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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine |OT| No mercy. No retreat. No remorse.
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Diatribe1974
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El'Kharn said:Space wolves are heretics and should be purged like the stray dogs they are
Legio Ultra is where its at!
Each Legion had it's purpose when the Emperor created us. We Space Wolves are his executioners. If you go by the fluff, he called upon us at least once before the Heresy to "deal with" one of the missing Legions. Anyways, but not matter what, at least my Legion has never been (and never will be) called "UltraSmurfs".
DiatribeEQ said:
1. They beat the shit out of the Thousand suns..thats it
2.The Ultramarines were the largest (and most feared) legion at the time of the heresy and as such Horus waited until they were at the furthest reaches of the universe to kick off his party because he knew he would not be victorious if the ultramarines entered the fray at an early point.
3. As chaos ran rampant after the Emperor was installed in the golden throne the primarch of the ultramarines pretty much ran the show and slowly brought the empire under control and it was during that time that the codex astartes was penned.
4.I like the color blue and i also like smurfs.
5.I am surprised that as a 39 year old man i still get butt hurt whenever someone makes fun of my favourite 40k army LOL
6. Space mongrels
Hah this has made me want to re-read all my old rouge trader stuff, something i haven't done for a very very long time
El'Kharn said:1. They beat the shit out of the Thousand suns..thats it
2.The Ultramarines were the largest (and most feared) legion at the time of the heresy and as such Horus waited until they were at the furthest reaches of the universe to kick off his party because he knew he would not be victorious if the ultramarines entered the fray at an early point.
3. As chaos ran rampant after the Emperor was installed in the golden throne the primarch of the ultramarines pretty much ran the show and slowly brought the empire under control and it was during that time that the codex astartes was penned.
4.I like the color blue and i also like smurfs.
5.I am surprised that as a 39 year old man i still get butt hurt whenever someone makes fun of my favourite 40k army LOL
6. Space mongrels
Hah this has made me want to re-read all my old rouge trader stuff, something i haven't done for a very very long time
The Thousand Sons
let them beat the shit out of them, if Magnus hadnt turned off all the defenses and let the legion know they were coming it would have been a totally different battle. Plus Magnus ordered his sons not to fight back....
theDeeDubs
Member
Gig said:
Are you holding down R2 until all 5 have detonated? A few easy places to get it is in Chapter 3 when Leandros is loading the
shell
Just finished the single player. Great experience overall, even though the last battle was somewhat of a disappointment.
Now it's time to grind out level 41 in multiplayer!
I really don't like the fact that the developers decided to go with QTE's for the fight with Nemeroth. Punching him in the mouth while falling from the spire definitely looked cool, but they could have done so much more with the actual fight. At least they laid the groundwork for an interesting sequel/expansion with Leandros being a dirty backstabber.
What an incredibly inconsistent game.
I really enjoyed it's high moments, which primarily consisted of fighting against wave after wave of orks. But it has some serious pacing issues. I couldn't believe the level where you are facing turrets actually made it into the game - it was so boring and completely against everything else the game was supposed to be about. It also bothered me that despite all the stuff Relic went on and on about how a Space Marine would never seek cover and the lack of cover is what makes this game unique, there sure is a lot of cover built into the later levels and I found myself standing behind it in basically every fight towards the end of the game. The other major pacing issue I had was all the empty hall ways you had to trudge through to get from battle to battle walking at the snail pace of a space marine.
Production values were through the roof though. Game is gorgeous in high resolutions on the PC even if the environment is painfully boring. Mostly played great with kb/m except for melee which I felt lacked the precision Batman AA showed is possible with the mouse, but you also don't need that precision for 99% of the battles in this game. Voice acting was fantastic, easily ranking in the top tier of voice acting in the medium. Even the last new person you meet in the last 30 seconds of the game had fantastic voice acting. Story was....well,
I liked the last cut scene though.
The final battle though...wow, really bad.
Overall a pretty mediocre game but I hope it sells well enough to get a sequel, with the production values it has I hope Relic can really hit the ball out of the park with the next one. At the same time though, I couldn't recommend this game for more than $10 to anyone for single player anyway.
I really enjoyed it's high moments, which primarily consisted of fighting against wave after wave of orks. But it has some serious pacing issues. I couldn't believe the level where you are facing turrets actually made it into the game - it was so boring and completely against everything else the game was supposed to be about. It also bothered me that despite all the stuff Relic went on and on about how a Space Marine would never seek cover and the lack of cover is what makes this game unique, there sure is a lot of cover built into the later levels and I found myself standing behind it in basically every fight towards the end of the game. The other major pacing issue I had was all the empty hall ways you had to trudge through to get from battle to battle walking at the snail pace of a space marine.
Production values were through the roof though. Game is gorgeous in high resolutions on the PC even if the environment is painfully boring. Mostly played great with kb/m except for melee which I felt lacked the precision Batman AA showed is possible with the mouse, but you also don't need that precision for 99% of the battles in this game. Voice acting was fantastic, easily ranking in the top tier of voice acting in the medium. Even the last new person you meet in the last 30 seconds of the game had fantastic voice acting. Story was....well,
has there ever been a Warhammer 40k game where you someone doens't betray everyone in the name of chaos?
The final battle though...wow, really bad.
A terrible quick time event that was boring, repetitive, and lasted WAY too long.
Overall a pretty mediocre game but I hope it sells well enough to get a sequel, with the production values it has I hope Relic can really hit the ball out of the park with the next one. At the same time though, I couldn't recommend this game for more than $10 to anyone for single player anyway.
ToyMachine228
Member
This is the second time I've tried to get one of the "complete a chapter using only X and X" achievements, did it and didn't get it. Does using grenades ruin it or something?
