Space Hulk
"WE ARE THE VANGUARD OF HONOUR. THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLOOD ANGELS. WE BRING DEATH." The legendary Space Hulk returns to Windows PC, Mac and Linux in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer…
Space Hulk is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Electronic Arts, released 31 December 1993 on Amiga and DOS.
What Space Hulk is
Space Hulk is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1993. It is available on Amiga and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"WE ARE THE VANGUARD OF HONOUR. THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLOOD ANGELS. WE BRING DEATH." The legendary Space Hulk returns to Windows PC, Mac and Linux in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds. Play as a small squad of fearless Space Marine Terminators who attempt to reclaim their honor by mounting an assault on a derelict space hulk infested by hordes of vicious tyranid Genestealers. Take control of the Adeptus Astartes of the Blood Angel chapter and guide them towards glory, while battling fierce Xenos and uncovering ancient relics in the infested confines of the massive Space Hulk named…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series
Space Hulk is the second of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. It arrived 12 months after Space Crusade. The next entry was Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels in 1995. Its critic score of 53 is 18 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.
How it was received
Space Hulk holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 9% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1993 averaged 64, so it scored 11 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Space Hulk launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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