Showing posts with label Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat for PlayStation (1996). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat for PlayStation (1996). Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2015

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat for PlayStation (1996)

Original ad published in the Holiday 1996 edition of Ultra Game Players. 

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Hard-core RTS action for purists only

Impossibly hard for the PlayStation One, Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat was a port from a real-time-strategy game released for the PC. As all games of the category, it is incredibly difficult to control with console controls instead of a proper mouse and keyboard.

This was the first game of the ever popular Warhammer universe on any PlayStation console, so it deserves some kind of recognition. It was a gutsy move by Mindscape, both the publisher and developer of this release. Other than that, there's little else to say about it. It features better than average music and cutscenes and so-so graphics. It should be reserved for hard-core RTS fans only with lots of patience and time to spare.