The game looks nice. The armors look fantastic. The spell effects are impactful and enjoyable to use. The story is...pretty bad. It isn't good on its own, and it isn't told well either. That said, these games really aren't about the story. Once you get past that the end game, while limited, is pretty fun.
It's an average ARPG, nothing great, nothing bad. I'd say I can recommend this for anyone into the Warhammer fantasy setting, having a Diablo-clone in this setting is great, killing Chaos daemons, beastmen, and etc feels good. The different pieces of armor and weapons all look straight out of the miniatures too, and going to locations like Nuln and Praag is cool. In terms of the actual map design it's very linear, the enemies all look great but all function like a mindless horde with a few exceptions. This game honestly reminds me of ARPGs I loved playing as a kid on the PS2, Champions of Norrath, Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance, Gauntlet, etc. If you can deal with some lackluster linear maps and some repeating enemies you'll find a fun albeit average game. This is a perfect mindless fun background game, put on some music or watch YouTube or a TV show and kill hordes of enemies.
Warhammer: Chaosbane isn't a bad game. It's just not a particularly good one. It's a mediocre Diablo-clone with a Warhammer skin. It's fine, better with friends, but you're better off with any version of Diablo, Lost Ark, PoE, Last Epoch, Torchlight. Chaosbane just isn't engaging enough to warrant its pricetag and even when it's on-sale, you're better off playing one of the other standouts in the genre.
Perhaps if you're very interested in the IP, then it's worth your time. But if that's the case then this game would be far more interesting if it was Warhammer 40k instead of Warhammer Fantasy.
Perhaps if you're very interested in the IP, then it's worth your time. But if that's the case then this game would be far more interesting if it was Warhammer 40k instead of Warhammer Fantasy.