Trailers: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

[Yokai]

This looks great, although I would have hoped they'd moved past the Spess Mehreens versus Orks and Chaos scenario that's been in every 40k game since 2004. I hope GW realize that nobody bought Fire Warrior because it was bad, not because it didn't feature Ultrasmurfs front and center. The recent regrettable CGI film suffers from the same lack of imagination.

Seriously, people. You have one of the most expansive and crazy IPs in existence--surprise us for once. I want to see an RPG based around Inquistors or Farseers, or, hell, even a military FPS based off Gaunt's Ghosts. And if you're going to do another CGI film, at least do something interesting with it. Eldar vs. Necrons or something. The producers' lust for money seems to be drowning out the writers' imagination, which is a damn shame.

Oh well. I'm sure there's still plenty of time for a game to come out that truly explores the universe's potential, but I do wish they'd stop being so damn cautious.

 

[Sunder845]

Hmmm... I like the IP, but have never played any of the non-video games With that said, I look forward to the release but it is kind of ugly. Anyone else think that the textures look muddled and washed out?

 

[angry_flashlight]

This is the first hyped 40k game (Firewarrior doesn't count as it was obscure), so I'm being lenient with the general blandness of the set up. As the first venture into main-ish stream console games, they have to make sure that the game does well. How? SPEHSS MUHREENZ versus Da Orksez. Hopefully this game does well enough to kick start a whole range of 40k games so that the fanboy/girl wishes of the Inquisitor-based video game can take off. Priorities people. If the game does well, then the un-pleasable fanbase can be appeased with further titles.


For those questioning Ork blood colour: it was originally green, but was retconned to red for (mostly) painting reasons. All GW IP games/expansions/movies/whatever have to be run by GW themselves or they can yank it at the last minute (it's part of the licensing and why there hasn't been a box office 40k movie to date). The blood wouldn't be red unless GW said OK to it.

 

[default]

Gameplay looks a HELL of a lot like Gears of War...

Not that that's a bad thing

I'm not a massive 40K fan, but this does look like silly gory fun.

 

[scw55]

Did they really have to use the b-word; betrayel? Now when I'm playing this game I'll be more paranoid than ever.

Ok, I know pretty much 99% of all games there is a betrayel (even you rollercoaster tycoon 3 with your awsome layout only having 2 to excitement), but I like to pretend when playing the game that I don't expect it so the betrayel is all the more 'unexpected'. It also makes the betrayel slightly more effective if it was an obvious one as well.

The trailer doesn't show much varience in enemies however

 

[Darth_Dude]

Cautious Optimism Rising.....

Wasnt impressed by the game play, looked to generic and samey, Not too excited about the story as well, but still...

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

I'm willing to bet this game is using the same engine as Dawn of War. Which isn't a bad thing, I just hope they add some more detail to the models before release so that I don't feel like I'm running around in an RTS.

have you actualy watched any video from the game? the detail on the models is pretty fantastic looking and I seriously doubt that the dow engine is robust enough to handle a 3rd person shooter setup like this one

That's right buddy, I'm in the habit of commenting on videos I haven't actually seen. Yep. You sprung me.

Here's a screenshot from this game:
http://www.ripten.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SpaceMarine3-600x337.jpg
And here's one from Dawn of War II:
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dawn-of-war-2-screenshot-big.jpg

Now, in my humble opinion, of course, the textures look quite similar and the level of detail is comparable.

 

[bdcjacko]

this looks kinda neat. I just don't want to be ultramarines.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

If the orcs getting those Titans is so bad why do they only send one guy?

OT: All they really had to say was "We really liked Gears of War, and we like Warhammer so..."

I'm not saying this is a bad thing, in fact I'll probably buy this game, but the comparisons are just so obvious. They even mentioned the "destroyed-beauty" art style that's straight out of Cliffy B's mouth.

 

[ArmorArmadillo]

Ah, Warhammer 40k, a grim dark and serious setting where nuns in jetpacks can fight space clowns.

So: The Good Side: Looks freaking amazing and the architecture looks phenomenal and the play looks like it could be amazing.

The downside: I hate Space Marines. WH40k has a lot of really amazing IP, but Space Marines are boring. Boring. And Bland. And they all have the exact same character "Tough, noble devotee of the emperor" and they all have variations of the same "Surrounded by enemies he managed to kill a million billion enemies with Space Marine powers because Space Marines are awesome". Yet they just keep taking up more and more creative space to the point that changing the space marine armor color merits a new codex. The problem with this IP is that today's writers are yesterday's space marine fanboys so they keep making all the new works come off as fan fiction.

Also, add to the fact that the Imperium is really impossible to root for: It's a fascist theocratic racist dystopia where everyone lives in a sad grim state of utter misery either serving in the military or toiling industrially. The Space Marines are the stormtroopers, genetically modified supersoldiers who, in any other setting, would be the villains. Yet, in WH40k, they have so many fans that they keep getting propped up as the heroes because OMG Space Marines are so cool!

I mean, the orks are savage but at least they have variety in their crazy scrapyard design. And the real story is probably "If the orks capture the titan, then they'll use it burn the imperial settlement to the ground before we can use the titan to purge the settlement for not saluting the Emperor enough."

Personally, I think the game would work better as an Imperial guardsmen or Inquisitor whose small size compared to the marines would bring out the sense of crushing grimness of the setting instead of "In the grim darkness of the future there is only ME BEING TOTALLY AWESOME"

I'd rather play a game as an Eldar Farseer, Ork Warboss, Dark Eldar Gladiator, Tau Battlesuit Commander, hell ANYTHING BUT SPACE MARINES.

