And these agreements might even not include them dying!
Were huge fans of Rogue Trader in its Fantasy Flight variation," says Gusev.
What happened there before the state of only war, before the grimdark future?
What civilisations inhabited this space and died there?
And you might find their remnants.
Rogue Trader, says Gusev, isnt Rogue Trader without a star map.
Youll be visiting and solving some problems," he says.
“You might have seen some of these problems in the trailer.
But what of combat?
Rogue Trader will be focusing entirely on the turn-based side of things.
A goal with TBT is to showcase characters more, says Gusev.
Gusev explains this also allows them to showcase enemy factions with more depth.
Factions are a big part of 40k.
Characters fulfil somewhat familiar RPG roles, but with a 40k twist.
There will also be tanks and support, with what sounds like many options to create hybrid roles.
And, because its 40k, ranged weapons will play a big role.
Gusev lists them off: AOE weapons.
Auto weapons for crowd control and great damage on single targets.
Indeed, weve already seen an Eldar Sniper in the party in the games announcement trailer.
So will there be any other playable aliens - known as xenos - in the game?
Yes, says Gusev, although they cant reveal exactly what types just yet.
(We started developing Rogue Trader before they were revealed, says Gusev.)
As far as the player character goes, youll be taking the titular role.
If youve seen the trailer, youll have already met Teodora, your ancestor and predecessor.
Shes the Rogue Trader at the beginning of the game, says Gusev.
But at some point, youll become Rogue Trader instead of her.
But I dont want to spoil anything!
This character sheet is influenced by Fantasy Flights version, but more as inspiration rather than a hard interpretation.
Some subsettings are more colourful, some are more grimdark.
There are horror novels in Black Library, and there are ones with more humour and life to them.
Our game will feature some elements of all of them.
There will be locations that are more horror-like, and locations that are more slice of life.
This one was fully funded, but we still want players to participate in feedback.
Owlcats approach here reminds me of another CRPG studio, Larian.
The size, in both the length and width.
you might make so many choices, and some combinations are hard to predict!
Without players thinking outside the box, its hard to make choices.
Even without bugs, some of those choices will lead to frustrating or unexpected outcomes.
Can you go full heretic?
Can you commit full heresy?
ponders Gusev, Yes, considering that definitions of heresy vary.
I can tell you that in the trailer it mentions heresy - and thats not just to mention it.
So, more info soon, and an official Fuck the emperor run confirmed!
You heard it here first.
