Warhammer 40K: Darktide gameplay - full mission as Veteran & Zealot

We went hands-on with co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide -- here's a full mission from the perspective of two of the game's four classes.
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[@PandaSquared]

17:42 The Machine Spirit accepts your ammo box offering.

[@paledolphin]

Oh yeah, I chuckled at that small bug, where the Zealot player was clearly frustrated by their inability to replenish their ammo.

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

He did not praise the machine spirit by pressing 3

[@Henevas]

@@mcmarkmarkson7115 No evidence of holy oils being burnt, the machine spirit was clearly not appeased.

[@TMoDDD]

Cuz machine is eternal.

[@declanjones8888]

This comment deserves more likes.

[@FartLordGaming]

This is effectively 20 minutes of a guardsman carrying a full fireteam and I'm happy that it's staying so close to lore

[@ireallycant4416]

Wtf do you think veterans do?

[@FartLordGaming]

@@ireallycant4416 idk be the warhammer but 40 thousand of them I haven't read the books

[@ireallycant4416]

@@FartLordGaming nahh man I recommend you to just have fun with the universe.. don't get too deep with it.. don't get me wrong tho. Warhammer probably have the most underrated universe with it comes to best plotlines and movie concept

[@LordVader1094]

@@ireallycant4416 Joke went over your head

[@alextherussian9933]

Guardsman player is several leagues above the others, specifically the Gamespot zealot player, I swear gaming journalists learn the craft playing farmsville. Well, just remember: The planet broke before the guard did.

[@TheHydraByte]

Bless this zealot player they are... doing their best

[@mrgoober6320]

I expect Ogryn players to set a new standard for blocking and taking friendly fire.

[@ryanj610]

Gaming reporters very often seem unable to.... game.

[@thedrunkzaku]

@@ryanj610 My thoughts exactly.

[@Monchegorx]

@@ryanj610 Is there any footage of you playing a game for the very first time?

[@celticfox]

@@Monchegorx if the shooter formula had actually changed in the past twenty years you might be onto something

[@thesyndrome43]

17:43 the zealot tries dropping an ammo bag from the team while on the elevator....and it vanishes instantly when she puts in down, then she looks around confused for a second before deciding to move on. I assume this is a bug when putting a static object on a moving platform just fails to place it properly, which I've seen come up as bugs A LOT in various games over the years

[@OrionDawn15]

Most likely.

[@renderscott]

Yea ive seen this in other games as well, usually it spawns at the bottom

[@mobydork5591]

Just saw this as well, made me giggle 😂

[@Oops-All-Ghosts]

That definitely seems like a problem; elevators are where you usually want to be restocking.

[@mobydork5591]

I'm assuming that's a bug that will get fixed before release

[@North29TH]

The interaction between the Ogryn and the rest of the crew is what I love.

[@ClubQRoundDeux]

The Ogryn is nice but I feel he is a little too articulate to not have bone 'ead cybernetics on him.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

@@ClubQRoundDeux Yeah, Nork Deddog is considered a genus because he can count to 4, obviously the Ogryn pc cant be completely dumb, for banter reasons, but he still feels just a bit too smart.

[@fernandorivera4719]

I always thought the Nork counting thing was exaggerated. Ogryns aren't the brightest lightbulbs, but they aren't lobotomized (Necromunda Jotunn-class monotask servitors notwithstanding) either. They are always depicted as smart enough to look "stupid" as opposed to simply animalistic.

[@DeinosCZ]

Have to admit that he is quite smart and eloquent for Ogryn. Must be BoneHead............. If you played Dark Crusade or Soulstorm you know what I mean :)

[@cadet1ice]

@@ClubQRoundDeux Bone 'eads are not that articulate either.

[@TheWaluigiman1]

For anyone wondering why he is charging the handle on a laser rifle, I'll explain my theory behind it. The Mechanicus makes these guns with the idea that the guardsman will do untold sorts of things to them, including shooting themselves. I'm guessing when the button for the power pack is released, it locks the safety to keep the rifle from attempting to fire while there is no charge pack (residual energy could still fire the gun. As it's a thing for capacitors in real life). The guardsman then after slapping in a new charge pack has to unlock it again (doesn't look like he's charging it back but simply pressing down a safety) to continue firing the gun.

[@fimmywa]

Knowledge is knowing this fact, wisdom is knowing the game developers almost certainly did not.

[@GorbadIronclaw]

@@fimmywa What fact? Dude is presenting HIS theory. There is no consistent lore when it comes to lasguns anyway.

[@norsethenomad5978]

@@GorbadIronclaw precisely what he meant my guy. Due to the, at best, loose lore surrounding las weapons, this explanation is pretty much headcanon if not canon for the weapon shown

[@fimmywa]

@@GorbadIronclaw welcome to the warhammer community bud

[@lumberluc]

And a great safety when it comes to The Warp. Your more likely to blow your head when you think your not suppose to be here.

[@Raulikien]

13:23 fucking emptied the whole mag on the Ogryn's face lmfao

[@thedrunkzaku]

He just looked at her like :D

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

RePeNt HeReTiCs!

[@nights3401]

Game journo aim

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Happens to me in battlefield 1 all the time and the guys always look around like What happened

[@bombthezoms]

spoilers for of mice and men 13:22

[@JohnDoe-or9gg]

Aristocrat joke

[@peeblespeebles6761]

Genuinely laughed. Thanks mate.

[@lavoroxan8114]

Lmfao

[@auxane318]

genius

[@Ecnalite]

13:10 Love the confusion of the fight with large enemies leading to the zealot firing a good chunk of her magazine into the equally-large but friendly ogryn

[@Watcher-in-the-Dark]

It's fine, it likely just tickled the big dude.

[@normiesreee7906]

6:54 wholesome Ogryn and Guardsman moment.

