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 AlmightyWalrus wrote:
Obligatory "don't Bolters use case-less ammunition?" comment. That's probably what bugged me the most.

Pretty much any piece of fluff mentions them not being case-less, afaik.

Bolter used to be caseless a long, long time ago, but machine guns spitting out piles and piles of spent brass look much cooler.

 Redemption wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:
Obligatory "don't Bolters use case-less ammunition?" comment. That's probably what bugged me the most.

Pretty much any piece of fluff mentions them not being case-less, afaik.

Black Library fluff, sure. But every single tech spec and diagram for bolters specifically calls bolt shells case-less.

However, that seems to be a relic of by gone days, as even GW's scenic bases and base elements include shells that are designed to really only be able to have come from 2 weapon styles: Bolters and Shootas.

 BrookM wrote:
I'm looking forward to this one, the music feels out of place though.

It is certainly the weirdest riff I've heard of Joan Manuel Serrat's "Saeta", that's for sure

@Kharzak - much, much better. Now I can watch it without the sound off. Much thanks!

 TheCustomLime wrote:
As cool as this trailer is and I'm going to paraphrase a quote from Mr. Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation fame: "A pre-rendered CGI trailer is as useful of informing us about the game as them showing us the plastic they are going to use to wrap the box". I'm going to hold judgement until I see some actual gameplay footage.

Well, at least you get a cool trailer for your money Looks like they got the feel right, I'm interested to see the gameplay.

The trailer is great but we all know that the game is going to be gak let's not kid ourselves here.

 PastelAvenger wrote:
The trailer is great but we all know that the game is going to be gak let's not kid ourselves here.

Probably, but there's no reason it has to be. The Unreal Engine is certainly capable of gorgeous visuals, and let's face it, Space Hulk is about as complex as Doom in terms of setting and AI requirements. FPS in dark creepy corridors is a pretty well established genre.

Mymearan wrote:
Can't believe the reaction to the music is so negative. Do you really want nothing but the tired old epic choir/The Rock soundtrack? I think it was a brilliant choice that really puts a different spin on the Space Marine concept. The music is at odds with the traditional image of gothic, grimdark epicness, which is why it works so well. Such a simple thing as a bold choice of music manages to make the Marines appear more human and show another side of the 40k universe, which is much more interesting to me than piling on the church organs and latin choirs like we see in every other trailer of this type. I must've watched it at least 10 times at this point, and it only gets better.

I respectfully disagree.
The music was corndog in my opinion. It was as if someone tacked it on in a panic and didn't even know what the whole song eventually morphed into. Much as someone hearing so9mething for the first time, liking the first part, but not listening to the whole song all the way through. It detracted from the total image of the trailer, and makes this game into just another gangster shoot them up grand theft auto stuff...

Might as well of used Die Antwood. At least it would have been a good sedgeway into the groups new robot movie, CHAPPIE.

I liked the music. It had a cinematic quality that led me to hope there might be more depth to the plot/characters than is typical for 40k licensed games. Probably won't come to anything, though.

All I can say is "Meh". Not impressed. This shows me nothing. It's another pretty or beautiful trailer but going to end in disappointment since the trailer is not actual game play.

It's going to be another 2am drunk at a dark bar and picking up a girl finding out the next morning she looks nothing like how you saw her the first time.

So again, Meh, not impressed.

Also the Genestealers look so freaking stupid with the tongue hanging out. Looks so out of place.

How do they get around the fact the game only has one basic enemy type and one boss?

By introducing new types of 'Stealer from the look of things.

There were lots of biomorphs for Genestealers in the older codexes. We also had Genestealer hybrids from back in second edition. It is hardly a stretch.

Although i am sure i saw a Hormagaunt in there at one point.

I liked both music and trailer. Bogus latin got old 10 years ago. Regarding the quality of the game, well, let's wait and see.

I love this already for making so many people so angry.

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
I love this already for making so many people so Disappointed..

Fixed that for you.

Eh, I liked the music choice. Metal/Orchestral/Chanting get's boring after a while. This was new and different.

However I will agree that, lyrically, the song was a bad choice. Instrumentally it worked (for me).

The whole 'Last Stand' moment at the end worked perfectly for my tastes and I have to say this is one of the few trailers I have willing rewatched (several times, now) for a video game in ages... not just for a 40K game.

Music was a good change of pace. More appealing I believe to non 40k fans and it makes the game look fast paced.

Unfortunately I fear that the will inherit the Dark Angels curse.

