September 8, 2011

Space Marine demo

Bloody!
Date played: September 6th
Platform: Playstation 3
Time played: 15 minutes
Session fun rating: 7/10

I didn't really know what to expect from Space Marine, the third person action game from the Warhammer 40k universe.  It turns out it's a shooter with a lot of melee.  It actually felt a lot like Transformers War for Cybertron.  There is no cover and no stealth, no warthogs and no active reload.

There were two simple missions in the demo.  Both missions had my guy and his two heavily armored buddies mow down dozens upon dozens of orks with their high powered guns and chainsaws.  The graphics are decent, the framerate is good and the combat is just plain fun.  There are a shit load of great games coming out soon but I might pick this one up from the bargain bin next year.