[@fastest-man-alive]

13:24 another wholesome moment

[@moonlightning8269]

@@fastest-man-alive poor clob, mistaken for a monster and shot in the face by his gamespot comrade

[@maulcop7719]

This is video proof on why everyone thinks Game's Journalists are terrible at games

[@sinephase]

I swear they were using a gamepad too LMAO

[@loobkoob]

@@sinephase My assumption is that they're usually KB+M players but that they ARE using a gamepad here, which is why they look so uncomfortable. Controllers tend to be used for gameplay showcases because the smoother camera movement makes it easier for viewers to track. Also, at a capture event you just use what you're given.

[@sinephase]

@@loobkoob still makes little to no sense to me, and considering it's a game that requires quick reactions, whoever made that decision is a moron

[@killbabies0341]

@@loobkoob The person playing looks like they are just uncomfortable playing games regardless. Most PC players have no issue picking up a controller for stuff like Darksouls.

[@Mr.Beanis]

​@@loobkoob The controls onscreen are being displayed as keyboard inputs though. Also, there is nothing smooth about their camera movement at all. Their quick erratic movements are indicative of someone using a mouse with either the wrong sensitivity or someone who's just not used to play FPS games. This is definitely mouse movement. You should be able tell with all their micro adjusting, usually over adjusting and then slightly moving back which is not something controller users can do very quickly like that. There is also variance in the speed at which they move their crosshair. Sometimes it's a quick 180 or 90 degree flick and other times it's a slower movement you can see that at 3:00 minutes in.

[@vajukal]

So far it looks good with a few sticking points. 1 I don't like the floating ammo icon, just have ammo boxes or something. 2 They characters def need more banter, that really made vermintide feel more special. 3 The level of stamina is frustratingly low. 4 The UI is alright but some options for customization and or scaling would be very appreciated.

[@aitnobetafaq]

Health bar should be gone. What is this aliens fireteam? And even there, everybody was hating on the healthbar aswel...

[@pablopopodopaulos4931]

I think its enemys healthbar

[@lovebunny2652]

@@aitnobetafaq That's pretty trivial tho, it's the kind of thing that can definetly be disabled in hud options.

[@aitnobetafaq]

@@lovebunny2652 they just shouldnt think about making an gamehall arcade game, but more of a triple-A masterpiece.

[@rokinz3270]

Re number 2 of all the gameplay I've seen its def feels a little dry without the banter. Its a little harder since they are letting people create there own characters so there not named. I suspect they went this route as in Vermintide 2 being forced to have 4 different characters in the Squad slowed match making down. The only way around this I could see is unnamed characters or you have 4 named characters per class.

[@sebastianhovenas272]

6:03 Yes YES! He said it! He said Imperial Guard, and not Astra militarum. Bless you veteran, bless you!

[@weissendrachen]

Astra Mili-what? You're in the Guard, son.

[@utubrGaming]

In this regiment, we: - Speak Low Gothic - Fix bayonets - Read the Infantryman's Uplifting Primer - Stand behind the Commissar

[@lazerhosen]

...they say, acting like that phrase wasn't always part of the lore. Just look at any old diagram of how the Imperium is organized and you will read the phrase "Astra Militarum (The Imperial Guard)" in one of the big boxes. While GW officially changed the "real-world" name of the faction to refresh their IP, It's still actually 100% lore-accurate for a guardsman to refer to what he is in Low Gothic instead of the High Gothic name for the organization. Plus what chump would be in the trenches and go "another glorious day in the Astra Militarum," in front of his battle buddies like some kind of high-born, grox-fed noble?

[@Axemania21]

please let there be a heavy bolter turret somewhere in this game

[@mcmarkmarkson7115]

Or any kind of bolter!

[@ryanj610]

Heavy, and TWIN-LINKED!

[@baer0083]

The DAKKA... WE NEED IT!

[@Axemania21]

@@mcmarkmarkson7115 bolt pistol + chainsword combo or SoB pattern bolters so as not to anger _those people_

[@michaelgalloway1359]

What was the ogryn holding towards the beginning though it looked like a bolter shotgun?

[@jamesransom6431]

Looks amazing. The attention to detail is top-notch. The Chaos Guardsmen and the pox walkers/zombies look identical to the Blackstone Fortress minis. These guys definitely know their 40K. Two thumbs sky high so far.

[@Einhauser]

Vermintide 2 arms enemies with weapons identical to what you get in the kits, they do wonderfully faithful work

[@play3rthr339]

Yep, the only time I know that they've gone off-Lore at any point in time is giving the Warrior Priest of Sigmar in vermintide 2 a flail and shield as an option alongside the expected host of hammers. But it's my favorite weapon for WP in V2 so I can't complain much.

[@King_Crawdad]

I know it’s. Small thing but my heat swelled with pride when the veteran said imperial guard and not astra militarum. I’m also surprised there is no tech priest class. But I know there’s time.

[@shdwcypher]

That I can tell, the players are an Inquisitors "bad company" pet-project. Members of the cult-mech wouldn't go into the imperial prison system, and wouldn't be under an inquisitors jurisdiction. A *PRIEST* is a big deal too. They'd probably be way above the rank of doing this kind of thing

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

@@shdwcypher It's the Imperium. There aren't many hard rules on what can or can't happen, especially when it's an Inquisitor who comes calling.

[@gentleshark972]

@@shdwcypher who knows if its an actual priest but rather a radical zealot vigilante the echlesiarchy doesnt care about.

[@GKJusticar55]

I'd have loved for Jason Statham to have voiced him.

[@SolarArmadillo]

$10 Tech Priest is gonna be DLC.

[@tumate45]

At the start I didnt get it why the teammates talk this much, but after hear all that noise that can make your head pound from the enemy, it's a blessing they talk about everything, because then I wouldnt know where are the big baddies.

[@burnin8able]

if you haven't played vermintide, yeah, that's how it is. the combat is very chaotic and you can very easily miss special or elite units in crowds of fodder. the characters will usually call out things like "I hear a [special unit]" when one is around, and you can manually ping them to call out their exact location to the team.

