A screenshot from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (2024), Saber Interactive
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer and Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch recently revealed that he is not a fan of developers creating games that have “overblown attempts at messaging or imposing morals.”
A screenshot from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (2024), Focus Entertainment
In a comment on a video of the Asmongold TV YouTube channel where Asmongold reacts to Legendary Drops’ “Space Marine 2 is a reminder of what we lost,” Karch made his opinion clear.
He wrote, “Hey man. CEO of Saber here. I love your videos. When we signed the deal to make Space Marine 2, all I wanted was a throwback game. We had the change to work on something which by its nature was ‘old school’.”
“I can’t even comprehend many of the current games that we play these days. They are too complex and too much of an investment,” he added.
Next, he shared that he was inspired by Halo, “We worked on Halo back in the day, and that game could be distilled down to the simplest of shooting loops, but it was entirely addicting. That is what we wanted to recapture.”
A screenshot from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (2024), Focus Entertainment
Karch then shared his hope that Space Marine 2 and Black Myth: Wukong are the start of a revival in the video game industry to get back to fun and immersion.
He wrote, “I hope that games like Space Marine 2 and Wukong are the start of a reversion to a time when games were simply about fun and immersion.”
A screenshot from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (2024), Focus Entertainment
Finally, he lamented the state of the industry during his brief time as Chief Operating Officer at Embracer Group, “I spent some time as Chief Operating Officer at Embracer and I saw games there that made me want to cry with their overblown attempts at messaging or imposing morals on gamers.”
“We just want to do some glory kills and get the heart rate up a little. For me that is what games should be about,” he concluded.
Matthew Karch on YouTube
It appears he has accomplished that with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II despite Warhammer’s parent company, Games Workshop, embracing pushing “overblown” messaging and attempting to impose “morals on gamers.”
The game has a User Score of 80 on Metacritic from 440 reviews. It has 341 positive reviews across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox, 48 mixed reviews, and just 51 negative reviews.
A screenshot from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (2024), Focus Entertainment
On Steam, the game has “Very Positive” reviews from a total of 53,085 reviews.
Some of the top reviews praise the game for its old school feel. A review from Fattest_falcon states, “this game feels like it was made in the mid 2000’s/early 2010’s but like in a good way.”
Fattest_falcon’s review of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam
Broken 宇宙のヒーロー wrote, “What a good game. It’s simple, fun and epic. If you don’t know anything about Warhammer 40k, this is a good introduction. If you are already a fan of this universe, you must have this game. Honestly, it might be my GOTY this year. The emperor protects!”
He added, “Personally, I liked that the campaign wasn’t so long with filler and tedious missions. It was intense and focused, something rare these days. And yes, for now it does not have much content, but that doesn’t worry me, because the content can be added later: it is the quality of what they presented to us that can make it goty, They have a solid game on their hands. My first impression is that this work shows passion, detail and love for the franchise and the first impression is what is worth the most.”
Broken 宇宙のヒーロー’s review of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam
min3r95 wrote, “The campaign is epic. I just wish that it would run better, it look good for sure,but extremely CPU demanding, and i really can’t see where’re all of that CPU power goes into. So Saber please, more optimization please.
He then listed a number of positives and negatives: “+Gun feel good, +Melee and execution are satisfying, +Look good, -Can only carry 2 type of guns, a primary and a secondary, -CPU hungry.”
min3r95’s review of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam
What do you make of Karch’s comment on Asmongold’s YouTube video?
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