Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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• Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine takes console gamers into a savage universe where humanity fights for survival against horrific alien and demonic forces.
• The player becomes the ultimate defender of humanity ? a mighty Space Marine ? sent to stop the brutal Ork invasion of a vital Forge World.
• As the barbaric Orks rip the planet apart, it's up to you and your battle-hardened squad of Space Marines to cut a bloody path through the Ork horde and discover what they're so eager to find.
• In Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, award-winning video game developer Relic Entertainment will bring the epic Warhammer 40,000 universe to life like never before in a dark and compelling Action RPG

Product Details

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• ASIN: B003S2MXRA
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 6, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,859 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #62 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Games > Action > Fighting
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

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Warhamer 40,000: Space Marine is a third-person Action Shooter in which players accept the role of a Space Marine Captain tasked with the defense of the empire as well as humanity against the Chaos Faction lead by the ruthless Ork hordes. Players will have to use their exceptional size, strength, armor, weaponry and fighting spirit in order to succeed. Features include: a new seamless combat system allowing equally for ranged and melee action, hordes of deadly enemies of various kinds, intense 16-player online multiplayer and more.

Story

In Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine you are Captain Titus of the Ultramarines, humanity's last hope for survival in a war-ridden future. Step into the armor of this superhuman warrior and use a lethal combination of deadly weapons to crush overwhelming alien forces. Fight against the savage Orks and the unholy forces of Chaos in a brutally violent world based on the richest science fiction fantasy ever created.

Lead the fight against the Chaos faction as Captain Titus of the Ultramarines.
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Battle System

Space Marine features a fluid combat system that allows players to seamlessly switch from ranged to melee weapons without interrupting the flow of combat. Hitting the melee button at any time will result in a close range strike with the equipped hand-to-hand weapon as well as the camera pulling out to melee distance. Pulling either trigger will instantly snap the view back to behind the player’s shoulder ready for precise shooting. These systems are immediately responsive and leave the player in full control at all times. As the player dispatches enemies in Space Marine they will be earning "Fury" which can be used to unleash devastating ranged or melee attacks. The player can use "Fury Marksman" to enter a heightened form of awareness where time seems to slow down allowing them to pick off multiple ranged enemies in the blink of an eye. Alternately the player can opt to utilize their "Fury Strike" up close and personal with a sweeping area of affect attack that will obliterate anything close enough and knock-back and stun more distant foes.

Key Game Features

• Storm Into Battle - Step fearlessly into the heart of combat as an unstoppable Space Marine. Never hide, never cower, just purge all that stand in your way.
• Unleash Visible Violent Death - Using an innovative, new combat system, switch seamlessly from high-caliber ranged weapons to devastating close-combat strikes. Taking out an enemy has never been so satisfying.
• Experience the Dark Future of Warhammer 40,000 - Jump into a rich universe of awe-inspiring landscapes, deadly enemies, immense battles and ruthless annihilation.
• Take the Battle Online - Form your own Space Marine squad or Chaos Space Marine warband and face off in 8 vs. 8 online matches. Gain experience and unlock new weapons and armor to customize the Devastator, Assault and Tactical Marine classes.

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Product Description

In the Grim Darkness of the Far Future, There is only War.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 59 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An exhilarating experience! My favorite game so far this year. September 8, 2011

By onyx cat

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

Space Marine's campaign is quite literally the most fun I've ever had playing through a single player campaign. From what I understand, the game underwent quite a lengthy overhaul in the design phase, probably aiming to sufficiently distinguish the game play from Gears of War.

In that regard, they absolutely succeeded. A better game to compare Space Marine to would be Ninja Gaiden. While there is no "snap-cover" mechanic like in Gears of War, there *are* absolutely mind-boggling numbers of enemies throwing themselves at you pretty much all of the time. In that respect, I couldn't help but recall the frenetic against-all-odds feeling of Ninja Gaiden. In that game, you are supposed to prevail because, hey, you're a @#$ing NINJA. In Space Marine, you are supposed to prevail because, hey, you're a @#$ing SPACE MARINE.

Like Ninja Gaiden, you have a variety of close combat weapons (though not the same breadth) each with their strengths and weaknesses. However, in addition to the "hundreds versus one" in close combat, Relic has managed to incorporate the most fluid ranged combat/close combat system I have ever used. You can literally snipe an enemy on the high ground one second, and then spin around and decapitate another enemy with your bare hands, and you don't even think about the control scheme at all!

The campaign could have easily gotten repetitive, considering that your main staple weapons only gradually expand in variety, but intelligent level design consistently creates new puzzles for you to solve, by having you fight in a variety of terrain heights, against different mixes of ranged, close combat, and heavy hitting opponents. I found that on the "hard" difficulty setting, I literally needed to rely on every aspect of my arsenal to survive. That often meant anticipating a charging crowd with some well placed grenades to soften up the ranks, then using my range weapons to take down some high priority threats, and finally crashing into the wave of enemies to slash and dismember anyone who survived my opening salvos. I can't think of a more cinematic, and pulse racing game in recent memory. There are several set-pieces like action sequences out of the movies that just feel unbelievably epic, but I won't ruin them for you. All I'll say is that clearly this campaign was designed with a lot of careful planning and inspiration.

