Space marine 2 is a poor game - A REVIEW

[Spiderman4000]

I am hugely disappointed in this game, it is graphically great, good feed back from the controller, you know the stomp of running and the pull of the trigger when firing the guns. But game play is horrendously bad, repetitive missions in single player missions, static scenery, and very limited online maps.

Yes compared to single player there are more maps and more online play - but they are bad also. The matches are very short and are the same - boring. This has led me to believe space marine 2 was meant to be a live service game - it is all but in name.

The road map clearly points to online game play. So the developers got characters from a massively rich world, and then ignored it by giving us a basic very short campaign. It reminds me of suicide squad. People online love the eye candy without realising it blinds them to a game that took a big dump on the 40k world and made sure you part with a big wad of cash for a bland live service game.

5/10

[Moon Rabbit]

I'd say good to mediocre, rather than poor. Great set pieces and visuals. But combat is very outdated, and arguably worse than Space Marine 1. Still a fun game for the most part, but heavily flawed mechanically.

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

Well i think you can put it that way op :-/

pcgamer putted it thats way ...

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/warhammer-40-000-space-marine-2-review/

Ursprungligen skrivet av Garret GeneralCone9571:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Spiderman4000:

I am hugely disappointed in this game, it is graphically great, good feed back from the controller, you know the stomp of running and the pull of the trigger when firing the guns. But game play is horrendously bad, repetitive missions in single player missions, static scenery, and very limited online maps.

Yes compared to single player there are more maps and more online play - but they are bad also. The matches are very short and are the same - boring. This has led me to believe space marine 2 was meant to be a live service game - it is all but in name.

The road map clearly points to online game play. So the developers got characters from a massively rich world, and then ignored it by giving us a basic very short campaign. It reminds me of suicide squad. People online love the eye candy without realising it blinds them to a game that took a big dump on the 40k world and made sure you part with a big wad of cash for a bland live service game.

5/10

I strongly disagree considering there are plans for more operations in the works new patches to come and new seasons. There is offline mode as well for campaign and private lobbies to come. Hardly any game these days comes out perfect so your standards are like having a perfect life it’s nonexistent

"Hardly any game these days comes out perfect ..."

So you say because the gaming industry has decided to pump out half baked trash in recent years, we should simply accept it as a normal thing? Wow what a weird take :-/

[Snowman]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Spiderman4000:

I am hugely disappointed in this game, it is graphically great, good feed back from the controller, you know the stomp of running and the pull of the trigger when firing the guns. But game play is horrendously bad, repetitive missions in single player missions, static scenery, and very limited online maps.

Yes compared to single player there are more maps and more online play - but they are bad also. The matches are very short and are the same - boring. This has led me to believe space marine 2 was meant to be a live service game - it is all but in name.

The road map clearly points to online game play. So the developers got characters from a massively rich world, and then ignored it by giving us a basic very short campaign. It reminds me of suicide squad. People online love the eye candy without realising it blinds them to a game that took a big dump on the 40k world and made sure you part with a big wad of cash for a bland live service game.

5/10

yeah well your food is 1/10 so cry about it

[pi73r]

Lol, you should learn what a review actually is.

[SherbieeVT]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Spiderman4000:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Sherbiee:

you can post what you want where you want, but you should post a review so it will actually be counted towards the full review of the game. as a paying customer it is your duty to post an actual review on the store page for others to see as that is what the review section on the store page of steam is meant for

if everyone started posting their reviews in the general discussions of games instead of on the review section on the store page it would not paint a clear picture of how well received a game may or may not be

be entitled to anything you want, but there are some things to be expected

Your deflecting and projecting. I can post it on the game forum. I do not want to put it on the so called review page where no one reads it. It seems you do not want bad reviews of the game posted on the game forum. What that means is you want positive games reviews only and thus miss leading people into buying what is a bad game. I can post a review of the game in its game forum. That is what it for. I am not a professional reviewer, its just opinion. If people in here do not like it and want to go all fanatical about the game, then do not read what i wrote. Just move on and have a good life.

this is a poor attempt at gaslighting, i never projected nor did i deflect. never said you needed to be a professional reviewer just look at some of the reviews:

"The campaign is short, but the pacing is incredible. Even more so than the first game. I didn't feel like there was any padding, it's just set piece after set piece, so keep that in mind when figuring out your $/hr figure. It's the difference between hiring a Lambo for 3 hours or a Corolla for the day."

"Reminds me of something I've lost. A genuine game. A good game. It's simple and short. I love it."

