My favorite detail is that in one of the maps, you can see an Ultramarine drop pod, kind of like the devs were like, “The marines are dead. Long love the cyborg Catholics”
In one of the flayed one maps you can also find Eldar Guardians mounted on spikes to show that humanity isnt the only ones that have encountered that tomb world
The coolest thing I think about this game was that the studio that made mechanicus knew jackshit about 40k before they made the game. They pretty much applied for a license and picked the Mechanicus to make the game because they looked cool. They then acquired every bit of lore and rules they could find to try and make it feel right. The fact that they nailed the feel of 40k so perfectly is absolutely incredible. To go from 0 knowledge of the lire to a game that every Mechanicus player holds up as a must buy and endless source of memes and inspiration is what I think shows its a truly great game. They put a ton of work into it and it shows. Hell the music is so good GW even uses it in promotional material for new models and books now.
I haven't played 40K in over a decade but follow the releases and have liked the Mechanicus models. This game really fleshed them out and made me love the faction. If I were to return to 40K or start Kill Team, I would definitely go with the Mechanicus this time.
Oh really, thanks I appreciate knowing that. I guess i’ll go even deeper into my reviews next time. I noticed I made a few mistakes with this review also about there being four endings but I’ll learn from this for next time.
@@Piston1937 I've always thought that was a interesting part of the lore. The interpretation of who is the Omnissiah. I guess in this case most tech priest would think the big E, other parts of the lore the dragon of mars. Some parts of the lore say they are separate. However in this case you are right, my head jump to interpretations of the lore.
@@PonchaYT it's just BL and GW writers being wankers and using them interchangeably. Machine God is the god of Cult Mechanicus - Mag'ladroth the Void Dragon, Omnissiah is the prophet/avatar of the Machine God and part of their holy trinity - Big E. It's a God/Jesus thing.
@@betchersgland7236 Wait so basically the god the Mechanicus worships is actually the C'tan god of technology? Isn't that basically hypocritical and heretical of them to worship an alien god like that especially one that had huge influence on the Necrons. No wonder the Mechanicus and Necrons butt heads in a lot of occasions. It is also no wonder the Mechanicus were basically responsible for unleashing and reawakening the Necrons.
oh hell yeah! you simply cant overstate, how good this game sounds. it adds the sensual aspect, that really makes you feel immersed in a dense athmosphere .. over just playing a pretty good board game on your computer.
Poncha: Picks the symbols in the treasure rooms at random. Me (who took the time to copy the symbols and note down what they did): Knowledge is power, power requires sacrifice... Also, heretek has the best boss fight of the entire game.
I'm a real big Necron fan, but this game made me consider the Mechanicus as a faction worth looking into for something other than disintegration and C'tan food.
@@k-leb4671 that sounds very hard to do and the mechanics dont really allow it, better they just make another game with necrons as a playable factions, akin to DoW 1
I wonder where the silent king went and what he ponders about. I dream he'll come back desperate for emotions and the drives that only organic brains use. Unable to awaken them within himself he'll submerge himself within the emotions and drives produced by his surroundings. Like an addict he'll have the necrons optimise entire biomes, create illogical marvels entire planets dedicated to evolutional progress. I imagine he'll betray his kind again, drag them into war manipulated and subdued by the god of merchandise.
Honestly admech feel like a kind of mirror faction to the necrons. They're like opposite ends of the same ideal and their beliefs and aesthetics ovelap a decent amount Same way that nightlords and raven guard both feel like they're made for the same, but different type of people
@@teejay1646 I think that the designers made a clear attempt at juxtaposition of the two factions, particularly how the human voiceovers were gibberish whereas the Necrons spoke in perfect English. That was a nice touch to show how the Mechanicus strayed from their humanity.
One of the hidden gems. I had the soundtrack on my phone when I had to fix the hotel boiler when it broke down. Old soviet tech, with only a few aging guys still understanding all its bits.
Hi @poncha! Dev form bullwark here (lead animator), did you find the hiden boss ;) ? We did have balance issue in mechanicus (it was quite an experience for us to do a game of this size, but eh, no excuses, we've learn from it). The thing about the last boss is if you defeat other bosses the'll not help the final boss during the final fight. Thx for the review and congrat for your work.
Oh hi Agnon, this point where I try to hide because a dev sees my cringy video. I didn’t find the hidden boss so that has given me another reason to go back and play but I did speak to people about defeating the bosses and people told me I was wrong and that it was not a bug so I need to change that. May I just say you should be really proud of your work in this game. Not enough people thank devs for the hard hours they put in to making games and I can’t wait to see what else bullwark studios does.
@Gay Hobbit Okay here it goes : First: You kill the overlord and do not side with either Scaevola or Videx. You leave the planet unawoken. Second: You kill overlord and you made all missions of Vindex. You call in a fleet of Mechanicus and you exterminate everything upon Silva Tenebris. Third: You kill overlord and you made all missions of Scaevola. She leaves to report to ,,The Dragon" and later vast fleet of Xenarite cabals head to visit Silva Tenebris for research. Fourth: Your team dies to the overlord. He soon takes control of your ship and kills you all. Then Silva Tenebris finally awakens and doom awaits near imperial worlds.
@@kulovicz3152 Why does that not surprised me given the Heretek dlc AND scaevola is....well....obsessed with collecting things. Oh well, interesting endings.
Oh, and the best part. You know that funky Noosphere? Activate it while you're on the mission select screen, you get an extra mission giver with some REAL neat shit
This is quality content. And damn Mechanicus has what must be the best intro in all of gaming. Fuck i want their soundtrack guy and audio engineer to teach me their ways.
Thanks it means a lot for you to say that. I’m in RUclips for the long run so this is the sort of stuff I will be doing long term and not just a one off.
