Warhammer 40k: Carnage Champions – PC Review – by LumpDizzle666

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Champions is a side scroller action rpg. To start this off, this game is a port from mobile and boy does it show it.

The art in the game is really not that great, but neither is it completely terrible. It holds true to Warhammer 40k art, and that in and of itself is a good thing. From the playable characters, to the enemy units, they are all just okay, and like I stated you can tell it is a port from mobile. The story unfolds in small text bits at the end of each mission and are not bad at all. Warhammer 40K stories tend to be pretty gritty and is one of my favorite things about the universe and Carnage Champions holds true to it in a somewhat less in depth way.

Actual combat animations fall into the not great but not bad category, but can at times be really neat. The gameplay is very simple; move side to side spamming the two attack buttons while trying not to die, while jumping every once in a while. So, simple gameplay, but where the game grabs me is the character loadout customizations. When you finish a mission you will receive a new item as well as ingame currency to spend in the store that refreshes after every mission. Some of the weapons and armor pieces make for a badass looking space marine.

When beating missions, you are graded by stars (1-3 stars, with 3 being the best) with three difficulties; bronze, silver, and gold. Upon earning enough stars you will unlock a new character and their campaign. There are six total characters and campaigns you can play through. The controls are okay once you get used to them, they just are not as tight as I would like them to be.

There are three currencies in the game Sliver, Blood Ore, and Gold. Silver and Blood Ore can be regularly earned in game, but the Gold is a premium currency and is earned very slowly, which leads into the fact that you can buy gold with real money (I do not like this, but it is what it is). Audio-wise pretty standard sound fx and the music is dramatic and fitting of the Warhammer 40k universe, but is really nothing special.

All around I really enjoyed Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Champions. It is a fun casual game that you can put some time into, take a break, and come back to later. The combat is pretty fun but the microtransactions do turn me off. When you pay $15 for a game that is just a mobile port and still have the microtransactions, that is something I do not approve of. If you are looking for a Warhammer 40k game or something simple to pick up and play a bit I might suggest this, preferably on sale.

Pros:
Fun casual play
Although casual, you can put a good amount of time into it

Cons:
Controls are not as tight as I would like
Art is mediocre
Sound is mediocre
Microtransactions in a buy to play game

LumpDizzle666 gives Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Champions  a Drastik Measure 5 out of 10 (50)