Space Marine

I make no secret that I love the lore of the Warhammer 40K universe. However, Games Workshop is nothing less than a despicable company for a multitude of reasons, one of which being that they seem to love pushing out completely garbage low budget video games for the franchise as a whole. There have only been a few that I thought were good, those being: Dawn of War II, Battlefleet Gothic Armada, Space Hulk: Deathwing, and Space Marine. Even among those one, though, they still have the feel of being shoe-stringed nearly to death on their budget. Despite that, I am still looking forward to the release of Darktide and Space Marine 2.

Anyways, this post is really about Space Marine. The game is a third person shooter in which you play as an Ultramarine in a campaign against the Orks and the forces of Chaos. The game really nails the setting and gives you that over the top action-movie feeling right from the get go. My only complaint about the story is that I feel like the Ultramarines are really one of the more boring aspects of the lore compared to other chapters of Space Marines, and you can tell that they were a little self indulgent with some of the cut-scenes and they drag on far too long. 

Sheer awesome.

Overall though, the game is absolutely great and has some excellent moments the especially funny ones being with the Ork boss. It's full of all the coolest weapons and has plenty of blood and guts to satisfy all. The game is usually on sale or even when not, is usually just straight up super cheap, and I would highly recommend it.