Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Hands-On - The Swarm Engine Delivers A Promising Sequel

[@w21aaaaa]

Kudos to whoever managed to pitch the idea that the zombie swarm tech used for a niche World War Z live-service title would be the perfect fit for tyranids in Warhammer 40k.

[@kevboard]

niche? World War Z sold more than 3 million copies. which I'm pretty sure is more than twice of what the original Space Marine sold lol

[@sagittariusa9012]

@@kevboard Those games are 8 years apart and the gaming industry got a massive boom during that time. 3m then and 3m now are different things.

[@sechan436]

@@kevboardworld war a is a HUGGGE flop

[@Deliveredmean42]

3 million is 3 million, as 8 years is not that far back compare to 20 years ago.​@@sagittariusa9012

[@w21aaaaa]

@@kevboard I think a live service title with an all-time peak of 6,7k players on Steam counts as niche.

[@JoshuaLundberg]

I am probably too hyped for this game. Just replayed the original in anticipation.

[@thomasbehning461]

Still looks good in 4K HDR

[@itsuadman]

I played through it on steam deck oled and it was smoooth. I cant wait for September but I still refuse to pre-order, I just can't bring myself to put money down on something with zero reviews

[@trinitymatrix9719]

is the original good?

[@ThunderingRoar]

@@trinitymatrix9719 its an alright game, its 7-8 hours of orc mowing tho the combat feels repetetive, the story is fine and theres some cool bits like the audio logs if you re into the 40k universe, the last boss was very disappointing tho

[@FungeHucker]

Yeah!! I've booted up the OG on PS3 and it still looks great 😁 can't wait for this!

[@nobodysbusiness2178]

Ive said it before Ill say it again the quality of bullet holes will tell you how much passion the devs had for the project and these devs are on fire!

[@Swarbie8D]

The fact that the internal of the bullet hole seems glossy, like stone that got glassed by an explosion is pretty cool. 3D bullet holes are always really fun details

[@megapro125]

I still remember how Ubisoft showed of the bullet holes for The Division 2. There you could actually see through the holes. Unfortunately there was a graphics downgrade and that detail was cut in favor of your typical decals.

[@eebrohim7001]

seeing this made be more excited for the Saber Interactive KOTOR remake, heres hoping.

[@cinders8144]

It's always refreshing to see visually impressive games that aren't in UE5

[@edderwright9042]

The funny thing is it looks exactly like a UE5 game though.

[@ryujinshimada]

@@edderwright9042 I literally don't think your eyes work how does it look ANYTHING like a "UE5 Game"

[@sanji1259]

UE5 always looks so "liquid"...i prefer this in every way

[@XiLock_Alotx]

@@edderwright9042this has NONE of the UE5 trademarks….NONE

[@jmgonzales7701]

U dont really need much to make a visually appealing game. All u need is good art direction.

[@Hogarth420]

I was 11 years old when i played Warhammer space marine, it was my first introduction to Warhammer and I am 24 now and my collectors edition for space marine 2 is on the way

[@damascus6480]

Same here, can’t wait to get it

[@Amaneas]

Have a great time with the game ;)

[@-Mu-min]

I’m proud of you 👏

[@kruthikvarma885]

I shall be fighting beside you, brother!

[@Direwoof]

damn makes me feel old, I was in high skool when that came out XD. 28 now and planning on getting a GPU bundle deal that comes with it!

[@AlexanTheMan]

In a year plagued by live service hero nonsense, this single player/coop oriented action shooter is a welcome addition.

[@Pardeux]

This is technically going to be live service also. Nothing wrong with that tbh. The hate for live service is such nonsense.

[@supersardonic1179]

@@Pardeux People have hate for monetization, not the live service aspect but they get it mixed up.

[@AlexanTheMan]

@@Pardeux Most live service games are actually early access games in disguise, thus failure to live up to gamer's expectations slaps them with that deserved negative reputation. Space Marine 2 does not present any obvious live service symptoms and the developers promised DLC will be free, though it remains to be seen how it will end up at launch.

