Straight off the bat you’re getting 4K resolution visuals that clap along at a smooth 60 frames per second. Of course this being something of all-singing, all-dancing PlayStation 5 take on a previously released PlayStation 4 title, there are some technical improvements to be enjoyed here too. Between the massive base game, additional DLC campaigns, boss rush and expedition modes, Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition on PS5 certainly provides ample hack and slash for your buck. From additional expansion campaigns to all new characters such as the rather cool Demon Hunter hero, Warhammer: Chaosbane Slayer Edition is certainly one dungeon crawler effort that you can pile potentially hundreds of hours into assuming of course you don’t succumb to the relative monotony of its grind. With its ‘Slayer Edition’ suffix letting the cat out of the bag somewhat in this regard, Warhammer: Chaosbane includes all of the expansion and DLC content that was released for the base game since it came out in May last year.Īnd it’s a fair amount of worthwhile extra stuff to get stuck into too. Like many current generation re-releases on PS5, Warhammer: Chaosbane is hardly lacking in content. Warhammer: Chaosbane’s assets betray it’s current (last?) generation roots, but the various heroes and monsters all match their tabletop counterparts perfectly.Īgain, nothing terribly surprising but Warhammer: Chaosbane is, like many of its dungeon crawling, hack and slash genre contemporaries the sort of affair that is best enjoyed with friends all the same. In actuality, while the grind of Warhammer: Chaosbane can be numbing at times, the sheer creative latitude that exists for theorycraft and build development really is quite impressive, anchored by various abilities, skills, divine gifts and loot to be used – all of which mesh in with the class that you’ve chosen which includes the usual tank, DPS and support role archetypes. Quite simply, laying waste to legions of Chaos and bad folk is satisfying, yet grindy.įoes often attack you in their tens and can be dispatched easily enough, while certain larger enemies and boss characters must be given a more singular focus in order for them to be defeated. Nonetheless, while Warhammer: Chaosbane might not push the envelope in any significant ways, there is a compelling, almost workmanlike quality to its fundamental hack and slash gameplay which allows it to scratch that aforementioned Diablo itch. Though the uptick to 4K and 60 FPS is welcome, the occasional screen tearing becomes aggravating. Likewise, an array of ancillary game modes, such as the Boss Rush and skirmish style Expedition game types also do little to suggest that Warhammer: Chaosbane is doing much to push the genre forward. Usually involving you killing something or collecting an item before heading back to the quest giver, it’s fair to say that they hardly capture the imagination. That said, fans of Games Workshop’s sprawling tactical fantasy world will recognise many of the heroes and monsters in the game, with the various disciples of Nurgle, the Undead and the forces of the Empire, Wood Elves and so on all being immediately recognisable and a perfect match to their table top equivalents.īroken into multiple chapters, the story mode of Warhammer: Chaosbane is your usual fantasy fare – albeit with a ton of grind and fairly predictable objectives. Once in, Warhammer: Chaosbane allows players to go at it alone, locally with friends or join up with up to four folks online to smash their way through the forces of Chaos – so far, so Warhammer then. Once you’ve chosen your hero from a selection of half a dozen monster mashers that include Dwarven Slayers, High Elf Wizards and more besides you can get cracking on with, well, cracking (Chaos) skulls. The additional content that the Slayer Edition provides is not quite enough to move the needle.Īs it is, Warhammer: Chaosbane is a perfectly serviceable, if unsurprising and relatively unambitious action RPG which manages to scratch that Diablo itch well enough but doesn’t succeed in doing much beyond that. Warhammer: Chaosbane is a decently entertaining, if unambitious dungeon crawler.
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