Space Marine PC Review
WarHammer 40,000: Space Marine is a rather intense third-person shooter set into the WarHammer universe.
I've only played the demo so far - I'll update this post if this changes.
You play a Space Marine captain. Space Marines are very tough and were not only trained but altered for the task.
On the game, you will usually be fighting whole hordes of Orcs, and be attacked from many different directions at once. You have both ranged weapons - pretty standard fare - or close-ranged weapons such as chainsaws and power axes.
The animations for the close-ranged weapons are pretty cool, and you can kill quite a few enemies at once with them. The game has an interesting mechanic for regaining health - you can stun enemies with a special key, and do a special execution to get more health.
The executions are particularly cool and involve throwing the enemies, or gutting them with the chainsaw.
Particularly nice are the jump pod sequences - jumping high in the levels is nice, but the best looking part is clearly the secondary attack, which involves you pointing at the ground and ramming with the jump jet. This will kill any enemies that are very near and stun many more.
The graphics and sounds are pretty good, but I've found the gameplay to be a little less fun than I expected. The jump jet sequences are more fun than average, though.
I'll probably be buying this when it eventually goes on sale, but it just doesn't seem good enough for full price.
I've only played the demo so far - I'll update this post if this changes.
You play a Space Marine captain. Space Marines are very tough and were not only trained but altered for the task.
On the game, you will usually be fighting whole hordes of Orcs, and be attacked from many different directions at once. You have both ranged weapons - pretty standard fare - or close-ranged weapons such as chainsaws and power axes.
The executions are particularly cool and involve throwing the enemies, or gutting them with the chainsaw.
Particularly nice are the jump pod sequences - jumping high in the levels is nice, but the best looking part is clearly the secondary attack, which involves you pointing at the ground and ramming with the jump jet. This will kill any enemies that are very near and stun many more.
The graphics and sounds are pretty good, but I've found the gameplay to be a little less fun than I expected. The jump jet sequences are more fun than average, though.
I'll probably be buying this when it eventually goes on sale, but it just doesn't seem good enough for full price.
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