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Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat

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Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat

Nov 1, 1995

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2.65 average rating based on 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. 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 … 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. Less
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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anarchistica
anarchistica gave Aug 5, 2021
anarchistica gave 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. 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.

grok
grok gave Apr 17, 2024
grok gave 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 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.

V1CGaming
V1CGaming updated their status Jun 4, 2021
V1CGaming updated their status Jun 4, 2021

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