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the game hit shelves at 12 midnight and its awesome ! if your a 40k fan its a must . you fight hordes upon hordes of orcs . i've been playing for about 3 hours . voice actings great and cut scenes are great . so far a big Rendar thumbs up !!

ok in the states tho...

Getting it in about an hour when the store opens back up, sounds like it will be everything thats expected !

lucky ducks, the local store(the PX on base, and only place I know of where I can get english games) decided for whatever reason not to stock Space Marine on release, but wait till friday to get...awesome planning right there, though hopefully I will be getting the game earlier than that.

Hopefully my collectors edition will be delivered tonight.

I pre ordered it on amazon. My copy hasnt shipped out yet... (of course).


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All I can say is...

I think I love this game more than the original DoW series. Relic really hit dead-on with the balance of OTT delicious violence, just the right amount of Grimdark, a bit of humour, and not too much "ULTRAMARINESHERPDERP"

Wow. Really happy for you and all, but we don't get it till Friday

Well then, despite it's short length (~8hrs), it's -definately- worth the money if you love simple, blood-coated hack n' slash games.

I was worried it was gonna be a short game just like all the other shooter types :( oh well.. hope the multiplayer makes it worth it...

Haven't tried the MP yet, but from what I've heard, it's just as enjoyable. Co-Op Campaign will be coming in a later update too.

I'm playing it on Hard and just got to chapter 6 in about 3 or so hours of gameplay... really fun so far! Hard mode definitely has me running around screaming "Run damnit!" lol

Multiplayer is pretty fun, I think damage is a little too high but I really like how even a good player is really pressed to get a really good ratio rather than run roughhouse over a whole team.

This game is incredible ! Its like a dream come true , was lucky enough to get to play for about 6 hours today on PC , mostly multi player and the single player campaign also.

The portrayal of the space marine in this game is phenomenally well done. Voice acting is top notch. You really feel like the presence of a space marine is a blessing from on high. There's one scene close to the beginning where the captain is entering a garrison of the struggling imperial guardsmen (badass that they survived a massive ork incursion, btw), and the voices of the guardsmen are subtle and have a "thank the heavens, a space marine" like they have never seen a space marine before, and it's as if an angel has come to deliver them. Incredibly well done. Relic captured the spirit of the 40K universe absolutely perfectly. I can't wait to pick up my sticks again after finishing this post!

I was playing multi player today and my team was trying to capture an objective, I had unlocked the heavy bolter ( devastator marine) and I knew that I had to lay down covering fire on the objective and keep the chaos marines engaged ( you switch between chaos and marine side) . The heavy bolter was hammering away , the noise was deafening and I could hear enemy marines using chainsaws to battle their way towards me . As they closed in on me I saw my fellow assault marines jet packing over head and coming in with close assault weapons swinging and hacking the enemy to bits.
At that moment It really hit me that this wonderful universe I have been a part of for so long , read so many books and played so many games , this universe had come to life and I was right smack in the middle of it.

I can not think of higher praise to give to relic ( the developers) than that.

The campaign is pretty fun so far. But, I can't play online at all. I log in, and go to find a game and then it just hangs. It will say it found 20 games like it's trying to join one and it just sits there forever. I left it on for 15 minutes at one point and nothing. I restarted my PS3 and got the same thing. Anyone else have trouble connecting?

it did say something about setting my internet NAT to open, but that may as well have been in chinese because I have no idea what that is

Campaign is so good.

It will be beaten before I sleep tonight. I think I'm about halfway through, lol.

Laggy as hell for me tonight. Not surprising as it's 11 PM Central.

I like what I've seen so far, though.

The Multiplayer is just sweet.

A teensy weensy bit laggy, but the lobbies are full, so I'm happeh.

The game turned out a lot like I expected. Chronic content shortage is a problem and the campaign is way too short.

But I'm pleased. Its shocking how much character this game has. As far as I know, Relic has never made a shooter before, but Space Marine's controls, and just the feel of playing are superb. They obviously put a lot of time into getting this aspect of the game right and it shows and the developers deserve all due credit. I have no complaints at all on this which is pretty rare for someone as absurdly picky as me. I haven't played a game that felt so smooth and right in that intangible way that can't really be put into words in a long time. This game really does an amazing job at making you feel like a Space Marine.