"great game to play with your friends, wish i had any"

"Luv me Emprah
Luv me Chaptah
Luv me Primark
Luv me Chainsword
'Ate 'Eretics
'Ate Tzeentch
'Ate 'Nids (not racis' just don' like 'em)
'Ate Leandros"

you legit dont need a doctorade in writing anything, you only need to know how to navigate to the Store -> Search -> Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 -> Write a review for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

its that simple. then you can write: game gud/game bad and thats it. its a poor excuse to not make your own review count towards the reviews. like i said before and i said it again, if everyone was as entitled as you were the reviews wouldnt even exist and everyone would have to go here to check every single review to see if they are negative or positive rather than just checking the product page itself. you can do better

[RobeRonin]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Roy:

Why do people post their reviews on the discussion board?
Try going on the store page and using the actual review mechanic.

Also a tip since we're here now anyway;
I would help a LOT if you pressed enter every once in a while at the end of a sentence or twice at the end of a paragraph.
You're forming well phrased and coherent sentences which would be a breeze to read, but the lack of spacing is making it very unappealing and messy to the eye.

perhaps they wish to discuss their thoughts !

[RobeRonin]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Spiderman4000:

I am hugely disappointed in this game, it is graphically great, good feed back from the controller, you know the stomp of running and the pull of the trigger when firing the guns. But game play is horrendously bad, repetitive missions in single player missions, static scenery, and very limited online maps.

Yes compared to single player there are more maps and more online play - but they are bad also. The matches are very short and are the same - boring. This has led me to believe space marine 2 was meant to be a live service game - it is all but in name.

The road map clearly points to online game play. So the developers got characters from a massively rich world, and then ignored it by giving us a basic very short campaign. It reminds me of suicide squad. People online love the eye candy without realising it blinds them to a game that took a big dump on the 40k world and made sure you part with a big wad of cash for a bland live service game.

5/10

this is fair as art is subjective and some things are just not for some people ! i agree with certain points you make and others i disagree ! i think core game play is fun ! i think it requires silly repetitive grinding to get the game to being really fun and there is not enough content to get you to that point so you never really get optimal fun !

as a war hammer 40 k fan i can see lots wrong with he game as a long time gamer i can see lots wrong with the game !

but i can also see its a good entry point for young newcomers to the franchise !

and the campaign is ell written and fully co op so in this modern era i have to give it massive points for this! all up i think the game is slightly above average!

[Kalec]

You call it a poor game but give it a 5/10. That is average. Are you unable to understand the simplest level of math? Seriously, people that think 6 or 5/10 is trash or horrible need to get their brain checked cause that thing is really terrible

[SherbieeVT]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Xenohunter617:

Well i think you can put it that way op :-/

pcgamer putted it thats way ...

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/warhammer-40-000-space-marine-2-review/

Ursprungligen skrivet av Garret GeneralCone9571:

I strongly disagree considering there are plans for more operations in the works new patches to come and new seasons. There is offline mode as well for campaign and private lobbies to come. Hardly any game these days comes out perfect so your standards are like having a perfect life it’s nonexistent

"Hardly any game these days comes out perfect ..."

So you say because the gaming industry has decided to pump out half baked trash in recent years, we should simply accept it as a normal thing? Wow what a weird take :-/

this is true to some degree. because of the day and age we live in games can come out faster than they ever have, sometimes worse (COUGH BF4 COUGH CYBERPUNK 2077 COUGH) and sometimes good with minimal updates and fixes.

its simply how the industry has become now, and older games (cds for gamecube etc) didnt exactly come out polished either (COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH SONIC 06 COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH) like there is NO excuse for sonic 06 to come out as unpolished as it did right? RIGHT? because it was physical game right and not online that could be updated frequently after glitches and bugs got discovered RIGHT??? wrong! because it was a rushed piece of garbage that they released AS A FULL GAME THAT THEY SOLD TO THE PUBLIC, the only good thing about were the cutscenes! that should tell everything you need to know cause most of the levels were hella broken. not just sonic 06, but also "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing", "Daikatana", "Superman: The New Adventures (Superman 64)" and there are probably more out there that are just hot steaming piles of trash but this is mostly due to technology

this wouldnt excuse todays games, surely right? development is still difficult as they have to meet demands of the likes of you, me, and everyone else. and that isnt easy especially on top of a deadline. you have to constantly test the game as well as each new addition or edit can bring in new problems and have to be fixed either on the spot or on a later patch as they get closer to the deadline and release date. its not easy being a developer when you got ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like us acting like we know how a game should be made.

unless you are a dev yourself ofc, then i dont think my opinion might have as much of merit as i think it does

[MrSoul]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Kalec:

You call it a poor game but give it a 5/10. That is average. Are you unable to understand the simplest level of math? Seriously, people that think 6 or 5/10 is trash or horrible need to get their brain checked cause that thing is really terrible

“This absolutely faulty logic”
https://youtu.be/N0JPn7KK6TA?si=3QGpJII8wlFbdAxG

[Queen Nothing]

There's a lot to criticize about SM2, but even then, a 5/10 is just plain rage bait. There's plenty of flaws in this game, but also a lot to love. Saber put in effort and care into SM2, the basic gameplay loop has a DOOM '93 simplicity and satisfaction (esp. against the Tyranids), and they realized 40k's setting aesthetics fantastically. Moreover, Saber has clearly had to make the most of their time and budget to bring this game to pass, and I appreciate that while SM2 doesn't give me everything I want, and it could have used another 6-12 months in the oven, we still have a strong game at release.