[@ireallycant4416]

God fat shark is underrated.. I mean talking to each other in chaotic situation seems realistic enough, keeping the sanity sane for the team

[@GuerillaBunny]

Honestly the sound design is what makes Vermintide 2 such a lasting classic. The game tells you EVERYTHING that is happening through sound, either through banter or otherwise. Once you learn the audio cues, you can block attacks from enemies you didn't even know were behind you, because there's a warning sound like half a second before the hit lands.

[@john46525]

Really liking the gameplay so far, hoping they can add more banter between characters and also more music.

[@Himmelfahrth]

Agreed! The banter is very important

[@nephilim8559]

i think the music is muted for copyright reasons

[@normiesreee7906]

I think they will. They supposedly have about 75,000 lines of interaction between the characters.

[@chrisp5093]

No. Not more banter. I dont want to hear "these stairs go up" 3 times every level.

[@john46525]

@@chrisp5093 but I do

[@Nighttimelemon]

Huds too big and I’d turn off enemy health icons but other than that looks good

[@aecra]

idk i really dont like the font they chose but the game looks fucking great

[@siegfriedgottz698]

yea you can turn all the ui off just like in v2

[@aliwahab1255]

@Siegfritz Gottz where did they say that?

[@Mjolknirn]

UI is usually the final aspect of games to be designed on, is simply the way of game development. I expect it'll be very polished near release.

[@WarsmithHuggy]

If its anything like vermintide 2 there should be hud scaling built in

[@The_Drumple]

I like the part where the zealot straight friendly fires the ogryn despite the glowing name overhead

[@Hauwke764]

It was endearing to me, the player was clearly having a moment of panic, and just shot the biggest thing they could see on the way past lmao.

[@burnin8able]

the ogryn just looked back like "am I a joke to you?"

[@dominikforstner1351]

First setting to change: Player outlines set to 'always on'.

[@elcatrinc1996]

i liked that because its something that would definetly happen to me

[@lazerhosen]

This is a demonstration session where they put game journalists in control. Clearly the guy playing as the Veteran plays a lot of shooters for fun, the others probably play Animal Crossing in their spare time.

[@danielburgin6975]

For people wondering about health bars, the community has wanted the health bars mod sanctioned for vermintide 2 since the mod released shortly after launch, since the mod author abandoned ship at some point it never was and likely never will be sanctioned. I think since darktide won't have mod support fatshark is trying to implement the features from popular community mods into the game as they did in vermintide 2's most recent update. If that update is anything to go by, the health bars should be able to be toggled on and off, and if they follow the logic of the mod from vermintide, you should be able to have healthbars only for specific enemies. Game looks great though, only things that worry me though are the fact that they purposely slowed down movement speed so that sprinting could exist which is kinda dumb. I'm also worried that dodging, which if you didn't know is one of the most important mechanics from vermintide, was removed. I'm hoping that the people playing have no idea how to play vermintide so they didn't know dodging was a thing and that it's actually still there. I'm also kinda annoyed at sprinting because I rebinded shift to dodge In vermintide since there is no sprinting so

[@PwnzorBob]

There is dodging, you can see it in the devblog Fatshark released on "Hybrid Combat"

[@helwrecht1637]

@@PwnzorBob yea I’m fairly certain I even saw the veteran dodge while reloading

[@Judasz696]

Lack of dodge would be a bummer

[@adc1222]

There is definitely dodging, it's just that the people playing didn't really know what they were doing. They also never used push attacks or blocks while in melee combat, and either just spammed light attacks or used their weapon special to take out a single weak horde enemy that would have died in 1 light attack anyways

[@Laban6112]

Problem is, having health bars off will give you disadvantage before other players, since they also give you visibility of the elites.

[@nd963]

I have never felt inner peace as wonderous as when that absolutely migraine-inducing dog bark audio stopped. Dead God Emperor, delete that audio file from existence, please!

[@MonkEsquire]

right? it was an absolute cacophony. the dog barking and the music was pure chaos.

[@thedbdentity2102]

Hound!

[@helwrecht1637]

Clob is precious and must be protected

[@radabit2417]

I'm guessing simpletons is the new lumberfoots

[@Knightmare755]

Titus and Mira... Hmm, is that a nod on Space Marine? Captain Titus and Lieutenant Mira?

[@khatyure]

Wish there was a bit more banter between characters, like in Vermintide. Dialogue between the Ubersreik 5 felt really natural.

[@GOSTAUG]

"bE mOre cArFul gOrReKsSoN !" Has to be one of my favorite banter !

[@sana2472]

I feel like they might have trouble with that considering it has character creation and no preset character personalities, theoretically. Definitely can't have names in dialogue, at least. Though it does seem like they're putting a lot of effort into having as much as they realistically can regardless.

[@Aithan83]

@@sana2472 The devs have said that you can pick one of six (three per gender) personalities for each class, so in some way there are "characters" (and even more than in Vermintide, numbers-wise) but yeah, they'll be "less personal" for sure.

[@GoEatATowel]

I wouldn't rather have it. I wanted the 4 faceless guardsmen and would like to keep it that way. Quips ain't fun.

[@RabidSPG]

banter seems fine to me, too many quips isn't fun anyway. Would much rather make my own characters. wish more games let you make your own tbh so hoping other take note of Darktide in that respect

[@VaughanyT]

Still needs some tweaking but I think this looks awesome. It's a small thing, but I love how've they've done the lasgun. Almost as iconic as the bolter in terms of 40k and looks properly lethal here. I see some comments mentioned the UI, personally I think I'd have to play it first before being 100% but it isn't too intrusive for me as is, but allowing people to toggle it on/off would probably help. Other than that, can we get a public BETA?

