Havent played the game myself yet (work busy) but from what i’ve read in the reviews its basically a downgrade form the first game in every way.
Darktide and DoW4 are our only hope… And considering its darktide and dow4, its pretty much certain that mechanicus will NOT be eating good this decade.
Why do the most interesting and unique factions/races/concepts always either poorly done or almost never get any content…
Well my expectations for fatshark are less then 0 but… Please prove me wrong with skitarii
Its different from the first game but personally I am enjoying it on its own merits. The issue is that its clearly unfinished. Technical debt are obvious and even worse its performance issues are significant. I can play it but I sometimes drop to like 50 frames on a RTX 4090 while nothing is happening. Its insane.
I mean it’s basically a dawn of war to dawn of war 2 situation
I don’t mind the change I get why they did it but it still the game losing a distinct part of the first one’s unique identity of build your own techpriest
Also they really screwed the pooch on performance here.
For gaming reviews/impressions I’d recommend Mortismal over the cesspool that is STEAM:
Skitarii will be broken out of the whazoo at release, have next to no cosmetic options (major clipping with the robe), and will be fixed/nerfed at earliest, sometime in August.
Every game is going to be dominated (screen cleared) by Skitarii for months.
I couldnt care less if he’s op or nerfed or about cosmetics.
I only care about 2 things : "is it fun?" and “does it actually feel like a mechanicus class?”
And if it is OP, i will simply play in a private lobby with me bud, that should balance things out.
Mechanicus 2 had Mech 1’s loot and customisation system removed.
… Are both of these Games Workshop’s fault…? GW seem to have some kind of policy change that has made it difficult for game devs to do things with weapons in the name of being strict with lore and mini accuracy.
The recent thing with the red lasgun lasers being banned is another example. In the Skitarii trailer you can see the soldiers using the infantry lasguns we use in game. But they are no longer shooting red lasers but yellow pellets…
3: Does playing the class pair well with Noosphere playing in the background?*
Sometimes when playing Warrior Priest in VT2 I’ll have Noosphere on, it pairs exceptionally well especially if you’re having to clutch or use your ULT to res a downed team mate.
*Absolutely no disrespect to Jesper Kyd, his music is so fitting it’s practically 40K gospel.
+1, I really dislike youtubers/streamers (present company excluded) in general but there are a few exceptions and Mortismal is one of them, his vids on CRPGS (his main genre) are recommended viewing.
What an odd way to spell “Children of the Omnissiah”. JK OFC, excellent tracks the botha them.
Our boy Jesper knocked it out of the park again, but Mechanicus OST is great too. Oh check out Jesper’s work on AC:Valhalla, it’s excellent.
P.S. Mechanicus 2 OST is up on Spotfiy now too, great so far on a 2nd listen. I’m repeating myself but I can’t wait to see hear what else Jesper Kyd has in store for us!
Nah, if anything weapon customization was dropped real early in development (along with other things that quietly disappeared), most likely to make release. DT released in an incomplete state and really only one or two guns shows signs it was meant to be customized. Plus weapon customization was only ever mentioned once.
It wasnt dropped early, the interview mentioning it came out 6 months before launch. The modularity of the system is also wildly wildly overkill just for some skins, the custom weapon mod could not exist without how extensively modular they made it.
Wait really? I noticed in warhammer survivors the guardsmen also shoot yellow laser from their lasguns, didn’t know this was GW attempting to retcon 40k years of red lasers all of sudden.
Every depiction of lasguns after this article has them shooting yellow pellets. Even in Dawn of War 4 which is particularly bad since DoW1 is what made the red lasers iconic.
God I hope they dont add a hotshot lasgun to Darktide and it shoots yellow pellets lol.
This change might be a reason for Fatshark to never add another lasgun to darktide honestly.
upon comparing a bit more it’s a bit more orange than the usual lasgun deep red, so maybe they’re trying to strike a compromise. i honestly didnt even notice it’s different from the usual lasguns until rewatching though so it works pretty well i think
Yeah, I saw it on mobile originally, they arent quite as bad now looking at it on my pc, although there is a bit of a colour shift from the red lasers seen in the intro cinematic. Still the same pellet over beam change, same as Battle Sector and DoW4.
That is the first time Ive seen them be not yellow after the article so I wonder if that is a compromise gw made.
