Four out of Five, Eight out of Ten, a cut above the rest. I think that's an accurate way to describe this game. It's a very competent & fun Third Person Action game, and you don't even have to be a Warhammer fan to enjoy the story or mild lore of the game. Though, the additional lore content really gives tribute to all of the loyal Warhammer fans out there.

Let's start off with some of the issues of the game:

First, the single player campaign is a bit shallow and kinda short. It only clocks in at 8 hours on hard mode for myself (though I'm a rather good player as I did net 44/60 Achievements in a single go.) The story itself is also a bit shallow since it expects you to know a lot about Warhammer to begin with.

On the flipside, it's the story isn't so bad that non-warhammer fans won't enjoy it, and like wise, this game could make you love the 40k lore.

A second negative point is the Multiplayer, it's kinda dead. While games are fun and not all that hard to find; it's a small & dedicated fan base with very little time on their hands (so only prime hours seems to find players.) I don't think this is a huge negative point as the community is rather tight nit, but it may be an issue for those of you looking for a Third Person Online-Action game with a community as large as something like Day of Defeat Source (as it's even smaller than that niche community.)

As for the positives:

Combat is fast paced, gritty, and satisfying. Voice over is solid and never really falters. Like wise, the story telling is well thought out and portrayed. Everything about the game design itself is fairly solid, as this is definitely a well crafted title, with a strong team behind it. As evident by the final product.

Visually, this game isn't incredibly demanding but it does portray the 40k universe faithfully. If not a bit "pretty." At least until more blood & guts cover your powered armor than blue paint does.

As a summary to all, this is a great game but the Multiplayer is kinda dead and the single player is short. Definitely worth at least 30 bones if you have that to spend and have been wanting a TPS or a new Warhammer game.

Space marine is the best game you can find 3rd person action nowadays, you can combine warhammer violent and brutal fights with the great engine made by THQ, its the perfect game to people addicted or not to warhammer world and a great open door to its world, recommended!

Singleplayer is awesome, theres some "slight" niggles that I have with some of the lore presented in the game but consider it's supposedly an alternate universe setting I suppose that can be overlooked.

If you want visceral and enjoyable combat then this is the game for you, it also holds not bars on challenge and you will die often if you aren't approaching each fight with a strategic mindset. Somewhat disappointed with the final boss fight, but its such a small part of the game that it can be overlooked.

Multiplayer is great, provided you can get a game. The game is split over 3 different parts with Classic matchmaking taking from different groupings as the 2 DLC map sets making it harder to get a group together. On the whole though the game is fairly well balanced once you get the hang of dodging assault marines who generally seem to go for the mace melee weapon which can 1 shot you if you aren't paying attention, fortunately that's fairly slow to swing so once you get that down you should have a pretty enjoyable experience.

This game is the God of War of the Warhammer universe. If you like mindless killing in all of it's gory glory then this game is definitely right for you. I was never interested in the Warhammer universe before this game and now I'm pestering my friend (whose knee deep into this stuff) to explain everything lore related to me. It sucks you in!

Excellent single player campaign, very fleshed out and thorough, but the star of the show is most definitely the multiplayer. Nothing says cool like a slew of Orcs being gunned down by you and your team!

Violent, crazy action. Bit repetative but good fun, nice looking graphics good sound.

Great game. A must have for every fan of Warhammer 40000 and hack & slash games. The campaing is a little short and not very difficult, but the great game mode is the new free DLC Exterminatus. Join with another 3 friends to defeat ork in 2 different maps. In addition, new DLC has been confirmed, new Exterminatus arena for Chaos Space Marine, 3 new multiplayer maps and CTF multiplayer mode.

Overall an excellent game, provides a real perspective on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. My reason for rating 4 stars tho is the relative shortness of the game, finished it on hard in about 11 hours, dying quite often alas. But once you have finished the campaign it is not really all that replayable as it is very predictable. Online gameplay is quite good and will provide sufficient replayability.

First off this is NOT a bad game, but it's not really superb either.

The thing it does best though is the art style, both orks and space marine just look awesome and very closely resemble the tabletop miniatures, but that's only half of it almost as impressive is the background artwork, ranging from ork infested battlefields to machinarium cathedrals.

The gameplay itself is fun enough slashing through orks or obliterating them with a heavy bolter is tons of fun, but a more complex melee system would have been better imho. what really pulls the game back is the rather bland level design and rather predictable story.

The multiplayer itself is aalso a bit of a drag, while it's fun to fully customize your own space marine, the availablemodes and actual combat lack a bit of innovation.

So if you're 40k fan and always dreamed about a game with more action rather than strategy this is probably the right game for you, otherwise yoou're probably better off with the Dawn of War 2 series.

After finishing the campaign, these are my thoughts.

The good

The combat. No other game can compare, it is fast and fluid and it feels good. This is the reason I preordered it after playing through the demo. I wanted more of it and the game delivered. It is an absolute joy turning Orks into a red mist with some of the heavier weapons.

The game captures the Warhammer 40k universe. The outdoor settings are grand with immense structures, weapons sound right, and the music is good and does not get repetitive.

The not quite so good

The pacing of the game is uneven; often I felt as if I was either strolling through empty hallways or wading through hordes of enemies. It would be nice to have some occasional straggler to shoot at.

With the character being heavy and unable to jump you can find yourself hindered to move by anything sticking out of the ground higher than one inch.

Combat can potentially get repetitive during longer playing sessions.

The bad

This is not a long game. I finished it in just under 10 hours (and some have done it in under 6). For a $50 game this is just slightly too short. It is also a very linear, there is no real exploration and this in combination with some breathtaking settings is disappointing.