@@PonchaYT Fuck yeah bro, keep it up! You're already great at this stuff so i bet you'll see the channel grow a lot soon with these videos, and i'm exited to see it all happen :3
Mechanicus is a fantastic game, my only issue was that if you know what you're doing it becomes a kerbstomp towards the end. I had 6 levelled tech-priests in multiple disciplines, all invisible until they attacked and all with weapons that could shoot through walls. Combine that with the right canticles and all I had to was arrange them so they had all enemies in their line of fire and I'd wipe every map in one turn. Love your content, discovered you a little while ago and I've been watching all your content since, please keep it up.
Just finished this game, you were absolutely right. So many 30+ dmg shots with ranged weapons. Never found the"shoot through walls" thing but managed to beat it on very hard with ease. I almost dropped the game a few times out of sheer boredom.
If you're interested, rimworld has some top tier 40k mods. The ones by Ogliss as well as "corruption worship" and it's side mods. I suggest you check them out, they're great fun. Especially if you use other mods like questionable ethics expanded(for nerve staples for servitors), better transhumanists (for your admech), and the bionics and surgery expansion (Also for admech).
@@autosneak1618 it's a handful of mods, my personal list is very long, using all of ogliss's 40k mods and many many qol things. There's actually quite a few other 40k mods out there, but just a word from the wise: Astra Militarum, while still up to date, has pretty bad texture work. And if you like Combat Extended, all the Adeptus Mechanicus mods are CE compatible.
I really wish devs understand that less is more when it comes to polycount, especially since past certain numbers the difference is completely irrelevant. This helps with better animations and less time wasted on new models.
I think it depends on the game, deep rock galactic is a great example of a low poly game that looks and play amazing but there are games where you need high poly assets to sell it.
Pro tip: Bring a pistol that costs no cognition to fire and just pop them if you don't crit them. That was what I always did. Literally every tech priest had three items dedicated to their specialty, then the " Omnissiah Special " I called it. ... Literally just the little plasma pistol you get at the start. Gamma Pistol, or whatever it's called. Does 1 damage, but 1 is all you need.
The phosphor pistol does 1-2 energy damage, is free to fire, and also reveals the enemy statistics, meaning using it on a dedicated ranged combatant isn't exactly a bad idea. The only time I wouldn't say to use it is if you've got a maxed out explorator you want to make the most out of, at that point you have two infestus Mechadendrites, two arc scourges and a power axe to just slaughter enemied in melee
You're going against Necrons, most Necron weapons ignore cover anyways since they strip-down matter at a molecular level. Cleverly designed! Edit: Joined the crusade.
i really appreciate how you cut through the jargon and just call "stc fragments" and "disciplines" equipment and skill trees, it makes it a lot easier to understand what the game is like
I strive in my videos to try and always make good quality also stuff easy to understand. I really don't want to be someone who puts out content for the sake of it. This next video I'm putting so much effort into which I know people are going to like.
Gotta say, I really like the way you do your videos. They are pretty high quality, great editing, and really entertaining. keeps me wanting more, keep up the great work!
Fantastic game pleasantly surprised is an understatement. They’ve tweeted they will be at the skull event today so let’s pray to the Omnissiah for Mechanicus 2
In Dark Crusade, the Necron Lord was terrifying with the ability to resurrect himself and other warriors (often I would park a dreadnought next to him...just in case). This game sounds like it does a great job of keeping the necrons as at that "40k meets terminator" terrifying monster. I'll definitely have to check it out.
Could you imagine giving the mechanicus a toaster and telling them that this was one of the biggest inventions of the 20th century, and that everyone had one.
What an amazing game. Every good review of this game hopefully puts it in more player's hands. I feel this is a niche game for many but it's well worth giving it a go. I'm one of the people that fall into the camp of listening to the soundtrack whenever I'm painting. I hope there are more follow ups to this game. This is a love letter to 40k, it makes the (very good) Dawn of War franchise look like a half-arsed adaptation by comparison.
I'm shocked to hear the dev team's previous game was... that thing. They really knocked this one out of the park, it's gameplay, atmosphere, music, graphics, tone, writing, everything is just great.
This channel remind me of Mandalorgaming in the style and quality in his videos. Keep it up,your hard work is blatantly clear. The emperor most certainly approves!!!
Was just casually listening to the GLORIOUS soundtrack of this game, then stumbled on some italian guy's video about the 'bad ending', an ending I didnt even know was featured, and then somehow ended up clicking this video. After seeing the combination of quality editing/funny, laid back shots that recall the old-school vibe of the youtube I grew up with, I had to leave a praise! ...And one more sub. Great job
I think the best part about the timer is that it's not an automatic failure state like majora's mask or Operation Winback. It just accelerates your schedule.
Neftusk is based on Illuminor Szera (the first model) and I think the Vizier Mhelob was some sort of kit bash from Trazyn and Orikan . They show which model they used in the art book i'd recommend buying the game special editions because the goodies were very cool and interesting .
I’ve never played anything Warhammer related, but always had an interest/curiosity in it, so I picked this up on a sale and I can definitely say that it’s a really good game. My only complaint is that it uses what I assume is a lot of Warhammer 40k verbiage and it all just keeps flying over my head. In the end, I think anyone can enjoy this game, but fans who are familiar with the lore will probably LOVE it.
What I love about this particular predicament is that Omnissiah is actually a Necron God so there is a lot of connection between the two battling factions :D
I find that part of the lore interesting. Some people have commented saying the omnissah is the big E and I said that part wrong that their two different identities but that’s up to interpretation since it could be the void dragon.
@@PonchaYT True, the Emperor's identity is sometimes ambiguous and oftentimes we don't get to understand what he is or how he could know and do the things he did. He certainly benefited from making the Mechanicus believe he's Omnissiah, but the fact that there is (most likely) Void Dragon on Mars throws in an interesting spin. To me, it makes the most sense that it's Void Dragon. Good review, btw. Informative and entertaining. The dancing bit made me laugh :D
Your intro is so correct and why so many 40k games have failed. I'm in the veteran class and in regards to gaming wish I wasn't, it's the hardest category to be in in the search for gold.
