Collect resources. Build up your base. Climb the tech tree. Collect more resources. Pump out a ton of upgraded units and overwhelm the AI with an unstoppable army. Rinse, repeat, and you’ve got yourself a single-player campaign. That’s the way Dune II did it back in 1992. That’s the way StarCraft did it in 1998. And that’s the way the original Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War did it in 2004.
We like what Relic Entertainment’s doing with Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. Instead of tossing us a few new units with slightly snazzier graphics and calling it a day, they’re making some sweeping changes to the singleplayer campaign, killing some of the RTS genre’s most sacred cows by removing resource-gathering chores, and base management.
Captain Titus and the Space Marines under his command have it rough. They've been raised from birth to defend the human race against the oncoming, never-ending swarm of bloodthirsty and warlike Orks. To make matters worse, they're also being attacked by the devious and powerful followers of the Chaos Gods, who warp in from alternate dimensions to join the fight. Luckily for them, they've been genetically altered to deal with just about any threat that comes their way. Standing at more than seven feet tall and weighing in at about 1,000 pounds, they're capable of destroying most everything that comes their way. And that's why they're the focus of Relic Entertainment's newest foray into the Warhammer universe...
Plenty of haters lately have railed against Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, saying that it just looks like a mash-up of Gears of War and Dynasty Warriors set within the 40K universe. To this we’d like to say: What on Earth is the matter with you that you can’t appreciate a game that’s a mash-up of Gears of War and Dynasty Warriors set within the 40K universe?...
It’s almost a year since the first footage of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine escaped Relic’s offices, but what a difference twelve months can make. Originally pitched as a melée-heavy Gears of War with a speed boost (ranged weapons subdue enemies but you need to get close and trigger one of the ‘cinemaction executions’ to finish ‘em off) it’s now an action RPG with hand-to-hand combat.
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