[@vincentcrow6075]

I hate how've they've done the lasgun

[@VaughanyT]

@@vincentcrow6075 to each their own, my only real reference are the Daw of War games. If they had them in Firewarrior, I wouldn't know

[@corax452]

In terms of UI, they need to reduce the size of the health bars, IMHO. At least to the size of the equipment icons on the right.

[@VideoGamerize]

@@corax452 you can probably just resize the ui just like in vermintide 2

[@cmdrpanorpa8631]

UI doesn't look any larger in screen space than vermintide UI, just looks 40k instead. Quite frankly I don't understand most of the complaints I see about the UI or gameplay. Except the fact that the players seemed new to the type of game. It's not like everybody is good at all games, but you kind of expect these journalists to have an interest and therefore inherent experience in games they play........

[@binomialshizrodrigues77]

that is a satisfying headshot noise also at 13:10 when the Zealot shoots the Ogryn cause she thought it was an enemy was priceless

[@Huntron-go1bw]

Good to see the zealot and guardsman getting some attention I wasn't sure about the lasgun at first but now it seems pretty punchy and smashing stuff with the zealot looks great too. I hope the zealot can get blessings or something to buff the team but I like how she calls out prayers/benedictions on the fly anyway.

[@PaRadaRada]

I’m just hoping for character subclasses like Vermintide. Above all I’m hoping for“Tempestus Scion” or “Kriegsman” subclasses

[@renderscott]

@@PaRadaRada omitting them would be downright bs so i take them for granted

[@Oops-All-Ghosts]

Yeah, I get why some players are complaining about the lasgun having recoil but like. The issue with that is that guns without recoil tend to feel weak and ineffective (which, fandom jokes aside, lasguns are not--at least against squishy targets like lightly armoured humans). I think this is probably the best way to manage it.

[@bored8321]

The las-gun of the astra militarum has always been a potent weapon that can rival that of relatively large calibre firearms, that is lore-wise though; the main reason(s) why it has always been down played despite its efficacy, well, because everything that the average human faces in the 40k universe is either too fast, too strong, or a combination of both with a mix mind-torturing horror...

[@lazerhosen]

@@PaRadaRada A member of the Tempestus would be executed for their crimes by the Schola Progenium before they could ever set foot within the Imperial Prison system so as to be recruited by an Inquisitor to be a playable character in this game. I like how many people wish-list their favorite things from 40k when they don't understand how it doesn't fit with the lore of 40k at all, let alone the backstory and design-direction of Darktide. This game probably takes place across the galaxy from all of your favorite things, and the developers probably set it there on purpose, just so they could be like "too far away from Ultramar, sorry, no Ultramarines," heck, they should probably just surround the sector in warp storms so they can be like "nope, nobody else from the Imperium will be in the game because they can't get there, only the elements that we have deemed to be within the sector at the time of the storms, so that's what's going to be in the game! Thanks for playing!" I can't count how many "I wanna be a Space Marine" comments there are for videos of this game... Like kid, if there were a game about the recruitment to become an Astartes, it would literally be scarier than any survival horror game on the market... *being a Space Marine isn't fun...* it would mean becoming an emotionally-stunted, brainwashed, no-free-time-having, *child-soldier* for like... 500 years of combat, meditation, combat drills, prayers to the emperor, holy boltgun anointing ceremonies, more drills, more battles... Space Marines are *tools,* not people... they do not enjoy the life of a regular Imperial Citizen, they are monastic warrior-knights whose sole-purpose is warfare. Plus, if you want to be a Astartes so bad, go play Space Marine, wait for the retro-fps boomer-shooter "Boltgun", or the upcoming Space Marine sequel, and stop pushing your lore-misunderstood, fantastical headcanon on Darktide. Sorry, had to add in the Astartes rant, had nothing to do with you other than the wish-listing things that will never be in this game because they don't fit the lore or the game's design goals.

[@Laban6112]

We had mayflies, now we proudly announce: simpletons!

[@MrJarredification]

This amount of friendly fire pleases Tzeentch.

[@Mike79745]

I hope enemy healthbars could be switched off.

[@Alex-hy9cw]

@@Walter5850 VT1 & 2 never had health bars except for bosses, any specials or elite mobs wouldn't have numbers and bars pop up over them, it clutters the screen and takes away from the experience.

[@yamahenrique]

@@Walter5850 i hope i can turn off i never liked health bars on enemies even more so i'm used to vermintide style

[@tonyyang2879]

only few bosses and elites have health bar, I think it’s fine to show you where the high priority targets are since all enemies are basically human size.

[@gotmilkrobot4]

They definitely should have the option to turn them off. It kinda ruins the experience knowing how much they can tank without them falling over, plus the healthbar is just kind of a massive eyesore. It was much more satisfying smacking them until you physically saw on their player model them getting bloody and beat up, that being their own healthbar using visual representation rather than a giant red bar.

[@priyank1811]

Love to see more guns and their customizations

[@GamekNightPlays]

Yeah, loot is important!

[@cursedhawkins1305]

@@GamekNightPlays Except its not a looter shooter, should never be treated like one.

[@GamekNightPlays]

@@cursedhawkins1305 not at all, but getting rewarded at the end of a run is important, getting better gear for your favorite character is important.

[@GrayFolxy]

Floating ammo is kinda breaking too just make some mags to take up

[@J1ffst3r]

Agreed, floaty spinny ammo looked very out of place compared to how good everything else was

[@Wankeroo]

So true. This is too Doom/arcade feeling.

[@allways28]

they had normal boxes of arrows etc in vermintide D:

[@jordanmccuaig718]

Looks pretty good, serious death wing vibes (although done right) I hope those healthbars can be removed or toggled off.

[@goransekulic3671]

What's wrong about Deathwing? Except being abandoned.

[@jordanmccuaig718]

@@goransekulic3671 graphics and level design was fantastic but the AI and gameplay felt lackluster. The game was based way too much on the board game rather than the left for dead in space it could of been. Obviously my opinion, the game had so mucb care and effort put into it but it was just missing some serious gameplay aspects. Melee was terrible, some guns were fun, no indication of any enemies behind you. I only had around 60 hours so I could be biased.