[@Invictus40k]

​@@Pardeux it's completely warranted. All live service means is they're going to drip feed parts of the game that ten years ago would've just already been in the game. It's completely scum behavior.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

But it has tons of multiplayer stuff in it so it's not really that different

[@paulbrooks4395]

The observation on CPU limitations seems very similar to other simulation games as opposed to action games. My supposition is that the swarm tech was their primary focus and less on visual fidelity. I believe the objective is situational immersion in battle as a Space Marine where the world details fade into the background.

[@Wasssup3232]

I find them targeting 1440p is interesting. I normally on my 4060 set up with 16 gigs of ram and 8 gigs of Digital ram, and exclusively play 1080P because it still looks totally fine, it runs tons of stuff at 165hz and is overall easy and great for all my games. Ready or not etc. They should just target 1080 on console with locked 60

[@TarnishedRyry]

Or at least have 1080p at ultra performance mode.​@@Wasssup3232

[@MenaceInc]

If only TotalBiscuit could have lived to see this. I could imagine hearing his glee swinging around a chainsword again

[@AlexanTheMan]

I can totally see him and the Co Optional gang having a jolly good time together with this game. May he rest well.

[@Mene0]

TB introduced me to WH40k universe. I'm not the craziest fan but always like some now and then. RIP

[@ferh12]

TB was the best of the best in critical commentaries and WH fan, He was the hero we needed. His reviews literally were game changers for us gamers and developers.

[@RobertleeEtn]

AAA game that not UE5? holy shit

[@lgagojim]

Is it the only good Graphic Engine now or what?

[@yourlocalhuman3526]

@@lgagojim I think it's easier to develop and produce assets and create things or rather use already exisitng assets to create things but there are many downaisdes from what I have seen in pretty much every UE5 game released

[@SMorales851]

​@@lgagojim AAA-level graphics are horrendously expensive to develop, and so are not feasible for the timescale of most projects. In that sense it's better to just use am existing engine, and UE is easy to license and very powerful

[@Clutch4IceCream]

This is not a triple A game lol

[@Spaceman69420]

@@lgagojim its not good

[@RobbieB2606]

The game looks so good visually. I love 40k, can't wait for it and hope they land the launch

[@devonmarr9872]

Really looks and feels to me like what I want the next Gears of War to look like. I also think the kind of overly strong ssao fits because miniatures get inked to bring out their finer details and while not realistic per say it gives a visual identity.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Agreed but gears should also be A LOT more gory and have alpha male lead characters I enjoy playing as girls in games but gears is an ultra masculine series. Gears 5 was wack as hell for many reasons and that was one of em

[@devonmarr9872]

@@HugoStiglitz88 I found a female lead to be the least problematic issue with gears 5.

[@CactousMan]

@@HugoStiglitz88 well, you have more than enough Alpha manliness here ;D

[@rng81]

I'm much more impressed by this than than Wukong. There is so much more going on with the destruction and scale. Also looking at the benchmark and the review footage so far, Wukong really falls apart if you look closer and see the lowres textures and garbled geometry. Image quality seems much better here and less stuttering.

[@jorge69696]

And if Wukong increased the resolution texture, then people would complain about their 8gb gpus running out of vram. They are already enabling path tracing and crying about performance. Can't win them all.

[@simongravel7407]

Space Marine 2 is both sharp and clean.

[@kruthikvarma885]

Somebody with good taste! I 100%

[@jakescourage]

​@@jorge69696 8GB? There's already benchmarks of highe end gpu struggling on wukong. The game runs like monkey shit but it may improve with time

[@wiser3754]

You’re playing Wukong on what platform?

[@Snoddy2Hotty]

My most anticipated game of 2024! I’m glad they delayed it and cooked up something great here… I hope for nothing but success and support of this game going forward.

[@Swarbie8D]

Yeah, while last year’s delay was disappointing it definitely seems like they made the most of the extra time! Three weeks to go!

