Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2's Brutal, Gratifying Gameplay Is Doing Warhammer 40,000 Right - Preview

[@IrregularDave]

Of course I had to recolour my armour a nice dark green as soon as the game would allow me... I hope you enjoyed listening to this Warhammer nerd's thoughts about Space Marine 2 so far. If there are specifics that I didn't cover in the video, I'm happy to chat with folks or answer questions in the comments if I am able to do so!

[@Drunkle2552]

Hey Dave. How's Caliban doing?

[@IrregularDave]

@@Drunkle2552 About as good as Cadia

[@zenchost4216]

Dark Angels or very kind legion with primarch that doesn't burn children alive?

[@Reclaimer66]

I have to ask since the salamanders are my favorite. Are there any flamers? I need to purge the foul Xenos in holy fire!

[@IrregularDave]

@@Reclaimer66 the only ones I've seen so far were in the hands of the imperial guard

[@mikeymike1792]

Man, the way they've done the Thousand Sons is so cool. They've really nailed the possessed, empty armour thing.

[@TauEnjoyer]

DUST

[@HaloFTW55]

Magnus did noth- Just kidding, I know it’s a dead meme.

[@odding3472]

@@HaloFTW55 i mean, he did do nothing wrong.. he was told do to nothing, and he did it wrong... #AdRic

[@dil09ful]

Arahmin- Laugh we me Rurbics! 😂

[@khartog01]

It's cool that they are in the game because the first one had blood Ravens, and they are rumored to be decent from surviving thousand sons.

[@jocro8090]

This might be the first game I've seen that looks like it is legitimately made for this generation's hardware to leverage it fully. The visual detail, the tyranid swarms, the epic scale, it looks insane. This is the kind of thing I've been waiting for ever since I bought a PS5, I really hope it lives up to the hype.

[@Goukimane]

Yeah man, this gameplay captured on PC with Xbox controller icons in the UI made me feel the same exact way.

[@emperormouse5487]

I've been playing black myth wukong and it feels the same way. It's crazy that we're only getting truly next gen games 4 years after the launch of the consoles.

[@Daemon13277]

Grinding..... Do you mean slaying the enemies of mankind? Tis no grind brother but a joyous duty! I am going to disappear from all my social circles with the game!!!

[@mercthejerk8945]

YES BROTHER! LET US PURIFY THE HERATICS IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD EMPEROR!

[@CaravelClerihew]

1:10 - I like how those benches just exploded at the mere presence of a Space Marine

[@Schenckster]

Space Marine mass is so great it created a gravitational pull too strong for the bench to handle lol

[@SekiberiusWelkesh]

2 tons of fast moving Primaris Space Marine tends to do to things around them. I can just imagine the shockwave produced by them as they run, would probably be enough to shatter a mans legs just because they stood near them.

[@CaravelClerihew]

Well, he wasn't moving particularly fast and by your logic, anyone standing next to a highway when a pickup truck goes or when a pile driver is operating would lose their legs.

[@commanderwookiecopc806]

The boots have a refractor field for space clearance and better charge roles.

[@rorys433]

😂😂😂😂

[@zynet_eseled]

WE FIGHT AGAINST THE THOUSAND SONS

[@williams7713]

There's usally two enimes, orks and chaos was last time 😊

[@jeffreymonsell659]

​@@williams7713TS are confirmed as an enemy in this game. Not sure what you're implying.

[@umikey3]

@@jeffreymonsell659 he's implying that there are usually two enemy faction and in the last game it was ork and chaos apparently, now that that out of the way i wish it was the word bearers

[@clique7386]

​@@jeffreymonsell659??

[@DocLeQuack]

@@umikey3They were decimated during the heresy and are currently being bullied by Corax

[@Xenomorph006wes]

Man I love the way the rubrics and scarab occult terminators turn to dust when killed.

[@wither5673]

the way they explode into pastel magic glitter is EXACTLY how I imagined it to look lol.

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Warhammer fan must be happy playing this.

[@tveye1982]

Warhammer fan will be happy playing anything wh-related.

[@nathanhaley1353]

Not true, but almost true.

