Hands on with the Warhammer Chaosbane beta (Playstation 4)

In a world ravaged by war and dominated by magic, you must rise up to face the Chaos hordes. Playing solo or with up to four players in local or online co-op, choose a hero from four character classes and prepare for epic battles wielding some of the most powerful artifacts of the Old World.

Pros:

• Warhammer: Chaosbane has fantastic graphics, helps bring the Warhammer to life but still keep its dark edge.
• 5.07gb download size.
• Four characters- Imperial soldier, high elf mage, slayer and wood elf scout.
• 10 difficulties- very easy, easy, normal, hard, very hard, then chaos levels 1 to 5.
• Powerful soundtrack.
• Online game search.
• Diablo-like gameplay so an ARPG loot em up.
• Main hub- your room with a stash case, shop where you can donate unwanted items in return for ranking them up for rewards and getting missions.
• Earn EXP, level up and unlock abilities and upgrades on the huge skill tree.
• Loot drops happen and are done in variety distinguished by color.
• Loot uses a red/green text for quick comparisons.
• Fully voiced characters.
• Tutorial pop-ups.
• Blessing- longer you stay alive the better the chance at better loot drops.
• Controls are the same as Diablo. Face buttons each have an attack/spell attached to them.
• UI is again like diablo going for a flower petal arrangement for quick selections.
• Decent hud showing health, mana, and exp earned.
• Impressive on-screen enemy count.
• Runs smoothly.
• God skill tree can be unlocked. Another layer of upgrade choices, here it’s more extra damage/health or new abilities. The difference is you collect colored fragments to use the tree.
• Death- can be revived or pay gold to respawn.
• Unlocks of new abilities and game mechanics happen at a solid pace.
• Minimap and enlarge map with opacity setting.
• Plays well.
• Big boss fight.
• Expedition- free roam with random events popping.
• 2-4 online Co-op support.
• You see only your loot.
• Can drop items for other players.

Cons:

• Got stuck on waiting for players a fair few times with me having to restart the game to fix it.
• Can’t see player info like health/name.
• Lots of loading screens. Everything has one.
• Tutorial felt like a dice roll of it would pop.
• Other players can rush on ahead and skip cutscenes.
• Missions just end and no real satisfaction end screen.
• Underwhelming loot.
• Network error loop happens.
• No noise loud enough to show a legendary item dropped.
• Expedition doesn’t always respawn enemies or random missions.