Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
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THQ released a mediocre FPS called Fire Warrior soon after the initial release of the Tau Codex. Taking the role of Kais, a Shas'la about to undertake his first trial by fire in an attempt to rescue an Ethereal, it was a novel idea though a thoroughly unremarkable FPS in many regards.
Highlights include bolters working as they're supposed to, some bad-ass dialogue, Tom Baker and BRIAN BLESSED and some really interesting level design. Not-so-good highlights include shitty hit detection, pulse rifles acting like assault rifles (They aren't suppose to fire in an automatic pace; that's what Pulse Carbines are for), shooting down a Valkyrie with Pulse Rifle fire, killing a LORD OF CHANGE ON YOUR OWN, the importance of close-combat when you're a Tau Fire Warrior up against stormtroopers and autoguns, balls-of-steel Imperial Guard Sergeants, Commissars, and "time for your chainsword enema" Space Marines. Managing to sword a Space Marine is hilarious though. The fact that you're essentially a one-man unstoppable killing machine is rather silly though, especially considering you're just a Shas'la on his first day of duty (If you were around a Shas'vre or Shas'O in a functioning battlesuit, it would have been slightly more realistic to be the Tau version of Rambo).
If it makes you feel better, try to pretend you're the half-crazed Tau version of Sly Marbo, sole survivor of a butchered squad and chopping people up with the Shas'ui's (supposedly purely-ceremonial) bonding knife and screaming like a maniac as you fire a burst cannon into a squad of stormtroopers. Disregarding all that is canon really helps the atmosphere and generally helps make the silliness a little more enjoyable. Don't forget to scream "WRRRYYYYYYYY"!
The novelization of the game says he was being helped by Khorne. Like we said, this is a silly game.