***Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine***

Downloading the demo to see what this is like but if its mindless killing with loads of mobs like serious sam type game with no story then i might pass.

As warhammer has always interested me even tho i havent really invested any time into it as i think the board game space crusade back in the late 80s was warhammer which i kinda liked the marines and the boss of the thing and the alien things but thats about all i did. A good mission based marine game i thought would be cool on the pc.

Oh i tell a lie i did have the spectrum space crusade game tho i dont think i played it much as too complicated and slow :p But if it was on pc and streamlined a bit i think would have been awesome.
 
SkeeterUK said:
Downloading the demo to see what this is like but if its mindless killing with loads of mobs like serious sam type game with no story then i might pass.
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There is a good story, the game is basically 1 long mission split into several chapters. Although the story isn't bad, to me it seems like the killing got a little repetative, with no real change throughout the game other than the gradual introduciton of tougher enemies. The combat was basically a huge wave of orcs between you and your objective, a short break of just walking around, then another huge wave of orcs and outside of the story stuff that is basically it.

Having choices in weaponry was nice, rather than just getting more powerful gear it gives you 'different' gear. For example after the chainsword you can get a poweraxe and a thunder hammer. The poweraxe is more powerful than the chainsword, but much harder to get stuns meaning it can be hard to not kill people if you need to get life back, and the thunder hammer is the most powerful melee weapon but limits your weapons to only bolter and plasma pistol which in some stages of the game (like towards the end) can be a huge disadvantage in my opinion.

So there are lots of choices in terms of weaponry for both melee and ranged, but even so the combat just seemed a little too charge in and just shoot everything and less tactical than what I would have liked.
 
yeh i got killed a few times near the end when id reach a bit where i could only use a range wep just to find myself with my bolter and my plaster pistol.... and upon reload of a save there is no near by power axe. It sucks but after that i decided to swap back to the nearest power axe. Made life easier later. That is... until you meet up with the blood ravens then i went back to thunder hammer for a stage. For some ultimate carnage win.
 
Saving isnt checkpoint crap is it? Meaning i hope its press esc go to menu to save any time u like and be at that spot when u load again.
 
Had a go at the demo, runs 60fps maxed out and seems to have aa on even tho i dont recall a AA setting in options. Using a the 360 pad.

Not bad but i need another way to get health apart from stunning and executions. As sometimes their too far from me and cant do that to get health. Any ideas?

Oh them pig things with bombs on, grr...

Can kinda see why ppl thought of gow when they play this game as the gameplay is similar, not exactly but similar.

Btw how do u do cover as the controls dont say anything and pushing into walls did nothing.
 
SkeeterUK said:
Btw how do u do cover as the controls dont say anything and pushing into walls did nothing.
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Cover is for the weak! ;)

In short there isn't a cover system, which I'm thankful for. There are certain areas where you can use objects to block incoming fire however.

DIABLO said:
would have been better with Space Wolves, an Ultra Marine without his helmet, yeah right...
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Most of the leaders don't wear helmets, regardless of the Chapter.
 
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Just finished the SP of the game and loved every minute of it, i feel it did get a little repetitive in parts but my childish joy of smashing things let me put up with that very easily :D

Thought the story was decent aswell and couldnt get enough of the jump pack and thunder hammer combo :p

Going to try the MP later to see what kind of madness it is lol
 
How do you deal with the tough orcs in the demo i try stun and execute on them but the stun doesnt work and he picks me up and stomps on me. :( Tried other methods obviously but what works the best? I mean i can kill em but its just by trying loads of stuff generally and if im in a corner and cant move out of the way it gets annoying the pick up bit.
 
SkeeterUK said:
How do you deal with the tough orcs in the demo i try stun and execute on them but the stun doesnt work and he picks me up and stomps on me. :( Tried other methods obviously but what works the best? I mean i can kill em but its just by trying loads of stuff generally and if im in a corner and cant move out of the way it gets annoying the pick up bit.
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Cover them with grenades and then detonate them!!
This is the most staight forward method
 
SkeeterUK said:
How do you deal with the tough orcs in the demo i try stun and execute on them but the stun doesnt work and he picks me up and stomps on me. :( Tried other methods obviously but what works the best? I mean i can kill em but its just by trying loads of stuff generally and if im in a corner and cant move out of the way it gets annoying the pick up bit.
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Heavy Melee combos are usually the most effective, but not the quickest way to take them down. It is however all you have if you are out of grenades. At the end of each combo you can use F to do a special move, this normally stuns the big Orcs, the longer the combo the better the move. There is a menu that shows you how many hits are required and what it does.

For the biggest enemies you also have to press Left mouse button quickly when trying to excute them, otherwise they damage you instead.
 
Originally Posted by SkeeterUK
How do you deal with the tough orcs in the demo i try stun and execute on them but the stun doesnt work and he picks me up and stomps on me. Tried other methods obviously but what works the best? I mean i can kill em but its just by trying loads of stuff generally and if im in a corner and cant move out of the way it gets annoying the pick up bit.
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Try not to even engage them in melee unless necessary. A couple of grenades and a lot of bolter fire will take them out pretty swiftly. At least until you get hold of the melta gun at which point you can shred them with a couple of blasts. Even the bezerkers (which only show up late game) die to that thing very easily.
 
Someone mentioned kb and mouse which im using a pad.

Nades eh hmm, ill try em. About one of the guns u have that shoots blue tracer things. What exactly does it do as i just shoot and it attatches to stuff but doesnt detonate or do anything and i think i pressed all the pad buttons and the control window doesnt show any special buttons or combos.
 
Love the game but the thing that really annoys me about Multiplayer is the lack of maps (five, wtf Relic?) and grenades.

There needs to be a cool down between throwing grenades, throwing two in under a second of each other is ridiculously annoying to deal with.
 
Hurlbag said:
Love the game but the thing that really annoys me about Multiplayer is the lack of maps (five, wtf Relic?) and grenades.

There needs to be a cool down between throwing grenades, throwing two in under a second of each other is ridiculously annoying to deal with.
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Wait till you deal with people with the upgrade to carry 4 along with the extra damage grenade upgrade.
 
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