo un pacco di carte ove troveremo space marine, armi, equipaggiamento, così come alla fine di ogni missione otterremo monete(per comprare mazzi di carte) e un equipaggiamento casuale(da pistole a cannoni a oggetti che danno bonus).
Parlando dei modelli devo dire che sono molto ben resi: gli space marine, che potranno esser: assaltatori, devastatori, tattici e apotecari(da normali space a veterani/campioni), ad ogni livello completato otterremo esperienza per aumentare le statistiche o sbloccare utili potenziamenti(da la possibilità di colpire tutti i nemici in linea di vista senza spendere AP ogni tot. turni, da abilità passive che migliorano l'efficienza con armi o probabilità di schivare/mitigare i colpi).
Per quanto riguarda i tirannidi, anche qui gran bel lavoro, modelli resi bene, bella varietà di unità, resi molto bene nelle loro caratteristiche e abilità.
Per me è un buon affare, soprattutto se scontato. Spero che successivamente vegano messi DLC/espansioni(magari gratis) con cui verranno messe nuove unità/nemici/armi, senza nulla togliere al gioco di adesso che è un bel lavoro.

it was great, I'd unistalled, delete the saved games for restart missions. it crash at start....:(

Deathwatch - Enhanced Edition represents Rodeo Games first "in house" port from iOS to the Steam Platform. It's their first serious go at converting a paidmium title from IoS into a truly premium experience that doesn't necessitate further payments on the Steam platform, and in doing so they've rebalanced the economy, converted the graphics engine over to UE4, given the graphics a serious spitshine, as well as gone over the various UI systems to make them keyboard and mouse friendly.

In Deathwatch you control a team of five marines (Stop me when this starts sounding familiar), trudging down narrow corridors, setting up killzones and killing tyranids who charge into your firing range as they swarm towards you en masse, praying you mow them down quicker than they spawn towards you, and they will come in floods, so eventually you'll be overwhelmed. The trick is to finish whatever the mission is before you end up as Tyranid nom nom. All of this happens in a top down, turn based singleplayer environment where you spend AP's on each marine setting up overwatches and taking shots at opponents using probability to hit.


So. To recap. Small team of heavily armoured SPESS MAHREENS. Narrow corridors. Tyranid threat. Chance to hit. Turn based. Swarms of them. Few of you. Sounds like Space Hulk doesn't it?

That's because barring a few changes here and there, you'd be forgiven that you were playing a very polished version of Space Hulk, at times you're more or less doing exactly that, just with a mixed chapter of space marines and without a librarian or psyker to back you up (which sucks). The marines move pretty slowly and are clunky buggers, with overwatch limiting them to a ninety degree cone of fire. Setting up overlapping killzones is order of the day and making sure their backs are protected so tyrannids don't -eat them- is sortof vital.


Unlike the Space Hulks that are already on steam, the levelling system has a little more finesse, taking cues from Dark Souls, where here you won't permanently lose a marine if he's downed, but you WILL lose any unbanked XP, it's a clever system, ensuring that you're always balancing risk with reward, and as the later levels get tougher, you'll need to string together multiple wins in order to power that marine through the later stat boosts. Additionally you can further customise the Marines through their wargear choices and their weapons, the latter has a noticable visual effect which is a nice flourish.

Marines too, visually distinguish themselves from one another, with higher tier marines having more detail than their cannon fodder baseline cousins. The loot system is all held together by a "card" system which awards you cards for missions completed, and the chance to earn points which can be spent on card packs of three which can yield some very high end gear and marines for your deathsquad. All of this hangs together well, and gives both a sense of interest and progression, since there's always the chance of landing a high tier marine that could really help your squad or a really neat bit of loot that you can equip.


However, counter to this is that the game has a really perfunctory mission structure, with short, mobile focussed missions that are very, very bitesized. I got through the better end of twelve missions in an hour, only to be stuck with a bug that locked me up for ages and had me sending mails to the developer whilst I waited for my save game to get sorted out. This is NOT a long game, and worse, there's no random mission generator as there has been in say, Rodeo's other games (Hunters 2 springs to mind), so the longevity of this title as is, is deeply suspect.

Then there's the so called enhanced content, which includes additional marines from the other chapters, except it doesn't really, because they've only included tier 1 versions and a tier 2 veteran along with tier 2 loot for one item. In short, for building a high end team, you won't be using the enhanced content for anything other than flavour, it's a stunted, unfinished tree that desperately needs fleshing out if it's to feel as complete and as enhanced as Rodeo claims on the advertising blurb.


