Inquisitor Martyr Early Access Impressions

I'm not a huge fan of early access games, but at the same time I'm a huge fan of Warhammer 40.000 universe and Action Role Playing Games. Inquisitor Martyr is a first ARPG in Warhammer 40k universe, I wanted to see this type of game for a long time now, and it is finally here in early access on Steam. I want to see this game as good as it can be that is why I joined the game early, developers need that extra money boost to finish the game properly.

In this game the players take the role of an Inquisitor, an Imperium of Man badass capable of using high tech weaponry and psychic powers to unleash all sorts of pain to the heretics, aliens and mutants of an insane Warhammer 40k universe.

There are three classes to chose from, every class also has three subclasses. Crusader is a tank character capable of soaking a lot of damage, Death Cult Assassin is a long range sniper, Psyker is essentially a mage of the group. Unlike many classical ARPGs the progression system and skill usage is very different, you can use several skills depending of weapon of choice, only one fully customizable character is a Psyker because he can use three different schools of psychic abilities.

There are many types of weaponry in the game and as you gain levels more abilities for those weapons will unlock. All sorts of goodies will be at your disposal like plasma guns, laspistols, grenade launchers, snipers, all those weapons will dispose your enemies in spectacularly gory ways. Players can also equip and improve their characters with standard ARPG loot. The loot system in place is typical ARPG system where you pick up better gear, customize, craft and use those items to kill your enemies more efficiently. I will not go too deep into the game's systems because everything is susceptible to change when the full game releases.

Game also uses more tactical approach where you will need to use cover and finite tactical options like void shields, grenades and medpacs. While exploring the levels you will find medical and supply chests that will increase the number of uses for those items. I really like this tactical system not seen in ARPGs before, You will have to use every tool at your disposal tactically in order to beat the game. That tactical approach to the gameplay will need some time to get used to. Game will feel slow and clunky to every ARPG veteran who is used to fast paced gameplay of Diablo 3 and Path of Exile, maybe devs will need to tweak that more to speed the combat a little bit.

Graphics look great and the whole overall futuristic gothic atmosphere of WH40k is present. The game is in early alpha stage and while most of the systems are in place there is still so much work to be done like the story chapters, improved game stability and performance, UI tweaks. Once they implement all those missing features Inquisitor Martyr will be a game to look out for later in 2018.