Bro I know you only have like 4 vids and are probably just starting your RUclips channel out, but you're knocking out of the fucking park! Keep on doing what you're doing, this video was fucking awesome! Subscribed almost instantly.
I got Mechanicus today. Thanks for this review. I love the humour. Great channel. This made me laugh out loud with the weird DOW3 ‘Crazy’ reference 😄 12:55 Great Necron impression and dialogue too 27:43 😄
I bought it recently and started playing this week. For me personally the beginning was brutal since it's my first Turn based strategy game ever. After switching to easy and being able to play stress free with a figured focus on the story I gotta say the atmosphere alone is worth every penny. What a world to dive into as a Warhammer 40k Fan
I was on the fence about buying this game, but after this, I'll definitely give it a try, it's 15 buck rn on MS Store! Also I love you're review style. It's in depth, informative, leaves nothing to be desired, and most importantly you sprinkle in the right amount of jokes so that the narration doesn't get boring even if the vids ar long! Subbed and I'm looking forward to the next reviews!
"i played this at mcdonalds and the ice cream machine worked" literally laughed out loud. mechanicus is my favorite warhammer game and ever since i played this my main army is now admech. such fun stuff
Maybe I'm a scrub or something, but I really appreciate the ability to standardize my techpriests. They are identical. I always deploy them with Skitarii rangers filling the holes, because rangers get a ranged Identify on any attack, a Silence you can use to trivialize any single big baddy (and the game never seems to deploy more than three big baddies at any one time), and at level 3, they always crit, meaning armor means nothing to them. My Priests, meanwhile, are kitted out to take advantage of critical hits, both to trivialize armor, and to get rid of bodies asap so I don't have to dedicate actions, movement, and cooldowns to clearing them. Since I run crits and armor means nothing, I am free to use the Omnisiah Axe line for my whole party, giving me a free melee hit. I use an infested mechadendrite to control positioning, a level 3 cognition mechadendrite to fuel ridiculous length turns, the phosphor rifle for its free Identify and machine spirit bonus damage, the plasma pistol for its armor ignoring free ranged poke (useful for cleaning up bodies that didn't get crit), and body parts focused on energy shielding, health, and crit+. I ignore physical armor because anything that gets close is not lasting more than one turn with my free crit axe swings, +3 cogdrite, and ridiculous critical guns. Also, I use a level 2 healing arm and a level one green damage bauble (I forget the name, it grants +3 movement, +2 damage, +15% crit). My boys are ridiculously good, really tanky at range, and can oneshot anything with 8 or less health pretty consistently. Frankly, I think the tech tree could use a little rebalancing, because the first level of every discipline is just worth getting, and then hitting the second level lets you pick the best gear item for your build from each tree, and I haven't really felt the need to diversify my squad or level exclusively into one tree. The only difficulty tweek I made was setting the room awakening to 1 pip instead of 2, which I felt was more fair. This makes computers *really* worth going after, because if enough spawn, then you can get away with missions awakening 0% of the planet. It's rare that I get 0%s, highly reliant on random room spawns granting me computers to destroy, but I average 2% awakening per mission. For canticles, I use +9 cognition, +8 red damage, and +15 healing.
Very nice review. How did this game fly completely under my radar? Seems there really is no constancy in flesh. Praise the Ponchassiah! I know what I'll be doing this weekend :D
lovely review brother, i hate being biased about videos just by seeing the persons subscriber count, but it feels damn good to be put in my place, keep them coming ill be watching ^^
Seeing tech-priests blasting Necrons backgrounded by the DoW2 Space Marine theme fills my heart with pure joy. Edit: 20:26 because I'm dumb and forgot to timestamp
i'm a new 40k "player", tried mechanicus, looking into some old stuff, will try to read some books and just bought an Elimination Maniple. you have a nice vid here, lovin the intro
You were totally right about this game getting a sequel. Any other thoughts about that? I like that we get to play the Necrons this time around, but still thought the Tyranids should have been the threat this time. You could have been gathering materials to bring defenses online before the timer counted down to a full-scale invasion. Oh well. At least we're getting a follow up to an incredible game. Hope all else is well. Haven't heard from you in a while!
Haven't gotten around to this one yet - but I must say, I've never seen a tt game but each one of the 40K games I've played over the years has done nothing but intrigue and interest me in the deep and rich history of this universe.
Poncha, you know how you can hold space while ingame and the noosphere pops up? Well due that when you're gonna click on the portraits of the guys for mission selection, a secret branch of missions pops up. If you already know this, pls ignore
No no it's all good my friend. I don't think I did. It's kind of funny since I found nothing really told me this. No indication or anything but still that gives me another reason to go back and play.
For anyone who wants a little bit of Mechanicus in their Dawn of War - find Adeptus Mechanicus: Explorators mod. They are a little bit of Imperial Guard and Necrons at the same time ;-) With their own mechanics, of course!
Mechanicus 2 is now a thing in the making, and with playable necrons too! There's also the chance hero units in the form of the bois like videx and rho in the game, which (if true) means we may also be able to use necron hero units like the new female overlord stated on the steam page, and the campaign's playing in a soulstorm esc "capture key parts of the planet" esc way help add that replay-ability even more so than the first game and thats without mentioning the fact there's fucking TWO different playable factions now and apparently there's gonna be ANOTHER threat at the end of the game! (Again, all this is said on the store page, so if you want proof of what I'm saying as possibilities for the game, go check it out)
I really didn't expect it and now its shot straight to the top of my most wanted list up there with Space Marine 2, I enjoyed Mechanicus so much and the fact we'll be able to play as the Necron's too has made me so happy. 2024 is shaping up to be a great time for W40K fans and just for people who like great games like these.
