Description

Tristan and Oliver strap into their jetpacks and hope they don’t run out of fuel, as they hack Relic Entertainment’s sci-fi epic Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine into these three bits:

1. Hordes of Fun - Fun in numbers; the joy of ploughing through enemy hordes and how the game capitalises on this;
2. Takedown Heal- The execution mechanic and the game’s health design;
3. Fictional World- The strong focus on gameplay and its effect on the believability of the worldbuilding;

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3-Bit Design: @3bitdesign

Oliver - @oliverwauters

Tristan - @theatrewalker

Some references:

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Be a Space Marine Gameplay Developer Diary (2011) - XboxViewTV (video)

Wot I Think: Space Marine - Alec Meer, Rock Paper Shotgun (article)

What Made Warhammer 40K Space Marine So Unique - Cameron Swan, GameRant

How many ways can THQ’s Space Marine game rip off Gears of War? - Dean Takahashi, GamesBeat

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Combat System ViDoc (2011)- XboxViewTV (video)