[@lazerhosen]

UI elements in Vermintide are scalable and can be disabled. Some footage of this game doesn't feature health bars or damage numbers, so it's safe to assume we can disable these non-immersive features.

[@varietywiarrior]

@@goransekulic3671 It was boring AF lmao. I hope this game is nothing like it in terms of gameplay and pacing.

[@goransekulic3671]

@@varietywiarrior What was boring? More details please.

[@cameronmeade4200]

I really hope there's a 5th mechanicus character or even some kind of dlc, this game looks incredible but it would be a perfect 10/10 if I can play as a cog boi

[@ibDeman]

a skitarii would be cool!

[@GrimViridian]

Hoping for this and a repentia, or at least fitting cosmetics for the zealot

[@mohawklogan]

Will the character have multiple classes like in Vermintide? I was just assuming that that is how they'll handle new classes is new characters. Mechancius, a fallen astrates, etc there is tons of unit types they could add.

[@sdghtjsdcgs]

A Custodian.

[@lazerhosen]

@@sdghtjsdcgs No. Stop wishlisting stuff like 10 year-olds who just discovered 40k. The main characters you play as in this game are *convicts* that have been recruited by an *Inquisitor.* None of the lore of the game, nor any of the lore of Warhammer 40k, nor the goal of the game designers, nor the balance of the game allow for a Custodian Guard to be in this game... in any capacity. I don't care if Roboute talked to the Emperor who finally let them out to play... it makes 0% sense by any metric.

[@josephrobinson6171]

UI could use some work, and there could be a little bit more back and forth banter, but otherwise looking really good. Combat looks fun and it seems ranged is much more of a focus than in vermintide. I loved the Ogryn dialogue at 6:55 btw. Also, the gore looks fantastic. I'd love more blood painting the walls etc, but I especially appreciated how when a corrupted guardsman got hit on the head with the zealot's hammer, it cracked his helmet open. I also love how if you interrupt a reloading animation after the magazine is in but the weapon hasn't been bolted, instead of starting the whole reload animation again it just continues where you left off.

[@dominikforstner1351]

To be fair they should have used their melee weapons 500% more, they are just not experienced with Vermintide.

[@Andreazor]

I'm good with less banter than in Vermintide, so that the banter there is lasts longer as we play the game.

[@thelonelypilot]

More voice interactions, and less enemy health bars. Other than that I like it.

[@SouthernGuy5423]

I've watched several demo sessions, and some of them had health bars and some didn't, so it seems likely there's a toggle like in most RPGs.

[@lazerhosen]

@@SouthernGuy5423 yeah, you can resize or disable UI features in Vermintide, so they likely kept that feature. The enemies give good visual feedback and it's easy to know when they're dead, so I personally would disable those UI elements since they break immersion for me almost as much as a lens-flare does in first person view.

[@SouthernGuy5423]

@@lazerhosen I totally get that some people hate that - its why having a simple toggle gives everyone the best of all worlds! Visual feedback should be in 1st person games like Darktide, no matter what, so Health bars become an aesthetic choice and personal preference rather than a requirement.

[@auralian1428]

Michael Gibson you only have to look at L4D2 to understand that top tier visual feedback does *not* need hit markers and health bars which plague every single game in existence now. If you try playing with no crosshair in dead redemption 2, that game actually has fantastic feedback, but it’s almost completely hidden by the big ugly X when you kill someone.

[@SouthernGuy5423]

@@auralian1428 Uh, that's your OPINION... which you're entitled to. I, and lots of other people, feel differently. Luckily, the Devs here are smart enough to realize that a toggle switch to turn health bars off or on combined with good live feedback - which every game should have ANYWAY - satisfies both of us. If your trying to say that a game shouldn't even offer that option, then I can say that your just being silly.

[@ninjagia1234]

Really love it! It's amazing and the only thing I'd suggest is shrink the UI. I like it but it's too big but im sure it'll have options for that. They still have some months before release

[@Hermit_twitch]

im sure, like vt2 had it , you gonna be able to resize UI.

[@sinephase]

it probably will have a setting for that

[@josephbrumfield8741]

Yeah shrink the UI, increase the amount of dialogue by a huge amount and increase stamina

[@Zhienerich]

Now if only one playable character would tell us which direction the stairs went.

[@gloriousbeard9054]

The sound of the hounds is eerie, I like that a lot. Love the look and feel of it all, can’t wait!

[@GhostRiderLSOV]

3:16 'Do you see the med station, simpletons?' We found our Kerillian?

[@thedrunkzaku]

Yes

[@WhiteWolfLIT]

This ogryn is a genius

[@premiumfruits3528]

The VERY first thing I noticed was the ammo count. THANK FUCKING CHRIST I can spend the entire time shooting things in a 40k game. I was terrified it would be heavily melee centric like Vermintide with full ranged builds being almost impossible. My hype is immeasurable.

[@darkweeman133]

Full ranged builds aren't gonna be a thing. Keep in mind that this is probably veteran difficulty.

[@jamescollins1124]

There were a few ranged builds in V2 that allowed you to have almost 100% ranged uptime.

[@goransekulic3671]

Vermintide had options for full ranged(and, no, not only Sienna). You just had to earn it.

[@nickstevenson5081]

they talked about in their dev blog called "hybrid combat" the gameplay will try to focus around swaping between melee and range. Choosing the right time to use your gun, or sword. Helping a teammate by shooting off some elite thats smashing its face in. That kinda stuff. But from the gameplay so far it looks like you can do a lot more ranged, which I am very happy because I love the Imperial Guard. And man, that lasgun sound sooooo good while looking fun to shoot. I think people that are saying this is just another Vermintide are going to find it is not.

