Warhammer 40: Space Marine 2 joins the growing trend of artificially delaying game releases without paying extra money. This is just another way for companies to squeeze money out of players by charging higher prices for “early access” versions of games. While I strongly dislike this trend, it’s hard to deny that it’s effective, especially when the game’s reviews are so positive. It may not have reached the highs of Astro Bot, but its score of 83 on Opencritic is still solid.
Starfighter 2 has just “launched” for those who paid $99.99/£84.99 (physical) or $89.99/£79.99 (digital) for the Gold Edition or any higher tier. In addition to the included Season Pass, players will be able to don Titus’ armor four days before the game’s release on September 9.
While we don’t know how the game will perform on consoles, SteamDB has given us a look at some decent PC data, and it turns out there are a lot of people looking to clear the Xeno scum. According to the website, the game managed to get 134,302 Space Marines compete simultaneously. This is at least 134,302 They paid the extra price early on to honor the emperor. With numbers like these, it’s no surprise that companies are embracing early access pricing models.
Many of the emperor’s loyal servants also took the time to leave comments. For the most part, people seemed pleased with the game, giving it a “mostly positive” review on Steam, which included a glorious ode to the Emperor: “I’m so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ HARD RN!” Thanks to Nixidus , you really summed up everything we could possibly need to know.
Of course, not everyone is happy. There are some negative reviews (about 20% as I write this) that mention performance issues etc. These are necessary for cross-platform play, but there are also concerns about Epic’s business dealings. Maybe cross-platform play could become optional?
