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The shock announcement that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is formally in growth, coming simply six months after the record-breaking launch of Space Marine 2, has definitely obtained followers excited. Now the mud has settled on the information, ideas inevitably flip to the place the heroic Demetrian Titus will head subsequent on his third online game journey.
Warning! Spoilers for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 observe.
Let’s briefly recap the occasions of Space Marine 2 earlier than we go on to invest about what Space Marine 3 may need in retailer.
Space Marine 2 sees Titus of the Ultramarines go up towards the Tyranids and the Thousand Suns Traitor Legion in a marketing campaign that finally ends up with an enormous battle towards a demon military and even a visit to the warp. With the help of Ultramarines Chapter Grasp Marneus Calgar, Titus efficiently fends off each enemy factions earlier than he’s despatched on a mysterious mission that teases the continuation of the story in a sequel.
Now on to the hypothesis. Space Marine 3 appears sure to function the Necrons, Warhammer 40,000’s deathless skeletal robotic xenos, in some capability. One Space Marine 2 mission that takes Titus deep inside the bowels of an alien planet exhibits historical and mysterious wall markings which can be a transparent nod to the Necrons.
There’s even a dataslate (Space Marine 2’s audio logs) that reveals Necron constructs have been killing Techpriests. You can see these constructs mendacity about the place.
Certainly, throughout the third act of the marketing campaign, Titus heads to a Necron Tomb World filled with Necron buildings and expertise. Some gamers thought the xenos would make a shock look as a 3rd enemy faction in the marketing campaign, given the nature of the mission. Alas, they didn’t.
Could different enemy factions additionally flip up in Space Marine 3? Space Marine 2 doesn’t reveal the nature of Titus’ secret new mission (the Warhammer 40,000 animation in Amazon’s Secret Degree anthology, which acts as a Space Marine 2 sequel of types, doesn’t reveal a lot of something), however with the eternally suspicious Chaplain Leandros preserving an in depth eye on proceedings simply in case there’s a whiff of corruption, we’re certain Titus might be saved on the straight and slender.
At this level it’s value referring again to an IGN unique interview with Saber Interactive Chief Inventive Officer Tim Willits, performed quickly after Space Marine 2 got here out. At the time, Willits stated there was the chance of story DLC, and revealed that concepts have been already floating round for Space Marine 3.
In the interview, Willits teased Space Marine 3 might introduce new chapters in addition to new enemy factions. “There’s so many alternative factions…” he teased, “there are different chapters, too, which can be attention-grabbing…”
Different chapters, eh? Could Titus go away the Ultramarines behind to hitch up with a unique chapter for his Space Marine 3 journey? In that case, it’s nearly unimaginable to say at this level which chapters would possibly make the reduce. Blood Angels, Darkish Angels, and Salamanders are amongst the hottest Space Marine chapters exterior poster boys the Ultramarines, however in reality there’s a lengthy checklist to attract upon. Maybe we’ll get to hitch forces with a towering Adeptus Custodes in some unspecified time in the future?
And what about an enemy Chaos faction to battle towards? It could be a disgrace to return to combating the Thousand Suns having carried out so in Space Marine 2. How about this time we battle Abaddon the Despoiler’s Black Legion? Or the Dying Guard? Or possibly the Emperor’s Youngsters? They are a noisy bunch and would remember to maintain the social gathering going.
In the meantime, what kind of gameplay would possibly we get from Space Marine 3? Video games Workshop, writer Focus Leisure, and developer Saber Interactive aren’t saying a lot at this level, however there’s discuss “introducing large-scale battles which can be much more spectacular.”
To me, meaning automobile gameplay, one thing some had hoped to see from Space Marine 2. Could we get to pilot a Dreadnought? A Rhino? A Land Speeder? A Land Raider? An Assault Bike? Upping the scale, a set piece in which you pilot a Thunderhawk throughout a floor assault could be epic certainly.
As for characters, Space Marine 2 options the aforementioned Ultramarines Chapter Grasp Marneus Calgar. Could Space Marine 3 go one higher and embrace Ultramarines Primarch Robute Guilliman himself? In the present setting, Darkish Angles Primarch Lion El’Jonson can be knocking about the galaxy. Maybe we’ll run into him.
On the flip facet, there are a variety of high-profile traitor Primarchs who’re at the moment terrorizing the Imperium in demon type. Perhaps a type of will make a cameo (fingers crossed for Mortarion!).
No matter Video games Workshop and Saber Interactive has up its sleeve, it appears we gained’t discover out for fairly some time. Games Workshop has said Space Marine 3 “is probably going years away from launch.”
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