Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 9+

Does crash, but playable and fun

I noticed there weren’t any written reviews since some stability updates were released so I thought I would leave a more recent one. The game itself is a fun TBS, and the port (though I haven’t played the PC version) seems solid. The only minor annoyance is that what would normally be a “mouse hover” to read a tooltip requires you to hold your finger down and slide it around so you don’t accidentally click.

In terms of crashing, it does happen but not enough to enrage me or make me want to stop playing, I just save often. Honestly, iOS seems to just have terrible memory management or something - I have to reboot my tablet a few times a week anyway just during normal use because Firefox, etc. just start getting flakey. If you want to minimize crashing while playing this game, just don’t multitask. Reboot the tablet and then play the game, and don’t jump to other apps, and it should be fine. You can also save while in fights, not just at the strategic layer, so if you do that every couple of turns you won’t be replaying many turns.

TL;DR, it’s a fun game and a good port that for me has been enjoyable with a bit of planning.

A “change language” button is wanted

Strategy game is always my fav on iPad. Game is overall good, but one thing annoyed me is the language setting. The game follows the language from the IOS system so every time I want to change language I have to go to the IOS settings and restart my iPad. This makes me feel very frustrated and it would be better if the developer can just make an in-game button for the language change

Missions unplayable, tech support nonexistent

I have not been able to play this game, despite being a premium purchase. The front end loads fine, and everything leading up to the tactical play board works. Unfortunately, once any mission proper begins, the game board/tactical mission area does not render properly. All that is seen is a solid black movement area and glowing silhouettes of figures, overlaying what appears to be menu items, from what little can be seen beyond the edges of the solid black area. Device has been rebooted, app was un- and re-installed, and all graphic options in-app were tried to no avail.

Tech support for this has proven non-existent. I have had to go to the Kalypso online site; once there I had to create and register an account simply to submit a bug report. Support ticket links on the Kalypso site are buried within menu items and not readily found. After having submitted a support ticket, I now find that I cannot access any information on my submission on site. Every attempt to login and reach tech support ends up looping back to the main menu page, with any links attempted thereafter looping back to the sign-in prompt, with a subsequent return to the main menu page.

Device used: iPad Air 2; iPadOS 14.5. App in store compatibility indicates it works on this iPad.

Developer Response ,

Hello, unfortunately there are compatibility issues with the iPad Air 2. Not sure which support you tried to contact, but sorry for any inconveniences. Please contact supportmobile@kalypsomedia.com for help, this is our regular mobile support.