Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
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  1. JonJonz
    Mar 2, 2023
    4
    A charming but deeply flawed attempt at an RTS with Warhammer flavor.

    PROS: * The game is charming, nice graphics for it's day * Well done unit command and control * Nice range indicators * Decent movement and formation commands * Interesting environments that utilize LOS and height variations CONS: * Units have perma-death, and die very quickly. * Unit deaths are hard to see    A charming but deeply flawed attempt at an RTS with Warhammer flavor.

    PROS:
    * The game is charming, nice graphics for it's day
    * Well done unit command and control
    * Nice range indicators
    * Decent movement and formation commands
    * Interesting environments that utilize LOS and height variations

    CONS:
    * Units have perma-death, and die very quickly.
    * Unit deaths are hard to see in the UI
    * You can't save during a mission, you can only save between missions.

    RESULT:

    If you don't play a scenario perfectly the first time, your units get decimated and the only way to remedy this is to start the mission over, which because of very long load times (for an old game that only takes 7G drive space), means unless you start playing like an experienced expert, game play is essentially watching long boring load screens until you become an expert.

    There are options to buy more troops, but even if you ace all rewards in a mission, you don't get enough gold to fully replace your losses, replacement troops are rookies and in limited supply even if you have gold.    … Expand

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Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. PC Zone UK
    64
    It's just not good enough to warrant shelling out for both this and the original. And that is the real problem. [Apr 2008, p.70]
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  2. Play.tm
    65
    If you're an RTS or Warhammer fan you will probably still enjoy it, it's just lacking a certain something that would make it a good game regardless of whether you normally love RTS games or not.
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  3. PC Gamer UK
    66
    The campaign was too barren and the skirmishes simply broke on the overall weakness of the field combat. [Apr 2008, p.80]
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