Leandros: But captain, the codex astartes does not aprove of this action!

Captain Titus: STFU LEANDROS, FOR THE EMPEROOOOOOR!!!!

In Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, players traverse a tumultuous blend of technical hiccups, sparse narrative, and uninspired level design, mirroring the grim landscapes of its Warhammer universe.

The game is overall light on story; the Ultramarines are deployed to the forge world Graia to retrieve the Titan Invictus amidst an Ork invasion. Along the journey, encountering an Inquisitor psyker alters the mission's course, bringing about the involvement of Chaos Space Marines. Surprisingly, dialogue is limited, with long stretches passing devoid of conversation. Upon reaching objectives, story progression often amounts to only a few lines of dialogue. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the entire game's script could fit on a two or three page document. Levels consist of linear hallways set in dark Imperial industrial environments, drawing inspiration from late 2000s third-person action shooters like Gears of War. Design aesthetics lean towards drabness, with foggy, monotonous color schemes dominating. Despite this, character design remains faithful to Warhammer lore, with intricate details depicting Ultramarines adorned with Purity Seals and Orks clad in makeshift armor.

Gameplay-wise, it's a console experience adapted to PC, featuring floaty movements, imprecise targeting, an oversized reticle, and bullet spread hindering precision. Tutorial prompts reference controls, such as "mouse button 5" which highlights how much of an afterthought that this port is. Technical issues, including launch crashes and memory leaks, persist, requiring external fixes put together by fans (thanks Adrian Lebioda). The game's re-release as an anniversary edition at its current price seems unjustified given its state.

Despite the appealing premise of embodying a space marine and unleashing destruction upon the Ork horde, the game's stability issues, pricing, subpar plot, and console-like gameplay decisions prevent me from recommending this game.

Game is great when it works and I've had a lot of fun with it both on here and on the 360 back in the day but the sudden price increase to $69 CAD one a 13 year old game is absurd. Avoid it.

I refuse to support Warhammer after they released and are standing to Graham McNeil's Lord of the Lance book despite it having Knights imagining f ing the "pretty boys" they had seen. Dont support a company who supports putting pedo material in their books!!

Due to Games Workshop's newest stance of going woke, I will be transitioning to a different IP.

Dont misunderstand. This game is pretty good actually. Its just that when I took a break from this game for a week, my save file disappeared for literally no reason. I am still mad about this today. Will change review when I get the itch to play again or Space Marine 2 comes out

Wokehammer.

Amazing. One criticism that was a major let down.. Heavy spoiler!
Can't believe this glorious game has a quick time event for the final boss..

The Emperor protects. Purge the Greenskin filth

Hehe , Greenskin and chaos renigade heads go BOOM, chaos psykers can go screw off , chaos space marines can die, and punch nemeroths head in many times