Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
Inspired by the board and figurine games made popular by Games Workshop, the universe of Warhammer 40,000 is a vast and violent one, rife with strange, alien races, including the Eldar. Rites of War features a…
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is a strategy developed by DreamForge Intertainment, released 23 July 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is a strategy game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and released in 1999. It was published by Games Workshop. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The mysterious Eldar are all that remains of a once great and powerful civilization that ruled the galaxy. They travel the stars in enormous spacecraft called Craftworlds, seeking the Maiden Worlds their ancestors created in ancient times. One such world is now inhabited by humans and possesses historical records and artifacts of great power far too valuable to leave in their hands. This once proud race now fights for its very survival, and must protect the secrets and power of their ancestors from both the Imperium of Man and the evil, bio-engineered Tyranids, bent on the destruction of this fertile paradise.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 27 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is the seventh of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. It arrived 9 months after Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Agents of Death in 1999. Its critic score of 80 is 9 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.
How it was received
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0c Compatible Graphics Card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War launched on 23 July 1999, within three weeks of Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Vandal Hearts II, Croc 2 and Hybrid Heaven. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Vandal Hearts II, Croc 2, Hybrid Heaven.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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