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September 2011
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The editors liked
Great attention to detail in characters and settings
Good mix of big guns and brutal melee combat
Superb rendition of the Warhammer 40
000 universe
The editors didn't like
Repetitive killing in the middle stages of the game.
Action grows repetitive with too little variation
Stretches of dull scenery and uninspiring set-pieces
Great attention to detail in characters and settings,
Repetitive killing in the middle stages of the game.
A bit like the hero Titus that you play, Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine is simple, straight forward and uncompromising - just load up your weapons, wade into a sea of Orks and destroy all comers as bloodily as possible. ...
Good mix of big guns and brutal melee combat, Superb rendition of the Warhammer 40,000 universe
Action grows repetitive with too little variation, Stretches of dull scenery and uninspiring set-pieces
There's little truly original about Space Marine, and pacing and repetition hold it back, but it's hard to deny the appeal of smashing orks to bloody chunks as an armoured walking tank. Add one - heck, two - to the score if you're a fan....
Space Marine lays some excellent ground work for a Warhammer 40,000 shooter and offers some of gaming's most spectacular fights. It's too thin on the content to feel like the definitive 40K action game, however. ...
Abstract: The Warhammer 40K universe is ripe with concepts for an action game but no-one has really ever managed to do it justice. Relic is the only studio to manage to turn the Games Workshop's pessimistic vision of the 42st millenium into a viable and enjoyabl...
Warhammer: TraitorWhile overall I enjoyed the game, there were a few glaring issues I found while playing.As mentioned, the button mashing gameplay did lead to very repetitious encounters with chains of hit, stun, execute turn; hit, stun, execute, turn...
Overall, things could have been a whole lot better with Space Marine, but that doesn’t mean it’s totally lost or broken. Mostly the letdowns are seen by the fan who knows more than the game allows a player to see, and the rest of the disappointments ar...
Abstract: It's so easy to forget Space Marine's tabletop roots. As an adaptation, this title does an admirable job of bringing the battles of Warhammer 40,000 to life, exciting real-world players and enticing newcomers alike. The brutal encounters may shock thos...
Abstract: When it comes to sci-fi franchises, few are as criminally under-appreciated by mainstream nerd-type culture as the Warhammer franchise. After years of Relic Entertainment's excellent Dawn of War RTS games on PC garnering only decent (but not amazing...
