Not terrible, but overall just not good enough to enjoy for long.
Too clunky, not enough pacing and bad interface design.

The game is highly recommended for Warhammer fans. If you're coming from Space Marine 2 looking for glorious and epic stories against "damn aliens" to feel a sense of power and a dopamine rush from glory kills, this might not be the best place for you.

Space Hulks are massive macro-agglomerations of ships and wreckage that have merged together and drift aimlessly through space, entering and exiting the Warp from time to time. Industrial chimeras that hide secrets, relics, and ancient riches, and of course, raiders, demons, and all sorts of aliens. But, no enemy is more dangerous than Genestealers crawling among pipes and walls seeking prey, and that is the case of Olethros. Don't expect other factions here: We're talking Dark Angels vs Genestealers.

Grand Master Belial sends a team of his best Terminators from the Deathwing, straight from the Inner Circle, to investigate a ship that descends from the heresy, Caliban's Will, and here I need to point out my favorite aspect of the game: The level design is beautiful. Every detail matters, every corner tells a silent story. Everything is so well built that it's really worth pausing the steady march to contemplate the work of art that this game is, and the declaration of love for Warhammer that the scenery around you makes.

The game is a solitary, heavy journey, that varies from intense to empty; from a sudden horde of Tyranids you will find yourself with the industrial silence and the heavy footsteps of the Indomitus Terminator armor, and then the claws of the xenos scratching the walls again announcing the new danger. The campaign is short, 9 story missions, but each one is long and intense enough. If you decide to look for the relics, this job might become more extensive, and here a point is worth making: Don't expect anything new. The game is about walking through industrial labyrinths and shooting. The most different thing you can do is hack turrets to destroy them, disable them, or use them against enemies. There are no epic encounters with other members of the Imperium, especially because Dark Angels are quite reserved about their agendas even with their peers. Is it repetitive? It might be, but a Space Marine's life is repetitive outside the novels, it's a story of procedural military fiction.

All the weapons are absolutely satisfying to use, from the Thunder Hammer liquefying the xeno carapace to the auto-cannon sweeping the dark and oppressive alleys with a wave of steel. The Stormbolter variations are great, with efficient ammo and game varieties. The Plasma Cannon can be a formidable ally, or a trap, as if used carelessly it can cause your own death (Which is very lore accurate). My weapon of choice is the Heavy-Flamer, fire has no secrets, good area damage, it falters in long-range combat but is devastating in close-range.

The customizations are standard, there is no much dreamed-of freedom to meticulously customize your own armor; all the skins are related to the Dark Angels' successor legions. They are all beautiful, but here comes the problem: Everything is absolutely expensive. Not with real money, of course, but with reward points that you earn through XP and level progression. A skin can cost 30,000 rewards and that would take several online missions, which is always configured in very difficult terms by the players, which can make it frustrating not only to customize your appearance, but to evolve your perks and buy improvements for your preferred weapons. And here comes the importance of playing the main mission, it is exactly to know the type of weapon you feel most comfortable with to focus on in future multiplayer matches. (Having friends to play with can enhance your experience). The Special Missions are a great help, as they also offer XP rewards, allowing you to play with your class of choice alongside the predefined Terminators Barachiel and Nahum.

"BUT IT'S SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THE TERMINATORS SEEM TO BE MADE OF PAPER!"

Yeah, it's always important to remember that Space Marines are not the only elite death force in this galaxy. The Genestealer is the most dangerous and powerful species among the Tyranids and they can tear through tank armor to kill the crew, not to mention their hybrid enemies will use Heavy Guns and even industrial lasers against you. The Terminator armor protects you from damage that would have annihilated a normal Space Marine, but, it doesn't make you invincible. You need skill and an eagle eye to take out the strongest threats first, like a Space Marine would. And, exploring environments like a Space Hulk is definitely a brutal journey even for the hardest veterans of the first company. Believe me, in Warhammer terms, surviving a mission here is actually a quite impressive feat.

"OH BUT THE GAME IS JUST ABOUT GOING FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER"

Yes, you're right. But I repeat: Space Hulk missions are always methodical and formal. It's a pretty conservative game, I'd say. And that's a good thing if you really like Warhammer and want to experience what it's like to be in a chunky but devastating armor. A tank with legs. You won't fly, jump, and dodge like Titus, you'll walk, shoot, and press buttons. And god, that feels good!

I swear the librarian visions actually turn it into a horror game

After this and Necromunda: Hired Gun, I get the feeling Streum On Studio has never made a functional, fluid game in their entire career.

One of those missable 40k titles

paper mache armor limited stamina these are not space marines and these are this ♥♥♥♥ is not terminator armor ♥♥♥♥ THIS GAME and the people that made it.

The game absolutely nails the atmosphere of Space Hulk.

It's alright.
Feels slow and clunky.
Buy it on sale.

Just a boring game.

I don't feel the guns. Fights are plain, the starting psychic powers don't make any impact, hence don't make sense. Some scenes are spectacular, but mostly you walk across a grey tunnel with grey enemies. I just couldn't make myself finish the game

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