Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine

I'm a hardcore Warhammer fan and this game will hands down be my favourite game of the year. Can't wait to get my pay check and PRE-ORDER this! THANKS MIGHTY APE FOR GIVING ME SUCH A GREAT OFFER! :D

Having played the demo available on the xbl marketplace, I have to say I was blown away, the attention to detail, the close combat controls working seamlessly with the firing controls and to top it off, one of the coolest health systems I have seen in a 3rd person shooter, this is a must.

Then there's the customization in multi-player, you can literally make your own Space Marine or Chaos Marine any way you like.

Take a look for yourself, but I reckon this could very well be a game of the year!

Space marine 40k is a good game, but not great, there are problems with it that could be fixed, for next time.

Firstly: the multiplayer system is at the moment quite bad, they may improve this later on but right now it is hot so hot, finding a game is easy but finding a playable game is very hard. Every game I have joined has been only 1 bar of connection, which sucks! it makes it that much harder, its not unplayable, you can still have fun, but dont expect to be doing very well in terms of score.

Secondly: the game can get a little dull at times because most of the enemies are the same and it can get very repetitive, slashin your way through 100's of enemies is fun, but gets old very fast.

There are positives though, the graphics and sounds are great and the customizer is amazing with over 1.8 billion armor customization combinations also it is very gory :D and the executions look really cool, the multiplayer is very fun, but without good connection really disappoints.

Overall this game is quite similar to gears of war:
And since they release very close, if your trying to choose between the two, go for gears of war 3, its just more polished, theres more to do and more diversity, plus more EPIC. But do give this game a try, it is a great game that could become amazing with more polish.

Btw I love mighty ape :)

Great all rounder game if you know the 40k lore you will eat this game up. Second This is not Gears of War rip off!!

To be honest, I didn't expect much from this game – lacklustre title probably doesn't help. It's fair to say that the game is anything but lacklustre – it's clear that the makers of Space Marine are fans of the fiction and have poured detail and art into every nook of the game.

The fiction shines thought – from the 40k Marines being giant hulking humans, through to the Orks and Chaos – it's all there, and I can't find fault with any of the represented story.

All that aside, what this game has in spades is FUN. You feel huge – space marine, power armour, melee and ranged weapons. The combat is something just a bit different from anything else, with a sort of mix between ranged and melee. You can't really play it as a straight shooter as there's too many dudes who'll swarm you, and neither is it a pure melee game. It's something in the middle, a ranged brawler of sorts, and it's visceral in how it comes together.

Some of the battles in this game can be frustrating however – the use of check points is imperfect, and the final boss fight in particular may induce moments of controller-breaking rage. If you're prone to frustration, this might not be for you – and it's for this reason alone it doesn't get a five star rating.

If you like games like Gears of War, you'll probably like this. They're not 100% similar, but there's big dudes and lots of blood. It's a ride :)