[@jamescollins1124]

@@nickstevenson5081 IMO vermintide has always had "hybrid combat," they are just doing some marketing and maybe setting expectations for people coming into a game like vermintide. They don't want people getting pissed when they have to maybe use a melee weapon at times in a universe that makes it seem like you should use a gun at all times.

[@BullHorn7]

Great footage, looks polished! Somebody should've told them you can block, push, push-attack, dodge and dash in this game...

[@OrionDawn15]

Journalists/reporters almost never play well.

[@OneLikeOthers]

@@OrionDawn15 Before jumping to conclusions perhaps it's better to consider also the possibility that the game didn't convey well the presence of such mechanics.

[@TheAdududu]

I wish i have their job when improvise and creativity are out of window

[@agentisaac2338]

@@OneLikeOthers no, game journalists are just bad at games

[@OneLikeOthers]

@@agentisaac2338 why are you even telling me this? I'm not getting anything out of your claim, execept the vibe that you said it simply to reinforce a preconceived judgement.

[@PonchaYT]

Finally some uncut footage.

[@perkelenormally2755]

shame it didnt live up to expectations though..

[@Exhillious]

@@perkelenormally2755 I'm pretty satisfied with this gameplay. Main issues are the lack of dialogue between characters, which they might be working on, and the healthbars. My best guess is that the healthbars will either be an option, or tied to difficulty.

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@Exhillious Too much dialogue i reckon, they won't shut up

[@MadjGB]

@@Exhillious Already seen the yes well done line repeat multiple times in this clip. The bug that seems to stop you from picking up ammo is worrying. Also seemed to bug out on the lift when the player dropped the ammo box. Just hope the banter doesn't go full chaos wastes on us (if there even is any)

[@perkelenormally2755]

@@Exhillious it does not look so polished for being delayed twice already

[@wawawuu1514]

The iron sights look like a church window, perfect

[@56bturn]

6:53 Surprisingly wholesome exchange

[@TheAtlasReview]

21 minutes and not a single mention of Hogger's Bridge.

[@DekArosaro]

Cousin Okri would be sad

[@dominikforstner1351]

These stairs go op.

[@claytonthegrubkiller6430]

I can see that the ogryn and guardsman will be best bros like Bardin and Kruber

[@viribusunitis8617]

This looks like a whole lot of fun, and truly 40k from what we've seen so far. Looking forward to this game.

[@davidmcrae4791]

The maps and lighting look really good

[@secretagenttau2233]

I gotta say. Im happy that it's equally ranged and melee focused

[@GrayFolxy]

The melee and ranged weapons animations are really nice

[@sketch2347]

eh could be better, i feel like we've gotten better at FPS view over the years, and having a weapon so close to the screen always gets me. Hopefully we can adjust viewmodel in the pc version.

[@user-ly5oo2hd7p]

They use same animations from VT2 lolz

[@OrionDawn15]

@@user-ly5oo2hd7p Looks similar but not the exact same.

[@GrimViridian]

@@user-ly5oo2hd7p don't fix what isn't broken

[@GrayFolxy]

@@sketch2347 yeah its the FOV many games have a low FOV so everything looks like you cuddle your hands somehow style compared to other games at least they pull the pin on the grenade before throwing it Fatshark know what they are doing

[@inertjohnjunk]

Oooh the lasgun recoil looks much better here. It's there, but it's not brutally skewing the aim into the ceiling or the walls. Now it just needs to actually line up with the shots/sounds and we're golden.

[@gasmonkey1000]

@10:27 Traitor Guardsman: "Oi lads what's goin on out ere? I'm tryin to g-" Zealot: *Cracks open TG's head like a rotten fruit*

[@LifetimeThiccness]

Not gonna lie, this is the best interpretation of the lassgun ive seen yet

[@spacegremlin9972]

I see once again they've decided to out in sprint, yet make these hardened warriors severely asthmatic so they only can run for five seconds. It's just a pet peeve for me, but I'd really prefer to have either no sprint or a decently lasting sprint bar

[@kingsora84]

and even then,the sprint speed is so pitiful,it's basically useless

[@mrssirens]

LOL I can't get over how the guardsmans rifle has what looks like a modern day holographic reflex/dot sight. It just seems so strange in that setting and technology level.

[@TheDreamingMan]

Since they unveiled The Squats coming back, I feel an amazing DLC character would be a space dwarf!

[@fatcoyote2]

I hope that you can mod weapons with combat attachments for more than show. You should be able to bayonet or cleave with the spiky bits on your guns as well.

[@P4tchimus]

Good sound design. Weapons sound chunky, good callouts and fun voice lines, the vox transmission effects are good. And it all changes depending on the type of room they're in. Only thing is that on these review videos it seems that the music is turned all the way down. Vermintide music was excellent, so can't wait to hear what's been done for darktide!

[@splentforcer1475]

10:29 "Greetings, I am here to talk about your lasgun's extended warranty." *bonk*

[@bigch33se11]

Lmao

[@witchy1621]

This game is gonna be exactly what I need, very excited to see the final product it looks amazing :)

[@michal4736]

The Veteran is definitely my favorite class so far

[@frikky99]

this game is everything I've ever wanted in a video game

[@DreamingPhenom]

Looks like something with a lot of potential. Please understand that the music in the Vermintide series is so seriously good that I would say its probably one of the biggest reasons I played the hours I did.

[@Gabriel_PL]

Despite how the classes look, I'm personally thrilled about being finally able to have more of one of the same type of class on a match. Personally, I can't wait unti I can go on a full Veteran team to roleplay as a guardsman/Karskin squad doing some "routine purgation" mission, full operatior talk via voicechat.

[@carsontodd2443]

I just want a full team of ogryns and we can rp as a rolling group of idiots

[@totenkopf1525]

I love the Guardsman with my whole heart

[@CIP3RM]

UI looks like its a work-in-prog, hope so. The characters don't seem to have as much chemistry or talk as much, wish they just stuck with 4 named characters instead of pushing for full character creation.

