Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Review

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader reviewed by Leana Hafer on PC.

Even in such a banner year for RPGs, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader stands out as one you wouldn't want to miss. Excellent writing, great combat, and the chance to get up close and personal with some of the most interesting and exciting elements of the 40K universe makes for a stimulating gore-feast of a journey. Its systems are a complicated beast to master and the bugs are numerous and significant, but it speaks to the quality of everything surrounding them that they didn't sour the experience more than they did. Owlcat has taken a proud step forward as an RPG developer to keep an augmentic eye on. Count this one among the Imperium's finest.

[ronuss]

If you played pathfinder games you know what to expect. deep learning curve, deep mechanics, lots of rp, and lots of small bugs through out the game. if you enjoy 40k as well, this is a must buy. Honestly the best 40k game ever made tbh.

[carbodude]

After Baldur's Gate 3, this is the perfect game for those who want something similar but with guns and power armor

[marcos.bastos]

Game is absolutely amazing and made me read up on Warhammer 40k lore which is awesome but people say the later acts are pretty buggy. I'm in the beginning of act 2 and no bugs so far, but I'll take my time.

[Cronta]

Well to be honest servitors bugging into a T pose may actually be canon 😅

[ohdubwest]

Owlcat is making quite the name for themselves.

[thefrenchspacer]

its not bugs heretic, it warp anomalies!!

[jacquesjtheripper]

So will b a 9 easy after some patches.
A must have for me

[Spinnekk]

Games of this complexity always need a few more months of patching after release...

[archavenx]

This game has a lot of fun and it's 9 for me personally. If it wasn't for the bugs it would have been 9.5. Ask ourselves which game that is out today that doesn't have bugs? Anyway the game devs are notorious for bugs though which probably all due to limited resources and financial.

[darkokotev]

30 hours in and didnt encountered any bugs, the game is awsome.

[nd_Directorate]

There is a mod called Toybox which let´s you sidestep nearly all bugs, which are mission advancements won´t trigger. It is bug free enough, BUT if something happens it is most of the time a mission advancement.

Edit for new players: Keep Idra Tlass in your group. her +1 to Psyker Rating due to her being unsactioned makes her so extremely powerful later on. Especially paired with Cassia and her abilitie to keep the veil intact.

[CesarIsaacPerez]

Going to be my first Owlcat game. I've enjoyed Chaosgate and Mechanicus, and I'm also interested in Realms of Ruin.

[Pharaohmolo]

A question for those who’ve played it: is an evil run fun? Is it nuanced or not as interesting as the other convictions?

[terraxptan]

Game is great finished today and for a WH40k game even a happy ending was possible.

[Kentbrockmann]

Insanely fun, but the bugs have lost me about 6 hours all up just in act 1 alone.
The difficulty curve is also incredibly steep after act 1

[Spitfire-zxrj]

I'll wait till they smooth the bugs out. Was looking forward to play asap but even when it's their 3rd game I'm bit disappointed to see the game still riddle with bugs

[MrFroggster]

Just an 8?...it is an awesome warhammer classic/strategic rpg.

[scotlandsbest]

if this game was fully voice acted it would go up a point for me or if it was narrated by someone its missing something like that so much

[SemperSalam]

Lot of fun but I’m afraid to progress too far due to all the bugs.

[Unknown-SwedeX]

Absolutely love the game, favorite game this year for me this and aliens dark decent.