[@ZomgZomg007]

good do see a non unreal engine game without stutter lol

[@js1zzle]

unreal engine games have more stutters than most games lol

[@DubElementMusic]

@@js1zzle i think that`s what he means

[@dougr8646]

Terrible to see. I'm done playing stutter fest games it ruins the experience. No buy.

[@victorn1291]

It wasnt clear to me that you were being sarcastic until I watched the actual video lol

[@DubElementMusic]

@@dougr8646 whats the problem, just buy a rtx 5090 for 3000 bucks, or use the nasa computer, to play stutter free 10 years old games at 60 fps

[@jarrodkober]

Sweet looking blood effects! I love good bloody games 🤷🏻‍♂️ Tiny feature I've always loved since Gears 4 is lighting blood particles. And that was back on Unreal 4. Sun can shine though blood, I specifically noticed it in one of the big boss battles where they have giant blood spirts shooting towards the sky and the lighting changes the color and brightness, also makes it a tiny transparent.

[@fenixa2z936]

As a HUGE Gears of War fan who’s never played the first Warhammer, IM IN! 😍

[@alphagames8737]

Same🔥

[@zylo999]

Play it bro it's dirt cheap on PC and runs on almost anything

[@supersardonic1179]

@@zylo999 Bet, installing it on my calculator as we speak 👍

[@thingsiplay]

Alex and Oliver are such a great duo.

[@ArkanonSenpai]

Friendship is magic. But magic is heresy :p

[@feddora5776]

that's why is not friendship, is BROTHERHOOD

[@infinitysynthesis]

The crunchy combat looks really fun. We need more pve games like this.

[@AniRayn]

"Friendship is magic"

[@Stebetto3]

And Magic is heresy...

[@elkmeatenjoyer3409]

sounds like something aris would say/

[@АндроидБишоп]

Friendship and collegueship

[@ianfitchett2768]

Hitting 4k 60 fps on a 4090 is not remotely informative or helpful for 99% of gamers. Test it on a 2070 or 4060 or something comparable to a console to give people an actual idea of what they might be able to expect. I'm just so tired of all the PC gaming critics telling me how great these games run on their $2k GPU. Yeah, no shit.

[@astrea555]

They usually do that, you'll have to wait until the game actually releases though. However a 4090 that's just barely reaching 4K60 isn't good news lmoa

[@redclaw72666]

I have a 4090 and it helps me lol especially with my QD OLED ultrawide monitor 🔥 really good results for my end, all you gotta do is optimize the settings and done lol

[@CaptainRx-ss3rt]

@astreakaito5625 Yeah you should be hitting 120fps in 4k with a 2500$ card… If you guys are curious, I have a friend who played the leaked version of the game and he reach almost 120fps on HD with a 3070ti. I think 60fps will be ok for a 4060ti on max in HD, at least close to. Some drivers are probably going to be released to optimize the game too. Frankly for the amount of enemies on screen it run good

[@spacechannelfiver]

It's CPU bottlenecked

[@normanbates7373]

Ye, Probably too much individual animation rendering in swarm situations cpu has to coordinate... Thy could have used more synchronized horde attack szenes like in hell divers or other mass-shooters, but maybe at little cost of atmosphere, while stuttering is also a loss

[@GameplayUnboxed]

It's using its own engine is enough reason to buy it!

[@dashing_diamond]

Alex's shirt seems... interesting.

[@Kait0s]

Wtf... Is that Pinkie Pie going thorugh a woodchipper? lmao

[@kiisseli1337]

Brony confirmed

[@bunkernuts6293]

@@Kait0sit’s her hanging out with what looks to be a dreadnought from warhammer 40K. Edit: I actually found the shirt and she’s not really hanging out with the dreadnought so much as it’s ripping her in half with the quote “friendship is magic but magic is heresy”. Just a tinge of dark humor.

[@alexl6644]

@@Kait0s Friendship is magic... And magic is heresy.

[@WayStedYou]

24:54 You are wearing the cover in space marine 1, if you can keep the execution rate up.

