Somehow SM2 ends up just not being anywhere near as fun as the first game - which was its self, in most respects, pretty mid.

The introductory scenes felt half-hearted. "U primaris now, these ur new frens, go kill bug" - the dialogue is about as bland, generic and boilerplate as you could get for something set in the 40k universe, and they managed to make Titus almost completely uncompelling as a character, at least all the way up til I stopped playing The return of a Deathwatch Blackshield to the ranks of his original chapter is something that could've done with some more time to breathe in the opening sequence.

I played on veteran, which seems to have been a mistake based on what little discourse around the game I've paid attention to. For the most part, ranged weapons feel ineffectual. You're almost always gonna find yourself in melee - granted, it's Tyranids, but firing your gun comes at the opportunity cost of just continuing to fight in melee, which seems far more important - especially when you need repeated hits to kill most targets. Lesser enemies (Termagants in particular) do a ton of chip damage to you, faster than you can ever reliably heal by killing - while you're busy fighting the clunky controls while you're up against the more significant enemy-types - who can tank a lot of damage (especially from ranged weapons) and stun/stagger or disrupt you pretty frequently - if not dish out a ton of damage from range. The amount of dodging you end up having to do, it'd probably be more appropriate if it were Warhammer 40,000: Harlequin. The parry mechanic seems very unreliable and inconsistent. Seems like more than a few of the combat sequences have you holding E to interact with an objective whilst hoping your brain-dead AI teammates can draw enough of the aggro.

I didn't get on to any of the MP content. I'd heard that each class' appearance was tied to a different specific chapter/warband, which I think is pretty crap. SM1's customiser just had a bunch of different generic parts you'd unlock for each side, and then colour however you'd like - with some DLC chapter/legion-specific components.

Performance was terrible the first time I ran the game - when I came back to it later my framerates were fine. Not sure if that's anything to do with the game its self.

Not a fan of having Epic Games ♥♥♥♥ bundled with.

Oh, and £55? Having a laugh

'ate primaris marines - simple as

Somehow SM2 ends up just not being anywhere near as fun as the first game - which was its self, in most respects, pretty mid. The introductory scenes felt half-hearted. "U primaris now, these ur new frens, go kill bug" - the dialogue is about as bland, generic and boilerplate as you could get for something set in the 40k universe, and they managed to make Titus almost completely uncompelling as a character, at least all the way up til I stopped playing The return of a Deathwatch Blackshield to the ranks of his original chapter is something that could've done with some more time to breathe in the opening sequence. I played on veteran, which seems to have been a mistake based on what little discourse around the game I've paid attention to. For the most part, ranged weapons feel ineffectual. You're almost always gonna find yourself in melee - granted, it's Tyranids, but firing your gun comes at the opportunity cost of just continuing to fight in melee, which seems far more important - especially when you need repeated hits to kill most targets. Lesser enemies (Termagants in particular) do a ton of chip damage to you, faster than you can ever reliably heal by killing - while you're busy fighting the clunky controls while you're up against the more significant enemy-types - who can tank a lot of damage (especially from ranged weapons) and stun/stagger or disrupt you pretty frequently - if not dish out a ton of damage from range. The amount of dodging you end up having to do, it'd probably be more appropriate if it were Warhammer 40,000: Harlequin. The parry mechanic seems very unreliable and inconsistent. Seems like more than a few of the combat sequences have you holding E to interact with an objective whilst hoping your brain-dead AI teammates can draw enough of the aggro. I didn't get on to any of the MP content. I'd heard that each class' appearance was tied to a different specific chapter/warband, which I think is pretty crap. SM1's customiser just had a bunch of different generic parts you'd unlock for each side, and then colour however you'd like - with some DLC chapter/legion-specific components. Performance was terrible the first time I ran the game - when I came back to it later my framerates were fine. Not sure if that's anything to do with the game its self. Not a fan of having Epic Games shit bundled with. Oh, and £55? Having a laugh 'ate primaris marines - simple as