EMERGENCY REVIEW: Warhammer 40,000 SPACE MARINE

Attention all willing servants of the Emperor.

This message is of high value and must not fall into heretical hands...


Hello everyone, I apologies for our delay in meme-knowledge but I played something today, a demo... a demo of Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine.  And It blew me away.

Yep... blown away.

For those who don't know, Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine is a 3rd person shooter coming to the XBOX, PS3 and PC in September.

In this 3rd person blood-fest, you shall take the role of a Space Marine, a super-human defender of the Imperium of Man and angel of death sent by the Emperor.

Story-line of the game is pretty sketchy as of now, with no real details being spilled just yet, all we know is there is a human controlled planet under siege by Orks and you must aid the defense.


Okay now for the good stuff... Gameplay.
Controls are very tight, sensitivity for turning and such can be tuned at will, yet it starts off pretty solid anyway.

The space marine you take control of handles very well, being able to roll into and out of combat and behind cover. Sprint from place to place, fire with relative accuracy and fight in close combat fluently and without any problems.

Not only weighty and gory, but the close combat flows well and is satisfying.

All of the weapons feel ever so meaty and combat is gory and brutally enjoyable, you really feel every blow, and for once a game developer has understood what a Bolter (signature weapon of the marines) should feel and handle like (I.e. semi-automatic... might as well be firing explosive trucks)

Another part of the demo gave you access to an assault pack, kind of like a low altitude jetpack combined with a nuclear warhead, not only did it allow me to leap from one side of the level to another with the greatest of ease, but it also let me plummet down and strike the enemy from above. Shock and Awe doesn't even begin to cut it.

To be honest if the final product is going to be anything like the demo, we may have a rival for titles such as Gears of War 3. (No disrespect towards Gears 3 of course, I have played and loved the gears series since day one and will continue to do so. Hey maybe I'll review that too when it comes out.)

Definatly pick this one up. In name of the Emperor!