This game is tricky. Part of me wants to like it, because there's the soul of a good Space Hulk game in here, but as it stands? It's not -good enough- to recommend to the public as is. Therefore I recommend with strings attatched. At the price point being asked, I would wait, because they're asking too much for what's on offer. With the enhanced content fully fleshed out, that would justify the pricing, but it's not, so right now this is strictly a "For the fans" game. Otherwise, hold fire, wait for the inevitable discount.

Verdict : Wait for a discount to hit, then get it. This particularly applies if you do NOT own Space Hulk and would like to try out a Space Hulk type game

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Deathwatch non è un gioco brutto e neanche un gioco bello. Guardate il video e decidete da soli se vi ispira o no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gav5SP_9fEI

E' uno strategico a turni, ambientato nel mondo di Warhammer 40000, il sistema di gioco è semplice e la difficoltà è equilibrata. Si gioca con gli Space Marines, una squadra di militari futuristici che affrontano i pericolosi alieni dalla forma insettoide. Nella prima ora di gioco si impara a imbastire una tattica di gioco. Il mio voto è positivo!

Firstly, I can 100% completely understand the negative reviews. This is very clearly a mobile port, and the control scheme is indicative of that. Not to mention the occasional references to tapping the screen that someone forgot to remove/change.

However, as a game, it makes sense. Sure, the card packs and equipment gains are slow and grindy without the microtransactions, but you know what? When is a game like this not? You signed on for this when you got the game that the equipment drops would be random. Also, you really shouldn't feel entitled to be handed everything quite so easily, because it takes away the excitement when you finally roll that card you were looking for.

If you like squad turn-based combat, and are a fan of Warhammer 40K, I'd recommend this on a sale. It's a nice, clean time killer that looks quite pretty fullscreen. And I've not had a bug break the game yet.

Just completed first campaign on normal level. There is a lot of talk of this being a boring grind fest. However, you can complete the campaign on normal level without replaying battles. I only replayed one battle, and that was because my squad gone and got themselves all killed. So farming not necessary - so stop saying that the game forces you to do it.

A lot of bugs mentioned. Playing in 2020 I only encountered one bug, which is that if you have a soldier with a plasma rifle and they use the ability shoot at everything you can see, then sometimes the game would freeze. Plasma weapons have a 15% chance of jamming. If it jams on the first of X shots, the code gets confused and freezes the game.
Workaround1: In top RH corner, click on icon, exit game, restart game. You will be taken back to your last saved move, which means you lose about one minute or less of playing time.
Workaround2: If a soldier has the shoot at everything you can see ability, then don't give him a plasma weapon. This is probably smart, since you want to minimise the number of times a plasma weapon is fired to minimise the risk of jamming. Which is why plasma weapons have an overload ability, so that instead of taking say 4 shots, you take one massive shot.

Overall a nice game in my opinion. If you like turn based games, and it is on sale, then it represents good value.

First Off let me just say, that I read the reviews and 90% of your negative reviews involve a game I neither heard of nor played. So they are so not relevant. This game is on a totally different platform and any other game shouldn't be compared in order to give a truly relevant review. If you're going to review a game review the game, not the other game you played and now come and say this game sucks.

MY REVIEW:

I enjoy this game very much, it's a great turn based tactical strategy game with an element of random gear being bought or attained the more you play, as well as new marines. This is the first Squad based stategy game I've really enjoyed playing in a real long time. The missions are short and can be done in 10 to 15 min, so if you need a quick game and go you can do that, and the game is auto saved and loads when you start up. Which some may not like but for me who plays during work between calls it's amazing.

The fact I don't know what I'm getting as far as gear goes makes it a little more interesting and a challenge and I enjoy that fact. It's a fun and enjoyable game. If you like Turn Based Squad level action games I'd highly recommend it. I've gotten enjoyment enough that I've written a review and to be honest I've never even written one, but with so many negative reviews because of some other game someone else made I figured it should get a good one from me. After all we all don't play every single game we come across, on every single gaming system made by man. I know I don't. so play the game with an open mind and open heart and enjoy it for what it is. A great game. Don't judge it based on someone elses game or work. Cause it shouldn't be, cause it's not that Game!