Necromunda: Underhive Wars

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 29
  3. Negative: 10 out of 29

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  1. Zebsdee
    Sep 9, 2020
    3
    Necromunda frustrates me. There are glimpses there of what might have been, what perhaps could be, with the style of the 40k universe done well and the core combat mechanics being very serviceable as well as instantly recognisable to those who played this developer's' Mordheim.

    Yet it's not that tense game about firefights and knife fights in the underhive of Necromunda. Instead it    Necromunda frustrates me. There are glimpses there of what might have been, what perhaps could be, with the style of the 40k universe done well and the core combat mechanics being very serviceable as well as instantly recognisable to those who played this developer's' Mordheim.

    Yet it's not that tense game about firefights and knife fights in the underhive of Necromunda. Instead it bleeds out any affection you first feel with some poor design decisions and way too many bugs to be acceptable for release.

    The standout poor design decision was to go with a system where the player could quite possibly be watching the AI play the game for 75% of any particular mission. With the best will in the world, then insisting the player watch the AI play the game through a fixed third person camera which glitches may not have been a good idea either. Especially with an AI as likely to find a wall to walk into as it is to perform exceptionally well in navigating the terrain. It becomes a draining experience where you build resentment at having your time wasted to watch the AI play itself.

    As of now, this is hard to recommend. Post-release patching may go a long way to lifting this game up to the heights of mediocrity for single players. Multiplayer has been having technical issues every time I've tried it so I can't comment on whether the experience is any better watching 3 strangers rather than the AI.    … Expand
  2. TheGreenBaron
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    AI is utterly broken, the Story Mode, which you have to complete to get certain customization options is subject to game erasing bugs, and the game randomly corrupts saves, destroying gangs you've spent hours carefully growing.

    Maybe if this game had been made with mods possible, it might have been salvageable, but modding is locked by design.
  3. SchokoOnkel
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    I really wanted this to be good, but it's horrible in its current state. There is a somewhat ok game in there, but the straight up broken AI, bugs, technical issues and some severe gameplay issues like the fact that you have to wait for and watch every single AI enemy make their moves just completely sucks the fun out of this game. Mordheim had its fair share of problems, but under allI really wanted this to be good, but it's horrible in its current state. There is a somewhat ok game in there, but the straight up broken AI, bugs, technical issues and some severe gameplay issues like the fact that you have to wait for and watch every single AI enemy make their moves just completely sucks the fun out of this game. Mordheim had its fair share of problems, but under all those was a decent enough game, all these problems are still here and worse with Necromunda with a bunch of new ones added on top.

    All in all a huge disappointment.    … Expand
  4. GamekNightYT
    Feb 20, 2021
    3
    Only reason why this game deserves a 3/10, is the visuals and sounds - even then, the visuals are ONLY really good with Reshade on!
    Everything else is just bad - the AI is still terrible (even after now 4 major patches to try and fix it) and what worse is the devs are not listening to the community...
    At this point I have little hope of them fixing the game... adding consequenses to not    Only reason why this game deserves a 3/10, is the visuals and sounds - even then, the visuals are ONLY really good with Reshade on!
    Everything else is just bad - the AI is still terrible (even after now 4 major patches to try and fix it) and what worse is the devs are not listening to the community...
    At this point I have little hope of them fixing the game... adding consequenses to not making your house requests, making injuries more frequent.... or fixing the ai not picking up objectives turn 1 crippling themselves.

    I'll look at the game again when the next patch hits... but damn..

    Check out my overview of the Cawdor gang here:
    https://youtu.be/vm-zgT-7mTg

    Cawdor Gameplay and latest patch opinions here:
    https://youtu.be/IyaWs4v-XSg    … Expand

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53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9
  1. Eurogamer Italy
    Oct 21, 2020
    50
    Necromunda: Underhive Wars is potentially a splendidly entertaining tactical game with lot of depth and atmosphere but, at the moment, it is marred by a plethora of technical issues that make it a chore to play.
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  2. The Indie Game Website
    Sep 30, 2020
    60
    Building off of the XCOM style of strategy, you get to decide how you move and act or react as you’re fighting it out. While the strategy can be fun, it’s all a bit sluggish, and that can make each fight feel as though it takes an eternity. On top of that, it’s visually just a bit early 2000s, with the colour brown seemingly being the inspiration for everything. It’s not a bad game, but it’s not a good one really either.
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  3. Strategy Gamer
    Sep 10, 2020
    60
    Necromunda: Underhive Wars works and that's just about all that it does. The frustrating lack of color and speed does not do it any favors.
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