My most anticipated game of 2024 is one that probably has been overlooked by many due to other big releases heading our way and the fact that my most anticipated game had it release date pushed out over a year, that game my friends is Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2! So let me tell you why I am so excited for the launch of this increible looking game. For the Emperor!
The first thing to note is this is a sequel to the orignal Space Marine game which was a classic 3rd person hack and slash shooter back on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC from way back in 2011! So if you played the original you have been looking forward to a sequel for a long, long time!
I have only in the past year or so found myself getting more and more into Warhammer 40k, so I found Space Marine on Steam where it can regularly be picked up for a few dollars and jumped in, for a game of this age I was super impressed and enjoyed blasting my way through Ork bad guys as hulking Ultramarine Titus! It is honestly ciminal that a game this good is not supported by PlayStation or Xbox's backwards compatibility programmes! So if you want to check it out today, and I recommend you do, Steam is your best place or pick up an original console copy and play on the original PS3 or Xbox 360 hardware!
Now I only played the first game recently but for those who have been waiting since 2011 that wait was finally going to be over in 2023 but as fate would have it, it was not meant to be our time to jump back into our Ultramarine armour as Titus once more as the game was delayed to September 2024 to give the devs more time to pollish the game, and from what ive seen so far im happy about this as it looks like 40k fans and gamers in general alike will be impressed with what is in store!
Firstly the game looks looks absoltely stunning, almost like a CGI move, and a massive upgrade over the opriginal whfrom a few generations ago! Which is enough in itself to get most Warhammer 40k fans excited as this grim dark future has never looked more spectacular!
Also the enemies this time are swarms of Tyranids! Which remind me of something from Starship troopers, which is no bad thing in my opinion as im sure it will be a blast, quite literally, to tear your way through them as a bad ass Ultramarine! The latest gameplay trailer it looks like the Tyranids are not all we will be facing off against as some Choas Space Marines, think Space marines that have been corrupted by evil, will also be going to to toe with our squad!
Speaking of our squad, thats right its not only a single player campaign, but upto 3 player co-op campaign which has me very excited and brings back memories of fun days in the past playing games like Gears of War in co-op with friends working together through a campaign is really magic in gaming, and something that isnt utilised often enough for my liking! And if your friends of busy AI will be there to fill in your squad spots for you!
Now the story, it looks like this follows on after the events of the first game, another reason for you to go play it now, as we play as Titus yet again but Iwont spoil anything incase you do go back and play the first one. Without giving anything away, ththe fact this is set in the Warhammer 40k universe, with a modenr graphocs engine is more than enough to whoever me in, as the stories and lore in 40k is vast, with aunique briutal grim dark setting that really transports you to a dark time in humanitys future which is great escaism from everything oging on in the world today in our modern lives. The game is set during the 42 millennium where humans , The Imperium of Man, are at constant war with multiple threats all over the universe, you as a genetically modified super soldier Space Marine are one of The Eperors best weapons to wage war against any and all threats!
Now the gamep;lay looks very similar to the original which is a great thing in my opiniion. As you will be taking part in fast fluid action, sliding, blasting and smashing the Tyranid threat to puolp, just like a real Ultramarine would do Now I can'tsay too much without having plauyed the game , but there is abeta which you can sign up to give it a go when that opens up , but all I wil lleave you with is, eatch this extended gameplay trailer and tell me your not impressed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpYIuo3xGA8
