Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

Had a lot of fun with the game but ultimately a month after beginning to play it's showing just how wonky the multiplayer (Operations) is.

Particularly when you have 'Majoris' enemies grouped together whether you get a deflect or not is really up to the game not you. They've clearly not thought this through. Same with with flamer Chaos marines which when grouped you've got to just tank if you can. That's surely not how it's supposed to be played? The whole thing is unbalanced and not properly play tested. All manageable but not sure the almighty Space Marine is supposed to look at mobs and wonder whether the game's gonna let them deflect all four attacks in a second.

Not impressed.

The quality of this game upon release was incredible. Mechanics played well and operated with minimal bugs. The campaign and multiplayer were challenging but still fun.

The October update ruined the game. Instead of introducing new mechanics that added new challenges they nerfed all the most enjoyable aspects of the game. The best weapons that people grinded to make better are now useless and the parry and dodge mechanics no longer work.

This is a concerning trend of gaming developers lately. Instead of creating more challenging levels to their games, they alter their already established mechanics. Changes like these are not appreciated by the gaming community and often lead to the downfalls of the games. It is what caused the downfall of Helldivers and it will do the same to this game.

Space marine 2 Is there surprising sequel, that finally paid off the cliffhanger ending from the first game.

Gameplay wise it's a really good refinement of the first game, the punching and shooting feels better and the controller ps5 vibrate when you attack and when taking a step. The Perry system is fun and gifts another way to avoid damage and bonus you get Shields back. And higher difficulties like veteran is fun to play.

The visual art is strong. It has a really good art style and the colors of Chaos corruption looks beautiful.

It also has some very nice body horror and disgust. Just oh my god jacket teeth and horrible abominations.

The story is also nice and really feels like a conclusion to the story from the first one had slaps of memorable one liners and good dialogue.

40k is so Ultra masculine, that it becomes very funny to listen to, but that is the fun and beauty of the franchise.

You can play co-op in the campaign, it is some of the funnest you can have with your friends, and after the campaign they is operations you can play with your friends, so the fun just never ends

It is fun action game for normal people, and for 40K fans It's a miracle. Would recommend.