First Impression on Warhammer 40k: Space Wolves

When I first saw a Warhammer 40k game coming out with a title called Space Wolf, of course I was excited! Welcome to my review or first impression of the game!

WHAT IS IT?

Warhammer 40k: Space Wolf is a turn-based strategy game much like Final Fantasy Tactics, Frontline Mission, and Disgaea. The game is different from those mentioned as everything you do here involves cards. Yes! Cards.. You select cards from a premade deck (you can modify this deck eventually). You use the cards to either move, attack, or equip then attack later (which I don't really get cause they use up actions as well). Each turn you can use two cards to do any of what was mentioned. The cards have numerical values. The more powerful the card, the higher the numerical value and this determines turn order eventually with the lowest total going first. You start out first with the main character which is a Grey Hunter then you'll eventually pick up others specialists, which leads me to...

...THE STORY!

A Space Wolf ship/cruiser/battle barge was ambushed by a Word Bearer ship. Both sustained heavy damage and crash landed on a planet. As the main character, you are tasked to find/rescue the scattered crew, which range from Grey Hunters, Terminators, Scouts, etc., retrieve scattered supplies, and slay the blasphemous Word Bearers and find out what they are doing in that certain planet. Now that is just the intro. There may be some deeper twist as you go further along but I haven't gotten too far in the game due to a number of issues.

THE ISSUES (OR THE OUTS)

1) Game Crashes - My number 1 issue! The game crashed for me at least 3 times already. I hate it when this happens especially when you are halfway through a mission. You can still click buttons but they do nothing and everyone is just standing in the field. I've tried waiting for more than 10 minutes on some missions but nothing happens and you need to exit the game a replay the whole mission.

2)  I'm a fan and a player of the Warhammer 40k tabletop game and I think I just got used to certain units having limited gear and certain purpose or roles but in this game one Grey Hunter can use the lascannon, a missile launcher, a heavy flamer, and heavy bolter all in one mission (must be their Long Fang but no distinctions were made). Having lots of weapon options are cool but when is it enough?

My Grey Hunter can use a lot of weapons!

3) The Deck/Card system -I would've been happy with a generic Final Fantasy Tactic type of thing with stats and jobs etc. I really don't know how to feel about this but believe me I'm trying to like it. It just sometimes feels complicated at first but then you'd see that it's pretty straight forward. You combine two cards that look alike to get a stronger version of that card then add it to your deck. One thing that I wish we had was a card that can heal your characters.

You can have a max of 30 cards in a deck. I haven't checked how many copies of certain card are allowed in a deck though.

4) Internet Connection - You need the internet to play this game :/ Can't believe I can't play it outside of home. A really big minus for me :/

Needs internet.. boo..

 5) Lastly, my phone gets hot like crazy whenever I play this game and it's a pain to hold. Not to mention, it drains your battery pretty quick.

WHAT I LIKE

1) Space Wolves - of course! Nuff said!

2) Tutorials - thanks to these tutorials, the game becomes a bit easier to understand. I just wish they were repeatable for slow learners like me.

3) Graphics - When selecting a game, this one is a major factor for me to consider. The graphics of this game is top notch for me considering that it's on a phone. They also do the Space Wolves justice as most of the characters are really ornamented and detailed.

BURN HERETICS!

The briefing room.

You can choose your squad mates as you go out on mission.

VERDICT

Maaaaan.. I can tell that it is very good and promising game but even with my fully updated iOS and game version, it still suffers due to major crashes. I'll try to finish it as time and crash permits. I just wish they fix it soon because I need to kill me some chaos.