Grissallia<p>September 5, 2023 - Day 248 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 269</p><p>Game: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition</p><p>Platform: Steam<br>Release Date: Sep 6, 2011<br>Library Date: May 29, 2015<br>Unplayed: 3021d (8y3m7d)<br>Playtime: 23m</p><p>Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition was released in 2021 as a free update to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, with all of the previously released DLCs and add-ons included. </p><p>The game is a third-person shooter-hack-and-slash combo.</p><p>A few minutes after starting the game I found myself thrown straight into combat as an Ultramarine Space Marine(?), with the game throwing multiple combinations of mouse button and key presses at me, as a barrage of Orks attacked me.</p><p>Such frantic combinations as "Press f then mouse button 5 then e". My dude, I have no idea which button on my mouse is mouse button 5. I can't even tell my left and right apart most of the time, let alone which of the other seven buttons on my mouse beyond 1 & 2 are which.</p><p>Even the G Hub software just calls them "Forward" and "Back". It took a torch and a minute of trying to find the right viewing angle and distance for my 49yo eyes to work out which button had "G5" stamped into the plastic ("Forward", for the record).</p><p>Trying to remember which of the buttons are which in the middle of a pitched battle was a lot, particularly when - on top of all this - the mouse view is bizarrely restricted, even with my mouse set to 3200 DPI.</p><p>I had to pick up my mouse, move it, and put it down again more than once just to do a 180 degree sweep. I don't think I've had to do that since mice were functionally male.</p><p>After surviving that mission, and slowly starting to mash the right buttons in the right order, I started to feel like the game was making sense.</p><p>I was slamming my way around the map, Orks getting splattered by my big gun, and my big knife making short work of any Orks who got too close.</p><p>Unfortunately, as with many other games that have a few years on the clock, there are games that have been released since that provide a similar gameplay experience with a better user interface and/or user experience.</p><p>In practice, if the Warhammer 40k branding were stripped away, the battle gameplay feels a lot like Outriders, but less refined; unfortunately for the game, I have no emotional bond to Warhammer or 40k, so there's not a lot to keep my interest.</p><p>If I'm in the mood for "big weapons make enemies go splorch", it's probably going to be Outriders or Gears of War before this.</p><p>Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition is:</p><p>3: OK</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Warhammer40K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warhammer40K</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpaceMarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceMarine</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThirdPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdPerson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Shooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shooter</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HackAndSlash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackAndSlash</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MastodonGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonGaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>