Character models are dull with relatively few colours, but in particular, none of the rich, ridiculous detail that the Warhammer universe is famous for really comes across. It’s visuals, for example, which look just about fit for the PlayStation 3 era, rather than the current generation. Once you do get to grips with the controls, you’ll be free to examine some of Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf’ s other problems. After the move is over, the player chooses a direction to face - something that is also made to happen at a ridiculously slow, frustrating pace. Here, though, when the player chooses to move a character, there’s a need to draw out the path square by square - and the input response is awful. As in most tactical strategy games, the player moves a team of up to four characters around a grid based arena. Indeed, using a control pad to play Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is less than fun. What follows is a haphazard introduction to the control scheme which is so bad that I restarted the game at the first attempt because I thought it had crashed. Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf opens up by throwing the player directly into a Tutorial mission that loads in the most janky way possible, setting the tone for some of the worst sounds, visuals and dialogue that you’ll see on your brand new, £600 console. Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is one of these smaller titles, and despite an excellent deck-building mechanic at its heart, it is otherwise extremely lacklustre. After all, games are very rarely made by people who don’t care about the subject matter - especially not when you’re talking about independent games that are created outside of the influence of larger, more commercial entities. I like to think that reviewers such as myself keep an open mind.

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