I love everything I heard except the timer I don't like feeling rushed in games I like doing and collecting as much as possible before confronting the final boss wish there was a way to reduce the timer
The game trailer for WH40K: mechanicus was all it took to made me be obsessed with the faction mechanicus, despite not knowing much about or playing warhammer pior, it gave me a new hobby of cosplay making, and the cosplay was a big success Praise the omnnissiah for such blessed guidance
Question. The game right now is on sale for ps4. I’ve heard it has issues though many have been resolved in patches. Still do you think I should avoid it and go for the PC version?
The number of bosses that spawn for the final boss are based on how many you've killed in the other parts of the planet. Also, did you know about the secret boss? Try holding the spacebar to access the Noosphere while on the mission select screen. Personally, I liked the game a lot. My only complaints are a bit of balance and polish. It's more of an AA game rather than AAA. For instance, there's no in game bestiary. So unless you remember every enemy does just from looking at them, good luck. Similarly there's no way to rewatch cutscenes where they do explain what new enemies do. Also weapons can lack some detail and balance. I had 2 heavy weapons that had different names but the same stats...or so I thought. Then I took them both into a mission and found out that one had an AoE so big it took up most of the map and was guaranteed to hit everything, including my entire team. The other one was smaller and had a less cool animation. Also the self healing tool is the best tool because repairs cost money at the end of missions, hurting your build diversity.
I had no idea about the secret boss however i'm okay that I missed it as it will give me another reason to go back and play but also maybe a lot of people missed it if I did. One of the things I hated that I mentioned in the video is no archive to see the necrons you encounter as I wanted to see the models.
My favorite detail is that in one of the maps, you can see an Ultramarine drop pod, kind of like the devs were like, “The marines are dead. Long love the cyborg Catholics”
They aren't in DoW though, duh
I hope Leonados was in that drop pod
@@dwightyoung2291 they were in Winter Assault.
In one of the flayed one maps you can also find Eldar Guardians mounted on spikes to show that humanity isnt the only ones that have encountered that tomb world
Best faction, best faction
The coolest thing I think about this game was that the studio that made mechanicus knew jackshit about 40k before they made the game. They pretty much applied for a license and picked the Mechanicus to make the game because they looked cool. They then acquired every bit of lore and rules they could find to try and make it feel right. The fact that they nailed the feel of 40k so perfectly is absolutely incredible. To go from 0 knowledge of the lire to a game that every Mechanicus player holds up as a must buy and endless source of memes and inspiration is what I think shows its a truly great game. They put a ton of work into it and it shows.
Hell the music is so good GW even uses it in promotional material for new models and books now.
I love how they use table top gameplay statistics in it, I always wondered how they balanced it out.
They completed the Quest for Knowledge, it would seem
Damn i didnt know that the game really does feel like a labour of love from fans
I haven't played 40K in over a decade but follow the releases and have liked the Mechanicus models. This game really fleshed them out and made me love the faction. If I were to return to 40K or start Kill Team, I would definitely go with the Mechanicus this time.
This is great and makes the game even better, thanks for sharing!
Mate, that isnt a bug: The other bosses dont spawn in the final mission if you've killed them earlier in the campaign.
Oh really, thanks I appreciate knowing that. I guess i’ll go even deeper into my reviews next time. I noticed I made a few mistakes with this review also about there being four endings but I’ll learn from this for next time.
@@PonchaYT You also called the omnisiah a god. The Machine god is a god. The omnisiah is another name for the Big E.
@@Piston1937 I've always thought that was a interesting part of the lore. The interpretation of who is the Omnissiah. I guess in this case most tech priest would think the big E, other parts of the lore the dragon of mars. Some parts of the lore say they are separate. However in this case you are right, my head jump to interpretations of the lore.
@@PonchaYT it's just BL and GW writers being wankers and using them interchangeably. Machine God is the god of Cult Mechanicus - Mag'ladroth the Void Dragon, Omnissiah is the prophet/avatar of the Machine God and part of their holy trinity - Big E. It's a God/Jesus thing.
@@betchersgland7236 Wait so basically the god the Mechanicus worships is actually the C'tan god of technology? Isn't that basically hypocritical and heretical of them to worship an alien god like that especially one that had huge influence on the Necrons. No wonder the Mechanicus and Necrons butt heads in a lot of occasions. It is also no wonder the Mechanicus were basically responsible for unleashing and reawakening the Necrons.
humble in its ambition, clear in its design, solid on its gameplay : finally, a *good* WH40k game
Fitting for a game about machines: all working as intended, like a fine tuned swiss pocketwatch
Maybe late, but this game is timeless. Best Soundtrack and sound design. Just awesome
Yeah I know I’m late. This was a trial run for darktide. Also every other warhammer game.
@@PonchaYT u did very well
Well 2 years isnt that late imo.
oh hell yeah! you simply cant overstate, how good this game sounds.
it adds the sensual aspect, that really makes you feel immersed in a dense athmosphere .. over just playing a pretty good board game on your computer.
@@Ucceah true and on point
Fine, fine, you've convinced me to buy the game.
Personally, I think it already deserves a plus point for not being about Space Marines again.
When I do a space marine review you can play that again.
True. I'd love a game based around the guardsmen
@@dungaloidblastobrain9515 Dawn of war, winter assault ?
@@meneither3834 I meant one that wasn't an RTS. Also one that didn't force me to play as the eldar
@@dungaloidblastobrain9515 darktide
Poncha: Picks the symbols in the treasure rooms at random.
Me (who took the time to copy the symbols and note down what they did): Knowledge is power, power requires sacrifice...
Also, heretek has the best boss fight of the entire game.
Knowledge is power, power requires sacrifice...
amazing words..
@@themechbuilder6171 They belong to Dawn of War, a mixture of the Blood Ravens motto and Sindri´s speech.
the c'tan boss is cool
@@axios4702 SINDRIIIIIII
Warhammer tech priest memes are like the 40k universe. Stagnating and never changing.
