Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II Review
The first Mechanicus is frequently lauded in the same breath as games like Dawn of War as one of the first great video games in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Despite the heaps of praise I’ve never gotten around to playing it myself, because while it’s right up my alley as a turn-based tactics game I really don’t care for the titular Adeptus Mechanicus (shortened to “Ad Mech” from here on out) much. Don’t get me wrong, they’re a fantastic faction in 40k for the sake of flavor and their red robes paired with intense cybernetics is an iconic look in the genre. I just don’t see the appeal of playing as the Imperium of Man’s engineers, especially since they don’t know how to change a light bulb without lighting up twelve incense burners and chanting for six hours. I much prefer the Necrons, the immortal robots and natural enemies of…