Game Information
Overall Rank: 5063
Average Rating: 2.2/5
# of Ratings: 3
US Release Date: 06/03/2019
Platform: PC (Steam)
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Action RPG)
ESRB Rating: M
Multiplayer: No
Developer: Games Workshop
Publisher: BigBen Interactive
Also Available On: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Synopsis: The rich world of Warhammer enters the action RPG genre with the hack n slash Chaosbane. Magnus, the last defender of the Empire of Man, is under attack by the forces of Chaos. You are tasked with fighting these forces, saving humanity in the process. The game features four character classes, each with their own styles of gameplay, skills and specific customization options. A wide range of over 70 monsters will assail you, including boss battles. The game features solo, online and local co-op, along with plenty of options to stick around after the Story Mode - Boss Rush, weekly challenges and more.
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2/5
Banhammered for Being Chaos-Bland
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/12/2025
While I am a big fan of the hack n slash RPG genre, trying to find a decent one to match the master Diablo series has been a challenge. Every now and then we find something surprising - like the Van Helsing game - but most other times we mercilessly slog through games like Titan Quest or Torchlight III. Most games in this genre fall short and even with a Warhammer backing, Chaosbane must join the ranks of the underwhelming.
Looks and Stuff: For a game that actually changes your appearance based on what armor you wear, it fails to celebrate this by having a camera that pans so far out that any change is lost in the distance. This also means that even with some fairly good creature designs you get little detail in the chaotic, muddled battles throughout the levels. It also doesn't help …
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2/5
BORE-hammer: Chaos-BANAL
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 07/20/2024
Outside of Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer is one of the oldest, biggest, and longest-running tabletop gaming IPs out there. Unlike D&D, however, Warhammer has never had much in the way of a cRPG presence, probably because the IP is, at its core, a Wargame. While there have been continuous efforts for decades to launch Role-Playing, Skirmish, and other smaller-scale tabletop spinoffs, Warhammer as an IP has remained staunchly entrenched in Wargaming, successfully maintaining both Dark High Fantasy and Dark Space Opera settings which offer slight variations and twists on each other’s established tropes.
Oddly enough, while tabletop Warhammer remains a dyed-in-the-wool Wargame, computerized conversions of the IP tend to be all over the place and rarely remain true to the source …
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