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Salazar said:
Space Wolves ARE the best...at convincing the naive that they aren't in fact a Chaos Legion.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
El'Kharn said:You sir are a teller of truth's
/puts arm around your shoulder and walks off with you...
Let me tell you about the Ordo Malleus...
coopolon said:
While I didn't think the last boss fight was amazing, I much preferred it to circle strafing him with a melta-gun
I do feel that 'hard' is not nearly hard enough, especially going through insane by myself in GoW2 right now; I died more times in the first 2 chapters than I did in the entirety of Space Marine on hard. Not really a big deal, but I wouldn't mind a 'primarch' difficulty
Ending cinematic was just right for 40k. I am really looking forward to expansions/sequels/dlc at this point.
The Antitype
Banned
Darklord said:
I like you.
The Gray Nights are also pretty badass, and would fit in this particular story, since their whole purpose is to hunt down Chaos and exterminate it.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
hteng said:
They don't need to improve the game engine.
They could iterate with stronger stories.
Customized gear...and I would simply give them my bank account number.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Finished the singleplayer today. Gotta say I would have never tried the demo if it wasn't for reading all the hype here and boy am I glad I did. This has been one of my favorite's so far this year. Between the great combat and the amazing feeling of being a bad ass while playing this I couldn't get enough. Loved how smoothly it ran even when hordes of enemies were flailing about on the screen.
Now I need to figure out if I want to wait to see if the Dawn of War series goes on sale this year on steam. I want more of this stuff you call Warhammer...this game wasn't enough.
Now I need to figure out if I want to wait to see if the Dawn of War series goes on sale this year on steam. I want more of this stuff you call Warhammer...this game wasn't enough.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Snkfanatic said:
Dawn of War II is fucking awesome.
100% in an entirely different direction than Space Marine but still really exceptional. If you're interested...don't wait for a sale. Relic deserves your money and you deserve to play DoW II.
NullPointer
Member
Agreed on this. Dawn of War 2 has a unit called the Force Commander, which is a solitary marine that just charges into the middle of things and wails on the enemy, ala Space Marine. Throw in xp, loot and co-op to round it all out. You'll dig it.bigdaddygamebot said:
Mattdaddy
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Snkfanatic said:
I'm in the exact same boat and I can tell you that you will love the shit out of it. I knew absolutely nothing about the Warhammer 40k universe before I played the Space Marine Demo. Loved that, so I bought Space Marine and then after I beat the campaign I immiediatly snatched DoW II off Steam and it's incredible. Awesome units, awesome fights, awesome gear, awesome loot drops, it's just fun as hell. I couldn't stop playing all weekend. Get it. You will not regret it! Both of these games deserve to be bought.
NullPointer
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Maybe I'm just not a true fan of the RTS genre, but I'd rather spend my energies on tactics in battle and adapting to the enemy. Old school RTS depends way too much on timing, actions-per-second and macro for my tastes.
Must be why I dig Dawn of War so much. Its like a tactical, squad based Diablo for me.
Must be why I dig Dawn of War so much. Its like a tactical, squad based Diablo for me.
FieryBalrog
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Dawn of War 2 is a fun game. My only caveat is that apart from Last Stand, it's pretty annoying to get a multiplayer match going. Despite a couple thousand people online, matchmaking is broken and using the custom games lobby blows.
And since the AI sucks, that leaves me with playing a lot of Last Stand and not much else.
And since the AI sucks, that leaves me with playing a lot of Last Stand and not much else.
The Antitype
Banned
bigdaddygamebot said:
Not just Dawn of War II.
The original Dawn of War is a spectacular take on the more traditional RTS model. Absolutely thrilling battles, and NO TURTLING! That carried over to DOW2 obviously, but if you're in the mood for epic sized battles as well as squad-tactics, check out both the original DoW (plus expansions) and DoW2 (plus expansions).
coopolon said:
Yeah, that shit was ridiculous. Apart from anything, it entirely forsakes the frisson you get from fighting something with the appearance of emotions/motivations/sensations.
Exterminatus thread on official forum has officially been, well, exterminated.
Perhaps too many people were asking them, quite rightly, to tell us things.
FieryBalrog
Member
I love THQ. I'm playing Red Faction Guerilla right now and the game is amazing. Any other publisher and this would've been a monster hit.Salazar said:
I'm sure Relic is happy that THQ is so generous with their independence. But they have to be nervous about the business side of things. Isn't it amazing that a 40K MMO is a year and a half from supposed release, and there is less than zero buzz about it?
LocoMrPollock
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FieryBalrog said:
Whoa.. did not know that. Will probably be the first MMO I get into and thus dedicate my life to the emperor.
Just finished the game and it was a great action game, with amazing combat. Everything about the combat just felt great. I loved almost every minute of the game but
The feeling of shooting Orks in the game is amazing. When they fall over with that last shot and the blood is spraying everywhere; so good. Melee is great too, has a very heavy feel to it.
Can someone recommend me some good Warhammer 40k books? I would like to know more about the Emperor and why people worship him but it doesn't have to be.
fuck that damn turret part. What the hell was Relic thinking?
The feeling of shooting Orks in the game is amazing. When they fall over with that last shot and the blood is spraying everywhere; so good. Melee is great too, has a very heavy feel to it.
Can someone recommend me some good Warhammer 40k books? I would like to know more about the Emperor and why people worship him but it doesn't have to be.
Noisepurge
Member
just started this, straight up on hard difficulty (Did i make a mistake?)
can't remember the last time i played something with this intense and satisfying combat.
the silly part was that i had to insert FIVE different PSN vouchers to get the stuff from pre-ordering... couldn't these been available under a single code...
can't remember the last time i played something with this intense and satisfying combat.
the silly part was that i had to insert FIVE different PSN vouchers to get the stuff from pre-ordering... couldn't these been available under a single code...