[@tonyadamson8144]

I like this approach, as it gets rid of any fighting over a favorite character... As I have run into with freinds... I'm curious if you can run four Ogryns lol

[@danielomar9712]

That lasgun feels and sounds so Pleasing The Spirit Machine must be delighted

[@vulture117]

The names Titus and Mira seem inspired. I wonder if fans of space marine were playing this.

[@pascal_0308]

With this UI and all the icons floating around (also the floating ammo) the game reminds me of something between the Deep Rock Galactics and classic Quake or CS 1.6 There is something unique about Vermintide 2, but Darktide looks more casual for now. That's just the first expression though

[@dominikforstner1351]

Yeah. Something about the deep melee combat in Vermintide and it's style is very satisfying. I like 40k way more than WH Fantasy and I am a VT2 vet so Darktide should appeal to me but for some reason it looks a lot less appealing than VT2. The rooms all kinda look the same, the enemies look kinda the same. It feels like they took a big chunk of the unique game formula of VT and turned that into "you shoot stuff like in all the other shooters". I'll definitely play it but something tells me it won't be '4k hours playtime material' like VT, for me.

[@Aidwell]

Ah, your fellow recruit difficulty players)

[@bigpapakhan4702]

I cant be the only one genuinely disappointed that the guardsman talks now, when in previous adds he just grunted and made random noises

[@Canino9696]

cant wait ! i hope the progression loot custumazation system is cool too

[@guillermodelaobraperez9603]

As a guardsman and Vermintide fan(atic), I only have one simple complaint: I really hope this was the easiest difficulty.

[@atnasingetnamn2887]

Gameplay looks very satisfying, but I'm not sensing and standout personalities or chemistry so far. That HUD is too much for me, I hope a lot of the features are optional.

[@helwrecht1637]

The veteran and the Ogryn seem to get along

[@cherryrook8684]

@@helwrecht1637 Kruber and Bardin 2.0 im hoping

[@ourcommonancestry6025]

75,000 lines of dialogue.. its a game play video... not a story line video. If it had the "chemistry" aspects, people would write up about the combat mechanics. This game will be for 40k fans what wokeness is for the millennial - pure satisfaction.

[@glockenspiel604]

It seemed like some of the lines of interaction and back and forth banter were meant to play but bugged out as their is couple times in the video where subtitles would pop up for second and then dissappear without anything being said.

[@Chaoskoch]

@@ourcommonancestry6025 The dialogue is supposed to play during the gameplay, that was the entire point of the banter in Vermintide.

[@xefitnop]

Love the depiction of the lasgun.

[@Ironwizard42]

long have I waited for a game like this to show up. Can't wait to try out the lasgun myself.

[@Mach-2-Fishbed]

A good lasgun and chainsword is all I've ever wanted.

[@Alex-hy9cw]

Gameplay is fine but I hope there'll be a way to hide all these bars or a mod cause I like a clean UI edit: health bars over enemies..not sure why that has to be a thing, VT only needed it for obvious bosses but not for trash mobs, can't imagine that being optimal during a horde.

[@chanalan7670]

there wont be mod support buddy...

[@dramaticmudderer5208]

@@chanalan7670 How do you know? Vermintide 2 has it if you didn't already know

[@zmf12975]

@@dramaticmudderer5208 they confirmed no mod support because of "dedicated servers"

[@chanalan7670]

@@dramaticmudderer5208 I got 1k hour on v2 lol, fatshark state that in a faq if I remember correctly.

[@Alex-hy9cw]

@@chanalan7670 No mod support is already one step towards a game's grave, user created content/quality of life changes are how you keep a game running without having to do it yourself

[@podsawatherabat3382]

The lasgun sounds crisp as fu** , Emperor bless you.

[@allanredhill8682]

I absolutely love the voice acting! I enjoyed especially skyv and the guardsman. Titus has some low key Zane vibes from borderlands haha - the zealot kinda lacked personality but im sure the other voices for him/her are better (hopefully)

[@mattkarnung902]

I love the banter between them seems very much like a team.

[@KillerOrca]

What purpose does a charging handle on a lasgun serve, I wonder. Its not to cycle the chamber, no bullets. Maybe it pulls the power pack into place and locks it down.

[@mikelms20]

Machine spirit thinks its a stubber :p

[@tzusun6876]

Might be a literal charging handle ;) My fantasy sci-fi explanation would be either it's there to expose some delicate part of the charging apparatus that usually closes when the lower receiver is empty, or it's a hold over that is functionally useless save for "appeasing the machine spirit."

[@sgt.genitals4328]

Reminder that most 40k authors who write for guard are divisive when it comes to how a lasgun works. I recommend the luetin vid on the topic as it sheds some light upon some of the discrepancies.

[@KillerOrca]

@@tzusun6876 Im down for "releasing the machine spirit".

[@KillerOrca]

@@sgt.genitals4328 I remember reading in the Gaunts Ghosts books they could suffer "stoppages" if mud gets into them, because the focusing lenses for the beam get difused.

[@themainman2827]

The ogryn seems to be a bit of a problem imo. It is so big that every time it crosses your line of fire it is as if they put a wardrobe in front of you.

[@Awoken_Remmuz]

To be fair he is meant to be the tank class, that size goes both ways, he has a bigger frame to soak up damage that don't hit you.

[@JKRevanBR]

17:50, throws ammo box, fall thru floor into the abyss. CLASSIC5

[@captainash6581]

13:23 is hilarious. That was a good full second of friendly fire, there.

[@strikeforce5331]

Can we please have a mode where it’s just 4 Guardsmen AAAAAA

[@Madheim777]

actually there will be the option to be 4 of one class during the gameplay, per example 4 ogryn or 4 guardsmen.

