Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus

Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus is a 3D turn-based strategy game based on Games Workshop’s Titan Legions tabletop game. You command forces of giant Titans in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, building an army and manoeuvring its units across futuristic battlefields. Battles use a streamlined command system: you and your opponent issue activation orders to your Titans, which then exchange cannon fire, laser blasts and other weapons.

Titan Legions

Choose from four Loyalist Legions: Astorum (Warp Runners), Gryphonicus (War Griffons), Crucius (Warmongers) and Osedax (The Cockatrices). The four Chaos Legions are Mortis (Death Heads), Vulcanum (Dark Fire), Damnosus (Lords of Ruin) and Fureans (Tiger Eyes).

Both Imperial and Chaos forces can field Warhounds, Reavers and Warlords. The game also includes the Banelord Titan of Khorne for Chaos players. Titan weapon systems include ranged weapons as well as Power Fists, Power Claws and Chain Fists, which trade ranged attack power for close-combat damage.

Campaign and battles

The single-player campaign tells its story across 18 missions. In Campaign+, you can choose the Titans, armour patterns and weapon systems for each mission. Single-player Skirmish and Scenarios modes pit you against an AI opponent, while online multiplayer lets you battle other players.

Skirmish and multiplayer include seven battlefields across three distinct environments. They also offer points-based army list building through the Maniple Builder. The game has 12 fixed-force scenarios and multiple game modes with different victory conditions.

Tactical systems

Army list choices and battlefield manoeuvres shape your route to victory, though luck also plays a part. Stress, or suppression, adds another tactical concern, while destructible terrain lets weapon fire bring buildings down. A cinematic camera can be switched on or off, and unit and battlefield animations bring the battlefield to life.