Warp storms sometimes have relativistic consequences.
Something similar has happened to this review, which was supposed to be published in early December.
Its all because of those pesky Chaos disruptions, you see.
The Koronus Expanse is a fickle environment even without the Warp storms.
20 hours in, I fell into conversation with a fire-and-brimstone cleric who pressed me about my real sympathies.
I decided to go for broke and declare that, yep, Im Team Chaos, thanks.
Instead of demanding my execution, the other character burst out laughing.
Well, at least youre honest about it.
The Koronus Expanse is an intriguing cross-section of Warhammer 40,000s many silly extremist ideologies.
Everybody is a mixture of friend and enemy and ticking timebomb.
Theres lots to digest, moment to moment.
The range of things that can happen based on any single character action can be absolutely wild.
All this, because my stupid sniper couldnt be arsed to shoot through cover.
Status effects are shown on a vertigo-inducing right-click character sheet, with mouse-over pop-ups that dont quite explain enough.
Rogue Trader expects you to put the work in to understand these things.
It also expects you to be good at visualising scenarios based on arcane maths equations.
As I noted inmy write-up for embargo, picturing them in action takes a lot of effort.
Boss fights against demons and the like with very specialised quirks and super-moves are a delight to figure out.
Scraps with Cutthroat Rebel and his many, many associates are just there to slow you down.
The games appetite for the pomp and pageantry of Warhammer 40,000 is at once its best and worst quality.
But sometimes the flavours obliterate each other, and you just feel like youre trying to swallow a cathedral.
