Hey guys and gals this will be my second review ever.

Mordheim:City of the Damned.

what can i say about it? well until recently i woudl say it was a good single player skirmish game against an AI opponent...

as i said Until recently.

Recently there has been an update that saw to a little bug that would cause the game to go into ( cue ominous movie trailer voice )INFINITE LOADING SCREEN. this had cause many people to avoid the online portion as fear of being stuck thinking it was loading.

Now with the recent update it would appear that the bug has been seen to...but then again im only going off of 1 online match so far... >.>;;

As of RIGHT now there are only 2 warbands available while you can fight against 2 other in the tutorials you cannot access them as playable or contestable AI.

The 2 warbands are the Humans and the RatMan race known as the Skaven.

These two warbands are rather entertaining in the EA build but i do feel some of the fun in making a warband isn't there because as of right now it is premade warbands.( this is just for E/A) ( i also hope that the types of units will be expanded upon later hopefully AR (After Release) if not the ability to buy specific units ( which will Definitely be added later on in the E/A) might make for interesting play.

The city of Mordheim is a Dark Fantasy Locale. When I say dark i mean DARK. im nor one hundred percent sure if it's implemented but when i have tried to use a daylight setting in my games it still feels like night ( i think it may have to do with the everlasting storm over Mordheim )

there are some camera issues which are being adressed by the dev team. these issues, at least for me, mainly consist of the view going behind a wall and not being able to see your attacks.

these are minro things that are being adressed.

now you may ask then why bring them up? because i wanted to shwo you how in touch with the community this dev team is.

lets get down to it then for you TL;DR people

Pros

+Setting and atmosphere
+ sound
+ fun gameplay
+ fun features to be executed at a later date
+ Dev team that is in touch with the community

cons

-Atmosphere can seem kind of stale ( when day and night don't appear, to me anyways, to be any different)
-camera issues at current stage of E/A
- E/A so not all features are available

Suggestion for you

If you wish to be part of a community that is iving feedback to the dev team and having their voices heard buy the game now

if you do not wish to have the E/A version hold off for a few months until it is farther along and purchase then..

final suggestion...

Purchase. this. game.

Played the table top with a mate back in my uni days. So far the game is really capturing the feeling of what it was like to play the table top game. I played a few rounds with what is already there and I know the game is in good hands, I don't want to touch it again until full release. Looking forward to the final game!

I was worried about supporting another Early Access game, but i'm really glad I did.
The game is still in the early stages of development, but the music and graphics are pretty amazing for the genre.
The gameplay mechanics are pretty unique, and will improve as more updates come out.

EARLY ACCESS REVIEW

I highly recommend for fans of turn based strategy. Although it has been said that to players of the Tabletop Mordheim it does not feel like Mordheim except for the looks (meaning some core rules not being implemented), this is a fine game already. From playing the early version I can say that devs work hard to get rid off bugs and balance the units and they are highly appreciating user feedback in the forums.
It feels a lot like XCOM in Multiplayer but has a initiative-based turn order per unit (not per player like XCOM). To me the best aspects of the game are yet to be implemented (statistics, customization, leveling, mission goals)

The downside of this being early access is that you have only 2 pre-defined warbands available for play, while customization, leveling your units and creating class/skill/euipmtent combinations of your own is key to replayability. If you buy the early version you have to be aware that it is getting repetitive and the best thing to do is play 1-2 games per day max and report bugs in the forums.

If you don't want to spend your money yet I recommend to follow the announcements because this game feels like it's going to be great.

Love it, can't wait for more content to be added

I played the Mordheim 😊 at steam all week! Humans are a little better than the Skaven(ses) 😊.

I think it is because the Reiklander heroes do melee damage higher than the listed amount on the screen and the Ogre is a boss, but the ogre is well an ogre..

The 2 Warp Guard (used to be black skaven) feel a bit weak too. The one listed “black skaven” is pretty good though with claws and strength..