It's what nurgle want. Stagnation and death (no change)
boomer humor
Unless you side with Scavola and the Xenarites.
Tech priest memes? More like warhammer 40k memes in general
I wonder if Techpriests have kamasutra but for toasters
I'm a real big Necron fan, but this game made me consider the Mechanicus as a faction worth looking into for something other than disintegration and C'tan food.
It would be nice to play this game from the perspective of the Necrons though. That should've been the expansion.
@@k-leb4671 that sounds very hard to do and the mechanics dont really allow it, better they just make another game with necrons as a playable factions, akin to DoW 1
I wonder where the silent king went and what he ponders about.
I dream he'll come back desperate for emotions and the drives that only organic brains use.
Unable to awaken them within himself he'll submerge himself within the emotions and drives produced by his surroundings.
Like an addict he'll have the necrons optimise entire biomes, create illogical marvels entire planets dedicated to evolutional progress.
I imagine he'll betray his kind again, drag them into war manipulated and subdued by the god of merchandise.
Honestly admech feel like a kind of mirror faction to the necrons. They're like opposite ends of the same ideal and their beliefs and aesthetics ovelap a decent amount
Same way that nightlords and raven guard both feel like they're made for the same, but different type of people
@@teejay1646 I think that the designers made a clear attempt at juxtaposition of the two factions, particularly how the human voiceovers were gibberish whereas the Necrons spoke in perfect English. That was a nice touch to show how the Mechanicus strayed from their humanity.
One of the hidden gems. I had the soundtrack on my phone when I had to fix the hotel boiler when it broke down. Old soviet tech, with only a few aging guys still understanding all its bits.
Did you bless it afterwards?
@@DaDaDo661 Of course. Poor boiler was the only one out of the original 4 still working. It needed the prayer.
Hi @poncha! Dev form bullwark here (lead animator), did you find the hiden boss ;) ?
We did have balance issue in mechanicus (it was quite an experience for us to do a game of this size, but eh, no excuses, we've learn from it).
The thing about the last boss is if you defeat other bosses the'll not help the final boss during the final fight.
Thx for the review and congrat for your work.
Oh hi Agnon,
this point where I try to hide because a dev sees my cringy video.
I didn’t find the hidden boss so that has given me another reason to go back and play but I did speak to people about defeating the bosses and people told me I was wrong and that it was not a bug so I need to change that.
May I just say you should be really proud of your work in this game. Not enough people thank devs for the hard hours they put in to making games and I can’t wait to see what else bullwark studios does.
tell us if there's any chance for Mechanicus 2 pleeeease
@@riordian2 hint: toggle the noosphere on the mission select screen.
Don’t worry too much about it.
Unbalanced gameplay is fun. If a game is perfectly balanced it’s sterile and same-y.
Your production quality is A+
Oh just you wait. I would say this is B- My next video will be A+
,,There is one victory screen."
Actually, there are *T H R E E* .
Were both wrong. There are four. XD
@@PonchaYT Oh, forgot the secret one. XD
@Gay Hobbit Do you desire to be spoilered ?
@Gay Hobbit
Okay here it goes :
First: You kill the overlord and do not side with either Scaevola or Videx. You leave the planet unawoken.
Second: You kill overlord and you made all missions of Vindex. You call in a fleet of Mechanicus and you exterminate everything upon Silva Tenebris.
Third: You kill overlord and you made all missions of Scaevola. She leaves to report to ,,The Dragon" and later vast fleet of Xenarite cabals head to visit Silva Tenebris for research.
Fourth: Your team dies to the overlord. He soon takes control of your ship and kills you all. Then Silva Tenebris finally awakens and doom awaits near imperial worlds.
@@kulovicz3152 Why does that not surprised me given the Heretek dlc AND scaevola is....well....obsessed with collecting things. Oh well, interesting endings.
Oh, and the best part.
You know that funky Noosphere?
Activate it while you're on the mission select screen, you get an extra mission giver with some REAL neat shit
The fucking
W H A T
@@xXFuzzeeXx press the button that makes everything blue
Plus the literal C'tan shard as secret boss which is very neat
This is quality content. And damn Mechanicus has what must be the best intro in all of gaming. Fuck i want their soundtrack guy and audio engineer to teach me their ways.
Thanks it means a lot for you to say that. I’m in RUclips for the long run so this is the sort of stuff I will be doing long term and not just a one off.
@@PonchaYT Fuck yeah bro, keep it up! You're already great at this stuff so i bet you'll see the channel grow a lot soon with these videos, and i'm exited to see it all happen :3
Agreed I'd love to know what Foley or mad synth he used to make that Machine Spirit blessed base drop in the opening/trailer
"What would a Tech Priest sound like?"
[ANGRY DIALUP NOISES]
I feel like that last difficulty should have been called "Omnissiah save us".
Mechanicus is a fantastic game, my only issue was that if you know what you're doing it becomes a kerbstomp towards the end. I had 6 levelled tech-priests in multiple disciplines, all invisible until they attacked and all with weapons that could shoot through walls. Combine that with the right canticles and all I had to was arrange them so they had all enemies in their line of fire and I'd wipe every map in one turn.
Love your content, discovered you a little while ago and I've been watching all your content since, please keep it up.
Just finished this game, you were absolutely right. So many 30+ dmg shots with ranged weapons. Never found the"shoot through walls" thing but managed to beat it on very hard with ease. I almost dropped the game a few times out of sheer boredom.
If you're interested, rimworld has some top tier 40k mods. The ones by Ogliss as well as "corruption worship" and it's side mods. I suggest you check them out, they're great fun. Especially if you use other mods like questionable ethics expanded(for nerve staples for servitors), better transhumanists (for your admech), and the bionics and surgery expansion (Also for admech).
Maybe Ill do a mod show case for that.
