One title that kept popping up in my head whilst playing 40K's Space Marine was Gears of War, and while not as great as GoW it does come damn close as it certainly delivers the goods for being a brutal testosterone pumping 3rd person shooter/slasher. And so it should, for it is the grandaddy of anything oversized with big guns and therefor an ispiration to many. Thought GoW's chainsaw lancer was something revolutionairy, well think again.
Is this enough to recommend it to others though? I say hell yes, especially when you are a fan of the whole Warhammer 40K franchise because Relic did excellent job at representing this long running franchise. And even if you're not then try it anyways because you might end up becoming one during your Ork slaughterfest, like i did.

Like me you might have heard people say that it gets repetative after a while and though i do agree that the gameplay or gameplay mechanics are quite straight forward and not very versatile it did not bother me all that much. Just like with both the Cybertron games in the Transformers franchise the gameplay is fairly solid and that didn't seem to affect the scores that those titles got. I never got quite enough of grabbing yet another Ork and ripping his head off or curbing him with my massive space boots.
The expansive scenery keeps changing every so many chapters and so do the enemies and this does keep you interested. Especially the massive outdoor areas were impressive to walk around in. Massive bridges in the backround, hundreds of space crafts flying over head, a level build around a giant mech that you eventually will have to board, it all feels very grand and you really feel a part of it all.
All this plus solid visuals and an entertaining storyline kept me going in wanting to finish my heroic mission in trying to save the planet.

You could finish the game in one go in i'd say roughly 6 to 8 hours or so which maybe not all that much but it's enough that it satisfies. And you could always jump in to the co-up mode or the multiplayers afterwards to extend the fun.

An 8/10 from me and well worth your money if you can enjoy mindless mayhem and slaughter.

One title that kept popping up in my head whilst playing 40K's Space Marine was Gears of War, and while not as great as GoW it does come damn close as it certainly delivers the goods for being a brutal testosterone pumping 3rd person shooter/slasher. And so it should, for it is the grandaddy of anything oversized with big guns and therefor an ispiration to many. Thought GoW's chainsaw lancer was something revolutionairy, well think again. Is this enough to recommend it to others though? I say hell yes, especially when you are a fan of the whole Warhammer 40K franchise because Relic did excellent job at representing this long running franchise. And even if you're not then try it anyways because you might end up becoming one during your Ork slaughterfest, like i did. Like me you might have heard people say that it gets repetative after a while and though i do agree that the gameplay or gameplay mechanics are quite straight forward and not very versatile it did not bother me all that much. Just like with both the Cybertron games in the Transformers franchise the gameplay is fairly solid and that didn't seem to affect the scores that those titles got. I never got quite enough of grabbing yet another Ork and ripping his head off or curbing him with my massive space boots. The expansive scenery keeps changing every so many chapters and so do the enemies and this does keep you interested. Especially the massive outdoor areas were impressive to walk around in. Massive bridges in the backround, hundreds of space crafts flying over head, a level build around a giant mech that you eventually will have to board, it all feels very grand and you really feel a part of it all. All this plus solid visuals and an entertaining storyline kept me going in wanting to finish my heroic mission in trying to save the planet. You could finish the game in one go in i'd say roughly 6 to 8 hours or so which maybe not all that much but it's enough that it satisfies. And you could always jump in to the co-up mode or the multiplayers afterwards to extend the fun. An 8/10 from me and well worth your money if you can enjoy mindless mayhem and slaughter.