The Warhammer series, while I only once ever got into the actual
board game as a kid I've always liked most of the Warhammer
games especially the Dawn of War games. Relic has a long history with
Warhammer and you can tell they have a lot of love for the series
which transcends into the overall quality of their games.
Now Relic has released there next Warhammer game "Space Marine" a
third person shooter. So does this game keep their high standards
of quality Dawn of War has or does it just fall flat on its face?
The first thing you may be thinking is "isn't this just a
Gears of War rip of?" and my answer would be "No you fool! Gears of
War has a cover system", at first this can be
very strange as you see all these chest high walls and your
instinctive is just to dive for then and take cover. However this game isn't
designed to be like that, it's designed for you to just run in and smash
everything in sight! It's very refreshing, to see a game like this and it's
done very well. For example weapons have a lot of weight behind them.
The amazing thing is how many weapons there are and how different they
turn out to be. There are plasma pistols, Laser cannons,
a Team Fortress 2 style sticky grenade launcher and much
much more. They all have their own uneek look and feel. However there is a lack
of shotguns which is slightly disappointing.
The game lasts around 7 hours which is pretty short in my
view however now a days a game can be 4 hours and still get away with
it, so make it as you will. For me the game did become repetitive by
the end but thanks to a story twist the game stays fresh for the last few
hours. Oh about the story! It's pretty generic but very cheesy. You play
as Captain Titus a Ultramarine and all round bad-ass. You are sent to find
and defend a weapon ageist army of Orks on a Forge world (a world
that's one big factory). Later on there's another super weapon and then plot
twist (Think of a Monty Python Sketch about the Spanish) upon plot
twist. The story in general as I said earlier is very generic however there are
some funny bits (however I feel that it's unintentionally).
Sometimes I did get a little confused about what they’re talking about however
if you’re a Warhammer fan then you'll know what they’re talking about.
The level design
and aesthetic
of the game is well made even if I do have a few problems with some areas, it's
not that there bad just empty. There are some great areas in the game and with
some set pieces so nothing gets to boring. One of my Favourite parts of the game where you’re
in a ship shooting down Orks, it's good because it breaks up the action and
doesn't out stay its welcome. Another thing I love is the Jet pack; it's
probably the best thing in the game! However the annoying part is that there's
only 3 times in the game you can use it! I put this under "don't have too
much of a good thing", which works to its advantage every time I saw a pod
I was hoping for the jet pack.
The multiplayer is average at best; I didn't really
enjoy it that much mainly because balance wasn't that good so i
was fighting ageist people who had more powerful weapons than me.
Also there are only two game types Team Deathmatch and Domination. However one
big stand out point is the customization, there's hundreds of
thousands of armour you can choose and equip so almost everyone
is different.
Sadly what are probably the game’s best modes; Co-op and
Exterminatus Warhammer's take on Horde mode. These modes will be coming
out in October and I'll make a edit in this review to talk about them. From what I've played
of the single player Horde mode would be a great mode, not like a Gears of War
where your hiding behind walls, no you’re going to be up close and personal
bashing Orks, flying into Orks, blowing up Orks it's just going to be awesome.
All in all Space Marine is an above average game right
now. However if everything turns out right with the updates then you have a
good game but only time will tell if it plans out that well. For now though I
would wait till the update.
Liam Hackett
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