WARHAMMER 40,000: ROGUE TRADER

Now with fewer bugs, unless you count genestealers.

- Jody Macgregor

Playing Owlcat's CRPGs at launch is a mug's game. It's not just that they're buggy, though that's definitely part of the problem. There's also the wonky balance, inevitably addressed across several months' worth of post-launch patches. Then there's the DLC carefully threaded into the game rather than bolted onto the end where you could play it by loading an old save. To experience the two expansions released for Rogue Trader so far, you need to start a whole new playthrough.

Or just wait until the game's been out for at least a year, maybe two, before you even bother with it. Like a sensible person. Each DLC adds a new archetype you can choose, a new companion for your voidship's crew, and a string of sidequests involving them. Both are romanceable, and both have dialogue that comments on other quests if you bring them along, making them feel about as central as the existing companions.

In fact, the first feels more significant than several of the ones who were available at launch. The