[@Nate-zz7zc]

I think the bullet holes actually *_are_* Parallax Occlusion maps, at 12:05 you can see that sort of layering effect when you hit that angle threshold. Even the brick work looks to be POMs.

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

The Swarm Engine is really something else. What an amazing repurposing of an engine for an entirely different IP, honestly.

[@HueyTheDoctor]

This is exactly the kind of DF content I wanna see more of.

[@cyco7229]

not enough truly next gen showcases i'm afraid, hopefully things improve moving foward

[@rA9music]

oliver sounds so extremely pleasant and nice to listen to

[@Stefantius]

Holy moly this game looks gorgeous

[@BToastyBro]

My newly built pc is ready. Plus got this for free with my 7800X3D purchase

[@Ascensionism15]

yo same. im hyped

[@ClellBiggs]

I really like the aesthetic of the 40K universe. I wish they would make a CDPR/Obsidian/BGS style RPG set in this universe.

[@mryellow6918]

So rogue trader

[@realMGPRODUCTIONS]

Its so good to hear the df guys like ssr here and with good reason too. The presentation looks so clean!

[@krzysztof6591]

I really like how Your channel focuses on tech of games, and I hope someday devs will be even more aware we live in Internet era, and current userbase finally notices how tech is half of what the game is these days.

[@dvpemberton]

Looks really good. I'm getting strong Gears vibes from the gameplay!

[@stealthhunter6998]

How do their videos look less compressed by KZbin than most other ppl? Do they use a special video format? Always so much more clarity in their videos (other than the resolution being uploaded at 4K).

[@speedracer2please]

They talked about that a little in a DF Direct. If I remember correctly, they try to upload their videos completely uncompressed where possible, because most people compress their video first and then KZbin compresses it again. Otherwise, I think if you can export a video at the exact same specs that KZbin uses, KZbin will skip compressing that resolution, it'll just transcode the lower resolution versions.

[@Oxenfroschgeneral]

their videofilesize is probably like 30gb per video. they have to cut their files lossless which works with ffmpeg or something like avidemux or handbrake. then it goes to the videoeditor like davinci for the final product that has to use highest bitrate possible. something like 100-150mb/s av1 or other codecs.

[@hummmmmm8447]

saber has their own game engine and even its own script language ssl (saber script language )

[@ESgsPhysics]

10:52 The earliest instance I know of Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It's how they did the large (at the time) bridge collapse near the beginning.

[@antonkirilenko3116]

They also used it for another lesser bridge collapse later in the game(where you get the car).

[@curtk8130]

The original Space Marine runs fantastic on the steam deck if anyone is interested. Literally just finished it today and you can turn all the settings to max and it still runs great be it at 720p. I don’t think the game supports the decks native 800p but it looks much better than I remember the 360 or ps3 and it’s 60fps.

[@bigmarquis]

Im really looking foward to playing this. Since the closest game to gears of war. Always watch videos of this game but never played.

[@Mr_Quimper]

Igor: Dr. Frankenstein... Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Fronkensteen." Igor: You're putting me on.

[@hrleinad]

the first time I saw those 3D holes in a video game was back during Ultimate Spiderman; when you played as Venom he would leave 3d holes on the ground whenever he smashed it or fell from high altitude.

[@fancyjoey9102]

Ever since ign purchased you guys this channel has never been the same

[@antonkirilenko3116]

I haven't noticed any changes, tbh.

[@bigponzu]

5:09 I love how the bullet goes through part of the stone bench here

[@Kaiyening]

Really cool to see this in a format of a duo! Also, dat shirt. I need to get one like that myself

[@lolmao500]

We need a first person VR mod!

[@senorsnipey1595]

Love how Warhammer devs were pissed about EPIC copying the character design from Warhammer and now they are copying the gameplay. Way to stick it to them. This game looks amazing!

[@Dev_Astral]

I know it’s extremely unlikely, but god what I would give for this to run properly on the Steam Deck.

[@clingmarbleprod]

Has anyone noticed the cool as fuck scar that Dachs has on his face?

[@5punkybob]

Yes! I would love to know the story behind it!