The rat ogre started out weak for a rat ogre but he has improved in damage and the ogre has reduced a little but is still the biggest damage dealer.. he can roll a good critical hit 7% of the time that will floor the rat ogre in one of 2 swings with a great hammer..

They could fix it with a little more move on the skaven to improve the swarm feel of the troops but it is still prerelease and no saved game yet.. They need to at least list the damage of the humans correctly..

Man they have the buildings too. And fountains of fishes with blood and bubbles.. Sewers galore and chaos eyes are every were..

Its not ready for standard gamers yet.. 😊 its only the 2nd week of early release and they have 18 more to go.. It seems better than blood bowl was to start but you have to keep verifying the game code after every game.. then there is the disconnects, campaign advancement, adding Possessed, adding Sisters, better A.I., and bot losses that need to get fixed but I am pretty sure they will hammer that stuff out with time..

I will say that for Mordheim: City of the Damned captures the feel of its namesake very well, providing a gritty skirmish experience set in the Warhammer world. However no amount of "feel" or "essence" can cover up the fact that this game is obviously still very, very, VERY much still in Early Access. The constant shifting of camera views, the clipping of the camera into random objects during combat "cut scenes" and inability to simply have an overhead view where I can control my warband kept me from completely enjoying the game. Die hard Warhammer fans will enjoy the scenery and the little comments about Chaos in the loading screens, but the average gamer will not find much to thrill. I appreciate that this is Early Access, but I believe that there is such a thing as too early of an Early Access. The game overall garners a "No" vote from me, and I feel like I'd have to wait for a Mordheim: Chaos Edition to truly knock out all of the bugs. Personally: a dissappointing purchase.

GUYS THEY MADE A GOOD FAITHFUL VIDEOGAME VERSION OF A GAMES WORKSHOP GAME. THIS IS ALL I EVER WANTED.

Having just finished my first Early Access skirmish, the first thing I wanted to do was come here and report that it's exactly what I was hoping for. The game systems remind me of my favorite things from Firaxis XCOM and Valkyria Chronicles, and it's easy to tell the developers care about the GW source material. The first Early Access version only includes a small slice of the game, but it's already possible to play a fun skirmish, and there is a ton of potential here once persistance and progression are added.

Three thumbs up (Three? Blame Tzeentch..) for a good looking, faithful, and most importantly, fun Mordheim adaption.

Mordheim City of the Damned was originally a tabletop game by Games Workshop that combined tabletop strategy with RPG elements.

For those who neither know mordheim nor tabletop games:
It's a turnbased strategy game where you command a gang of heroes and henchmen exploring the ruins of a town destroyed by the forces of chaos searching for treasures. Since you aren't the only with that great idea you will meet other gangs there ... meeting in that case means you fight them.
The gameplay can be compared with other turnbased strat games like X-Com but your warband (your gang) is a bit greater. Since there are no custom warbands yet I can't tell what exatcly sizes are possible. In the original boardgame most warbands have a maximum size of 15 and only skaven warbands (mutand rat people) can recruit up to 20 bandmembers.

In this early acces state these RPG elements (like building your own warband, recruit new "soldiers", buy equipment, search the city for loot and treasures after battle, learn the fate of your wounded bandmembers or level up your bandmembers) aren't implemented yet. But you get an impression on how the gameplay is working and in my opinion it plays out well.

Further there are some enhancements compared to the boardgame: for example vision and spotting system.
While playing the boardgame you always know where your opponents troops are. Thats changed here and adds a great immersive feeling to the game ( threats could lure behind every corner in the narrow gaps of Mordheim) and of course it opens new possibilitys for ambush tactics.

The controls and gameplay are very simple and even playable with a controllerpad if you want to play it on your TV from the sofa. Although most of the rather complex strategy elements of the boardgame aren't missing here. (Like several stat checks on moral, ini, etc.. Great for ppl. like me who are cursed with misfortune as soon as they grab a dice, all random events are calculated automatically. )
So positioning and awareness of your strenghts and weaknesses are as important as they were in the original boardgame.

