Necromunda : Hired Gun - The Bear and Badger

Time_on_my_hands

A propper 40k shooter at long last? Can't say I was enamored with Deathwing on PS4, but this looks like Doom 2016 with Titanfall mobility which is enough for me.
However reviews are more positive for PC (though it definitely sounds like there are a lot of bugs) and people are a lot more negative about the console ports.
Any console players taken the plunge with this?

Tempy

It's by the same people as those who did Space Hulk: Deathwing, and before that E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy.

Console performance (on Xbox Series X at least) is abysmal according to a friend of mine who had it for review.

I had it for review on PC. It's bang average, not a patch on Doom 2016 or Titanfall. Just a middle of the road shooter with some admittedly nice Necromunda backdrops (that I think are, on the whole, a little bit too High 40K Gothic for 'munda) and a whole lotta jank.

Review is here. My third 6/10 in a row. I am begging developers to make a good game and editors to assign me to it.

Also have some screenshots.

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b0r1s

SkillUp liked it. Said it was ok if you didn't mind a bit of jank.

Time_on_my_hands

Just seen an acknowledgement on the dev's Twitter that they're working on console fixes. I'm tempted to pick it up if it's patched just because it's 40k and I don't mind a bit of jankiness or a retro shooter.

Aaroncupboard

Excellent review as always Tempy.

I really like the look of this and it goes nicely with my fairly recent deep dive into the warhammer universe. However, it strikes me as a prime candidate for a future gamepass release which just possibly makes me resist buying it.

Blocks100

Could somebody else other than Creative Assembly or Relic make a decent Warhammer game FFS?

Tempy

Fatshark mate. Vermintide 2, and Darktide later this year.

Blue Swirl

The screen shots have made me tumescent.

Dark Soldier

Worth a yarr, tempy?

Tempy

Given it's only a few gigs it is probably worth taking a look so you can laugh at the fact that when you call your dog to attack enemies for you it just teleports next to you, and drops to the floor.

Paul the sparky

I mean a teleporting attack dog is already pretty incredible isn't it? What more do you want it to do, fly?

FranticPea

First the Macarena gun, now teleporting attack dogs. There's no pleasing our Tempy.

Tempy

The lore of WARHAMMER 40,000 strictly states that a TELEPORTARIUM is NOT for CANIDS and that it would be TOO HORRIBLE for them.

I do like that to summon the dog you squeeze a little squeaky rat toy.

Dark Soldier

Tempy wrote:

Given it's only a few gigs it is probably worth taking a look so you can laugh at the fact that when you call your dog to attack enemies for you it just teleports next to you, and drops to the floor.

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