Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Classic)

The controls are unlabeled and the clicking is inaccurate. This game needs to be able to issue commands while paused. I could not get my squad to do what i wanted them to do. I played this game for PS1 many years ago and i enjoyed it. The screen and controls on the PS1 version was playable: this was not.

Would like to recommend as re-living an old classic and its a good copy with regards massive RNG topics making it very tough and unforgiving.

Old school game, that i still have on CD, good enough to buy it again on steam. Graphics are dated, music is still great, gameplay still has enough to keep me recommending it. 30 years after I first played it, I remembered it was hard but its probably a good thing that they dont make games like this anymore

I recommend only because it is classic. But the game is broken badly. Cannot proceed after the gates' missions. The squads are doubled, which is a great bummer. Shame on devs for not fixing it. UPD.: I loved the music and the gameplay. I liked factions adding to the main force more than in Dark Omen. Yet, in the sequel, it is more balanced I guess. It is a pity some of the forces are never back. The balance is brutal. Sometimes, you defeat the Rat Ogres in a sec and sometimes all forces run from them. In any case, the game is worth remaking and even playing in the current old state.

Blast from the past! My first ever warhammer PC game. Runs as one would expect - very smoothly. Issues so far include messed up enemy reinforcements timing while attempting to reinforce zhufbar - boarboyz and wolfriders just swarm the column early on, making it nigh impossible to get inside without suffering catastrophic casualties. Older version of this game allowed some precious minutes for MOST of the carts to reach the gate, which doesnt seem to be the case now, and these were already two of the hardest missions ever....

It is what it is. It's the ancient first warhammer game released 31 years ago as of writing. It's controls are clunky, it's decisions opaque and it's combat difficulty heavily dependent on RNG which makes the game much harder than we are used to. The story is great and it's visuals still hold their charm. It's a really fun albeit occasionally frustrating experience that is worth trying. Use the manual and guides to shamelessly avoid silly time traps (some missions are unwinnable and the magic item hunt it a pin in the bum). Save often - if the rng hurts you just quit and reload. You get used to the controls. This is the classic version, they have not re-developed this game. I would be very interested in seeing what that looked like.