| Warhammer 40,000: Dark Crusaders (cancelled) | Leaping Lizard Software / Mindscape | 1996 | |
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This game was completed in 1996, but its publisher, Mindscape, decided to cancel Dark Crusaders before it was released. PC Gamer Online, however, received a copy of the game to review and gave it a 65% on their rating scale. In June/2022, the game was made available to the public. Initially, the gameplay bears a strong resemblance to another squad-based shooter - Terra Nova. But unlike the sleek, efficient commands and diverse missions in TN, Dark Crusaders doesn’t let you make the most of your squad, and the missions don’t really require you to either. During each of the 15 missions, which range from kill-’em-all scenarios to more specific reconnaissance missions, there are commands to order your troops to explore, follow, and teleport to and fro. But regardless of which command you choose, the results seem to be the same as if you left your brethren at home. When ordered to explore, troops merely bump around walls shooting any enemies they encounter, then bump around some more often getting stuck in tight passages or wandering about aimlessly, leaving any and all mission-related work for you. The weak command interface is so disappointing that during most missions it hardly seems worth the effort to even add units to the roster, since you’ll end up doing all the work yourself. The FMV sequences used in here were later recycled for Warhammer: Final Liberation, a turn-based tactics game published for PCs in 1997. | ||
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