Warhammer: Shadow Of The Horned Rat

WH:SHR was innovative but largely overlooked in computer games history. One of the main criticisms the game received was for being too difficult. Losses incurred in previous battles remained, and combined with the steeply increasing difficulties of battles the game grew very difficult relatively quickly. The roaming unit losses was offset by that reinforcements could be bought in most towns between missions, towns which had a certain amount of reinforcements that can be bought for gold gained from combat, gold which, however, was generally less than the replacement value of troops. However, when the game was learned, these reinforcements could cover most if not all the losses. Units gained experience and became better through use, but this in turn increased the unit cost of replacement. Another issue was that a fallen soldier could also be merely wounded, which would leave them out of the action for the next battle, after which they'd be healed for free. While this reduced the strain on your resources, you could end in the unfortunate situation of having plenty of gold, but unable to reinforce your army sufficiently to stand a chance in the next mission.

See also

• Warhammer: Dark Omen (sequel)
• Warhammer computer games

External links

• Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat at MobyGames
• Review of PC version at Answers.com
• Review of PlayStation version at Answers.com
• Mark Knight's Gamesounds, download the Shadow of the Horned Rat music from the composer's website