[Grim@FU_BARRACUDA]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Sherbiee:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Xenohunter617:

Well i think you can put it that way op :-/

pcgamer putted it thats way ...

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/warhammer-40-000-space-marine-2-review/




"Hardly any game these days comes out perfect ..."

So you say because the gaming industry has decided to pump out half baked trash in recent years, we should simply accept it as a normal thing? Wow what a weird take :-/

this is true to some degree. because of the day and age we live in games can come out faster than they ever have, sometimes worse (COUGH BF4 COUGH CYBERPUNK 2077 COUGH) and sometimes good with minimal updates and fixes.

its simply how the industry has become now, and older games (cds for gamecube etc) didnt exactly come out polished either (COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH SONIC 06 COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH) like there is NO excuse for sonic 06 to come out as unpolished as it did right? RIGHT? because it was physical game right and not online that could be updated frequently after glitches and bugs got discovered RIGHT??? wrong! because it was a rushed piece of garbage that they released AS A FULL GAME THAT THEY SOLD TO THE PUBLIC, the only good thing about were the cutscenes! that should tell everything you need to know cause most of the levels were hella broken. not just sonic 06, but also "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing", "Daikatana", "Superman: The New Adventures (Superman 64)" and there are probably more out there that are just hot steaming piles of trash but this is mostly due to technology

this wouldnt excuse todays games, surely right? development is still difficult as they have to meet demands of the likes of you, me, and everyone else. and that isnt easy especially on top of a deadline. you have to constantly test the game as well as each new addition or edit can bring in new problems and have to be fixed either on the spot or on a later patch as they get closer to the deadline and release date. its not easy being a developer when you got ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like us acting like we know how a game should be made.

unless you are a dev yourself ofc, then i dont think my opinion might have as much of merit as i think it does

It's one thing if a small indie developer doesn't get something finished even though he's really trying and communicating with the community and it's a whole other thing if a larger studio with the support of a publisher deliberately sells something half-finished and broken because they're infinitely greedy and... It then also comes with a paid FOMO early access weekend. When they tell people they can't install a FOV slider because it's too difficult, even though modders are already delivering the FOV mod themselves in the first few days, including the Ultra Wide support that some players here are still waiting for. These are two very different things and you know that too. But you don't want to admit it here or admit it to yourself for whatever reason. But just because you don't do that, you shouldn't expect me to be taken for a fool. I will never let this industry fool me again. What went on for 3-4 years after cyberscam was definitely enough, it's finally enough.

Here look at this, at the friendly developers and what they are willing to do to us ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjI03CGkb4

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160005270A1/en

But most people still think they are our best friends ... doh :-/

[imsouporcereal]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Spiderman4000:

I am hugely disappointed in this game, it is graphically great, good feed back from the controller, you know the stomp of running and the pull of the trigger when firing the guns. But game play is horrendously bad, repetitive missions in single player missions, static scenery, and very limited online maps.

Yes compared to single player there are more maps and more online play - but they are bad also. The matches are very short and are the same - boring. This has led me to believe space marine 2 was meant to be a live service game - it is all but in name.

The road map clearly points to online game play. So the developers got characters from a massively rich world, and then ignored it by giving us a basic very short campaign. It reminds me of suicide squad. People online love the eye candy without realising it blinds them to a game that took a big dump on the 40k world and made sure you part with a big wad of cash for a bland live service game.

5/10

Have you put more time in since this review, or are these your final thoughts?

[brynjar]

"Repetive missions..." its Space Marines VS the Xenoes. What did you honestly expect? Other than good hard combat stunning scenarioes and tons and tons of good voice acting. This is coregameplay in the good Warhammer games. Its not Hitman or puzzle me riddle w/e. Its Warhammer. I can see why one has to like it before playing though, like with Mario or w/e genre.

Ursprungligen skrivet av Queen Nothing:

There's a lot to criticize about SM2, but even then, a 5/10 is just plain rage bait. There's plenty of flaws in this game, but also a lot to love. Saber put in effort and care into SM2, the basic gameplay loop has a DOOM '93 simplicity and satisfaction (esp. against the Tyranids), and they realized 40k's setting aesthetics fantastically. Moreover, Saber has clearly had to make the most of their time and budget to bring this game to pass, and I appreciate that while SM2 doesn't give me everything I want, and it could have used another 6-12 months in the oven, we still have a strong game at release.

*Neutral* game reviews should be for the common user. So imo 5/5 is ok. Its good fanfiction. I i wasnt a massive Warhammer fan i would find nothing here of intrest.

[Azrail]

Agree very poor made game for 2024, its popolaire bcs of its name only. Very much overhyped if you ask me