

The first level’s also Case’s first mission as a Fire Warrior to prove yourself, you’ll be sent to clear out a hostile landing zone more or less singlehandedly, so you and the rest of the tau soldiers on the field can be evacuated. As Case, you’re a member of the elite Fire Warriors, crammed into power armor, handed a powerful rifle, and sent out to kill. In Fire Warrior, you’ll be playing as a member of the tau, a new reptilian race that’s only recently been introduced to the campaign setting.

It’s kind of a neat concept, though, by anyone’s standards it began as a fantasy miniatures wargame, which was then boosted thousands of years into the future, so now the battles between men and orks involve plasma rifles and starships on far-flung alien worlds.

It has quite a few rabid, frothing enthusiasts, and a nearly equal number of people who consider it the worst use of lead since Roman aqueducts. Warhammer 40,000 is one of those games that’s been around forever, but seems to have no casual fandom. Pre-order 'WARHAMMER 40K: Fire Warrior': PC | PlayStation 2
