Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Announced At Game Awards!
December 10, 2021 by brennon
They actually went and did it. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, possibly one of the best video games based in the grimdark universe by Games Workshop, is FINALLY getting a sequel. Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive showed off the trailer at the Game Awards this week...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Announcement Trailer
I reviewed the original game back in 2011 as one of my first big articles for the site and I bloody loved it. Sure, it was janky in places and there were plenty of wrinkles to iron out but the core gameplay loop of Space Marine was superb.
It bled Warhammer 40,000 with every bone-crunching sound of a boltgun being fired; every Ork that got eviscerated on the edge of a chainsword. To this day I don't think, bar Dawn Of War, there has been a game that managed to make being a Space Marine and existing in a digital grimdark feel quite so accurate.
Leading the charge was Captain Titus of the Ultramarines who returns to Space Marine 2. At the end of the original game, he was accused of being touched by the warp and heresy and found himself carted off by the Inquisition and a group of surly-looking Black Templars. A fair few years seem to have passed since then (noting the extra studs in his skull) and he looks to have crossed the Rubicon Primaris too. What else has he faced in the intervening years?
Mark Strong doesn't make a return as the voice of Titus which is a bit of a shame but Clive Standen seems well suited considering his time spent in Vikings. We also see the foe switch from the Orks and forces of Chaos to the numberless swarms of the Tyranids.
I am crossing everything for this game. I want it to be great and from the small snippets of gameplay we got at the end, it could be another winner. I am incredibly eager to see what they've done with Titus since his first appearance and if they are able to carry over that brutal feel of the original game.
Are you excited for the return of Space Marine?
"A fair few years seem to have passed since then and he looks to have crossed the Rubicon Primaris too. What else has he faced in the intervening years?"
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Please please please please please don’t f*** this up. I really liked the original.
I know haha – fingers crossed
Ah nice. Too bad it seems to be for console that I don’t have and I don’t even have much reasons to get.
From https://forums.focus-entmt.com/topic/62623/warhammer-40-000-space-marine-2-faq
Q: On which platforms will the game be available?
A: The game will release on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC.
This was just the trailer from Playstation.
I spent many an hour playing the first Space Marine game and have had my fingers crossed for a sequel ever since! Really looking forward to this. Let’s hope they give the multiplayer a makeover for the sequel.
Somehow I never played the first one, I am hoping they do a good job with this one
Nice looking? Game an Nid hunting this time.
Yeah right. They’ve done a pretty good job of that intro. I wonder how the rest went….
I’m a little concerned about this one… while it’s nice to see Titus back (somehow) there’s a lot of unanswered questions that need explaining, like what happened with the Inquisition in the last game, does he secretly have psyker tendencies, why has he been enhanced into a Primaris marine after all that happened, etc. After what happened with Necromunda: Hired Gun, I’m a bit wary of getting too excited too soon…
There are some visual hints for what might had happened. Firstly way he has his Chainsword chained indicates that he might had been in Deathwatch as well as Black Templar influence, secondly service studs that he has shows that he has been in service for 400 years, thirdly he was made Primaris and fourthly he was clearly demoted to lieutenant.
No cockney orks in this one