[@dnakatomiuk]

Story for SM1 was brilliant has such a great twist and the voice actors really made the characters stand out, especially Captain Titus. Pitty he hasn't come back for his role again but I can't wait for the game This is going to take away a lot of players from other games for sure because we've been waiting over 10 years I think. Helldivers 2 will be losing more players for sure it's that bad it's Dev has caused issues that players have actually made a ChaosDiver side sort of to not do any missions on the bots so they take over Super Earth

[@jasperfox6821]

Darktide is great, but still a lil bit unoptimized, still excited for the new update though, we 40k fans are eating well tonight, space marines 2 release and a new darktide unloacked update this month, hell yeah 😎

[@Dracobyte]

For the Emperor!

[@JackWse]

You know.. The gelatinous water.. if ever there was an in universe... Universe... To have reasons for gelatinous water, I feel like 40K has that one covered, especially water plus tyranids... They're just.. they're just a goopy bunch.

[@TempleofShaolin]

next gen games are arriving

[@devonmarr9872]

I'm curious what I can achieve with: 3060ti 40fps lock LSFG frame gen DLSSQ 1440p

[@wireless78borg]

This is a cool game, by the way, most of the people working at the developer company are Russian. The company itself has Russian roots, At one time they changed jurisdiction from the Russian field. We developed the game on our own graphics engine, which is somewhat comparable to UE5.

[@TheWarmestFuzzy]

I am very much looking forward to this. Looks like it'll run pretty well on my rig ... unless my 13700k decides to melt down, but that's a problem for another day.

[@dragan7326]

very concerning how theres no console footage anywhere

[@tipsy634]

Usually I'd be concerned but this console generation has been powerful enough to run better than the majority of PCs, so I doubt the console ports have any issues. It's not like they're porting it to ps4 or Switch.

[@WayStedYou]

probably is the console footage they used if they said it was running 1044/1080p

[@clownavenger0]

Yeah final console code should be completed as disk are most likely already being printed.

[@ninjascroll1017]

Hopefully they opted to turn down the number of enemies on screen, not downgrade graphics and resolution so much that it doesnt look like a ps5 game

[@AlexanTheMan]

I wouldn't be too worried, Saber has been good at massively optimizing the state of the game compared to last year's PC closed previews.

[@Benefits]

If this game doesn't have native ultrawide support, I will be so disappointed.

[@Clutch4IceCream]

If it doesn’t have ultrawide support I simply won’t buy it. I’m tired of workaround for lazy devs, however world war z supported ultrawide so not a huge concern that this game won’t.

[@acnash27]

The leaked build had zero ultrawide support, with full pillarboxing in gameplay. Hopefully they added UW support for release. I was hoping they would talk about it here.

[@reNINTENDO]

Game is looking great. My brother's played the original, so it's cool to see a super high quality sequel come out after all this time. I'd be down for some third person coop action.

[@ezgeeky]

I’m ready to dive into this game and stream as long as I can DAY 1 !!!!

[@QsQs-du9xp]

I never knew this game was on ps5. I always thought it was a Pc Game. I def wanna get into it. It gives me gears of war / Starcraft / Unreal tournament vibes. And i like those games.

[@beauc7653]

This dude could demolish a jaw breaker

[@Azurek82]

so really whats the game like for us PLEBS without a 4090

[@jose131991]

GPU dosent matter with this game , it’s all CPU here.

[@strangestecho5088]

Ryzen 5800x and RTX 3070 for 1080p 60fps Ultra, according to the recommended hardware specs on steam. SSD is required.

[@gabor-toth]

Looks great but if there's no stable 60 fps mode on consoles then I'll skip it.

[@dante19890]

when has a console had a stable 60fps mode in a 3rd party game

[@acnash27]

Unlikely.

[@jasperfox6821]

Bro, is fps really that big of a deal to you? I'm fine with 30, or even 20 at times.

[@dante19890]

@@jasperfox6821 in a high intensity action game you really want 60. A game that varies between 20- 30fps feels very bad to play

[@TSE_WOODY]

Very interested to see how this runs on consoles. Bit concerned that they’ve not shown anything yet.