Damn, that exists?? Def will replay the rim with that mod (mod pack?)
@@autosneak1618 it's a handful of mods, my personal list is very long, using all of ogliss's 40k mods and many many qol things. There's actually quite a few other 40k mods out there, but just a word from the wise: Astra Militarum, while still up to date, has pretty bad texture work. And if you like Combat Extended, all the Adeptus Mechanicus mods are CE compatible.
@@comradebusman3 combat extended is always a must-have for me lmao
@@tachyon7904 I could never get into it, It's such a hassle, and from what a I hear it's a pain to mod around.
I really wish devs understand that less is more when it comes to polycount, especially since past certain numbers the difference is completely irrelevant. This helps with better animations and less time wasted on new models.
I think it depends on the game, deep rock galactic is a great example of a low poly game that looks and play amazing but there are games where you need high poly assets to sell it.
@@PonchaYT after reading my comment, I wanted to add that it mostly applies to games like rts where you are going to see the models from afar.
Pro tip: Bring a pistol that costs no cognition to fire and just pop them if you don't crit them. That was what I always did. Literally every tech priest had three items dedicated to their specialty, then the " Omnissiah Special " I called it. ... Literally just the little plasma pistol you get at the start. Gamma Pistol, or whatever it's called. Does 1 damage, but 1 is all you need.
The phosphor pistol does 1-2 energy damage, is free to fire, and also reveals the enemy statistics, meaning using it on a dedicated ranged combatant isn't exactly a bad idea.
The only time I wouldn't say to use it is if you've got a maxed out explorator you want to make the most out of, at that point you have two infestus Mechadendrites, two arc scourges and a power axe to just slaughter enemied in melee
You're going against Necrons, most Necron weapons ignore cover anyways since they strip-down matter at a molecular level. Cleverly designed! Edit: Joined the crusade.
It's the kind of game where the simple act of taking a shot with a weapon gives you chills.
i really appreciate how you cut through the jargon and just call "stc fragments" and "disciplines" equipment and skill trees, it makes it a lot easier to understand what the game is like
I strive in my videos to try and always make good quality also stuff easy to understand. I really don't want to be someone who puts out content for the sake of it. This next video I'm putting so much effort into which I know people are going to like.
Gotta say, I really like the way you do your videos. They are pretty high quality, great editing, and really entertaining. keeps me wanting more, keep up the great work!
The next will be my biggest project ever.
"...Every warhammer game ever made"
Me, thinking about the warhammer mobile device games: You sure about that?
I’m part working on a mobile game video...
@@PonchaYT bro the imoerial knight game was actually really fun to play ngl
@@astartesfanboy5294 Repetitive as shit, but it was fun.
Remember the Eisenhorn game?
@@qee4617 that’s on the lists.
Mechanicus shows how it feels to be a techpriest, as well being a literal cyborg.
I liked how you could customize specific details for difficulty such as enemy hp and numbers
That Thumbnail is the most Mechanicus thing ever.
Fantastic game pleasantly surprised is an understatement. They’ve tweeted they will be at the skull event today so let’s pray to the Omnissiah for Mechanicus 2
In Dark Crusade, the Necron Lord was terrifying with the ability to resurrect himself and other warriors (often I would park a dreadnought next to him...just in case).
This game sounds like it does a great job of keeping the necrons as at that "40k meets terminator" terrifying monster.
I'll definitely have to check it out.
Dark Crudade Necrons are the best era of Necrons.
Buy this game guys. The devs really deserve it.
$30 on steam. $3 on G2A 🤣
Finally, some good fucking content
oh just you wait for the next video.
@@PonchaYT Oh God
he gave the toaster a good fucking
Could you imagine giving the mechanicus a toaster and telling them that this was one of the biggest inventions of the 20th century, and that everyone had one.
Update, quick Google search told me it was invented at the end of the 19th century
accent, check
actual editing, check
HOLD THE LINE GME, check check
Oh just you wait. The fall of eternal crusade is going to be something I put everything into.
What an amazing game. Every good review of this game hopefully puts it in more player's hands. I feel this is a niche game for many but it's well worth giving it a go. I'm one of the people that fall into the camp of listening to the soundtrack whenever I'm painting. I hope there are more follow ups to this game. This is a love letter to 40k, it makes the (very good) Dawn of War franchise look like a half-arsed adaptation by comparison.
I'm shocked to hear the dev team's previous game was... that thing. They really knocked this one out of the park, it's gameplay, atmosphere, music, graphics, tone, writing, everything is just great.
My Necron army’s Disco Cult approves that musical part... 😂👍
This channel remind me of Mandalorgaming in the style and quality in his videos. Keep it up,your hard work is blatantly clear. The emperor most certainly approves!!!
Gr8 big3 v3ry c001
After playing this game for a while, I'm fairly sure actual tech-priests developed it.
Mechanicus is a game that truly shows real potential of Warhammer 40k. Even on small scale it's a whole new world to explore
I'd love more Mechanicus media that matches the tone of that amazing opening/trailer
@@UNSCPILOT Forgebane campaign turned into a game would be nice
Was just casually listening to the GLORIOUS soundtrack of this game, then stumbled on some italian guy's video about the 'bad ending', an ending I didnt even know was featured, and then somehow ended up clicking this video.
After seeing the combination of quality editing/funny, laid back shots that recall the old-school vibe of the youtube I grew up with, I had to leave a praise!
...And one more sub.
Great job
That 3D model of an Onager Dunecrawler at the end has me excited.
Best soundtrack of all warhammer games. I would even say the best of all games I've ever played, and I dont even play the tabletop!
I think the best part about the timer is that it's not an automatic failure state like majora's mask or Operation Winback. It just accelerates your schedule.
Neftusk is based on Illuminor Szera (the first model) and I think the Vizier Mhelob was some sort of kit bash from Trazyn and Orikan . They show which model they used in the art book i'd recommend buying the game special editions because the goodies were very cool and interesting .
