#space marine ii

[shellswritesstuff]

wonderful photomode selfies from user @ fabino on tiktok. (Link)

Genuine happiness in these photos 😭💓 rip getting his phone taken away at the end....

[choleracamp]

It is very important to keep both in the same pocket just in case of encounters with the forces of chaos

I understand the possible difficulties that may arise when trying to place the dreadnought in the pocket… but it needs to be done somehow & I have faith in you

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

Saw this in a review of Space Marine 2 (emphasis added):

However, hulking squadmates Gadriel and Chairon are distrustful of Titus' long absence, while Titus himself is frustratingly standoffish. This translates to a lot of catty snark – space marines are many things, but emotionally literate they are not – but we don't get to explore these tensions in any real depth, which leaves the story a little shallow. Dialogue can be boiled down to 10 hours of the word "brother," while the straightforward yet serviceable story rarely reaches beyond carrying players from one desperate shootout to the next.

So clearly the writers nailed Ultramarine dialogue.

[deekindraws]

[ask-mortarion-the-death-lord]

watching a space marine 2 play through with no commentary. mostly to see what they're doing with the story. but i thought i might just write down my general thoughts on that particular story for fun.

the deathwatch tutorial segment where they do a "ooooh, whoooo could you pooosibly be playing as? its a mystery wink emoji wink emoji wink emoji" isn't particularly special but its functional. the squad dies leaving deathwatch titus to finish the mission alone, he does and nearly gets overrun by tyranids.

yet another pretty interesting piece of "the imperiums pretty fucked" is that only 100 years later titus is an effective unknown to everyone but high ranking members of the chapter or those who were alive when he was. that'd be one thing for normal humans but astartes can potentially live past 1,000 years of age placing it well within a marines potential lifetime. and not only that, but titus was captain of the 2nd company and considered to have quite an impressive resume. that is all to say that damn son, the imperium is really freakin good at unpersoning a person if the general reaction to titus only a 100 years later is "who is this guy?" either that or astartes casualties are so prolific that even just 100 years later most people that would have known titus are already dead. or a mixture of both.

the dynamic so far is shaping up to be a fun one for tituses new squad. 3 of the 5 are generics wearing helmets so they're definitely going to die horrible and avoidable deaths. the remaining two are gadriel whos clearly resentful that he didn't get the promotion to lieutenant and chairon gadriels sassy black friend because of course hes the sassy black friend.

the fun part of all that is the big "upper management brought in their own people to take control, and we all resent them for it" energy. hope that boils into something interesting.

[ladymirdan]

With the new Space Marine II game coming up I have to admit I kind of like Leandros.

Don't get me wrong, he is an absolute little shithead, but I find him rather endearing. There has been a lot of “by the book” Ultramarines in the literature over the years and most of them are little shits with few rederming qualites. But Leandros reminds me a bit of Learchus from the Uriel Ventris books (who is actually a great character)

Ok “a bit” is generous, he does pretty much the same thing and snitches on his captain. It is pretty obvious Titus is just a mashup of Ventris/Sicarius/Numitor and they have taking plotlines from all of these captain’s books.

The thing is, Learchus gets a redemption arc (it only took... *counts on fingers* 18 books 😅). And I want to see Leandros get the same thing.

But as a sidenote, I would like to see a book from Learchus POV. That would be so interesting, he is the best of the best, has an insane lineage of heroes, in any normal case he would have been the Hero, but he keeps getting one upped by this weird farmer boy, over and over again. Emperor’s throne, Learchus is just 40k Vegeta isnt he?

[ziphos123]

In regards to the sudden increase in Warhammer 40K shitposting due to the sudden success of Space Marine II, it is my greatest hope that there is a small but not insignificant portion of the internet that sincerely believes the franchise is about a guy named Horus Heresy’s quest to unite the 40,000 warhammers.

[farsight-the-char]

Thousand Sons confirmed for Space Marine II.

WITNESS YOUR DOOM!

[captainsaturnart]

SPACE MARINE II DROPS TODAY!!!!!!!

[nintendumpster]

[candyswirls]

My husband said once I beat the last battle of Space Marine we could buy Space Marine II. It took forever but I finally beat it and we just got the new game!

I’m so excited.

[shellswritesstuff]

The OFFICIAL Focus Entertainment tiktok account.... even they're down bad for Titus... 🤝

[choleracamp]

we are so over :(

WE ARE SOOO BACKKK 💅💅💅

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

So it looks like Ulfar not only made it out of the Koronus Sector, he got to die honorably after killing a fuckton of Tyranids. I'm so happy for him!

[eric-coldfire]

I like how the majority of Space Marine 2's cutscenes are in-game graphics, but like 4 cutscenes are just juiced to actual cinematic quality.

Opening cutscene with Deathwatch, Last Stand of The Second, Attacking the Lord Of Change, and The Destruction Of The Artifact.

[ask-mortarion-the-death-lord]

space marine 2 spoilers

i do feel a lot of people are getting caught up on the reveal of leandros being the chaplain, that it overshadows the actual interesting bits which are leandros actually being a chaplain during the course of the game. he counsels titus after his surgery, gives spiritual advice and reinforcement, gives sermons and chaplain speeches etc. and of course that by virtue of his position he holds both the trust of the chapter and the chapter master himself.

like theres surprisingly a lot to bite into that i hope does get some sort of follow up.