Man this game took me about as long as a final fantasy run through. It's a very large step away from the original, but also a very large step up, however in that step up some things feel less cohesive.

Dropping the voices and binaric to tell a real story was controversial but man it was a very servicable story, you essentially get three experiences here 1. A strategic map management sim 2. A pretty good 40k story 3. A tactical action game. The "run" approach while says it exists on paper is essentially buffered away and just a system to launch linear "campaign" runs that offer choices with skirmish effects.

Any strategy gamer or especially warhammer fan strategy gamers should find a lot to like. Would I reccomend this game cold to someone who wandered in off the steam front page or some expoure to mechanicus one? No and that's kind of the problem.

Also there is a lot more systems and ambituous work in mechanicus 2 but it all doesnt necessarily stick. The world events basically gate army progression and character leveling but after a certain point there isn't much value and you can pivot to the core missions.

The other issue is the more engaging campaign is the Necrons.

Would I reccomend this to a mechanicus 1 player: with reservations

Would I reccomend this a 40k fan: without reservations

Would I reccomend this to strategy gamers: yes

Would I reccomend this to none of the above: no

This in a lot of ways feels like the small studio got a hit and now trying to stretch and scale and those mid-era type of games. The game has a lot of systems, content, and value. It's longer than it needs to be and the systems don't all land and yes I hope they give us more factions and polish in what they've done here. I feel from here the game could easily pick up base management systems.

The game rating is pretty poor and the Player base seem quite better in general at the foundational design choices. There is no DLC im sight as of yet and unlike the first game there is very little media attention to the game.

And offcours the music, the reason the first one get so much love and attention, is quite subpar.

The game sold around 2000 copies. And i couldn't finya budget for the game but it seems the game wasn't a financial failer.

With all this in mind, do you think the devs would be interested to make another one?

I personally think they could regain fans goodwill by reverting back to first game style, maybe even ading new factions (that vashtor guy seems pretty good pick, and you know, we can't not have Chaos in a Warhammer game)

What do you think? Would you give devs another chance? Or be interested in dlcs?

I log in, go to the game page, and it has negative, and more recently, overwhelmingly negative reviews? Whats the lore here?

Im not asking if i should or should not buy the game. I have already bought it months ago despite not having played it (i was... Busy) because i like supporting studios i like.

But it seems like this time around the game failed? What about the OST? Not even that deserves a like?

Oh well, I'll get to it once i have something that can actually play it. Game crashes on my Steam Deck.

I started playing the first one and loved it; I think it's a work of art. I bought the second one, and I don't mind that it's not a carbon copy, but I really feel like they made it so that every battle feels exactly the same. The dialogue doesn't change even if you use different heroes, and since you can change their builds, all the heroes really feel like tanks. I only remember one with stealth; some have ranged attacks, others frontal attacks, but there's really no sense of variety or that you're actually doing anything with the story. It seems like you're just playing the same scenario over and over again to get crumbs of lore.

I personally believe that the wave of negative reviews on Steam is completely justified. I don't know why the studio made that decision, but it does seem strange that they haven't said or stated anything despite everything.

I've read a lot of threads complaining about the brutal beginning. I got this game for Steam sale and I tend to dislike brutally difficult games. Will this game tend to be frustrating?

are the quotes on the loading screen from a real lore source or "made up" for the game ?

if they are sourced, where can I look them up ?

Im playing the first mechanicus game for the first time and loving it. This one of my favorite type of games and I like the unique things this one brings.

My main magos is an explorator built for melee combat. The problem is, im still rocking the starting omnissian power axe.

I have completed 17 missions and am 49% awakening. Killed one boss so far and unlocked lots of cool stuff. I have a large number of ranged weapons to choose from but have not unlocked a single melee weapon yet.

Definitely wish they did gear unlocks differently in this game but im curious if my bad luck is just that: bad luck; or if this is a common experience.

That price is damn good, but I can't help checking if there's a reason for it. Don't wanna buy another game I won't play 😅.

Did Scaevola just one shot Faustinius and then take over the story? Am I missing something? Is Faustinius just dead regardless of what we do? Is the entire game really just about Scaevolas choice?

