Overbringer you might want to check this out on steam, it seems EXTREMELY your jam

what the fuck (positive)?

oooh

THIS GAME IS SO COOL

you can tell this game was made by people who worked on a 40k game before this

the game forces you to hit the ground running, you are IMMEDIATELY attacked and have to defend with your units the moment you start up

there is flavortext and art for everything

well there goes my grunt,

this game has me saying stuff like, "shit, i can't have my sharpshooter unit wasting time in this protracted firefight with cultists, i need them to support my infantry so we can take down this eldritch monstrosity"

HOLY SHIT

this is like. a hybrid 4x and turn-based rts

all due respect: you could not pay me to touch that shit

Intriguing

hello, ma'am

interesting

so, there's no civ selection, you always start from the basic premise as a ragtag human civilization

HOWEVER

there is leader selection, which gives you modifications and playstyle bonuses

like so,

i actually really like this system

it means design is very focused but there are a ton of ways you can customize your playthrough and adapt to circumstances

so there are both npc factions and other human factions

the tutorial game has you set JUST against the npc factions

which is honestly a great way to start out

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your leader traits actually affect relations with npc factions too

OH MY GOD???

CHILD SOLDIERS IN MECHS LET'S GOOOO

Looking a little closer this really is just

WH40k: Gladius

But with original factions

Which isn't criticism. Gladius is pretty good

i'd HIGHLY recommend it, i had so much fun doing co-op with fio

it looks like a game about the Imperial Guard with the names filed off and that sounds rad as fuck

SamuraiMarmoset: the main thing is that there are three faction affinities: aliens (chaos), robots (adeptus mechanicus/tau), and humanity (imperial guard)

the VERY last infantry unit you get for humans are space marines pretty much

so the Not-Guard does all the work and then the Not-SPHESS MEHREENS show up at the last second, make the win and take all the credit

sounds about right, yeah