Space Marine Multiplayer Details & Customising Video
July 20, 2011 by brennon
We have covered a lot of Space Marine information but one of the key components we were yet to hear anything on was the multiplayer. Now however that has all changed with Relic letting loose a few bolter rounds filled with nuggets of information on what exactly we will be getting in terms of player on player action.
Space Marines multiplayer takes place in 8v8 matches between loyalist Space Marines and the traitorous Chaos Space Marines. The first mode is the bloody named Annihilation game type where the only rule is kill quicker than the other team. The second game mode is Seize Ground, where both sides have to hold areas of the multiplayer map and deny them in turn from the enemy. While both seem to be takes on staple modes from other games the fact that your playing as a Space Marine are what the developers say sets this apart from the mass amount of shooters out there.
There are three classes on offer to fans wanting to step into the ceramite boots of a Space Marine. The first is the Tactical Marine; an all round fighter with access to a wide range of weapons from bolters to melta guns. The second of the classes is the solid and reliable Devastator Marine. Equipped with Heavy Bolter, Plasma Cannon and even Lascannon he can bring down plenty of foes from afar. The third as you can see above is the Assault Marine. With jetpack, access to power weapons and even powerful Thunder hammers and Demon Weapons (for the Traitors among you of course) they can land in the centre of a whirling melee and deliver some serious hurt.
It seems to be shaping up quite well and with a huge wealth of customization options on offer from helmets down to the very boots your Marine wears it seems to even be a table top players dream. Oh and of course they have also added pretty much the entire Citadel paint range with which to paint your marines and make your own Chapters come to life.
Coming out September 9th this could be the awesome Space Marine game we have been needing. I know I am pretty hyped for this game, both in Campaign and in Multiplayer.
The real question is of course, Traitor or Loyalist?
already pre-ordered it, can’t wait for this to come out.
the one thing i don’t like is how they are said the lascannon is a sniper rifle, you say lascannon i think of spartan laser from halo.
Have heard from the forums that its actually a different pattern of Lascannon compared to the one that they normally have in the tabletop game.
Like pocket pattern ? :p
Its the man portable version from the dark heresy rpg.
Im counting down the days to release. I have XBOX 360 which i just use as an elaborate DVD player at the moment but this should be the game that rekindles my love for button bashing. Roll on the 9th of Sept!
I reckon the Lascannon/Sniper Rifle has more to do with the fact that’s it’s a one shot at a time, long rang weapon that you aim down a sight rather than it’s use on the battlefield. Lascannon hits will hopefully cause plenty of splash damage 🙂
I doubt it’ll have much if any splash damage, purely for gameplay, they already have the missile launcher and grenades for splash, the lascannon will most likely be an all-or-nothing one hit ray-trace(possibly with a firing delay/charge time) with 90-100% health damage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALMlPkddxnE&feature=youtu.be
This shows the actual gameplay of the multiplayer in action. The reviewer on the video is pretty spot on in that unless youre a 40k fan (outside of the video games) then this game will only be a distraction until another CoD comes out
Im personally excited about the multiplayer, and i dont often get into multiplayer stuff. When they were saying space marine would have multiplayer, i was like lol, now im like hmmm….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlurHvYx0Ro&feature=feedu
Nice one 🙂 And here is the customisation video showing off the kinds of looks you can get.
I’ll play it either way, but I’d honestly prefer something like necromunda or- given that the orks are already there- gorkamorka for multi player, yeah I know Its called “space marine” but come on, by the time most of us get round to multi player we’ll already have played 5+ hours of the single player campaign(unless they’ve cheeped out) as a space marine.
id love to see a necromunda game for the pc but not just as a 1st person shooter . more like blood bowl where you have a choice
i just nerded everywhere!!
I dont know why …but I hate this zooming out on the THQ logo ..I always want to push the border of my screnn aside “gtfo..I want to see the whole logo at once !” … Concerning the game I am super excited and of course I would play a loyalist ! I must admit I like the Chaos more and cant explain why …but I am just loyal to the Empire ^^…btw Brennon I once saw a video, its about 2 years ago with some of the first ingame footage but cant find it anymore , was just a… Read more »
un fortunately i dont believe you get yo choose your team. i believe it will work like CoD or even halo where you are put as Spetsnaz or Black ops red or blue chaos or loyalist
this is going on my buy list i feel
i’ll get it, but when it goes for cheap on steam.
Well there wont be a lack of options when customizing your marines!
Allready pre ordered my copy via Steam. If this lives up to half the hype it should be a very fun game.
Pre Ordered it from game stop for the fully modeled out Space Wolves armor set. Now I know I’ll be able to make my Fox Maries.
*Marines – typo
Preordered. Maaan can’t wait for this game.
I want it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
would have wanted to see a ffa option in the details but alas fighting with a team will have to do
Am i the only one considering customizing them to look like your personal army? I’m going to be one of those sad people that has each slot designed with a unique colour scheme for each unit type you can have just like my models 😀
I don’t play multi-player, and as such I am gutted you can’t change the chapter. Okay, Blood Ravens have had a few games but Ultramarines??? I am SERIOUSLY tired of them! How about Crimson Fists? I mean, they do have a bit of a grudge against Orks. (By bit i mean world shattering. Literally.)
For Relic to make money off of this they will have to bring in a lot of people who know nothing about WH40K, the Ultras are probably what most people associate with the IP so it’s easier to go with that. Plus Ultras do not need much explaining, they just kill chaos and orks. If you had the Crimson fists you would have to spend time explaining their background and why they hate orks so much, something non-fans would probably not care about and switch off for. Sure it would be nice for a little variety but WH40K just isn’t… Read more »
I do see your point, but you have to admit that seeing Ultramarines everywhere is incredibly grating. 🙂
Looks cool. I expect most people watching the vid will buy it whatever…its a warhammer game on consoles with potential