Would even the Emperor fallen!

It's been many years ago that I got as a child a set of Warhammer 40k given figures, unknowingly, what it was doing. Neither I knew how to play with it, nor did I have any colors, still suspect that you have to paint it. At that time I also had anyway not the money for it, I had an idea. Everything was what I knew this looked Space Marines really cool! Unfortunately, I went small parts of figures broken and eventually partly, I think when you move, they came away. With them, also at any thought of it. In any case, to my parents my Warhammer 40k Squad Command, gave Birthday for the PSP. With the game, my memory came to the old characters again and now even more so enthusiasm for the Warhammer 40k universe (of which I had learned in the meantime a little more) back up and I gesuchtet the game! Accordingly, I was very hyped as the first trailer for "Space Marine" appeared! Accordingly, I had bought the game also and now I thought, it's time, they want to write a review about this game.

Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine is different from the previous games of the franchise. Before getting settled in the strategy genre, be it with the characters or as a video game, Space Marine goes for the first time, toward Third Person Shooter. Some may wonder whether this fits well to Warhammer, but the franchise is perfect for this, because in the darkness of the far future, in Warhammer 40k, there is only war and war shooters are, after all, a Location, location, genre.
At first I was not sure how much the gameplay may well remind you of Gears of War and if the gameplay is not monotonous. However, this fear was unfounded, because it plays completely different and is consistently entertaining. Not only for fans but also for those who want before pompous scenes, among malts me dramatic choirs an action-packed sci-fi shooter, with thick armor and powerful weapons rich buildings. If you are still not a fan, it may perhaps be, and who one is already here, is all the more fun if he might notice some things you just know with background knowledge.

In "Space Marine" is about the Ultramarine Captain Titus, who together with his Sergeant Sidonus and an inexperienced Space Marine Leandros which on the planet Graia, an orc must oppose invasion where they meet the Inquisitor and scientists Drogan, by a new weapon, could finally secure the victory of humanity over the alien threat.

WH40k Space Marine has often been compared with GoW and some behaubten it was a clone, however, bears witness to this ignorance. On the one hand there was Warhammer and all it represents, long before GoW and also the gameplay differs significantly!
Is Gow designed the cover system and ranged combat, combined with effective melee attacks, this game is designed for the exact opposite. Space Marines do not hide and cower behind a rock, but they pounce on the enemies of humanity, because they know no fear! That's also wiser so because once the shield is depleted, the health bar decreases and only by fighting or by kills you get energy back. The shield on the other hand, charges itself on its own again. However, this does not last long, so that you usually have to go into combat. The direct confrontation is therefore an important aspect of the game and with Chain Word, Power Axe, Power Sword (which you when playing Kill Team gets) or the Thunder Hammer (God, I love the hammer!) Stretches to the enemy joyfully down. It is a huge pleasure when you are surrounded by hordes of Orcs and one masse weghaut orcs with a swing! Especially coming on the eponymous and powerful Warhammer joy when you hit with full force on the ground and opponents are torn by the blast from the feet! The result is zerstöckelte orc corpses on the ground and a lot of blood that remains a well stick to the armor, because the game is suitable brutal.
Of course, long-range weapons but are not neglected, for it is a satisfactory Arsenal is available which can be used throughout the game. Whether different Bolter or plasma weapons, everything you need or preference is to have. Thus it is necessary, however, on a small and limited a great weapon and can not carry around the entire arsenal, which is not only realistic, but also a tactical aspect brings as one finds regularly points to the weapons and ammunition obtained so far, where you must decide what you want to use for the next section. This can often be decisive if it one is easy or difficult. Likewise, one must consider whether one puts more emphasis on close or ranged combat, as you probably can take the hammer and so in close combat has an easy time, but it only can use the small handgun and must renounce his larger projectile.
Aside from the weapons, there is a Space Marine also Wutanzeige that fills in the fight and can be used at full display, so briefly more strongly to strike, its energy to replenish or to fire in slow motion on the opponents. So you can save more than once before the Bitter End and prevent, to prepare the Emperor shame.

