Warhammer
40:
Space
Marine
2
is
yet
another
game
following
the
growing
trend
of
artificially
delaying
a
game’s
release
unless
you
pay
extra
money.
It’s
just
one
more
method
for
companies
to
extract
money
from
players,
charging
a
higher
price
for
versions
of
a
game
that
grand
“early
access.”
But
while
it’s
a
trend
I
dislike
immensely,
it’s
hard
to
deny
that
it’s
effective,
especially
when
the
game’s
reviews
have
been
so
favourable.
It
might
not
be

hitting
the
highs
of
Astro
Bot,
but
a

83
on
Opencritic
is
still
solid.

Space
Marine
2
has
just
“launched”
for
those
that
paid
$99.99/£84.99
(Physical)
or
$89.99/£79.99
(Digital)
for
the
Gold
Edition
or
any
of
the
even
higher
tiers.
Alongside
the
included
season
pass,
players
have
been
able
don
the
armour
of
Titus
four
days
before
the
game
launches
for
everyone
else
on
September
9.

While
we
don’t
know
how
well
the
game
is
doing
on
consoles,

SteamDB
lets
us
see
some
tasty
PC
data
and
it
turns
out
there’s
a
lot
of
people
looking
to
purge
the
Xeno
scum.
According
to
the
site,
the
game
managed
to
hit

134,302
Space
Marines
playing
simultaneously.
That’s
a
minimum
of

134,302
who
paid
extra
to
honour
the
Emperor
early.
With
numbers
like
that,
it’s
no
wonder
companies
are
latching
on
to
the
early
access
pricing
model.

A
lot
of
the
loyal
servants
of
the
Emperor
have
taken
the
time
to
leave
reviews,
too.
For
the
most
part,
people
seem
happy
with
the
game,
granting
it
a

“mostly
positive”
rating
on
Steam,
including
this
glorious
ode
to
the
Emperor:
“I’m
so
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
HARD
RN!”Thanks
Nixidus,
you
really
summed
up
everything
we
could
possibly
have
needed
to
known.

Of
course,
not
everyone
is
happy.
There
have
been
some
negative
reviews
(approximately
20%
as
I
write
this)
that
have
mentioned
performance
woes
etc.
There
have
also
been
some
complaints
that
the
game
installs
Epic
Game
services
by
default.
These
are
required
for
crossplay,
but
there
are
those
with
concerns
about
Epic’s
business
dealings.
Perhaps
crossplay
could
be
made
optional?