Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 review: a familiar but chaotic and perfectly visualised shooter

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Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 review; soldiers in power armour stand in front of a spaceship
(Image: © Focus Entertainment / Sabre Interactive / Games Workshop)

For

  • Excellent art direction
  • Solid combat design
  • Challenging co-op

Against

  • Occasionally too chaotic
  • Not very original

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Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 details

Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 review; a man in power armour

(Image credit: Focus Entertainment / Sabre Interactive / Games Workshop)

Publisher Focus Interactive

Developer Sabre Interactive

Formats PS5 (reviewed), Xbox Series S/X, PC

Platform Swarm Engine

Release 9 September

Players 1-3 co-op, 12 PvP

There’s something to be celebrated in a game such as Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2 and for a game developer that knows what it wants to achieve, and meets its ambitions, no matter the level of the bar being set.

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Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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