There are plenty of in game micro cut scenes, none of them are justified. Developers, taking control away from the player just because you want to show something “cool” is a bad and a lazy way of doing it. Stop it. It is disruptive to the experience. Doing it during combat is damn near unforgivable.

Plenty of invisible walls (and one that you can’t pass until you kill some enemies), instances of press button, watch stuff happen and some badly placed check points that force you to relive cut scenes if you die. Disappointing boss fights, one ends in an unnecessary and unimaginative cut scene and the other is pure quick time events

In conclusion, I had fun. There are some very great moments in the midst of battle. Not the most engaging story created but it is fairly solid in the delivery, with a highly disappointing end boss fight.

4/5 – the combat, some great moments and the settings pushed it above a 3. The faults are not unique to this game.

Worth another play through and I am looking forward to any sequel or expansion.

Warhammer 40k Space Marine is a great game set in the amazing fictional universe of warhammer 40k, the combat style and genre does the universe justice. The campaign isn't all too long but it's long enough to keep you involved and its fun enough to be played through a second time. The multi-player is a bit like that of Call of Duty Modern Warfare's which is great but needs more polishing. Even though the multiplayer isn't that great the exterminatus dlc is coming out in October which sounds like great co-op fun and I can't wait :)

Its a good game.

It has plenty of action, but also moments where you can relax and cool the adrenaline rush.

It also has great graphics, and a nice environment with plenty of places to hide.

The things I didnt like about the game is that it was way too short.

I felt like it was all over too soon, like with so many other games these days.

And I felt like the story got buried under all the action.

Still a good game though and well worth it if you like these kinds of games.

Fast, brutal and immensely satisfying.

Probably one of the most entertaining TPS I played in recent times. The execution of the game is intense but with relaxing moments walking and taking elevators around. Guns feel solid and melee weapon is even better.

MP is a little disappointing with only 2 modes but overall entertaining value is high.

As a fan of the 40K franchise for the better part of 2 decades, this is a game I was waiting for, for over 10 years. Ever since the first time I battled the demonic hordes in DOOM, I have thought "This could work with Space Marines". And so here it is. And it does not disappoint.

The game represents the weight, power and brutal determination of the Space Marine perfectly in a simple step. The first time you open up with a Boltgun you are rewarded with its glorious thunder and when the bolt impacts you can see the bolt explode inside the enemy (orks for the most part). Other weapons are less impressive. Plasma weapons are fine, but the meltagun feels like a glorified shotgun and the lascannon seems annoyingly small. Then there is the screaming lack of a flamer. It is just missing. It is sad.

Melee is nice and meaty. Flash and substance in a nice mix. While the melee-weapons get progressively more powerful the not so powerful often add something extra that the more powerful one did not possess or at least not to the same degree.

The multiplayer seems to be somewhat an example of a lot of flash but little substance. You level up and get new stuff and you can customise everything and get your nice armour and weapons but... the multiplayer itself is repetitive and seems more like a proof of concept then a fully realised game mode. The endless possibilities of a galaxy at war is not used and instead you just get to play Space Marine Vs Chaos Marine. Here is hoping that more substance will be added later. I am willing to pay.

All in all this is an excellent game. Fans of the 40K universe will love it for the faithful portrayal of Space Marines and action gamers will love it because it is a good meaty game. Where those two meet you will likely have a frothing mass of berserkers. I had fun with it and expect you will too.

This game is probaly one of the most entertaining thrid-person shooter ive ever played, the graphics are nice and the flow on the battlefield is truly epic, shifting from bolter to chainsaw and just slicing down the orcs is truly a trilling experience, and you dont really have to be a warhammer-fan to get the story either, just play.

Nice multiplayer to, but not the topp mark of multiplayer game really... but the game IS worth it for the singleplayer campain alone!

WHATS THAT NEED HP! WELL GET IN THE FIGHT!

This game is pure bliss as far as the combat goes. The Game feels amazing like a Warhammer 40k Shooter should feel. True the Single player may be on the short side... but with the upcoming CO-OP mode This game will have some staying power.

Ever since i played the Dawn of War games i wanted for them to make a first person, or at least third person game... One where you got right into the intense action you previously could only view from above. And my, now that they made it, they didn't disappoint.

You actually get the feeling of being in control a half a ton of pure bred killing machine, designed with only one purpose, annihilate anything that stands in the emperors way. The weight of the character, the huge guns that make HUGE holes, the fact that you don't take cover to regenerate health like every other game out there right now.. you keep the slaughter going instead to gain health. All in all they succeeded in capturing the feel of the space marine and put it into a game.

The game itself feels very polished, and certainly PC gamer approved, with lots of settings and dedication to make sure it feels right.

Very fun game. Its a game with full of action and nice Music. You really feel into the strength of the Space Marines and the mass of orks. So, the presentation is really good. You dont really have to be a Warhammer 40.000 -Fan to get fun with this game. I dont know much about the story, because iam not yet at the end of it, but so far it is build up pretty good. The Multiplayer has some value aswell. It has different classes you can choose from, which decides how you will play. For example for meele, ranged (sniper) or other ones. There is also a achievement- and ranking-system. I dunno if the multiplayer will keep for the long distance, because there seems not to be much strategy work in it. Its more go all in and get the most kills.

But if you like action games, this is worth the price for only the singleplayer.

Playing the Demo version of this game already, the quality is fantastic, the graphics are amazing, and the change of playstyle from conventional Warhammer 40,000 games; is absolutely gorgeous. You are now heads into the world of Warhammer, and not just a Birdeye viewed omnipotence.

Definitely recommend this for anyone w ho wants a 3rd person shooter with alot of gore.