Difference between "Space Hulk Ascension" and "Space Hulk Tactics?"

[TheStoryteller01]

I have played the boardgame for years with my friends (and at my local TT club) and still love it.

But I am at a loss which of the 2 PC games to pick for some single-player action.

It looks like SCA more accurately recreated the 2nd Edition looks and SCT translated the boardgame rules more faithfully, but I have played neither yet so it's just my guess from what I see at the store pages.

Can anyone who has played both shed some light on this?

[✠UK_SPAWN✠]

get both they are both good. I got ascencion for like £1 somethig on a key site. tactics is good for singleplayer campaign but ultimatley they are both basic.

Asc... you care more about your men and dont want them to die as you level them up and progress with them. Tactics as long as you finish the missions then it doesnt matter who dies cuz there is no connection to them or replacing units with recruits etc...

Id say they are both good. But visually Tactics obviously is miles ahead and has more customisation. Ascension has no multiplayer at all as far as i can work out (unless im just blind).

Tactics is good with friends but i cant see me playing or being bothered about MP, the games are long and slow and watching the other team do all their moves is ... well. it is what it is...

Im glad i brought both they are both different enough to be worth getting them both.

[dv]

Tactics is a faithful adaption of the boardgame with a twist to command points (cards). That is both good and bad as boardgame rules limit what Tactics can do. It has better graphics than Ascension and multiplayer.

Ascension is what Space Hulk can be without the limitations of a boardgame. Ammo and heat counters for weapons. More weapons and variants including the Cyclone missile launcher. Skills and equipment options like Tarantula and proximity mines. Ascension has more single player content and replay value than Tactics. And there is a mod which increases replay value significantly. Even if I say so myself. On the downside, Ascension is not optimized. You have to run the public beta version (which is not a problem) and expect low fps.

Get Ascension when it is on sale.

[Woodcot3]

If you are a Space Hulk fan then both are worth a punt...my only comment is I would be disappointed paying £35 for Tactics

Ascension - a great Space Hulk single player vibe but no map editor or multiplayer
Tactics - good single player which plays very much like the board game and the chance to play as the Stealers but the AI is not so clever. It also offers a great map editor and multiplayer if you can find folk to play against