[@coliander4180]

@TSE_WOODY 540-720p upscaled, I reckon. Particles drastically reduced, too.

[@Clutch4IceCream]

@@coliander4180dude what? This barely looks better than gears of war 5

[@Spaceman69420]

@@Clutch4IceCream 720p/800p/900p upscaled seems to be the norm for demanding games on consoles if you want 60fps

[@coliander4180]

@Clutch4IceCream There's *way* more taking place on the screen at the same time, though. It might have the visual fidelity of Gears 5, but it would be like running two instances of it.

[@mikew1080]

​@Spaceman69420 they've already shown that this title is cpu bound in this very video. Dropping the resolution and graphical settings has little to no effect on performance. It'll probably ship with a 30fps and 40fps mode.

[@CastisV]

Glad to see a game prioritize fun over unnecessary visuals like RT.

[@IronMan9771]

I don't think there's much of an overlap of gameplay designers and engine programmers. The people that work on Ray tracing are not the same people that work on gameplay. Game development is very multifaceted and multidisciplinary. Pay attention to how long the credits are in the next game you finish

[@CastisV]

@@IronMan9771 I'm talking about the games design. I don't care what dev role decided it, but caring more about the visuals is killing game performance for most people. A game should be fun first and foremost, unless you're making a tech demo like Hellblade 2.

[@xtr.7662]

This game wont have rt of any kind i believe otherwise they would have mentioned

[@grahamt19781]

Pretty sure ray tracing has an on/off switch in most games. Don't understand your point.

[@CastisV]

@@grahamt19781 extra stuff that the devs don't have to code for if it's not included, and the benefit of RT is so small it's not worth it. Not only RT though, tons of games prioritize realism over the game running well.

[@jbway86]

After playing EDF 6. I'm starting to see true next gen stuff going on that's separated from last gen. Not sure how EDF 6 compares on PS4, but the grandscale and massive enemies on screen, 99% destructible environments, effects and physics all going on at or above atleast 40 fps at high resolutions. This is another game showing off next gen stuff (enormous crowds and scale of environments both vertically and wide).

[@3rodox]

There's something so visually appealing about this game.

[@Loopan68]

I didn't play Space Marine one and have two questions about the comming game. - How playable is it with mouse and keyboard? I don't like to play shooter with a gamepad because I suck with it ;) - Is there any friendly fire? I fear for my friends if there is ;)

[@SJC9726]

Great job as always guys 👍 Yet another game being released this year that'll probably fail to hit a smooth 60fps on console. DD2, rise of the ronin and black myth already released with struggles and TDU solar crown and Star wars outlaws also showing worrying signs pre-elease. NeXt GeN

[@KingfishWatch]

10:36 Small correction: Im pretty sure the first game to use pre-calculated geometry destruction\deformation is Half Life 2: Episode 2

[@colinmx.]

This engine is incredible hope more games use it . I'd like to see bioshock on it

[@theunboxingshow5461]

A game I'm actually excited to play in 4K. It just looks so detailed!

[@tomalexander4327]

Alex & Olie have great chemistry

[@unknowncaller4739]

The one guy looks like a giant baby I love him

[@i_love_musique333]

He's cute and cuddly wtf😭

[@Kousaburo]

Can you please have a look at Saber's other games? TimeShift and Inversion were technically very impressive.

[@andrewgebert5718]

11:50 Those bullet decals would be be using POM textures

[@seazonegranec]

Really excited for this. Had no interest in the first one at the time but when I tried (I think it was on PS Plus?) I was surprised by how fun it was!

[@hothroy4465]

Really excited for this game, but I’m cautiously curious how the console performance and visuals will be. A 60fps mode seems badly needed for a game with so much going on.

[@JahonCross]

So this is the helldivers 2 we wanted!

[@jorismak]

The low recommendations in the specs are quite reasonable. Gives me hope for steam deck 30fps even (here is me hoping)

[@adamuser8246]

Nice teamwork, from DF

[@nihilisticpoet]

Yeah, the lack of console representation and information has me wary of this game. I really hope they lock it down.

