Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War Demo

WarHammer 40,000: Rites of War Heed the Avatar's Call to Battle! The time has come for the Eldar, minions of a dying race, to resecure their secrets from the hands of the lesser beings. As the working leader of the dwindling Eldar forces, you are put to the task of accomplishing your waning culture's next stand. Combining the accessible turn-based style of Panzer General II with the gorgeous and horrifying imagery of the battletorn WarHammer 40K universe, Rites of War brings you a strategic challenge that will blow your mind. 40K figures fully animate as they move, attack, and die. Ambient map animations bring the battlefield to life.

Your warriors mature and strengthen along the path of your choice, so the pain of battle makes itself known with every loss. Units can learn Psyker powers, employ artifacts and gain special abilities, if they survive. Tacticians who remember Fantasy General will feel at home in this world where storming ancient ruins can reveal powerful artifacts, unit enhancements and powerful allies. But beware, often bounty keeps company with peril letting death turn tomorrow's greatest hero into the Craftworld's next spirit stone. Join in the epic struggle of this Eldar confrontation and throw yourself into an animated saga that pits your wits against a hostile cosmos!

In the nightmare future of the forty-first millennium, wars rage upon airless moons, inside the labyrinthine depths of hive worlds, and across the bleak voids between stars. From the immaterial realm of warp space, malicious entities send their unspeakable minions to slaughter and devour. Everywhere, soulless spectres and slavering monsters are poised to extinguish life. This is the universe of Warhammer 40,000.

In this vast, violent universe, there are many alien races, but of these the Eldar are perhaps the most similar to humans in physical terms. Standing taller than the average human, the Eldar have pallid skin, pointed ears, flowing hair, and bright eyes. They move with an extreme grace and suppleness that belie the power hidden within their slight frames. The Eldar possess incredible psychic talents and mystical bonds to both past and future. Despite the incredible power they wield, the Eldar are now only a shadow of their former selves... a fate tragically brought about by their own carelessness.

Thanks to the foresight of a relatively small number of Eldar, their race survives... but it is dying. The Eldar no longer inhabit planets, but rather living spaceships known as Craftworlds. They maintain rigorous discipline in an effort to preserve their way of life, channeling their emotional energies into constructive pursuits. Violence, though it brings the Eldar all too close to the terrors of their past, is viewed as a necessary part of survival. The Eldar are also a proud race, and so they battle to reclaim the fragments of their past lest the power of their ancestors or the secrets of their terrible history fall into inferior hands.

• 24 Mission campaign features a tightly crafted storyline, detailed atmosphere, and varied victory conditions as players lead the Eldar in a fight for survival. Additional single and multiplayer scenarios let players command Tyranid and Imperial armies.
• Award-Winning Panzer General 2 game engine and game system in a science fiction setting.
• 70 diverse 3D rendered, animated units from the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
• Glory point system allows players to build and customize their own armies, with 8 distinct classes ranging from War Machines to Assault Troops to Devastator Squads.
• Level based experience system enhances RPG elements of game - unit upgrades, warrior skills, and psyker powers.
• 800 x 600 Hi-color, animated graphics bring armies and landscapes to life.
• Exciting special effects for unit powers and weapons.
• Temples, cities, and forts on the map hide dozens of unique artifacts that the players can find and use.
• Cooperative and head-to-head multiplayer support.
• Game editor lets you customize deployment, victory conditions, and Glory points for multiplayer and standalone scenarios.

PATCHES	size	date
v1.1 patch	1.2MB	Sep 22, 99