Steamship Ahoy - Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon

Matrix Games announces it is now Armagideon Time, as they have released Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon, a turn-based strategy expansion for Windows PCs. The release is now up on Steam, and it carries a 25% discount for the next week. A trailer released last week offers a look, and here's the announcement:
A massive Space Hulk is drifting towards Armageddon with a fearsome Ork army on board. Led by the infamous and megalomaniacal Ork Warlord of Waaagh! Ghazghkull, the Orks are prepared to land on the planet and invade this precious Imperial Hive World. This colossal conflict for dominance of the planet is known as the Second War for Armageddon! In Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon, players have the opportunity to relive this epic fight between the Orks and Imperial forces including the troops of the Armageddon Steel Legion and three chapters of Spaces Marines: the Salamanders, Blood Angels and Ultramarines.

Today we are overjoyed to announce that the game is finally released and available on both our sites and Steam! In this hex-based, turn-based strategy game developed by Flashback Games and The Lordz Games Studio, players will fight alongside iconic characters such as Commander Yarrick and Lord Dante to repel the Ork invasion, protect the hives, and eventually liberate the planet from this perfidious alien attack. But the Orks are well equipped and hard-boiled soldiers, therefore only those commanders able to expertly combine their units, take advantage of their special traits and abilities, and understand the assets and dangers of their environment will have a chance to save Armageddon!

Thanks to its epic story-driven campaign with more than 30 scenarios, over 300 unit types, a multiplayer mode in which players can command both Ork and Imperial forces, and a powerful map editor, fans of Warhammer 40,000 should prepare themselves for a long and heroic journey across the surface of Armageddon!

We are offering a $10 discount to the early adopters during the week of the launch! We are also going to offer a free Steam key to anyone who bought a copy of the game from the Matrix Games or Slitherine store, once the game is available on this digital platform!

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Re: Steamship Ahoy - Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon
Nov 27, 2014, 12:53
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Nov 27, 2014, 12:53
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It's all about the strategy in this one. Picked it up and its pretty darn good if strategy war gaming is your thing.
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Nov 26, 2014, 19:14
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Nov 26, 2014, 19:14
 
Looks like a spreadsheet game and a cardboard cut out game.
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Nov 26, 2014, 18:35
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Nov 26, 2014, 18:35
 
Alamar wrote on Nov 26, 2014, 17:43:
Hadn't heard this coming, and saw it on sale, so looked on the page... Looked at the screenies, which made me look for a 10 year old release date... Then I looked at the high price... Suffice it to say, I am thoroughly confused...

Me too. Should be priced around $15 IMO.
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Re: Steamship Ahoy - Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon
Nov 26, 2014, 17:43
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Re: Steamship Ahoy - Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon Nov 26, 2014, 17:43
Nov 26, 2014, 17:43
 
Hadn't heard this coming, and saw it on sale, so looked on the page... Looked at the screenies, which made me look for a 10 year old release date... Then I looked at the high price... Suffice it to say, I am thoroughly confused...
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Nov 26, 2014, 14:21
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Nov 26, 2014, 14:21
 
There's a second trailer on the Steam page with gameplay, which is what I assume J watched. It looks a lot like Rites of War (not a huge surprise). They sure crammed in a lot of units. Steam reviews are positive, too.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/312370/
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Nov 26, 2014, 13:56
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Nov 26, 2014, 13:56
 
... and not a single frame of gameplay.

Wonderful trailer. Simply wonderful.

I saw some early reviews that called it Panzer Corps in the 40k universe. It's not for people interested in flashy effects and eye candy.

Personally I'm intrigued but I'm also going to be waiting for a bigger sale and reviews more substantial than first impressions. It does seem to have the potential for a significant amount of depth beneath it's 'simple' graphics.
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Nov 26, 2014, 12:49
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I checked out a video of it on YouTube... and I found it really painful to watch, and mostly to listen to -- those SFX!
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