[@talald342]

Looks great, but I very much hope for frame gen here

[@jamesbailey8449]

Their console blurb for the performance mode has smaller text at the bottom that says " up to 60fps"

[@Mister_Superfly]

Do we have to be fans to enjoy this? I know nothing about Warhammer 40k, so I wouldn't know much about the story? Would I need to play or learn some of the series before I can get into this? The game looks amazing.

[@water_aspirant]

No you wouldn't, I heard the story is kind of introductory

[@antonkirilenko3116]

I bet you don't need to, but there are quite a few great games in Warhammer 40k.

[@greinum]

man i can't get over the scar dachsjaeger has, it looks badass, must have hurt real bad, but its badass

[@AustinWilkie-tk8os]

I was excited for this game after playing the original years ago on 360. Something about the art style of this one just isn't clicking with me though.

[@ooperblownup]

I wonder if console gameplay will be shown at all before release...

[@joshualap401]

I don't think so. They will probably tell us wheter or not we will get 60fps performance mode on console or not and that will probably be it

[@bmqww223]

i thought warhammer was a total war game where it was a real time strategy

[@basmus]

Warhammer is not automatically RTS.

[@goob8945]

Warhammer is a tabletop game

[@derekfudge528]

The Total War Warhammer games you're thinking of are set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles universe, while this game is set in the Warhammer 40k universe. Both video games are based on the tabletop games in real life in their respective franchises. Hopefully that clears it up for you.

[@supersardonic1179]

Warhammer and Warhammer 40k are licensed out frequently to different developers and have different games in different genres. They all originate from the tabletop games by Games Workshop.

[@SimonBuchanNz]

There's a pretty good XCOM-like called Chaos Gate, the Left 4 Dead style Darktide, the isometric RPG Rouge Trader... No dating sim yet, unfortunately.

[@coliander4180]

This and BMW coming to GeForce Now is huge. Let's hope the servers can keep up!

[@NickWebb-lc6ry]

My pc runs Helldivers 2 on medium settings at 1440p with a nice frame rate, so should I be good to enjoy Space marine 2? I'm hoping they might have similar draw on pc power.

[@Kumoiwa]

They already mentioned in the video this game is CPU heavy. R7 5800X/i7 12700 recomended for 60fps

[@savagemadman2054]

Glad to hear there is still a campaign. I was afraid they turned it into yet another online centric title that is near unplayable solo. The only mulitplayer I want is splitscreen or local LAN - I want nothing to do with online play.

[@Colonel-Sigma]

I like the graphics, but tbh Id prefer less graphics for more actual content. By comparison the EDF series has hardly upgraded the appearance of their games and have an enormous amount of missions, enemies, and build options. They are fun and replayable to the extreme. As a veteran of the first game and a big warhammer fan in general, I think Space Marine 2 appears to be a promising sequel that is faithful to the original. At the same time, I hope they didn't sacrifice too much for the sake of making the game pretty.

[@FDx8500]

i dont think its a good looking game just because it has crazy new gen shaders and illumination, its simple a very well crafted world and lots of hours for developers to put the details on point and place.

[@imaginehonor8408]

I imagine the footage is from the older older build as they've been saying. And did you play the missions they showed?

[@matx6666]

I wish devs would talk on the game asking for a Epic account when you launch it. Some people say it's only to be able to play with people that bought it on Epic but I'd like actual confirmation from the devs otherwise I'm just not buying it until I see if there is backlash about a forced Epic linking.

[@beauwulf]

Mostly looking forward to the PvP of this game. Space Marine 1 had some of the most fun PvP experiences, ever.

[@DraganAlves]

Hope it’s good. Waiting for day one reviews

[@clonetrooper163]

You guys know they used this engine on World War Z right? This massive background enemies...etc was all done in that game first and isn't anything new for this game. This game is just the World War Z game turned into Warhammer 40k

[@colinmx.]

Was waiting for this post