![]() ![]() In this setting, the mighty Human Imperium is ruled by a mostly dead emperor kept semi-alive on a golden throne. Players might not be familiar with the Warhammer 40k universe, that delightful setting born from a thoroughly engrossing, thoroughly expensive, tabletop game in which you play as either regular humans, genetically enhanced warriors of perfection (the titular Space Marines), crawling demonic horrors from beyond the veil and the twisted humans who serve them (the forces of Chaos), a hivemind insectoid race from outside the galaxy come to devour everything in its path (the Tyranid), a group of alien communists with lots of anime-inspired giant robots and such (the Tau), undead metal skeletons (the Necron), space elves (the Eldar), and orks from space (Space Orks). ![]() It lets you inhabit the grim darkness of a far future, in which there is only War. There are some definite problems that the game suffers from, which I’ll cover in a moment, but let’s start by saying what the game does right. The point is that there are a lot of awfully satisfying ways to deal out death in Space Marine, and if you cannot find a way of murdering that feels enjoyable to you, it is not because the game did not try to let you play it in whatever way you choose. Or disintegrating someone with a well-timed melta blast. Or maybe it’s as simple as riddling their bodies with a hail of bullets. Or maybe it’s a giant electrical axe splitting their head in twain. We’ll get that out of the way right now - few things are more satisfying than hearing the panic-stricken cries of your enemies as a chainsword messily dispatches them in a shower of blood and viscera. ![]() Space Marine does a lot right in terms of its execution. ![]()
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