Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
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| Developer(s) | Kuju Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Designer(s) | KUJI |
| Release date(s) | September 2003 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Mature (M) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PC |
| System requirements | (PC) 933 MHz, 128 MB ram, GeForce 3 or greater |
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior is a Warhammer 40,000 computer game available for the PlayStation 2 and PC. It was developed by Kuju Entertainment and was released in September 2003.
The game is a first person shooter, where the player takes the role of a Tau Fire Warrior, Kais, seeking to rescue his leader and defend his race from the aggressive Imperium of Man and evil forces of Chaos.
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[edit] Gameplay
The game is made up of 21 levels, taking place in a variety of settings from the Warhammer 40,000 universe. There are wide variety of Tau and Imperial weapons available to the player. However, only two weapons can be carried at a time, one of which must be a Tau weapon. In addition to these, the player is armed with grenades and a sword, and can use weapons such as the rail gun (the most powerful gun in the game), burst cannon, pulse technology, and many other weapon types... (these guns are only hand-held and no vehicles may be accessed in the game)
The story takes place over a period of 24 hours. The game begins with Kais's first mission, an attempt to rescue Ko'vash from Governor Severus. He infiltrates Severus's Prison-fortress, and escapes with Ko'vash intact. As the Orca dropship begins docking with the Tau Emissary class cruiser, it is attacked by an Imperial Battleship, and boarding pods are launched. kais then fights a desperate battle against a force Of Imperial Stormtroopers and Space Marines as they try to Disable the cruiser's engines, and assassinate the Captain. After Kais rescues the Captain, he and several teams of fire-warriors are launched, by boarding pod (which bears a resembelance to Devilfish APCs with boosters attached to the rear) at the Imperial ship, and he disables the Ship's guns, and nearly captures the Ship's commander, Admiral Constantine. Kais is clubbed on the head by Captain Ardias, however, and is captured. Ardias brokers a truce between the Imperium and the Tau, and it is revealed that Governor Severus has been seduced by the Powers of Chaos, teleporting a contingent of Word Bearers Chaos Marines onto the ship. They capture the Ship's remaining guns, in an attempt to re-start the Imperium-Tau war, but are stopped by Kais's destruction of the guns. Ardias then sets the Ship to self-destruct, and Kais escapes via a Dreadnought drop-pod. Landing in the midst of a ruined Imperial city, Kais fights his way to Fellow Tau Fire-Warriors, and learns, from Ardias, that Severus plans to use an Imperial Titan held in the City. Kais destroys the Titan, enters Severus's fortress, and kills Severus and his daemonic master. the game ends with Ardias ordering that the planet should be destroyed to prevent the taint of Chaos from spreading, and the game ends. Many adversaries from the Warhammer 40,000 universe are encountered by the protagonist Kais, such as Dreadnoughts, Chaos Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Daemon princes, And even an Imperial Valkyrie.
There is also a multiplayer mode consisting of Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. 8 multiplayer maps are included with the game, Deathmatch having its own, and Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag having their own. Fire Warrior was one of the first Playstation 2 games to support 8 player games using its broadband adaptor.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable Characters
- La'Kais -- the game's protagonist. The game is Kais's first day of live combat action so the first level is named trial by fire.
- Governor Severus -- The Governor of the planet Dolumar IV in the game. Prior to the mission 'No rest for the wicked', he was interested in the Tau pysche, disappointed that they were not a psychically attuned arce. He aligned himself with the Chaos Daemon Tarkh'ax, and summoned Word Bearers Chaos marines onto the Imperial cruiser. The Chaos marines destroyed the ship, and Severus holed up in his fortress on Dolumar IV, 'The Pit'. Chaos marines under his command also attempted to capture and control an Imperial Titan, but they were foiled when Kais destroyed the sacred machine. When killed by Kais, his corpse is possessed by Tarkh'ax.
- Admiral Constantine -- The captain of the Imperial ship that attacks the Tau in an attempt to retrieve the Ethereal after Kais rescues him. His boarding force is repelled, and the Tau launch a counter-boarding action, where Kais eventually attacks the bridge and nearly captures the Admiral. He is later taken by Governor Severus and the Word Bearers, and lasts just long enough to give Kais a final warning before he is turned into a Chaos Spawn.
- El'Lusha -- The Commander of Kais' force. He guides Kais through the first half of the game. In the novel, he dons a Crisis Suit and his team helps defeat the Daemon for good.
- Ardias -- Captain of the 3rd Company of the Ultramarines Chapter. Saves the Admiral's life when Kais storms the bridge. He negotiates a truce between the Imperials and Tau, where later he overrides Kais' communications, allowing him to direct Kais through the second half of the game to fight the Chaos incursion. In the novelization, he also fights against Tarkh'ax in the Chaos temple. Despite showing a degree of respect to the Tau and La'Kais, he was later ironically killed battling the Tau in the Joran retaliation in 745.M41.[citation needed]
[edit] Voice actors
The game featured the voices of several well known British actors in starring roles, including Tom Baker, Brian Blessed, Sean Pertwee and Burt Kwouk.
[edit] Novel
In October 2003 Black Library Publishing released a novelisation of the game under the same title (Spurrier, 2003). The book explores the plot of the game in much greater detail, as well as a close look at Tau culture.
[edit] References
- Spurrier, Simon (2003). Fire Warrior. Nottingham: Black Library. ISBN 1-84416-010-6.
