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Like I\u2019ve said before, there are too many Warhammer <\/em>games<\/span>, and one of the big downfalls of that carefree licensing is that when there are so many games coming out with the same branding they just become background noise. Which is a shame when one comes along that deserves to stand out.<\/p>\n

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters<\/em> released on PC earlier this week, and if all you saw was its stupid name and basic premise\u2014it\u2019s a turn-based 40K <\/em>game where you control Space Marines\u2014you\u2019d be forgiven for completely ignoring it. After all, didn\u2019t we just <\/em>play one of these<\/span>? <\/p>\n

Yes, we kinda did, but while Battlesector <\/em>was more of a recreation of the board game experience, featuring larger battles, Daemonhunters <\/em>is trying something else\u2014straight-up cloning XCOM<\/em>\u2014and it doesn\u2019t care how shamelessly it does it. <\/p>\n

While there\u2019s a whole genre of games that are XCOM <\/em>\u201cclones\u201d, few are as explicit as Daemonhunters<\/em> is. Literally every core system and menu in this game is lifted straight from Firaxis\u2019 classic, from a central base (that has to be repaired and upgraded) to roster management to the passage of time, right on down to little cutscenes for each dramatic battlefield moment and a parasitic blight that is growing over time and can\u2019t be allowed to take over. <\/p>\n