Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

Its a good, no-nonsense game. Not perfect, but very good and visceral. The story is also half decent, given i am not familiar with the lore. I look forward to the upcomming sequel!

The game freezes quite a bit. It goes black screen sometimes. It is almost unplayable. cant recommend.

Got wrapped up in the SM2 hype i said why not try the first out before playing the second and i am glad i did. Game is still solid 13 or so years on. €9.95 at the time of purchase too which is great compared to some games now. Highly reccomend to anyone and especially to anyone whos a Gears of War fan.

40k Space Marine still holds up today, its unfogiving and crutal 3rd person FPS. The story is mianly told via cutseens and audio logs will fill in every blank and all your questions. It's a game you just cant stop playing. Its challenging and rewardgin with a steady increase in defficulty and only a few spikes along the way. As a note, if you crash on Windows 11 (at a very specific point with a white flash) set the game to Windows 7 compatability mode and you'll stop crashing.

This was my first introduction to the Warhammer universe. As the title says, it's a simple and straightforward game revolving around making you an unstoppable killing machine for eight and a half hours. Initially, the loop of shooting the far away orks and chopping up and executing the near ones with your chain sword is very fun and engaging; however, it doesn't change much throughout the game except for a few sections when you get the jet pack and hammer and smash the enemy into a paste. The story is serviceable, start-middle-end and it all makes sense. The world is fleshed out with audio logs, which help to build on the main narrative. The world, character design and art direction are great. Despite the linear-level design, the world feels huge. I experienced some technical problems. In one particular dark sewer level, my screen went black, and the audio cut out. The hud showed that I was still playing but couldn't see anything. I restarted the game to try to fix it; however, the problem persisted. To completely fix it, I had to change the game's resolution in the settings and turn on VSync. Toward the end of the game, I also experienced some audio stutter and cut out; however, they were only a minor annoyance. I would definitely recommend getting this on sale.