Cover art for Space Hulk (2013)
Space Hulk is the new-and-improved turn-based tactics video game of the original 1993 classic, developed by Full Control and released on 15 August 2013. This version of Space Hulk is a 3D digital turn based strategy game that recreates the classic claustrophobic board game experience for single player and multiplayer cross-platform play between PC, Mac and on iOS. This version of the game features the Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines battling the grotesque aliens known as Genestealers. Space Hulk has received mixed to average reviews. Review aggregator Metacritic has estimated an average score of 58 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, with most reviewers citing a lack of polish and a too stringent adherence to the tabletop game rules.
Gameplay
Main Features
- Blood Angel Terminator Squad
- Fearsome Genestealers with challenging AI
- Thematic 3d environment
- Single player campaign based on the "Sin of Damnation" hulk
- New coop multiplayer levels against the Genestealer AI (upcoming)
- Multiplayer head-to-head recreating the board game experience against a friend
- Cross platform multiplayer between PC, Mac and iOS
- Level editor with ability to share creations (upcoming)
- Game expansions in the future as DLC
- New Co-op Game mode added supporting up to 4 players
Plot and Setting
The new version of Space Hulk is set in the isolated corridors and tomb-like chambers of an ancient vessel known as a Space Hulk, lost in the graveyard of space. Players lead a small army of fearless Space Marine Terminators into battle in a ferocious fight for survival against hordes of predatory alien Genestealers.