 

[E-Penguin]

As a 40K fan boy I can honestly say the guys in this interview don't sound like they really know much at about the lore. Could nerd rage all day about why 40K orcs would want/need a human titan at all. /shrug

Because it's big and go boom?

 

[Communist partisan]

I've finally found a game I wanna buy, good bye SR2, GTA SA and CoD4!

 

[Feriluce]

Ah, Warhammer 40k, a grim dark and serious setting where nuns in jetpacks can fight space clowns.

So: The Good Side: Looks freaking amazing and the architecture looks phenomenal and the play looks like it could be amazing.

The downside: I hate Space Marines. WH40k has a lot of really amazing IP, but Space Marines are boring. Boring. And Bland. And they all have the exact same character "Tough, noble devotee of the emperor" and they all have variations of the same "Surrounded by enemies he managed to kill a million billion enemies with Space Marine powers because Space Marines are awesome". Yet they just keep taking up more and more creative space to the point that changing the space marine armor color merits a new codex. The problem with this IP is that today's writers are yesterday's space marine fanboys so they keep making all the new works come off as fan fiction.

Also, add to the fact that the Imperium is really impossible to root for: It's a fascist theocratic racist dystopia where everyone lives in a sad grim state of utter misery either serving in the military or toiling industrially. The Space Marines are the stormtroopers, genetically modified supersoldiers who, in any other setting, would be the villains. Yet, in WH40k, they have so many fans that they keep getting propped up as the heroes because OMG Space Marines are so cool!

I mean, the orks are savage but at least they have variety in their crazy scrapyard design. And the real story is probably "If the orks capture the titan, then they'll use it burn the imperial settlement to the ground before we can use the titan to purge the settlement for not saluting the Emperor enough."

Personally, I think the game would work better as an Imperial guardsmen or Inquisitor whose small size compared to the marines would bring out the sense of crushing grimness of the setting instead of "In the grim darkness of the future there is only ME BEING TOTALLY AWESOME"

I'd rather play a game as an Eldar Farseer, Ork Warboss, Dark Eldar Gladiator, Tau Battlesuit Commander, hell ANYTHING BUT SPACE MARINES.

But that is the whole point. The 40k universe is a dystopia where even the good guys aren't that much better than WW2 nazi's. That is what makes the universe interesting.

 

[ArmorArmadillo]

Ah, Warhammer 40k, a grim dark and serious setting where nuns in jetpacks can fight space clowns.

So: The Good Side: Looks freaking amazing and the architecture looks phenomenal and the play looks like it could be amazing.

The downside: I hate Space Marines. WH40k has a lot of really amazing IP, but Space Marines are boring. Boring. And Bland. And they all have the exact same character "Tough, noble devotee of the emperor" and they all have variations of the same "Surrounded by enemies he managed to kill a million billion enemies with Space Marine powers because Space Marines are awesome". Yet they just keep taking up more and more creative space to the point that changing the space marine armor color merits a new codex. The problem with this IP is that today's writers are yesterday's space marine fanboys so they keep making all the new works come off as fan fiction.

Also, add to the fact that the Imperium is really impossible to root for: It's a fascist theocratic racist dystopia where everyone lives in a sad grim state of utter misery either serving in the military or toiling industrially. The Space Marines are the stormtroopers, genetically modified supersoldiers who, in any other setting, would be the villains. Yet, in WH40k, they have so many fans that they keep getting propped up as the heroes because OMG Space Marines are so cool!

I mean, the orks are savage but at least they have variety in their crazy scrapyard design. And the real story is probably "If the orks capture the titan, then they'll use it burn the imperial settlement to the ground before we can use the titan to purge the settlement for not saluting the Emperor enough."

Personally, I think the game would work better as an Imperial guardsmen or Inquisitor whose small size compared to the marines would bring out the sense of crushing grimness of the setting instead of "In the grim darkness of the future there is only ME BEING TOTALLY AWESOME"

I'd rather play a game as an Eldar Farseer, Ork Warboss, Dark Eldar Gladiator, Tau Battlesuit Commander, hell ANYTHING BUT SPACE MARINES.

But that is the whole point. The 40k universe is a dystopia where even the good guys aren't that much better than WW2 nazi's. That is what makes the universe interesting.

It was the point originally, but the problem is that the space marine fanboyism has gotten so bad that now everyone is just trying to present it unironically and play down the evils of the Imperium to avoid making it anything but uncomplicated Space Marine heroism.

 

[Rottweiler]

I am very much looking forward to it. My only concern is how they choose to split the melee and ranged combat sections.

 

[Exocet]

While I still think I will enjoy the game,first thing I will do when I get it is mod the game to get a real Chapter and not some silly smurfs.However,at least they mixed it up a bit,and didn't stick with Blood Ravens,so it's a step...well,not forward..let's say it's a step sideways.

I maintain that a renegade Chapter,like the Souldrinkers would make for a more fun game,since you could fight non-corrupted humans along with the regular ol'enemies we usually see.Maybe even a Space Marine + Tau collaboration on couple missions?Hah,sweet dreams that will probably never happen.

 

[monstersquad]

Like I said to my friend while watching this "Is is wierd to have a boner right now?".
Also, I like the way that the orks pop when they get hit with bolter rounds, just like it should be. And I'm also anticipating laying done some imperial creed with a chainsword.

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