[@SpicySkeleton]

i swear, no one at pc gamer can actually play games lmao

[@thiccolo4788]

I could have sworn I heard Toby Longworth, the guy who read the Eisenhorn audiobooks, speaking some lines as Clob in there

[@TheExecutorr]

Looks awesome so far. Sounds are great and the voice acting is awesome as well. Skyv can call me simpleton all day. I just wonder how it will be if a whole squad picks the same class

[@allanredhill8682]

There are different voices/personalities for each class and gender. So banter shouldnt be too repetitive unless you all got the same voice

[@TheExecutorr]

@@allanredhill8682 I see, that's awesome. Thanks. Man, I'm so looking forward to this game

[@leonardotavares5261]

I loved the gameplay. But for me the chainsword felt more like a baseball bat than an actual chainsword and i really want to know, is the lasgun automatic (full auto) or semi auto? Because clicking 55 times per magazine just seems a bad ideia...

[@jamescollins1124]

Probably are different versions of it I'd guess. More high powered semi auto, and probably a full auto one maybe? Also, it's pretty hard to do a chainsword in a game where you have stuff swarming you. Every animation can't be this long ripping animation or you'd get overwhelmed. I think them putting that on the power attack to still get that feeling/animation and just having smaller revs on the quick attack is a good medium. I do agree that the quick attacks still feel as you described, but that's kinda what you get.

[@alastoro6663]

from what i can see it has a charge function where the las gun uses more ammo to shoot a stronger laser

[@jamescollins1124]

@@alastoro6663 ah, thats cool

[@37thgungrunts]

Hopefully we can select between the two, because a semi-auto is far more useable with fewer wasted shots.

[@leonardotavares5261]

@@jamescollins1124 i think that if you hold down the attack button you can power the melee weapon and if you press it again it releases the charged attack, or maybe you can hold the button to power and when you release it uses the attack already charged, that would make sense.

[@WartyFingleBlaster]

Not a fan of the enemy health bars but big fan overall so far! Just a few little things that need ironing out and maybe have more interaction in the voice lines and wow I'm gonna be happy!

[@Hauwke764]

I hope there's a toggle for the little guy health bar's, I'm sure if there isn't I'll adapt though.

[@wearesimulated1579]

@@Hauwke764 There were TONS of options like that in Vermintide, I am guessing you will be able to disable hud elements, change its size, stuff like that isnt super hard to add in.

[@Ripthejack3r]

its strange that they added the health bars and damage numbers, I even asked a dev why they didnt approve the healthbar mod and damage numbers mod in vermintide so i could test builds without switching to modded realm, they said that there philosphy wasnt to have that so people could just focus on having fun and be immersed in the game

[@burnin8able]

@@Ripthejack3r I mean, damage numbers are built into vermintide 2 already, they just only apply to the training dummies in the keep. I figure this is one of those HUD elements that will be optional, and it's easier for testing to keep on, ya know?

[@Hauwke764]

@@wearesimulated1579 I'd be really surprised if they didn't have more options than V2 did.

[@goransekulic3671]

Looks bloody good! Don't know whether I'll have money to run it properly and, yes, that bothers me. Even if I shouldn't worry about a single game. I don't see any chemistry or anything of the kind so far. All I get is "these are the steps, lumberfoots". But in a 100% less ridiculous tone, so...eh. edit: Titus = Kruber VA or ... ?

[@Syzygy77]

The melee and ADS animations a very cool. I can’t wait to play.

[@Brain-Wormed]

Looks great, and if this game gets dlcs I would really love a tech priest charecter or any mechanicus charecter really, that would be sick.

[@Foostini]

Same, given the "hiver rejects" angle I'd want to see it in the form of a mad hiveganger inventor

[@lazerhosen]

Nope. The Mechanicus does not answer to Imperial laws; a techpriest answers to the laws of the Mechanicus, and would never be found in an Imperial prison. There would have to be a major reason and in-universe lore explanation as to why the Mechanicus would be interested in a daemonic incursion. While everything about this game seems beneath the mechanicus, it would still be cool to get that DLC in the future, I agree.

[@Heavynaut]

Everything looks incredible small hitches and all. I’m just missing those pious and hyperbolic eulogies and thematic dialogue per character. As Kruber would refer to things from the perspective of a human Empire soldier or Bretonnian and their gods. I’d hope to hear more of that say the Psycker speaking of the warp, how it blesses them with power to fight and die. The zealot needs to be shouting about their gods and the strength of their faith provided the ability to fight on. “You think pain will stop me?!” “The crime is your foul existence, the sentence is Death!”, even the characterized personality in marking ammo and equipment.

[@ourcommonancestry6025]

They made 75,000 lines of dialogue...

[@DarkBath]

"zealot needs to be shouting about their gods" I'm sorry...did you just say...godS? I'm sure that was a simple mistake. Have a good day sir. -Yes Lord Inquisitor, that one!

[@Heavynaut]

@@ourcommonancestry6025 true ! I don’t say that with any negative intentions. I have high hopes and already preordered the game lol. From the gameplay I’ve seen so far I haven’t seen the same depth of dialogue compared to Vermintide 2. I’m not saying it won’t be there. I’m very hopeful that it is and will be better! consider though, what is 75k lines spread across 4 characters with multiple voice profiles? some of those 75k voice lines might be 6 for one voice profile each to say “ammo here” instead of something more. I hope that makes sense? Like imagine 6 voice profiles of the guardsmen (3male 3 women) saying “ammo… grab some ammo… fill your ammo…” instead of “this ammo will fuel my fury to strike down these blasphemous heretics” “ gather round simpletons, don’t make me learn you how to shoot these chaos swarm”

[@Heavynaut]

@@DarkBath I beg forgiveness of my transgression Lord Inquisitor it will not happen again o’ so smite me down with the might of all Chaos

[@twiggymw2]

@@ourcommonancestry6025 Depending on how many voice options we're given that 75,000 is going to be filled with a whole lot of practically identical voice lines

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

I love the detail of the housing of the lasrifle's sight being a gothic archway

[@azariah_kyras]

6:54 I knew the guard and the ogryn would be pals