Tagged: Warhammer

Warhammer 40K Space Marine

Warhammer 40K Space Marine review

So whilst we don’t spend our weekends painting figurines and waging war on a tabletop battlefield, it doesn’t mean we’re total strangers to Warhammer here at Gamesweasel. It’s just we prefer to play our games on a TV screen, but each to their own right? There’s no way we can cover the whole history of the series here; however the main thing you need to know is that; Warhammer, is a hugely successful fantasy strategy game that sent Dungeons and Dragons players into a dizzy with a whole new take on the role playing game structure. Warhammer 40,000 (or 40k)...

Warhammer Dawn of War 2

Warhammer Dawn of War 2 review

Warhammer 40,000 : Dawn of War II is the second RTS I’ve reviewed in two weeks and luckily, once again, it seems this one has removed some of the hardcore elements which put me off RTS games in the first place. Developers Relic have been very brave and scrapped base building entirely. Whilst I applauded Halo Wars for simplifying it, Dawn of War II dispenses with it entirely. Once you’ve selected your squads and payload, you’re dumped into the action and put into situations where you control your squads from above in lots of mini battles as you progress across...

Madden NFL 09

Blood Bowl Trailer

After watching the latest trailer for Blood Bowl I was reminded of a game I played on the Commodore CD32. Described as being the world’s first 32Bit games console (although it wasn’t) it was released over a year before the Sony Playstation but did not sell anywhere near as many units. It was on the CD32 I remember playing Brutal Sports Football, an interesting mix of American Football, ultra violence and gore. Blood Bowl looks like a spiritual sequel Brutal Sports Football which can’t be a bad thing, based on the Warhammer games you can create teams made up of...