I’ve never played anything Warhammer related, but always had an interest/curiosity in it, so I picked this up on a sale and I can definitely say that it’s a really good game. My only complaint is that it uses what I assume is a lot of Warhammer 40k verbiage and it all just keeps flying over my head. In the end, I think anyone can enjoy this game, but fans who are familiar with the lore will probably LOVE it.
Always good to see another Warhammer youtuber (Or at least a RUclipsr that does Warhammer stuff). Great video my man!
"That's crazy."
Fuckin had me rolling
Now this is what I call *quality content.*
Just. You. Wait. The fall of eternal crusade will be my best.
@@PonchaYT YES
So glad that i found this review, i did already catch a eye on the game before but with this video the game is 100% for me. Badass seal
What I love about this particular predicament is that Omnissiah is actually a Necron God so there is a lot of connection between the two battling factions :D
I find that part of the lore interesting. Some people have commented saying the omnissah is the big E and I said that part wrong that their two different identities but that’s up to interpretation since it could be the void dragon.
@@PonchaYT True, the Emperor's identity is sometimes ambiguous and oftentimes we don't get to understand what he is or how he could know and do the things he did. He certainly benefited from making the Mechanicus believe he's Omnissiah, but the fact that there is (most likely) Void Dragon on Mars throws in an interesting spin. To me, it makes the most sense that it's Void Dragon.
Good review, btw. Informative and entertaining. The dancing bit made me laugh :D
I think it makes more sense that the Machine God is really the Void Dragon, and the Omnissiah is the Emperor.
I really don’t know why I never played this game. I totally forgot about this gem. Thank you for your work and honest reviews
Just bought the game. One of the best warhammer 40 games ever. I am totally blown away by how good it is.
Your intro is so correct and why so many 40k games have failed. I'm in the veteran class and in regards to gaming wish I wasn't, it's the hardest category to be in in the search for gold.
I like it. A+ reviews and they are warhammer themed.
Bro I know you only have like 4 vids and are probably just starting your RUclips channel out, but you're knocking out of the fucking park! Keep on doing what you're doing, this video was fucking awesome! Subscribed almost instantly.
I got Mechanicus today. Thanks for this review. I love the humour. Great channel. This made me laugh out loud with the weird DOW3 ‘Crazy’ reference 😄 12:55
Great Necron impression and dialogue too 27:43 😄
I bought it recently and started playing this week. For me personally the beginning was brutal since it's my first Turn based strategy game ever. After switching to easy and being able to play stress free with a figured focus on the story I gotta say the atmosphere alone is worth every penny.
What a world to dive into as a Warhammer 40k Fan
I was on the fence about buying this game, but after this, I'll definitely give it a try, it's 15 buck rn on MS Store!
Also I love you're review style. It's in depth, informative, leaves nothing to be desired, and most importantly you sprinkle in the right amount of jokes so that the narration doesn't get boring even if the vids ar long! Subbed and I'm looking forward to the next reviews!
man and other thing you probaly missed, if you hold the key space, you will have acess to a chain of secret missions, and its amazing.
"i played this at mcdonalds and the ice cream machine worked"
literally laughed out loud. mechanicus is my favorite warhammer game and ever since i played this my main army is now admech. such fun stuff
Maybe I'm a scrub or something, but I really appreciate the ability to standardize my techpriests. They are identical. I always deploy them with Skitarii rangers filling the holes, because rangers get a ranged Identify on any attack, a Silence you can use to trivialize any single big baddy (and the game never seems to deploy more than three big baddies at any one time), and at level 3, they always crit, meaning armor means nothing to them.
My Priests, meanwhile, are kitted out to take advantage of critical hits, both to trivialize armor, and to get rid of bodies asap so I don't have to dedicate actions, movement, and cooldowns to clearing them. Since I run crits and armor means nothing, I am free to use the Omnisiah Axe line for my whole party, giving me a free melee hit. I use an infested mechadendrite to control positioning, a level 3 cognition mechadendrite to fuel ridiculous length turns, the phosphor rifle for its free Identify and machine spirit bonus damage, the plasma pistol for its armor ignoring free ranged poke (useful for cleaning up bodies that didn't get crit), and body parts focused on energy shielding, health, and crit+. I ignore physical armor because anything that gets close is not lasting more than one turn with my free crit axe swings, +3 cogdrite, and ridiculous critical guns.
Also, I use a level 2 healing arm and a level one green damage bauble (I forget the name, it grants +3 movement, +2 damage, +15% crit). My boys are ridiculously good, really tanky at range, and can oneshot anything with 8 or less health pretty consistently.
Frankly, I think the tech tree could use a little rebalancing, because the first level of every discipline is just worth getting, and then hitting the second level lets you pick the best gear item for your build from each tree, and I haven't really felt the need to diversify my squad or level exclusively into one tree.
The only difficulty tweek I made was setting the room awakening to 1 pip instead of 2, which I felt was more fair. This makes computers *really* worth going after, because if enough spawn, then you can get away with missions awakening 0% of the planet. It's rare that I get 0%s, highly reliant on random room spawns granting me computers to destroy, but I average 2% awakening per mission.
For canticles, I use +9 cognition, +8 red damage, and +15 healing.
Very nice review. How did this game fly completely under my radar? Seems there really is no constancy in flesh. Praise the Ponchassiah! I know what I'll be doing this weekend :D
lovely review brother, i hate being biased about videos just by seeing the persons subscriber count, but it feels damn good to be put in my place, keep them coming ill be watching ^^
Your review of this game has made me buy this game as a beginner in the warhammer lore i think im gonaa like this
Really good video mate. Love seeing longer reviews like this.
Seeing tech-priests blasting Necrons backgrounded by the DoW2 Space Marine theme fills my heart with pure joy.