[@KoloXD]

@@tveye1982 *cries in Darktide release* True 😢

[@girihou]

Well this is the first game i really feel like in Warhammer world.. so yeah i guess

[@_hank9508]

The amount of times 40K was turned into a game and either totally disrespected for a quick buck or failed in terms of overall quality or bad use of the setting is incredibly disappointing. I am glad to have Space Marine 2 do it justice. The source material lends itself to pretty much any genre imaginable. It's time we get more kickass 40K titles.

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

its doing both

[@HoneysteinBrothers]

Real talk I’m overwhelmed by the amount of Warhammer games there on Steam. This is the first one that looks really really good.

[@DarkMatter-97]

I just want more non-rts warhammer games as I don't really like rts games that much.

[@5FmUke]

For The Emperor!

[@michaelsarmento3933]

This might be an even better version of the original space marine and eternal crusade

[@veldinsparx]

Thank you for mentioning the helmet thing, I know it might seems superfluous to some but it really matters to me!

[@2xghostx2]

i think my MP Marine is gonna be a Salamander :) I'm soo looking forward to this game!

[@isaacgraff8288]

Salamander, excellent Chapter

[@odststalker5117]

Blood Angel here, glad to have you on board Brother

[@jdavidblais]

Me too !!!

[@BattleMatt]

Stomp stomp brother.

[@Link-pr9id]

Think I'm gonna go Vanguard White Scar, I'm relatively new to WH but if I'm not wrong I feel like it's pretty fitting for the lightning fast, hit and run style marines to be able to whip around with the grapple hook

[@IRLJojo]

This gives me such OG Gears vibes and I'm IN LOVE.

[@MattCaliber]

The tyranids shall soon taste the flame of the Salamanders!

[@ferdinand5223]

Too bad there are no flamers. Meltas seem pretty nice, though.

[@blackout0938]

Leman Russ would like to have some fun soon. Lets give them the might of the Space Wolves!

[@szafraniec8164]

Might? Leman has suprisingly bad record against other primarchs, magnus f up their gene seed so they should be outdated when primaris arrive

[@electricsheeeep]

I’m Gna be maining the wolves for sure. Hope they put in additional cosmetics in the season pass so I can make Ragnar blackmane 🤞🏻

[@OccultistLord4812]

This is a lot better than IGN's preview. It brings up world details, class variety, weapons, graphics, and bosses connections to their lore, with tougher Tyranids giving psychic boosts to the smaller hordes and the Chaos sorcerer leaking the warp into reality with their powers. If I meet a person who wants to learn about this game, I am showing them this video.

[@VonGrant556]

Seeing the IGN preview and then this is night and day. Great video Dave!

[@satitlertritsumpun8930]

Agreed

[@ForTheLaughingGod]

That was a brilliant video. The most info, no waffle and great footage. If I wasn't already sold on this on this one, I am now

[@joshf9074]

I literally bought a PS5 just for this game. Thought it was coming out last year so it's been sitting collecting dust. For Ultramar!

[@Shinzon23]

No helldivers? Super Earth is disappointed

[@Gamingcollector123]

You spent $500 for one game? You coulda got the series s and saved some money lol but you do you

[@joshf9074]

@@Gamingcollector123 I'm mid 30s with no kids and a good job, who loves 40K. Couldn't care less!

[@mrfantastic2142]

The emperor smiles down on ​you brother @@joshf9074

[@jasonsmith530]

the most authentic Warhammer game ever? Wow, sound great

[@breakthecode4634]

Not at all though. This is just gears of War with a skin on it. Not saying that's bad but they really make the space marines weak looking.

[@ferdinand5223]

I'm still waiting on a good guardsman game. Darktide's got good combat, but horrible everything else. And you're not even a guardsman fighting a war - you're a penal soldier doing commando raids.

[@breakthecode4634]

@abdulkarimelnaas7595 it plays exactly like gears of War. Saying it doesn't just because there's no cover is ridiculous. Most of the gow gameplay doesn't even use cover.

[@soliduswasright678]

@@breakthecode4634 The only similarity this has to GOW is you play as a big burly dude. Game plays nothing like GOW. This is like saying Apex Legends is a reskin of COD because they both use guns.

[@livingglowstick1337]

Except it's displaying space marines perfectly. They arnt able to destroy armies with easy solo unless they can use the warp. ​@@breakthecode4634

[@bengeorge9063]

I don't think I have been this excited for a game in so long! KUDOS TO Saber and Focus Interactive!

