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Yet, despiteВ this, Robute is in fine form here. While Matt Ward's contributions will often be pointed to as the chief problem behind this, even the otherwise fantastic Horus Heresy rulebooks and novels have an irritating habit of dipping into this over and over again. It's true that Games Workshop has a notorious habit of over-promoting the primarch and his sons, often to the determentВ of everyone else. Surprisingly, Guilliman himself also proves to be a major source of goodness all throughout the tale.

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While certainly not nearly as effective as the efforts found in Battlefleet Gothic - and lacking the fine detail on certain troops, civiliansВ and resources to help it stand out - it at least tries to give the impression that the conflict is a full scale war rather than merely a bum rush of troops. A particular section titled War Zone Ultramar is effectively an action montage in written form, covering the arrival of displaced Imperial forces, and it does just about enough to convey the size of the ongoing formations taking place. On multiple occasions the book will take time to shed some light on the lesser armies noted to be backing the bigger forces, or even cover some of the skirmishes which follow in the wake of larger conflicts. The balance between characters and armies is far more solid than anything we have seen before, and while it does still lean heavily in favour of protagonists, there are some good exceptions. Trust me, that's sparing you some very gory descriptions found within the book. While Fall of Cadia might have featured daemonic ascensions and more than a few moments filled with mind bullets, Rise of the Primarch is the one which introduces the likes of the Weeping Plague, which causes soldiers to cry themselves to death. It gives more of a sense of humanity fighting against the daemonic hordes of hell itself, and of the dark powers which desire them dead. Sorcery, plagues, curses and a few rather nasty twists which turns the fate of the loyalists against themselves all come into play alongside daemons and the like. So, while we are still treated to the Black Legion mounting a full scale assault upon a world, or even just bombing the enemy to hell at long range, it does pause to offer more subtle methods of attack. The book also seems to remember that Chaos often strikes in indirect ways. This is especially evident early on during the events surrounding Fortress Hera, where the Ultramarines are under siege, and the story pauses to get across the grandeur of the moment. Rather than merely blitzing past existing settings, someone seemed to be going 'Okay, but have we talked about this before?' and adding some nice details into the flavour text. You see how one story leads into another, how the developments of a falling galaxy come to play here, and the naturalВ conclusion of so many ideas colliding in one place.Д®ven as the story does move about the galaxy, there is far more purpose and time spent on each point than anything we receivedВ with Fracture, and a few even pause to flesh out certain concepts. Rather than having Guilliman race around the galaxy abruptly ending every single plot-line surrounding the Adeptus Astartes all in one book (with a speed and style worthy of the Benny Hill theme) there is a conciseВ focusВ here.

Either one of the writers involved with Fall of Cadia decided to jump in or whoever made a mess of things with Fracture of Biel-Tan was regulated to a secondary role, as we don't see quite so much blitheringВ insanity this time around. Once again, and this must be stressed, someone was clearly listening to criticisms.

The question now is, even if he has returned, is there still enough of an Imperium left for him to command and help save? Old myths, prophecies and suggestions of a new age are coming to pass, and with the revival of the Avenging Son, it suggests that there might be more truth to them than we first realised. This is the first step towards the time foretold, with the return of the primarchs and the final war against Chaos. In fact, Games Workshop promptly went the extra mile by all but plastering 'GUILLIMAN IS BACK!' all over their website. This was clear even in Abaddon's moment of triumph, and the brief interlude to look into the world of the eldar did not change that in any way. Even as Cadia itself was torn asunder, the company was visibly making a massive push to enforce massive changes on the Imperium's side, and the company hasn't exactly been keeping quiet about this. It's an often repeated message but quite an accurate one, and it seems to be the mantra Games Workshop has been repeating while working on this project.