Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Review - The Emperor of CRPGs? 

The game was definitely better than I expected. My favorite parts were the light bits of humor. I will never forget Fidelio.

This game looked amazing to any one that’s into CRPGS and Warhammer 40k. I was really hoping it would be good and it’s actually way better than I hoped it would be. If you love the lore of 40k it makes reading everything from tool tips to dialogue extremely fun in itself. This franchise is epic and worthy of a game like this. They did really good with it.

If you are not into 40k, after playing this game you will be. The ending of act one sets the tone.

Finally, a fair review, from someone who knows what he is talking about and also actually played the game... +1 sub from me :)

Me, after downloading the game over the night thought saturday morning: yeah, lets play the tutorial, or prologue and maybe one or two hours to see if its good enough. Well, when i was finally able to shut the PC down, steam said it was a clear 16 hour session. I think that says enough. the last time i was that drawn to a game was when i was 12 and played Zelda ocarina of time for the first time. With a couple more bugfixes and localisation issues fixed (for example german translation really has many issues right now) this game will go down in history as one of the best of its class. Baldurs Gate 3 may have insane graphics and the more accessible setting. but Rogue Trader is something i thought had completely died out in the last decade: A work that not only respects its source, but fully embraces it and delivers a masterpiece for the fans.

I think the vast array of options when building a character is a strength. I mean I suppose its not beginner friendly as you say but I love it!

It's amazing how many videos about this game I've seen and people allways describe Rogue Trader as "a mix of monarch, ship captain, merchant..." dude, this is a CORSAIR. You've just described a franking corsair. Rich people with a ship and a Warrant of Trade and freedom to navigate existed and were called CORSAIR.

Absolutely love the game so far, about 20 hours in.

Every Wh40k fan asked for a rpg like baldurs gate but in wh40k and we finally have something in our hands and hey it's from Owlcat. They will give us some expansions/more stuff. Space Marine 2 coming soon, Darktide being a fun little game. Shit is going down son.

What I can’t believe is just how utterly rich the dialogue is with 40k. It’s like reading and playing through the best black library novels. I reckon though even with the glossary this will be a super issue for people unfamiliar. It’s like going into a high fantasy setting with no knowledge of elves and dwarves. 40k has its own rich world which is comparable. But for us who lap this stuff up, what a goddamned treat. I didn’t connect with any of the bg3 chars but these chars are so much better imo. They don’t have the cinematic narrative of bg3 but give me these guys anyway.

Oh shit is this Gamebanshee from wayback - glad to see you adore the game too

I haven't gotten this but I hope to soon. I'm disappointed there isn't an Adeptus Mechanicus origin. The last time I played the Lord Captain in a Rogue Trader tabletop campaign I was playing a former Explorator fleet officer who was exiled from his home sector for political reasons. But the last expedition he had been part of was successful enough, and he was the ranking survivor of that mission, that his allies arranged for him to receive a Warrant of Trade allowing him to return to the region he had begun exploring while meeting with representatives of his Forge World in ports just outside his home sector to pass on any technology or knowledge he recovered. I love the Voidship selection though. I have a massive soft spot for Frigates so I'm very happy with the starting selection. I would love it if more got added later though. Like the Havoc class Frigates (an older design but used by Rogue Traders and Pirates), the various Imperial Heavy Frigates, the Shrike class Raiders, or the Space Marine Frigates.

This game is amazing. Could use just a TAD of polish but its one of my favorite rpg games since xcom 2 and Divinity original sin 2

now i am hyped. and it feels good. thank you for this great review 👍

Bro owclat made the Kings bounty remake, wrath of the righteous etc.

Who else rolled 6 chars and hasn't locked in which one they want to play?

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Great review! Im 20 hours in so far and really enjoying it. I have to say though the game would be improved so much with full voice acting

80 hours? Was that a speed run? I'm still in act 2 after 75.

Glad you're enjoying it!

PC Gamer’s credibility went out the window a long time ago. Other than the hit and miss voice acting, the game is awesome

I think the Iconoclast works closer to how Ciaphas Cain or Commisar Gaunt act, if you sprinkle in some Dogmatic choices too.

Fully agree bro! Great Review

The game is awesome. Really hoping more archtypes get added

I'd give it an 8, so many quality of life features missing, they should have made them optional so you purists would be satisfied. And lack of an overwatch and counters in a 3D turn based tactical game makes it feel archaic, I get that its based on a card game, but when you move things to 3 dimensions, forgetting that there are fun features that don't harm the lore will only keep it in the niche category.

I have just started my playthrough, as I have been busy with BG3 Honour mode... Rogue Trader is good so far, but there are some very clunky stuff in it. Not going to say anything about it yet, but some things are clunky in it. The movement or the very basic controls are clunky. Still its a W40K RPG that I have been waiting for. Interested in how it plays out. As for Emperor of CRPGs, let's see.

I dont understand why a character cant move after using an ability. The move must come first apparently??

Yup

playing on a slightly twaeked syory mode not too hard for me so far im a noob to warhammer and pathfinder

I don't have sound.

The game looks amazing. I'm just hoping they include a bunch of the bonkers weapons from the ffg rogue trader ttrpg. Just when it's getting too serious, you can pull out a chain chakram. 😂

"40k 1st crpg" - ??

no overwatch is just strange in 2023. Why? Will that be added? Feels very outdated to leave that out.

So far hard to get into, the turned base combat is not great, nor is the skill tree. About 4 hours into the game there seems to be less voice acting than in WOTR. I shall keep on because I want to unlock the Space Wolf.

Does anyone feel that the movement and running animations feels off in this game? I wanted to love it, but felt really B grade from what I played. Didn't feel as polished or as smooth as Pathfinder WoTR. So I refunded

So many spoilers bro. What is with you Warhammer channels spoiling so much story?

good review but it is painfully obvious by your intonation that you were reading from a paper

Pc gamer said this game was shit. Hard pass

more guides on the website, please