But still, I really wish there was more to do in the game. There's only two game modes and only five MP maps. SP is fun but after one time through I can't say I feel like doing it again. The campaign was too rushed. I never had any time to enjoy anything I was doing before being thrown into the next thing. It doesn't help that for a 'walking tank that doesn't need cover 'even on the easiest difficulty if you don't use cover you're going to die pretty fast. Same in multiplayer and I can't seem to escape this irking question of why I can't hide behind that rock and do some pop and shoot XD.

EDIT: This is a game that really tragically fell short of greatness. I suspect budget is to blame

So I love the multiplayer, wanted to play like 1 game... ended up playing about 5 after 2am.

Game is SOOO good.

I've been considering an X-box for a while, but playing the demo of this game has tipped it for me, most of the reviews are positive, and with a birthday coming up...
I WANT THIS GAME!

LordofHats wrote:The game turned out a lot like I expected. Chronic content shortage is a problem and the campaign is way too short.

But I'm pleased. Its shocking how much character this game has. As far as I know, Relic has never made a shooter before, but Space Marine's controls, and just the feel of playing are superb. They obviously put a lot of time into getting this aspect of the game right and it shows and the developers deserve all due credit. I have no complaints at all on this which is pretty rare for someone as absurdly picky as me. I haven't played a game that felt so smooth and right in that intangible way that can't really be put into words in a long time. This game really does an amazing job at making you feel like a Space Marine.

But still, I really wish there was more to do in the game. There's only two game modes and only five MP maps. SP is fun but after one time through I can't say I feel like doing it again. The campaign was too rushed. I never had any time to enjoy anything I was doing before being thrown into the next thing. It doesn't help that for a 'walking tank that doesn't need cover 'even on the easiest difficulty if you don't use cover you're going to die pretty fast. Same in multiplayer and I can't seem to escape this irking question of why I can't hide behind that rock and do some pop and shoot XD.

EDIT: This is a game that really tragically fell short of greatness. I suspect budget is to blame

Try multiplayer , it's amazing and would have been worth the game even if no campaign was included I played the campaign for about 10 minutes and switched to multi player for 6 hours.also downloadable content coming in October for free ( exterminatus)

Necros wrote:The campaign is pretty fun so far. But, I can't play online at all. I log in, and go to find a game and then it just hangs. It will say it found 20 games like it's trying to join one and it just sits there forever. I left it on for 15 minutes at one point and nothing. I restarted my PS3 and got the same thing. Anyone else have trouble connecting?

it did say something about setting my internet NAT to open, but that may as well have been in chinese because I have no idea what that is

Ack, I'm having the exact same problem! Halp!

Once in a while I have a problem in the match making think. Just go back to where you select the game mode and try again. Always has worked for me the second time.

The NAT problem means you don't have ports on your Router forward.

Non nerd speak:

Get someone who knows routers

mk2 wrote:Try multiplayer , it's amazing and would have been worth the game even if no campaign was included I played the campaign for about 10 minutes and switched to multi player for 6 hours.also downloadable content coming in October for free ( exterminatus)

You assume I haven't? There's only five maps and only two game modes which will get boring very fast. Especially with how OP the plasma rifle is (otherwise I think the balance is very good though Assault Marines tend to dominate certain maps). Compare it to MW3 which will likely have at least 10 maps and four to five game modes if not more. BF3 will have more content too. This game is great. Its a shame players have so little to do. The matchmaker is horrible by the way. No idea why they decided to use that same horrid system they used in DoW, but to make it worse by trying to match more people.

I love the game don't get me wrong. But there really just isn't that much in here. Even with a free horde style DLC (which I will enjoy a great much) this game is so short of content it won't be able to maintain a community for long. I doubt the community will be strong enough to keep it going until that DLC releases.Space Marine is like Transformers: War for Cybertron. An excellent game in nearly every respect that just doesn't have enough in it to keep people playing. EDIT: I thought challenges and unlocking armor would help this, but in about 5 hours of MP I've already unlocked most of the armor.

MattRendar wrote:the game hit shelves at 12 midnight and its awesome ! if your a 40k fan its a must . you fight hordes upon hordes of orcs . i've been playing for about 3 hours . voice actings great and cut scenes are great . so far a big Rendar thumbs up !!

Calm down. The game isn't that good. I mean its cool, but only because its a setting that we all know and love. The reality of it is that the gameplay is rather subpar, the campaign is too short, and multiplayers life time is going to be limited by the release date of BF3/MW3 (in fact, it basically died on release for PS3 because Resistance 3 was released the same day...

'Dynasty Warriors meets Gears of War' is the best description for the game.

On xbox, it'll die even faster with gears 3 around the corner.