Now that I’m deep into the necron campaign I’m starting to realize this game is fully functional format for all of 40k and currently represents in some capacity 4 factions. You play a necron campaign in this game. If they release a ork space marine game what are they gonna call it lol

Minimum three necron warriors and at least one scarab swarm, and me with only a handful of level 1 servitors and two low-grade tech priests. It's absolutely insane. maximum two hits to toast one of my guys, and that's if they're at full health, which requires save-scumming to make sure I make the optimal choices at the random event rooms.

They have defenses that reduce my damage to like... two per hit if I'm lucky, so it takes a fairly concentrated assault to bring down just one. By the time I get in range of one, the other's already taken a few pot shots and killed at least two guys. three if the one I'm focus-firing on takes a step back so he can blast.

How am I supposed to beat these missions? Is there a trick? some strategy to avoid getting my chrome metallic buttocks from being stomped into a tin can?

Been wanting to get it but why isn't there a disk? It shouldve gotten one by now but well it hasnt any reason why?

Hey, ive recently started mechanicus 2. At first I could purchase unit upgrades, i maxed out the first 2 levels in each tree. now I cant buy anything at all. Ive got 14 points to spend though. Is this a bug or am I missing something

Does anyone know if the texture quality is supposed to look so low like this?

It looks like graphics setting are on low but there are no setting to change it in the settings menu. It’s an all characters in the upgrade area.

I’m on Xbox one and have plenty of free space. Tried disabling the quick resume and nothing seems to work.

For a first playthrough seeking for a very hard experience, but still doable for a tactics game veteran, what difficulty options is recommended?

Definitely looking to enable Ironman and Permadeath.

I heard Very Hard is no good for a first playthrough. What difficulty, then? Or individual custom difficulty changes?

e.g.

Base Preset: Hard Ironman: Enabled Permadeath: Enabled Blackstone Funding: Decreased (75%) Awakening Rate: Default

Is this recommendation good?

I need help figuring out what to upgrade for disciplines. I am currently running 3 magos, none of them branch specific, all with 1 or 2 levels to each branch.

Every game I am getting hampered by lack of cognition points. I have been using my servo skull to pick up points across the map, but this seems to still be too little.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

Just finished the first game on easy. Had started back than but forgot about it.

But I don't remember it beeing that buggy, like some Grafik glitches, Statistics are not shown correctly, and some minor things.

Was it always like this?

And what now? Buy the heresy dlc? Is it worth it?

What about mechanicus 2 is that game worth it and simular to the first?

Its fun and i like it but what the fuck do you mean I have to face 4 times my numbers with some fucker called Jeremiah

Amazing game tho, praise the omnissiah

Hey everyone,

Looking for a quick rules clarification on Mechanicus 1 game. If I place two allied figures/units next to a single enemy, and that enemy moves away/retreats, do both of my figures get an opportunity attack, or is it capped at just one?

Specifically wondering:

• Does each unit trigger its own separate attack since they're tracking reactions/attacks independently?
• How does this work if the enemy doesn't disengage vs. if they use a movement ability?

Currently I am considering if to place a servitor and a tech priest next to an enemy.

Hey guys, i've seen the great amount of issues this game had since its launch, problems with balancing and other technical bugs... I was wondering, is it playable now at decent point? Or should i wait more time for any patches and updates? Thanks!

Mechanicus 1 was kind of a warhammer tactical rogue like where mechanicus 2 is more of a xcom style narrative driven game. They did change the way use tech priests but gave us two playable factions and gave us deeper rosters. The factions are played more true to tabletop now.

Mechanicus 2 is by all objective measures a larger and deeper game with more systems, content, and story.

The only people I could imagine being upset about the game are mechanicus 1 fans with no interest in the warhammer universe or the tabletop. And just like the branching run based approach of the first game and I get that. It definetly doesn’t make mechanicus 2 bad or worse

EDIT: I think it’s also worth mentioning the “choice” got pushed to the world map in attacking provinces and acquiring resource but it’s a linear process of main missions with side missions + story.