![]() ![]() Harder enemies, like a large Cthulhu-inspired sewer monster that spits poison gunk at you, require dodging out of the line of fire. We enjoyed romping around the sewers with our online friend – so hopefully this is a feature that gets ironed out for launch. Subsequent attempts to join games with other players ended in failure. We tried jumping into online co-op during the private beta, but our first session ended abruptly when our random co-op partner lost connection, which froze our own game, forcing us to restart the dungeon. There’s incentive for playing online, too, as each additional player in the session boosts the amount of experience earned at the end of a quest. ![]() Loot seems to be fairly distributed during co-op sessions – items drop for all players, so you don’t have to worry about someone stealing your hard-earned gear. ![]() The difficulty spikes during co-op sessions with enemy health bars scaling to the number of players in the game. Warhammer: Chaosbane is also a multiplayer game, giving players the option to play in local and online co-op with up to four players. It’s set in the long-running Warhammer fantasy universe, which spans novels, tabletop RPGs, and video games, so Chaosbane’s world, and the forces of Chaos that threaten it, are a treat for franchise fans. Character progression is at the center of both games but Chaosbane sets itself apart with its Warhammer title. In both games, you and some friends explore twisted dungeons, cut swaths through hordes of demons, collect and equip loot to enable you to defeat tougher enemies, and repeat. ![]() Warhammer: Chaosbane is an isometric action/RPG that feels immediately familiar to anyone who’s played a Diablo game. I had a chance to play the private beta, experimenting with its deep loot and progression systems, dabbling with online multiplayer, and learning the nuances of two of the game’s four playable characters. Its catalog of nearly three dozen games includes endless runners, sports titles, top-down shooters, and puzzle platformers – and now the studio is once more trying something new with Warhammer: Chaosbane, its first loot-centric hack n’ slash game, set in the Warhammer fantasy universe. In its 20-year history, developer Eko Software has experimented with a number of genres. ![]()
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