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Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (1995)

Mindscape

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation

2.65 from 20 ratings

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Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat offers over 25 different troop types, 20 spells and nine characteristics for each regiment: movement, weapon skill, ballistic skill, strength, toughness, wounds, initiative, attack and leadership ability. In order to save campaign progress, players must have a memory card with at least one block free. Battles consist of two phases: deployment and real-time fighting. … Read more
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat offers over 25 different troop types, 20 spells and nine characteristics for each regiment: movement, weapon skill, ballistic skill, strength, toughness, wounds, initiative, attack and leadership ability. In order to save campaign progress, players must have a memory card with at least one block free. Battles consist of two phases: deployment and real-time fighting. Deployment allows you to position your regiments within an area designated by white flags. This involves turning them to face certain enemies, issuing orders to attack, move (including setting waypoints and patrol loops) or simply hold ground. Combat involves charging the enemy, using magical spells (if available) or firing long-range weapons, such as arrows or catapults. Of course, line of sight and terrain will influence how successful your attacks are, and the emotion level (fear, hatred or frenzy) as well as the experience of your troops will also play a significant role. Each battlefield can also hold various magic items that may help in future battles. Read less
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Developers
Mindscape
Publishers
GOG.com, Games Workshop, Mindscape, SSI
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Themes
Fantasy
Franchises
Warhammer
Series
Warhammer
Event
Warhammer Skulls 2025

Release dates

  • Nov 01, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 11, 1996 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation
  • Dec 15, 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation
  • 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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grok

Review grok 2/5 · Apr 17, 2024

I Wish this Was Better

I loved Shadow of the Horned rat when it was new, so I decided to revisit it... mistake, I should have left it in my past.

Shadow of the Horned rat has a pretty solid story, art style, and even voice acting that is passable. However, the battle interface and pathing is absolutely atrocious.

Real strategy and decisions is tough …

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I loved Shadow of the Horned rat when it was new, so I decided to revisit it... mistake, I should have left it in my past.

Shadow of the Horned rat has a pretty solid story, art style, and even voice acting that is passable. However, the battle interface and pathing is absolutely atrocious.

Real strategy and decisions is tough to do, because your units are SO prone to breaking randomly. To make things worse moving, selecting, and positioning these units is clunky and unbearable (particularly on the PS1)

After 7 missions I decided to put this back on the shelf and let it rest in my memories.

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anarchistica

Review anarchistica 1/5 · Aug 5, 2021

Terrible but cute

SHR was released in 1995 - the same year as Warcraft 2 and Command & Conquer. Compared to those, it's pretty bad. An interface with vague buttons, ugly graphics that remind me of football manager games of the era and gameplay that consists of rushed clicks instead of careful strategising.

I do like everything around it though. The cute menu's. …

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SHR was released in 1995 - the same year as Warcraft 2 and Command & Conquer. Compared to those, it's pretty bad. An interface with vague buttons, ugly graphics that remind me of football manager games of the era and gameplay that consists of rushed clicks instead of careful strategising.

I do like everything around it though. The cute menu's. The little story. It's somewhat amusing. I'm also impressed this actually runs, although for some reason there are really long loading times. If it takes 5+ seconds now to load screens, how long did it take back in the days of 386? In any case, don't bother, this doesn't hold up.

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V1CGaming

Status V1CGaming Jun 4, 2021

This pack is available and free to claim only until 10th of June 2021, 5 PM UTC.

The pack includes:

  • A classic strategy game Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat.
  • A batch of cool Warhammer Skulls and Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus wallpapers.
  • A World Eaters sampler from The Black Library in PDF, epub, and mobi.
  • A free Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Adventure …
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This pack is available and free to claim only until 10th of June 2021, 5 PM UTC.

The pack includes:

  • A classic strategy game Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat.
  • A batch of cool Warhammer Skulls and Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus wallpapers.
  • A World Eaters sampler from The Black Library in PDF, epub, and mobi.
  • A free Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay Adventure titled Rain of Mercy in PDF.
  • A Warhammer: Mark of Chaos – The Collected Concept Art album in PDF.
  • An original soundtrack from Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus in FLAC and WAV.
  • A 15% off discount code for Warhammer merch (valid until 31st August 2021 for use in the official store)

https://www.gog.com/game/warhammer_skulls_digital_goodie_pack

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