Fight itself is also calculated based on stats. Hits have a chance to fail, victim has a chance to parry/dodge, damage varies and has a chance to crit and so on. But fights take longer as they do in the boardgame since combatants have more HP. In the boardgame fighters (espeacially henchmen) happen to be taken out of action extremly fast. Often a succesful hit + damagecheck is enough to take em out (most fighters haven't more then 1 HP).
The "more HP system" of the PC version pleases me more. On the other hand, the crit system is a bit booring (as far as I saw it). Crits just do extra damage and once I stunned an opponent with a melee crit. Crits in the boardgame are more funny since crazy **** is about to happen after a crit :)
I'm missing that a bit here.

Graphics are quite good and events like climbing/jumping/fighting are shown like a little movie (like in X-Com)
The atmosphere is great so far.

Only con from my side so far:
- only 4 Warbands "races" are planned so far ( Human Mercs, Skaven, Sisters of Sigmar and Cult of the Possessed ) missing are Witchhunters and Undead that are also available in the standart boardgame rules without any expansions.
I could imagine that they will probably be added as DLCs but I hope they don't sell em for ripoff prices. With all the boardgame expansions the variety of different Warbands is nearly endless.

I really think this game has a lot of potential and I really hope they implement all the things that made the boardgame great and don't screw it up.

TLDR:

No RPG Warband content yet. Combat gameplay only.

Pro:
- Great combat gameplay so far
- Boardgame mechanics are represented well
- Good atmosphere
- Nice graphics
- At some points better then the boardgame ( for example real ambushes since the opponent can't see your troops all the time... technical impossible with a boardgame )

Con:
- Only 4 Warbands planned so far, original boardgame version had 6 (+ X with expansions)
- Critical hit system was more exiting in the boardgame. As far as I saw it here it was more damage + chance to stun.

So far great potential (it even made me write a review ... that happened never before). Curious to see the RPG elements coming that made the boardgame great and special.

PS: Sorry for my bad english, it's not my native language.

Turnbased Warhammer Fantasy Squad game. With Skaven (don't we all love them?)


Considering it's only early access you should not get too depressed at the lack of options at this moment.
The game flows quite nicely with the two currently available factions (Skaven, Empire) - And at that I did actually enjoy myself despite the lack of variant gameplay options.

Right now it's only 1on1 Skirmish (quick-battle) for us to play. Altho, as I've only faced the computer I noticed the AI is quite simplistic, and also it's abit too easy for units locked in melee to disengage, thus completely stopping a melee character to root an archer for example from shooting him in the face after disengaging melee,

Also, the options to make use of the last actionpoints after attacking are very lacking - After you attack, either parry or dodge action is allowed for the typical melee character. Thus there is no real punishment for an attacker. After you swing, you'r always allowed to boost your parry/dodge stats. - Why not simply make it automatic - since no one would simply click end turn and thus wasting the free boost.

There are several weak points in combat so far - no terrain advantage/disadvantage in combat. An archer on the ground is able to snipe at high percentage possibility vs a small rat hiding 1 meter inside a building. Go sixth sense! - But do not ever forget, it's still early access and these things are subject to change.

If you buy and test this game at early access, it will be your obligation to report issues and give positive feedback to the developers, if not for them - do it to make sure your investment makes a quality purchase instead of a "chance-risk" of a money exchange for entertainment.

It's totally up to you if you wish to dedicate yourself into an unfinished product.

The game feels like your playing the table top.

The mechanics are nice even at this stage and the maps are large and interesting, and they are very detailed with you being able to hide characters inside houses and even jump from Z level to Z level.

