Warhammer 40000 Chaos Gate Daemonhunters Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published March 4, 2024 · Updated March 1, 2024

For our Warhammer 40000 Chaos Gate Daemonhunters Review, Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign 40000 Chaos Gate Daemonhunters Review, using the tactics and talents of your personalized squad of Daemonhunters. Armored in faith, shielded by devotion, the Grey Knights’ very existence is rooted in mystery, enforced with mind wipes and executions. Experience life in the 41st millennium and follow the journey of these elite warriors in a narrative penned by acclaimed Black Library author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

Warhammer 40000 Chaos Gate Daemonhunters Review Pros:

Highly detailed and realistic Graphics
7.46GB Download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Six save slots.
Graphics settings – v-sync, motion blur, and bloom.
Officially licensed.
Four difficulties – Merciful, Standard, Ruthless, and Legendary. You get a breakdown of what each difficulty gives and takes away.
Grand Master mode – disables manual save and you only get a single autosave slot.
Special launch equipment is items and weapons previously only available to select players but is now available for all.
Duty Eternal DLC – adds in all the content like Dreadnoughts, etc.
The Codex section acts like a help and tips menu.
The boons and afflictions menu gives you an overview of each one in the game and these act like modifiers.
The key concepts menu shows and tells you the many mechanics and rules at play in the game.
Powerful voice acting.
Amazing cutscenes.
Set within the Warhammer 40k universe.
Can skip cutscenes.
Hard-hitting and impactful soundtrack.
Decent loading times.
RTS-style gameplay.
Action points dictate what and how many actions you can take per round with each action taking X amount of points to execute.
Full vibration integration is used in menus and as an effect in cutscenes and gameplay.
Handy icons and grids to help show where you can move and attack.
In-game cutscenes can happen and action shots of things like movement or reinforcements arrive.
Cinematic style presentation.
Turn-based combat.
X Com like strategy gameplay.
Highly detailed and excellent-looking character models.
The environment is an ally and an enemy as you can knock down pillars and walls for cover or to deal damage.
Full 3D camera control including reset position.
Clear easy to understand icons, text pops up, and menus especially when in battle.
The World, the locations are jaw-dropping and look like they fell straight out of the Tabletop game.
Massive boss encounters.
Plays well with the controller.
Characters in your team will earn exp and level up, granting skill points to put into a massive skill tree that unlocks many benefits and abilities.
Your ship is where you deal with upgrades, level-ups, star maps for travel, etc.
Before a mission, you can assemble your team and change their armor and weapons.
Vakir is your scientist who will research new abilities and rewards for you.
Your ship the Edict will need to be maintained and upgraded as you play. Lunete will assist you with this and Carry out orders.
All actions on the ship take X amount of in-game days to complete.
You can advance time within the Star map.
Your goal in the game is to stop the spread of the Chaos plague.
Save and load when you want.
Every member of your team can be customized.
Character customisation options – name, surname, crest, skin color, hair color, head, head detail, headgear, chest, left pauldron, right pauldron, left greaves, right greaves, loincloth, lettering, and voice.
Gets very addictive due to the story and the gameplay being so fun.
You don’t have a percentage chance on hits.
Execution moves.
The combat is a lot more melee-based.
The DLC adds new environments that are just as cool as the base game ones.
The interface options are – objectives display, vox display, Knight status, enemy status, active Knight display, and quick options menu for the combat Hud.
Cursor options – movement speed slider, and stylized cursor on/off.

Warhammer 40000 Chaos Gate Daemonhunters Review Cons:

Cannot remap controls.
The camera controls are still a bit clunky.
A lot to take in initially.
A lot of hard cuts and silent sections in the cutscenes.
The DLC made you think you have Dreadnaughts as standard but you only have them in set missions.
Audio quality especially with voices is very up and down.
Cannot fast forward your movement turn.
No UI scale sliders or ways to increase the font size of the text.
The pacing at times can feel up and down.
The face animations and dead eyes are the weakest parts of the characters.
Not the fastest loading times for a Playstation 5 game.
You cannot Invert the axis or change the sensitivity of the camera.
The performance goes a bit up and down in built-up areas.