Instead, it employs a dynamic meta-map structure where each faction defends a "home region" of the planet.
Aun'el Shi'Ores, the Ethereal tasked with returning Kronus to the Tau Empire and immediate superior to Shas'o Kais.ĭark Crusade does not follow the standard linear campaign structure of the previous instalments. Tomas Macabee, the Necron Pariah adviser and spokesman for the Lord of Kronus. Necron Lord of Kronus, leader of the Necron army on Kronus. Shas'O Kais, commander of the Tau forces. General Lukas Alexander, commander of the 1st Kronus Regiment. Farseer Taldeer, commanding the Ulthwé forces. Word Bearers Dark Apostle Eliphas the Inheritor. Brother-Captain Davian Thule, commander of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Blood Ravens companies on Kronus. As I roll my Baneblade slowly up to the gates of the Ork base, I can't help but think that the Emperor's Finest will soon be out of a job. The Space Marines may be humanity's last line of defence against the horrors of the universe, but they only have to face what the Imperial Guard fail to kill. Bolter fire thunders over the distance 'whump' of a drop pod crash landing, and seeing a unit of giant Ogryn warriors mash Eldar up with the butts of their huge weapons is both a horrible and strangely satisfying sight. 
Explosions threaten to crack the monitor screen.
Battlefields can dissolve into a series of petty and mostly harmless fire-fights that, while tactically important, fail to capture the brutality and the scale of conflict in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.īattles are still packed with Relic's trademark levels of intensity, however. If you're caught, commanding your troops to flee will render them effectively invulnerable, ready recuperate and harass a different point a minute later.
The Imperial Guard slot very nicely into the army line-up, and their large units and tendency to roll in large groups makes for an impressive spectacle, but victory is still a matter of harassing enemy resource points, sneaking units behind enemy lines to nab a requisition point or sabotage a power node. From the evidence of the multiplayer beta so far, little has changed.
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