[@barrysmith4610]

Great preview 👏👏 Gamespot please let this same person do the review

[@mikeymike1792]

It had to be Dave previewing this. Couldn't have it any other way.

[@willlliorca7024]

This looks beautiful. And I’m using that word properly. lol

[@breakthecode4634]

No

[@willlliorca7024]

@@breakthecode4634 yes

[@TomTubesYou]

That space marine is so badass that he just raised his hand, and a nearby Tyranid teleported into his grasp from sheer terror.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

It leapt into his hand. He just patiently waited and let momentum do its thing.

[@RavagerZero]

Pretty sure that’s a Lictor. Old lore was that they were almost invisible immediately before attacking-game might just be doing stealth effect as true invisibility.

[@joeperry2065]

Excellent job detailing your experience with the demo . This looks amazing.

[@KINGJiggyy]

It's funny the IGN reviewer was saying the jetpack was difficult for them to use and it's jankie. But they look pretty sick even just for maneuvering around

[@arik3974]

Looks and feel are very different

[@KINGJiggyy]

@@arik3974 very true, but the segment for IGN showed the character trying to jump in a horde while being attacked. But the Gamespot gameplay had better angles of the shooting while flying, the slam attacks with different weapons etc.

[@ShadowWulfGaming]

I really hope I can have a Deathwatch paint job, it would only be appropriate as a xenos hunter

[@IrregularDave]

You'll be pleased to know there is also Deathwatch specific armour pieces.

[@ok-tchau]

These environments are incredible. Felt the same awe as when the first Gears of War was released.

[@smokenova]

This made me switch from SW Outlaws to SM2. FOR THE EMPEROR

[@spencerbajer8836]

The more I see about this game, the more vibes from War for cybertron and fall of cybertron I get (the jump pack boosting your damage and the slam especially) and I am very interested.

[@andrewfornes5320]

Ready to turn my armor all black with the Raven Guard insignia.

[@matttipton6009]

So absolutely happy that this is the game we have been waiting for!! I don’t know much about this stuff but it still looks like a blast and I might start reading the books!

[@danstaification]

They need to make Eldar playable.

[@sirreginaldthe8th182]

ive noticed the tyranids slightly jitter when they move, hopefully they can fix it

[@ltdowney]

Warboss Grimskull was the standout enemy character from the original, even better than Nemeroth, I just hope we get an antagonist that can live up to that legacy, but otherwise all signs point to this being amazing, and my hype level is very high.

[@absolutebaastard]

Black Templar + Bulwark class = Emperor’s Champion.

[@Tree.lancer]

Looks awesome so far but I just hope the last boss fight isn't a QTE x'D

[@magjag8257]

Finally, a game that is making use of current gen hardware. Graphics and animation look astonishing. Only a few weeks left for its release!!

[@wither5673]

they should let us go up to the guardsmen and interact with them, would be so cool to go up to a downtrodden guardsman and give him the inspiration he needs to keep fighting!

[@arionofotherworld]

I'm going to miss healing with the execution moves.

[@Fire_Gaming64]

Eh armor effectively replaces that since they have to chew through armor before effecting your health anyways, I feel like it’s a good balance between the power fantasy and actually making things a challenge on harder difficulties

[@electrichawk7982]

jaw dropped as soon as i saw the thousands son execution

[@Cheesepuff8]

0:54 I like the reminder hat you’re not the good guys, just some grim dark guys

[@silverams480]

By the Omnissiah!! This looks amazing!! May this be extremely succesful, for it has lots of passion into it!! And also might bring more beautiful games into 40K, especially for Ad. Mech: wink wink...

[@batteredwarrior]

Having to unlock the chapter emblem to get the colour is a problem? Surely you would want both anyway?

[@hurrsia]

This is easily going to be the most important Warhammer game to date.

[@venomx99x]

as a black templar main was happy to see you make one of them a templar, but the heavy? really no melee weapon? im hurt

[@IrregularDave]

Hehehehehehehehe

[@fixinghitman93]

Wish we fought against the World Eaters, but i’ll definitely not complain going against the Thousand Sons. They actually look very good in this.

[@electricsheeeep]

And the night lords. Imagine flayed faces on the shoulders etc. that’d be awesome..