Right now you can only play preset war bands but in the coming weeks you are going to be able to design your own and have a persistent warband you fight with through multiplayer and single player. It is well worth the buy but if you are undecided i would wait until the warband management section of the game is released, in my opinion this is where the most fun is going to be keeping your guys alive.

Keeping in mind this is just the Alpha stage of the game, I can see huge HUGE potential here, specially in Multiplayer games.

This is not a port game, some changes have been made to play it on PC (For example, it's still a turn-based game but instead of moving your band then wait 5-10 min while the other player moves his/her band, warriors are moved individually according to their initiative).

Right now you've 4 tutorial to learn the ropes of the game, and a skirmish option to play vs a mate or the AI. Only Mercenaries and Skaven Eshin bands are available, but (at least) Sisters of Sigmar and The Cult of Possessed will be in the full game. I'll keep adding more info in the future, as more content is added, also a list of pro and cons.

See you in the streets.

Really really good, especially for fans of Warhammer or dark fantasy in general. My message to the devs: ADD HOTSEAT!

I own over 100 games on steam and this is my first review. I feel like I just have to leave a comment here - partially for the potential buyers, but also for the developers.

Rogue - you have created what could be a true epic strategy game. So far, i am loving your design choices. Continue to pour love into this game. Warband development / progression / equipment is probably going to be what makes or breaks this game. If you do this well and reward players for good play and gently punish those that choose poor strategies - you will do well. It should be fair and over time the better players should build stronger warbands. I also feel that the possibility of having assymetric multiplayer could help this feel awesome. Allow the community to build "clans" and allow clans to challenge each other for even greater rewards and risks. This "style" or genre of game could become a HUGE thing.

Warcraft 3 initially was going to go with this style of game (small persistent warbands that developed over time), but they abandoned it. I always wanted that game to be made and this could be it. The possibilities are endless. You could overlay a "mordheim strategy map" that clans could vie for control over. Limit a server to a certain number of players and let different clans and factions fight for dominance.

Anyways - i'm excited. This game so far shows an INCREDIBLE amount of potential. Please continue to listen to the community, but also know when to NOT listen to the community. So far, your vision looks like it's paying off.

Good luck, Rogue.

Enjoyable and Accurate.

If you ever played Mordheim then you should enjoy this, it is of course early access, and therefore the full functionality and freedom gained from the table top isn't there yet, there is serious potential, and it is a loyal video game adaptation. here's looking forwards to what the devs have in store for us!

Although the game is still in the early access staged I feel it has real potential and is a big improvement over the table top version. Instead of paying high prices for metal models i can just buy the game itself and play single player or multiplayer if I feel. Can't wait to see what else in in store down the road. Carnival of Chaos for the win -- hopefully!

Started Early Access! Very true to the tabletop experience. If you love playing tabletop mordheim, this game is going to be great. I am currently playing it w/under system recommended resources (512mb graphics card instead of 1gb minimum) Plays fine w/graphics settings turned down to fast instead of prettiest. Currently you can only play 2 warbands, Skaven and Empire and inventory & advancement has not been implemented yet. This is still a very early beta. I personally am glad they released early so I can play as it develops. This to date is one of (in my honest opinion) the best warhammer pc games on the market. I can't wait until the functionality fleshes out and I can create and advance my Warband (Who will hopefully be Carnival of Chaos, what I play on Tabletop). RogueFactory has done an amazing job so far and I look forward to their continued labor of love.

This is just going to be AWESOME. Early access and its already like this!
cant wait to see where this goes, and hopefully leads to NECROMUNDA.

Looks like a great way to get into Mordheim again. And for those who didn't delve into the tabletop game before, it's a fun setting and a good game from Games Workshop (see Blood Bowl for another great title).

The early access doesn't show what Mordheim really is about though, which is to have your own warband and see it develop or die a fiery death in the city. What the early access does show, however, is that the system will be intuitive, the commands simple and the player has time to think about tactics rather than interface. Overall the mood is quite thrilling, i was on my toes to see if my men would live to see another day.