The multi-player is also worthy, and rewards strategy and practice. It copies the customizable weapon loadouts you find in the Call of Duty series, while also incorporating the different weapon classes found in Warhammer 40k (Tactical, Devastator, and Assault). As you play more and improve, you unlock more weapons and armor options, which can greatly increase your lethality. They were smart to include a feature where you can copy the loadout of the last person who killed you, however, so if you find yourself fighting someone who has hopelessly more toys to fire at you, you can level the playing field.

I've been playing Halo Reach for a whole year, and at first the Space Marine multiplayer experience was jarring to get used to, since it feels so different. After playing for a few hours, however, I had become sufficiently acclimated to the pace of Space Marine multiplayer, and it was incredibly satisfying. You will spend far more time practicing how to be effective with a broad range of tactics than you will in Reach, because the permutations and perks you can customize can really necessitate that you alter your tactics.

I have a few minor gripes as well. In multi-player, the teams are divided between Space Marine loyalists, and Chaos Marines (instead of say, Red VS Blue). You get to customize an armor set for both (sort of like how you customize both Spartans and Elites in Halo Reach), but you don't get to choose which armor set you use in a match. Personally, I'm all about playing as the Blood Angels chapter, but sometimes it feels like 4 out of 5 games I'm arbitrarily assigned to the Chaos team, which is a drag. This has no effect on game play, but it still bugs me. I can understand that if the designers let us choose, perhaps there would be too many Chaos players, or too few, but it seems like they could have at least included a "preference" option, so that wherever possible you are assigned the faction you identify best with.

I also think that some more multi-player features wouldn't hurt. Right now it's basically "king of the hill" or team deathmatch, which is fine, but we have all been spoiled by the variety of game modes in other shooters. Of course, there's no reason why these things might not be added on in future patches. I know for a fact that they are going to be adding a free multiplayer "survival" mode where you can just kill waves of orks with a friend on the same console. Hopefully they will continue to support and expand on the game, because they really made a winner!

28 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Space Marines really are the Emperors vengeance September 6, 2011

By Dustin Barlow

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

To Start off I will say that I know there will be 200 people on here posting reviews that this is a Gears of War clone. Space Marine plays similar to Gears but with some BIG differences. Number one the Lore and History of the Warhammer 40k universe is huge and it has also been around for around 30 years so it already has a pretty sweet backstory. Secondly the whole cover system is gone which personally to me is a great edition because it seems like in all shooters you do the same thing. Step one: move into room Step two: take cover behind something Step three: kill everything Step four: go back to step one. Space marine has you hold the line until your enemies are all over you then pull out your power sword and go to work melee style. The Story seems more interesting to someone who enjoyed Dawn of War or someone who enjoys the books. If your not familiar with 40k the story will probaby be really boring and it uses terms only fans would recognize such as Astartes, Adeptus and Xenos. All in all I think this game is great, mainly because i'm a really big fan. My advice to non-fans is to go play Dawn of War 2 or read the ultra-marines books and then come back to this. The game will be a lot more fun.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent September 10, 2011

By John Maddux

Platform for Display:Xbox 360

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I have to preface by saying that I am a huge Warhammer 40,000 fan, and, as such, have waited not a little impatiently through its development. I was not dissapointed. This game is beautiful, absolutely stunning. The world is epic is scale, dark, and detailed. The soundtrack is deep and suspenseful. Please don't believe those that say this game is a button mashing repeat-fest. I assure you it is not. The combat can get a bit repetitive after hours of game play. It can also be mundane if you simply wade into enemies and swing your chainsword. However, that is a crappy (and difficult) way to play the game. Using the different weapons to strategically take out important targets and tackle different situations can have devastating results on your enemy. Further, the levels are constantly changing, as are the configurations of enemy parties, and even the enemies themselves. The game is actually extremely fun.

Some have said that is plays a little like Gears of War. I would say that it "plays" very little like gears of war. This game includes much more melee and a unique health system. The game's weapons are also not really like Gears. Finally, the cover system, something absolutely integral to the Gears experience, is completely missing. That said, the game does, in many ways, "look" like Gears. Some reviewers claim that the hulking Space Marines look like Cogs, the looming stone architecture looks like Jacinto, and the Adeptus Mechanicus insignia and its focus on gears and mechanical insignia are all too familiar. How dare they copy these things from Gears of War, right? Well, wrong. For anyone that has almost any experience with the Warhammer 40K universe, playing this game is like stepping into a perfect embodiment of a fictional universe that has been around for decades. The fact is that Space Marines do wear hulking armor (or "armour" if I was to be true to the genre), the gothic architecture is key to the ships and buildings of the Imperium of Man, and the Adeptius Mechanicus is embodied by cast iron and mechanical workings. This game looks great and is true to its roots, so don't feel upset by its few but noticeable similarities to Gears of War.