Space Marine

This review I decided would be on the relatively new Warhammer game. Warhammer 40K Space Marine. I've always been a pretty big fan of the Warhammer franchise and I had high hopes for this game after I'd caught up on the hype about the pretty fast paced multiplayer aspect of the game, and of course the storyline of the singleplayer which for the most part is pretty epic in any Warhammer video game. So I finally got my paws on this game and I will unleash a flurry of opinions based on my gaming experience.

Chaos ensued after getting hammered.

First of all I found the loading screen of the game to be pretty awesome. Essentially Captain Titus who is the protagonist and player character of the game, killing orks so that was immediately a plus. So of course soon after I entered the menu I proceeded to start the campaign and here is my breakdown of the gameplay and facets of this game through my perception. Space Marine more or less pits you against hordes of orcs for the most part of the campaign, deviating slightly by adding chaos enemies later on of course. As far as your arsenal goes, you get to choose a melee weapon and you also get to swap out ranged weapons for a suitable one depending on the need of the situation. Essentially each level is more or less pretty linear with the occasional event of finding a jump pack and being able to fly up and rain hell on your enemies by crashing down onto them with your power hammer. You also have the ability to execute your foes after stunning them which returns a bit of health to you.

I found that the level design was mediocre at best, nothing truly spectacular and I felt that any true effort put into the single player was not really apparent. The game can easily be finished within a few hours, and if you're looking for in depth storyline Space Marine is probably not the best in terms of that. I was also quite dissapointed at the lack of boss fights in the campaign mode, I think there were maybe 3 boss fights at most and they were pretty easy to defeat. But putting all that aside the game truly shines in it's multiplayer component and it's pretty apparent that it is what Space Marine was made for.

If it can cut through orcs it can cut through a giant crane

I thoroughly enjoyed the multiplayer aspect of Space Marine and it's a nice touch that they allow you to customise your armor to a very fine level of detail. You get to choose to either appear as an ultra marine or a chaos marine although in my opinion both look pretty badass. You get all of the weapons from the Single Player campaign and I found it very satisfying killing my friends with heavy bolters and plasma guns ;D

To sum it all up, Space Marine is a good game and although the single player doesn't exactly shine, it more than makes it up in it's multiplayer. Anyone who likes fast paced intense 3rd person games like Darksiders, God of War etc. will probably like Space Marine with the exception of the vast difference in storyline quality. I don't want to let out too many spoilers so check out the game for yourselves and more specifically pick it up from our store when we open up shop ;)