1. Branoic

   Aug 16, 2013

   10

   For me, the game is a 10/10. Is it the perfect game? No. Is it better than a host of other games (XCOM seems to be one bandied around a lot for some reason)? No, and yes XCOM is a better game. So why is it a 10 then? Because they set up from the beginning to make as close a 1:1 digital conversion of the board game as possible, and they absolutely succeeded 100%. It is a 10 for me because it is exactly the game I wanted and expected. I love the board game, and I love this version of the board game.
   
   Anyone who expected something different has only themselves to blame. It was clear from the very start that this was a board game conversion. Adding any other video-gamey bells and whistles would have just detracted from the simple, tense, claustrophobic elegance of the board game mechanics. Persistent character development between missions? Weapon load out customisation? Please! How would that even work? Each "level" in the game is designed and balanced to be tackled with the squad configuration they give you at the start. The pre-set squad load out, the spawn points and numbers of genestealers, the positioning of the objectives, they are all finely balanced for a tense barely-made-it experience. Buffing your marines and swapping load outs between missions would completely wreck the entire balance of the game! To compensate for that, the developers would need to develop and build in other systems, changing genestealer behaviour abilities to react to your increasing marine stats. And pretty soon after that, you've no longer got a board-game conversion, which is what this is meant to be.
   
   Seriously, complaining about a lack of RPG elements character progression in this game is the same as complaining that the digital version of Carcassonne isn't more like Civilization!… Expand

   • 20 of 38 users found this helpful
2. tribaal

   Feb 19, 2014

   10

   A great game! It is a faithful adaptation of the board game (which is out of print), with some goodies like asynchronous multi player.
   
   The developers are doing a great job at bringing updates, regularly adding content. They are also very active and responsive on the steam forums.… Expand

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3. Patches

   Aug 15, 2013

   8

   The game seems to follow the board game (3rd Edition) to the letter...
   For a guy like me, who only played the original Space Hulk (1st Edition), the small rule changes between the 1st and the 3rd are really easy to grasp, making the life of the Terminators a bit easier...
   
   Now add to that a look and feel like Xcom: Enemy unknown (seeing how it cost to go on the clicked spot, Close Camera on a kill, etc...) and add to that the claustrophobic feeling of corridors and you get a game that is quite a blast to play, even if you have the board game...
   
   Plus, they added nice touches, like when you reload you Assault Cannon second ammo clip, you see that it now have a red glow at the end of the barrel, making easy to see just by looking at the AC Terminator if you're using the first or second 10 ammo clip...
   
   Of course, nothing is perfect. I saw a bug in the menu (a display that don't want to go)... Also, it is sometimes difficult to figure how many tiles are between your Terminators and the Genestealers, especially when the corridor is really dark (A button that highlight all the tiles would be useful)...
   Nothing future patches couldn't handle, I bet...
   
   Also, I wish I could play the Genestealers versus an AI Terminators...
   
   So, Space Hulk is really the board game, as promised, with cool graphics only a computer can give and without the need to paint the units... … Expand

   • 12 of 23 users found this helpful
4. Rudboy66

   Aug 25, 2013

   7

   Overall pretty solid game, especially if you are a Warhammer 40,000 fan. I feel the game went live as described and hits the mark very well. Right now I don't think the game will have a lot of replayability, but that will come with DLC. Challenging and an all around good time, perhaps it was $10 too high, I think it would have been a steal at $19.99. … Expand

   • 1 of 3 users found this helpful
5. ManRammer

   Sep 8, 2013

   6

   Me personally, as a former board game geek, would give this 10 out of 10.
   
   But objectively speaking, with all the technical problems and lack of new content, it feels like i can't give it higher than a 6.
   
   It's a good game, I had my fun. But after the few missions there is just nothing more. It feels like an editor would be really useful to make this game great.
   
   I still love you, Space Hulk. I just have to be fair.… Expand

   • 0 of 1 users found this helpful
6. sypisybi

   Aug 22, 2013

   4

   Even though Space Hulk is directly based off of an old boardgame, that is no excuse to turn it into a boring and unpolished video game. Being based on a board game to begin with isn't a bad thing, but you must make sure that everything else about the game is polished, yet nothing was. Graphics are outdated, voice acting is repetitive, marines take forever to move, etc...… Expand

   • 2 of 8 users found this helpful
7. Tessara_Vejgan

   Oct 2, 2013

   0

   I tried playing this game but gave up after 10-15 min when I realized it takes FOREVER to move your troupes on the tiles. I hope the next WH40k game will be DoW 3 and not something like this.… Expand

   • 1 of 9 users found this helpful

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