Space Marine is a good solid third person shooter with an excellent melee system incorporated. It doesn't do anything special, but there is a nice blend of ranged weapons and melee combat that make for options and emphasis in play styles. Although set in the Warhammer 40K universe there is no prerequisite knowledge of this to enjoy the game and enjoy it you will. You set down upon an world invaded by Orcs, with a mission to save a special weapon and the facility to build it. This world is under siege and you are going to secure it until support arrives. The first half of the game revolves around repelling the Orc invasion and restoring the battle weary defenders and their capabilities. Then the Chaos forces arrive and the story takes a turn, with it so does the combat, leaning more into ranged weapons, good use of movement and the 'fury' mode and well placed melee executions to restore health. Manage all of this and you will navigate the game.

Progress through the game is linear and there are not open routes to completion of levels or task, but boss fights open out into arenas that offer some variety of tactics. Draw distance is good, despite things fuzzing and blurring at distance. There is some clunkiness with collision detection in the foreground as you move your character around and you can get stuck on the corner of a collision box that's not actually visible as you seek quick movement around cover in some fights. This is an age old frustration in shooters and is one of the slight drawbacks here, but it is minor because the game encourages you to move into combat and this is the most successful approach until the latter stages calls for a more reserved and combined set of tactics. It is not a terribly difficult game until the final boss fight. The drop out rate on 'How Long to Beat' is only a moderate 5% and I'll warrant this probably only occurs at the end of the game.

Visuals are outstanding in this game. You will stop and marvel at the architecture and sheer scale of the 40K universe as you transition from one battle area to another and the 3D camera allows you to move around and take some epic screenshots of your character in some moments. What is also excellent is the voice acting and a reasonable story to back it us, but it is the charisma of the central character you play - Captain Titus, that really makes your experience fly in this game. He is the perfect image of leader and hero and you really start to root for him. In all a good game that whets the appetite for Space Marine II and the return of Cpt Titus later this year.

Currently offered at the inflated price of $60 as interest in the sequel grows it appears on sale with a discounted price of 85% off and can be picked up for about $8 and at that price it is certainly worth it, so stick it on the wish list. That said, records show that twice as many people have this game on their backlog as have actually completed it. Either way it's time you picked up your chain sword for a bloody ride in the name of the Emperor.

Space Marine is a good solid third person shooter with an excellent melee system incorporated. It doesn't do anything special, but there is a nice blend of ranged weapons and melee combat that make for options and emphasis in play styles. Although set in the Warhammer 40K universe there is no prerequisite knowledge of this to enjoy the game and enjoy it you will. You set down upon an world invaded by Orcs, with a mission to save a special weapon and the facility to build it. This world is under siege and you are going to secure it until support arrives. The first half of the game revolves around repelling the Orc invasion and restoring the battle weary defenders and their capabilities. Then the Chaos forces arrive and the story takes a turn, with it so does the combat, leaning more into ranged weapons, good use of movement and the 'fury' mode and well placed melee executions to restore health. Manage all of this and you will navigate the game. Progress through the game is linear and there are not open routes to completion of levels or task, but boss fights open out into arenas that offer some variety of tactics. Draw distance is good, despite things fuzzing and blurring at distance. There is some clunkiness with collision detection in the foreground as you move your character around and you can get stuck on the corner of a collision box that's not actually visible as you seek quick movement around cover in some fights. This is an age old frustration in shooters and is one of the slight drawbacks here, but it is minor because the game encourages you to move into combat and this is the most successful approach until the latter stages calls for a more reserved and combined set of tactics. It is not a terribly difficult game until the final boss fight. The drop out rate on 'How Long to Beat' is only a moderate 5% and I'll warrant this probably only occurs at the end of the game. Visuals are outstanding in this game. You will stop and marvel at the architecture and sheer scale of the 40K universe as you transition from one battle area to another and the 3D camera allows you to move around and take some epic screenshots of your character in some moments. What is also excellent is the voice acting and a reasonable story to back it us, but it is the charisma of the central character you play - Captain Titus, that really makes your experience fly in this game. He is the perfect image of leader and hero and you really start to root for him. In all a good game that whets the appetite for Space Marine II and the return of Cpt Titus later this year. Currently offered at the inflated price of $60 as interest in the sequel grows it appears on sale with a discounted price of 85% off and can be picked up for about $8 and at that price it is certainly worth it, so stick it on the wish list. That said, records show that twice as many people have this game on their backlog as have actually completed it. Either way it's time you picked up your chain sword for a bloody ride in the name of the Emperor.