Speaking prepare the Imperator shame, the game is full of Space Marine guiding principles, or discussions of the Codex Astartes. [SPOILER] Also one encounters the Blood Ravens, the Inquisition and the Chaos Marines [SPOILER END], so that you get enough food as a fan in order to have even more fun in the game. It does not only play Space Marines, they also witnessed the way they should be.
Equally interesting and also motivating the collectible Servo Skulls, which are distributed in the game. Through them you can listen to parts of the recording, the previouse events and even take the one or the other of these people.
The game also otherwise in an acceptable degree of variety so that one does not become boring. One gets periodically improvements used a jetpack in order to make huge leaps through the air, so in some sections a slightly different gameplay is offered, or by standing at a gun and have to kill hordes of orcs. Each failure to try other weapons and so to find the best tactic also works well again for tension.

Graphically the game is very appealing. Maybe it does not set new standards, but it looks very good and captures the universe of Warhammer 40k true to the original one. Not only the characters and especially the Space Marines are beautiful to look at, and the ostentatious Gothic buildings and the class staged Cutszenes and Kämofe, backed by dramatic choirs, wearing fun to play. In addition, you can hear just as like the voice actors to, and I would advise rather to the English Synchro because the German, as so often, rather lax acts therefore read.

Totaly one needs 8-12 hours for the main game. Depending on how much one is on Collectable out.

Apart from the story, has "Space Marine" also offers a very entertaining multiplayer. There are a variety of multiplayer modes on offer, in which it is not only well-known game modes such as Deathmatch or Capture the Flag, but also to the mode Exterminatus in which you work cooperatively with up to 4 man, survive 20 waves of increasingly powerful enemies needs. Anyone who still buys also the extensions, can play Marine Exterminatus as chaos and so compete with the Space Marines, or to conquer a Dreadnought in game mode "Dreadnought attack" and mow down his opponents.
The different game modes can be mounted either play as one of 3 different classes, which can be before or during (depending on modes) Select each battle. Either which sets as a Space Marine or Chaos Marine Tactical primarily on force of arms, but rather uses lighter weapons and is also useful in melee, as Devastator and Havoc, which relies on heavy weapons and is for slower or Assault Marine and Raptor, which relies on close combat and also uses the jetpack, but can only use a small handgun.
For each class, also leave weapons, unlock equipment and special abilities that can be gained through level rises or completing specific tasks. In addition, an extra slots can unlock to create so different uniforms equipped for the various classes.
Most interesting, however, is the wide range of design possibilities of your own Space Marine or Chaos Marines, because you can choose from a huge selection of medals, armor, symbols and colors to choose for each part of the body, which is also gradually unlock can, buy, or so. According to THQ, the amount of possible combinations probably at about 1.8 billion. His finished creations, you can then save it on multiple slots. So you can build a very personal Marine and identify with it, which is good, so as to make its communities identified.

So good the game is, but there are also a few downsides, because Warhammer Space Marine suffers from some programming errors. As it can sometimes happen quickly that you will hang himself at one point, or plugged an orc in the wall, which you can not kill it and you only notice when you defeated a horde of opponents and you have killed all Fine must, so it goes on. As you may actually even load the checkpoint and have to make the fight again, which makes for frustration.
The camera can sometimes interfere with and you do not see where the enemy is, what in the often large amount of enemies, is very unfavorable.
Disadvantageous is the fact that you and needs in the Kills, through which you want to regain energy, further damage takes and it is usually so that you the energy that you want to bring in, in the period in which the kill animation shows directly again lost. This often means that if one is close to death and attempting to escape at the last minute, so anyway dies. In my opinion, somewhat impractical solved.
Otherwise is regrettable that the level of difficulty varies greatly. There are struggles that are too easy and then those that are so severe that one hurls the controller frustrated in the corner! A slightly more consistent and less frustrating difficulty, would have been as desirable. There is finally the choice of different levels.

All in all, Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine is still a great game, which most people, and especially fans of the 40k universe, disenchanted much. A look is worthwhile in any case, and I think anyone who has ever taken a liking it, then will want more. Anyway, I'm very satisfied.