Joyboozer wrote:
How do they get around the fact the game only has one basic enemy type and one boss?

Space Hulk: Ascension has a whole bunch of different 'stealer types (scything talon, acid maw, feeder tedril, flesh hook and so on), they'll probably do something similar here.

What's the weapon that's firing several shots of blue energy back to back at 0:41, and on the far left at 1:34? It's definitely not a plasma cannon, as that's shown later and firing green, but it does look like it has the plasma coil. The assault cannon, plasma cannon, and heavy flamer all make an appearance as well as whatever weapon that might be.

I'm 99% certain that it's a second Plasma Cannon, with them firing different colours in order to differentiate between the two terminators wielding them?

the music had a very James Bond intro vibe going on, so I liked it. Not sure that I would dig it in the game, but for a trailer it works.

I really dig those teasers. Nice.

Deadawake1347 wrote:What's the weapon that's firing several shots of blue energy back to back at 0:41, and on the far left at 1:34? It's definitely not a plasma cannon, as that's shown later and firing green, but it does look like it has the plasma coil. The assault cannon, plasma cannon, and heavy flamer all make an appearance as well as whatever weapon that might be.

Matt.Kingsley wrote:I'm 99% certain that it's a second Plasma Cannon, with them firing different colours in order to differentiate between the two terminators wielding them?

I wondered that myself. At first I thought a grav cannon or something. The thing is though, it's bang on for a plasma cannon.

-It's got the blue glowy heat sink/magnetic coils/whatever the feth they're supposed to be.
-It's got the Hydrogen fuel flasks
-It's got the wires and cables going every which-a-way.
-It's got the same barrel shrouding
-It even matches up with the plasma cannon that comes with the DW kit.

The only thing that doesn't entirely match up (but we can easily put this down to artistic licence) is the weird protruding barrel, which plasma cannons don't have.

The same goes for the green cannon. It's almost identical to the blue one, except that it's green and doesn't have the odd barrel. I took some screenies to compare.
I'm guessing though, we'll find out when we play the game.









What is more pressing to me, however, is the strange symbol on the Librarians belt. It's not one I recognise.

You can zoom in on the picture in the gallery. (Same with the above pictures too)

You mean the one on his crotch-skull?
It looks like the imperial "I" With some sort of swirly sun on it. Perhaps some librarian symbol?

Bruva Alfabusa just posted this in response.




Move over, Crimson Fists, the Death Wing are the new Mexican Marines!

 PastelAvenger wrote:
The trailer is great but we all know that the game is going to be gak let's not kid ourselves here.

Developer already released a game. It's called EYE Divine Cybermancy. I've played it. Streum is a very small French indie studio.

I can tell that they were selected due to their love of excessively ornate armors. Cybermancy was a very obscure FPS with a complicated progression system and cryptic dialogue. It was rated well amongst old gamers hungry for some Deus Ex archaic FPS-RPG hybrid, but generally noted for a variety of flaws of the low budget variety. Looking at these trailers, Streum has been gifted with a huge budget and they have risen to the occasion. At least they have impressive modelers, but yes, I have some doubts that this game will even be playable. Suffice to say I think that Streum has talent and is a small, albeit extremely obscure developer worthy of supporting, especially in the event that this turns out to be playable.

EYE has been known to go on sale for 2 dollars on Steam in case anyone's curious.

Totally digging the cool music in the first trailer BrookM posted. It was wicked dope. Anyone know if this is a COD style of shooter or something a little more tactical... I think it would be dope if it was like Republic Commando or something. Or maybe like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter.

 TedNugent wrote:
Developer already released a game. It's called EYE Divine Cybermancy. I've played it. Streum is a very small French indie studio.

I can tell that they were selected due to their love of excessively ornate armors. Cybermancy was a very obscure FPS with a complicated progression system and cryptic dialogue. It was rated well amongst old gamers hungry for some Deus Ex archaic FPS-RPG hybrid, but generally noted for a variety of flaws of the low budget variety. Looking at these trailers, Streum has been gifted with a huge budget and they have risen to the occasion. At least they have impressive modelers, but yes, I have some doubts that this game will even be playable. Suffice to say I think that Streum has talent and is a small, albeit extremely obscure developer worthy of supporting, especially in the event that this turns out to be playable.

EYE has been known to go on sale for 2 dollars on Steam in case anyone's curious.

I didn't realise it was the same developer. I love E.Y.E (got it for a singular dollar on steam a while back). I am now expecting even better things for this game.