[@GrimViridian]

One admittedly small thing that really bugs me is how after that pistol execution the pistol just vanishes lol, all they need to do is have it stay there till his hand is out of view, not a big deal but very noticeable with how good everything else looks

[@IrregularDave]

I got the sense that it is quickly mag-locked back onto the thigh of the Astartes, as it remains visible on their left side

[@Bashimo]

I think even people who dont know WH40K would love this maybe not for long.. but at least the campaign and Co-Op.

[@iamtheoneiamtheone1]

During the campaign/operations where their any collectibles or “chests” with new armor/skins you can find? Or are all stuff given to you after missions? Where exploration rewarded?

[@IrregularDave]

In the Operations there was "armoury data" that if you found and extracted with, could unlock an armour piece. I *think* the rarity of which depending on the difficulty you were playing on.

[@MrVayolence]

Excellent review.

[@arik3974]

Solid video and good preview

[@alexlopez-ob6jg]

Amaizing. Counting the minutes to play with it

[@pandapoker]

Time to stop killing Terminids and Automatons! Bye bye AH and Alexy.

[@Tom-bf2nm]

Yeah, Bulwark sounds like class.

[@samarkand1585]

Looks like the Darktide formula, but hopefully with less jank, and less questionnable progress mechanics at release, and monetization

[@amazingfool1653]

Haha I actually had a dream once where I was playing space marine 2, but all the good cosmetics was locked behind the paywall and only the mediocre ones was accessible through insane amount of grind, I hope it wasn't a prophetic dream

[@SladeF-ll5rk]

​@amazingfool1653 there's already customization options locked behind the $90 dlc package.

[@oskargrankall4551]

I trust Dave. This game gets my freedom doubloons.

[@WHlSKYtx]

I wish I had any clue what this universe was😂. Looks cool

[@embodying_]

ofc it looks well made, but Alfabusa is half the reason i want to get this

[@ashenwalker4622]

Henry Cavil is going to late for his auditions because of this game lolol

[@MforMovesets]

I expected nothing. I got interested in 40k because of the MTG decks and Boltgun, and was too greedy to get Space Marine 1. I expected nothing but a dumber Gears of War with Tyranids. But MAN I didnt expect the variation and gameplay complexity. Also it runs way better than the demo footage.

[@stoops187]

Praise be to the Omnissiah

[@spunkmaster666]

Emperor of Mankind’s mother: “he’s not the Omnissiah, he’s a very naughty boy!”

[@BirdParsons]

Never played or read anything WH related but this looks inviting! Can’t wait to play!

[@sceligator]

I'm crying into my 1650 every time I see more of this game 😭

[@jessecarter960]

Time to upgrade :)

[@sceligator]

@@jessecarter960 got £1000 spare? 😅

[@unclesam5733]

Get an RX6700 or RX6800XT, and you're good to go for a long time. Don't be afraid to buy a used one. They're very cheap.

[@liamnissanS2K]

Idk how lossless scaling works for GTX cards but Its like black magic for hitting 1440p with 20 and 30 series cards.

[@wynog994]

@@sceligator Geforce now is your friend if your wifi can handle it

[@CaptJABRONIE]

Theres gonna be a lot of disappointed people who see third person camera and blood and assume its anything like gears. Im glad it looks like its turning out well. This is the one game ive been waiting for this year

[@ChrisOfTheDead]

I only barely played the tabletop game way back in high school. But even after I played Dawn of War 1, then eventually Space Marine 1, I've always preferred SM1's gameplay over Gear of War's by a mile. I always thought most people look at the chainsword and then think it looks like GOW, and they don't realize the idea of the chainsword predates GOW by many years. I think they were added to 40k in 1993?

[@commanderwookiecopc806]

Mainly no taking cover…unlike the tabletop where you want to hug that cover and take advantage of those lines of sight.

[@ledorzejean-etienne3747]

Never gave any interest to anything relatedto warhammer franchise before this game but now i will have a look to other games. Sure the licence will gain massive interests through spacemarine 2

[@mattpong44]

Looking pretty good…

[@wardenizuddein-le6wn]

Finally Melta rifle is reloadable

[@Prohass]

This preview is way better than the ign one

[@roschy1003]

Of course it is Check out ACG preview to

[@captainmercy87]

I’m so looking forward to this one.