Edit: 20:26 because I'm dumb and forgot to timestamp
loved this game. All the endings were pretty great imo too
Good use of a British Army GSR for the mask in this vid
You know your gear.
This returns pleasant surprise in my emotional banks.
i'm a new 40k "player", tried mechanicus, looking into some old stuff, will try to read some books and just bought an Elimination Maniple. you have a nice vid here, lovin the intro
As of today GW announced a sequel
Praise the machine god
You were totally right about this game getting a sequel. Any other thoughts about that? I like that we get to play the Necrons this time around, but still thought the Tyranids should have been the threat this time. You could have been gathering materials to bring defenses online before the timer counted down to a full-scale invasion. Oh well. At least we're getting a follow up to an incredible game.
Hope all else is well. Haven't heard from you in a while!
"They love their Mehtel Bawkses, THE FEWLS!
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Wait, is he fucking that toaster?"
This feels like a perfect mash between warhammer world, xcom and invisible inc
Imagine, your tech preist is doomed to die and he just starts fuckin braking it down to "Chlidren of the Omnissaiha"
When Mechanicus intro start around 1:50 I suddenly made a T-pose. Ahh good old Warhammer experience.
Great review! :D The Mechanic Dance was dope as funk, hahaha! xD
Don't know much about this game, but the song Children of the Ommissiah slaps in a weird way
Haven't gotten around to this one yet - but I must say, I've never seen a tt game but each one of the 40K games I've played over the years has done nothing but intrigue and interest me in the deep and rich history of this universe.
what the heck man this was really good! A plus review
Thanks mate means a lot. This next video I'm going to make is going to be one of my best.
Just started the game today and I love it.
Poncha: *Puts a line through STC.*
Adeptus Mechanicus: *Flips table.*
Poncha, you know how you can hold space while ingame and the noosphere pops up? Well due that when you're gonna click on the portraits of the guys for mission selection, a secret branch of missions pops up. If you already know this, pls ignore
No no it's all good my friend. I don't think I did. It's kind of funny since I found nothing really told me this. No indication or anything but still that gives me another reason to go back and play.
For anyone who wants a little bit of Mechanicus in their Dawn of War - find Adeptus Mechanicus: Explorators mod.
They are a little bit of Imperial Guard and Necrons at the same time ;-) With their own mechanics, of course!
1010101010101010101010101010 Glory To the machine god
Tks for review friend, very clear concise efficient info.
Will pick it up on ps4.
Love tbs tactical games and with some layer of strategy.
Pro Tip: Spacebar
Melee is king, and is the only way to do "overwatch", with attacks of opportunity. Don't underestimate melee class!
Agreed. Melee is way strong. If I do another playthrough it’s gonna be all melee and support.
2:35 Rare footage of a tech priest of the Dark Mechanicus preparing for a Slaaneshi ritual.
This game is also now on mobile. DLC was included and still ran just great.
Mechanicus 2 is now a thing in the making, and with playable necrons too! There's also the chance hero units in the form of the bois like videx and rho in the game, which (if true) means we may also be able to use necron hero units like the new female overlord stated on the steam page, and the campaign's playing in a soulstorm esc "capture key parts of the planet" esc way help add that replay-ability even more so than the first game and thats without mentioning the fact there's fucking TWO different playable factions now and apparently there's gonna be ANOTHER threat at the end of the game! (Again, all this is said on the store page, so if you want proof of what I'm saying as possibilities for the game, go check it out)
I really didn't expect it and now its shot straight to the top of my most wanted list up there with Space Marine 2, I enjoyed Mechanicus so much and the fact we'll be able to play as the Necron's too has made me so happy. 2024 is shaping up to be a great time for W40K fans and just for people who like great games like these.
@@Corusame same. Also curious where the story is gonna go this time given the ominous description of the store page.
Finally, he’s back.
I'm always here, just working on videos that take time.
I love everything I heard except the timer I don't like feeling rushed in games I like doing and collecting as much as possible before confronting the final boss wish there was a way to reduce the timer
Exceptional review, you earned my like + subscription!
The game trailer for WH40K: mechanicus was all it took to made me be obsessed with the faction mechanicus, despite not knowing much about or playing warhammer pior, it gave me a new hobby of cosplay making, and the cosplay was a big success
Praise the omnnissiah for such blessed guidance
Question. The game right now is on sale for ps4. I’ve heard it has issues though many have been resolved in patches. Still do you think I should avoid it and go for the PC version?
PC version is 100% worth it. Can't speak for the ps4 version so I would recommend looking online.
@@PonchaYT thank you very much!
5 story characters, and the hidden 6th that you gotta hold space for at the mission select screen.
That soundtrack !!! The best in game history..
The number of bosses that spawn for the final boss are based on how many you've killed in the other parts of the planet.
Also, did you know about the secret boss? Try holding the spacebar to access the Noosphere while on the mission select screen.
Personally, I liked the game a lot. My only complaints are a bit of balance and polish. It's more of an AA game rather than AAA. For instance, there's no in game bestiary. So unless you remember every enemy does just from looking at them, good luck. Similarly there's no way to rewatch cutscenes where they do explain what new enemies do. Also weapons can lack some detail and balance. I had 2 heavy weapons that had different names but the same stats...or so I thought. Then I took them both into a mission and found out that one had an AoE so big it took up most of the map and was guaranteed to hit everything, including my entire team. The other one was smaller and had a less cool animation.
Also the self healing tool is the best tool because repairs cost money at the end of missions, hurting your build diversity.
I had no idea about the secret boss however i'm okay that I missed it as it will give me another reason to go back and play but also maybe a lot of people missed it if I did. One of the things I hated that I mentioned in the video is no archive to see the necrons you encounter as I wanted to see the models.
@@PonchaYT Ye.
Oh btw, if you do replay it, I do recommend getting the DLC. It has more music and that alone makes it worth it.
@@cinderheart2720 music you say. More dancing.
thank you for the more in-depth review.