Words that have never come out of my mouth (or keyboard) in the past: a Warhammer game is coming to iOS. Yes, I know, one a week now. Yet, Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade from Pixel Toys does, at least, appear to offer a new type of gameplay on the Warhammer theme and universe, which does count for something. In terms of lore, Freeblade has you play as a young Imperial Knight on a journey of “honour, redemption, and vengeance" as you patrol the world of Tarnis to slay “endless waves of invaders."
The game will offer a 40-mission campaign where you’ll engage in melee and “tap to shoot" action, using your cannons, missiles, and, of course, Chainsword to defeat the many enemies. Your Freeblade will be customizable as you’ll be able to forge, upgrade, and customize your weaponry, though details on how that system will work are still vague. Finally, the game will offer daily events where you’ll battle other players (their scores, not them) to earn weapons, armor, and so on. You’ll even earn special livery to make your Freeblade the evny of all.
Now, while I know we’ve been getting a billion (accurate number) Warhammer games recently, I don’t mind new entries in the mix as long as they offer something new in terms of gameplay, and Freeblade, at least so far, appears to do so. While it’s impossible to judge how the game will play based on the trailer, it does look like a different beast from most of the other Warhammer games. Will it deliver? I’m not sure, but the Warhammer universe, though used very often, still has plenty to give. If I had to guess, I would say this game will be F2P simply from the gameplay elements, but I have no actual information on the matter so I might be completely off. The game will be universal and should be dropping on the App Store at some point this fall.
