Is the game worth buying in 2024?

[Nella]

Yo.

I am a big warhammer fan and I love a good bit of strategy and 4X games akin to Total War, Civilization and Stellaris.

I'm looking to pick up this game but I am not sure if it is worth the investment. Is the game fun? Do the different factions have different playstyles and mechanics?

Will the game be able to keep me entertained for more than a day?

[SK]

Depending on you :)
More fights and battles if you compare with Civ games.
Factions need different playstyles and unit composition.

[dexgattaca]

It's a civ-like. So the games are long and there is depth to the gameplay. The combat mechanics and gameplay is much more diverse. It's not just the same units with different traits or a few unique units per faction. Each faction has unique units with unique models, weapon laodouts and traits. Each faction has their own tech tree. The goals is always the same: to decimate all your enemies. Each faction has their own method of doing that. Diverciy includes beating the game with different factions on different difficulty setting and various maps. There are also robust mods to spice things up.

[Crow]

Yes, it probably will.

The base game costs about five bucks whenever a sale is on. You can pick that up and try it out to see what you think for a low investment. The various DLC add new factions and a couple units, but they won't be required to give you a good idea of what the game is like.

[TemplarGR]

If you like Civilization, and you liked its combat style, Gladius has a similar gameplay style with the focus on combat and not diplomacy. Combat in Gladius is leaps and bounds better than Civilization VI, and it makes sense, seeing as combat is all you do in Gladius. Get the base game during a sale, try it out to see if you like it, then you can judge if you want any DLCs.

[Cpt Obvious]

If you like 4x and warhammer than yes this is a good pick up.

[Noodlesocks]

It's a good game but I'd definitely wait for a sale, it gets discounted a lot and there's a lot of DLC to consider.

Comparing to another 4x game, it feels closest to Civ but with only war and the whole 'civ building' geared entirely towards that.

The factions are all quite different from each other with their own features and functions. They all have their strengths and weaknesses that extend beyond simple stat modifiers.

If you do get it. Highly recommend playing with the Too Many Voices mod. It's not a complete mod but it adds voices to most of the factions and it really gives the game so much more personality.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Nella:

I am a big warhammer fan and I love a good bit of strategy

You just answered your own question, then. ;)

[Tsorig]

For me it was worth buying in 2023 :)

[Mr.Panda]

It worth buying if you have friends to play with. Single player is not bad but this game real expirience is on multiplayers.

[Kain]

as other have said, its fun

[Tsorig]

Originally posted by Mr.Panda:

It worth buying if you have friends to play with. Single player is not bad but this game real expirience is on multiplayers.

Community is quite friendly. You can join multiplayer lobby with randoms and tell them you are newbie. Rarely anyone bothers with that and new players are always welcome.

[glythe]

Originally posted by Nella:

Will the game be able to keep me entertained for more than a day?

The AI is propped up entirely by cheats. We cannot touch the AI behavior in any way with mods by the way.

That being said with enough experience you can play massively outnumbered and have interesting games against the AI.

MP Gladius is a completely different story.

[gizmo]

For me it was worth it - but mostly on sale. Game is quite simple. But it's enjoyable and is simple enough to be entertaining and not boring.

Two things that made me consider it - and now I have every DLC with exception of Drukhari:
1. Now there is every major race in the game. With nice repertoir of units. I love how well W40k is represented here. There are not many 40k games with so much. I only wish, chaos would get more specific god units - like plague marines and demons. But my love for chaos armies is too demanding. ;)
2. Too Many Voices Mod. The game itself doesn't have voice acting. This was the biggest letdown for me, considering how well it was made in other W40k strategies - especially DoW 1 and 2. But this mod is just superb and fixes this huge problem for most races. And it's still going! Love these guys! Without this mod, I wouldn't but the game and all DLCs for sure.

All in all I've played every race, some 2 times. Every game is enjoyable, music is 10/10. If you want some entertaining but simple to play strategy game in this wonderful universe - you will have a nice time.

[Mazer]

I've been playing 4x games since Civ1 and I tell you this is a gem of game that takes Civ5 formula of mixing tactics with strategy and distills it very near perfection. It's worth every penny and you DON'T need every faction DLC as playing even with 4 base ones you'll quickly see there's depth and fun enough.

I'm telling you this from a completionist's perspective who, of course, bought everything available, and then saw, even though with no regrets because the game is this good and just deserves support, how quite pointless it was lol

[Stormfox]

Just get the base game when it is on sale somewhere. It has been in Humble Bundles and went for as low as 3 bucks a few times already. It is basically a free demo.