[@abigpickle6069]

This looks great except of course having to buy colors. What is with modern AAA games these days and making us have to pay for customization options? Like I understand unlocking new armor and weapons but why colors? I play White Scars on the tabletop and when I play a space marine game I want my marine to match the minis I've got here on my shelf. But you're telling me I have to use credits to buy the colors of my chosen chapter??? Thats insane! Especially since the credits are also used to get upgrades for the classes. Either give us full color customization without credits or make a different currency for armor and upgrades.

[@buzzfunk]

It looks EPIC!

[@ivorbrae]

I am looking forward to this... but why always the smurfs!? Are the Blueberries really that popular these days? Hopefully this will be a great platform for some other chapters someday... or even better: Heresy Legions!!

[@isaacgraff8288]

I am excited for the game. I may actually pre-order it

[@Darth_Xionn]

This looks rad. Can't wait to try it out

[@Alpharius_1994]

They better have a lamenter skin avaible.....

[@grasthube]

Can you play as psyker as well?

[@Geblino]

finally.... feels like at least a year since the intended release date.

[@ChrisOfTheDead]

The game was delayed by 1 year.

[@founder1307]

FOR THE EMPEROR, I LOVE IT

[@swissfreedom7594]

NO PREORDERS

[@JohnyScissors]

Oh hey its Dave

[@IrregularDave]

👋

[@JohnyScissors]

@@IrregularDave So used to hearing your voice elsewhere then went "oh duh of course he'd be the Warhammer guy"

[@IrregularDave]

@@JohnyScissors haha a title I am more than happy with

[@stoops187]

@@IrregularDaveas you should be!

[@odststalker5117]

oh snap, Chaos confirmed

[@ChrisOfTheDead]

We've known that we're fighting Thousand Sons since the very end of the extended gameplay trailer in August of last year.

[@MforMovesets]

Kommissars punishing regular soldiers without armor for cowardice in a battle against Tyranids, a race with flesh-eating weapons. That's Warhammer in a nutshell.

[@dale-fi1fi]

I just hope it runs well on pc got rx6750xt an ryzen 5 3000

[@dale-fi1fi]

With 32 gb of ram

[@thenotorioustaha]

Game of the year!

[@section23]

Looks awesome

[@eddiegenn9122]

I wonder if there will be rubric marines

[@Maiden...24FM]

only game im looking forward to...this will be the next big game

[@whale9944]

Spoilers! I decided to stop 10 seconds in I’m definitely buying this game

[@stepanmakarov1842]

I can't get over the pauses after every melee strike, it ruins the flow for me. Can they be disabled?

[@the_doot_slayer7015]

Those Xenos wont stand a chance

[@jackthestripper-r4w]

FINALLY a game i look forward to again

[@kevinthepaladin235]

Cant wait to create my Space Marine, im gonna be a Salamander.

[@isaacgraff8288]

an excellent choice. I am leaning either Dark Angel or Raven Guard.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

I’m going Imperial Fists, personally. Hoping that the Heavy class can reload the Heavy Bolter…

[@SingleTrack66]

Blood Angels ❤

[@sugarray1345]

Only interested in the campaign. Not remotely bothered about MP. This looks awesome!👌

[@4ArmedHug]

I'm so ready for this game

[@jakeshea4171]

IGN letting me know that I’m gonna FEEL like a space marine. I think this guy knows what he’s doing #moredunkey

[@RichKelsall]

The only thing that puts me off preordering this game. Is that the campaign is only 12 hours long

[@electricsheeeep]

Remember there’s 6 unique classes though so imagine I’ll be playing it through multiple times..

[@SeanBoyce-gp]

Controversial I know because of order of operations, but the lighting and materials systems combined with the way the gore and takedowns look remind me of Gears of War in the old days. I always found the transition between gun play and melee combat really jarring in the original. Like, as primarily a player of shooters and a very casual Warhammer fan, I was surprised at just how much melee combat I had to engage in to proceed through the game. It looks every bit as jarring here, with really sudden switches in and out of that kind of context. Especially now that I play a lot more 40k where the melee and shooting are really separated for gameplay purposes, it's kinda weird to see. That said, the vibe does seem very "authentic" to the way combat works narratively in the IP. Not sure I love their interpretation of the Melta gun as a Shotgun. I get it, big burst of semi inaccurate close range damage, that basically describes every "shotgun" in video game terms. It's just not how I pictured the weapon's operation looking.