Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is ready to obtain plenty of new options, tweaks, and enhancements sooner or later, with writer Focus Leisure breaking down what’s (and is not) coming, based mostly on participant suggestions, in a current Q&A.
For individuals who love customizing their Space Marines, extra choices are presently within the works, together with the flexibility to alter faces (an amazing function for individuals who choose their characters to go helmetless).
“Not a fast repair, however we’ll add an choice to alter your Marine’s face,” Focus mentioned.
Different items of Space Marine armor, together with decals, fingers, and facemasks, will be capable to be extra absolutely personalized in future patches as properly. More colours from the assorted successor Space Marine chapters are set to be added too, and Focus mentioned it’s nonetheless discussing if gamers will be capable to customise the looks of their AI squadmates.
Whereas many gamers have requested for it, Focus mentioned class-restricted cosmetics like cloaks and tabards will not be coming to all lessons, as they’re part of the identification for every class and assist gamers rapidly establish the category in fight. Gamers additionally should not count on the flexibility to customise their Battlebarge or Thunderhawk, as Focus mentioned it could be “very cool,” however not a precedence, with the artwork groups presently targeted on creating new maps. In relation to customizing Chaos Space Marines within the sport’s PvP mode, Focus mentioned there are lore restrictions stopping some customization choices. Nonetheless, the group want to broaden Chaos customization, however “the truth is they will not be as modular because the Loyalist.”
On the gameplay aspect, Focus mentioned changes can be coming to a few of the sport’s tougher difficulties. The Veteran marketing campaign problem can be adjusted to be “extra truthful,” and the marketing campaign’s AI squadmates when taking part in single-player can be made much less passive and take part in particular targets extra in a future patch. For the PvE Operations mode, Focus mentioned it acknowledges that enemies at increased problem will be “too bullet spongy,” which makes sure weapons, like the assorted Bolt Rifles, really feel underpowered.
“That is the core situation, fairly than the Bolters themselves,” Focus mentioned. “For now, we’re testing some tweaks in problem to make the enemies have much less well being however preserve the participating problem.”
Matchmaking connectivity enhancements is a prime precedence for the group, with an even bigger patch coming quickly alongside new content material to handle the difficulty. There are additionally particular enhancements to PvE and PvP matchmaking within the works. Focus mentioned it’s working to make it so gamers who’ve chosen the identical class in Operations mode will not be matchmade collectively, however can be conserving the one-player per-class restriction in place, no less than for matchmaking. The group is as an alternative contemplating eradicating class restrictions when taking part in in non-public lobbies–another function the group is presently engaged on. On the PvP aspect, the group is “wanting into” a function that can rebalance groups after a match.
Different info revealed within the Q&A consists of why Focus will not add a FoV slider or the flexibility to swap shoulders when firing weapons, in addition to why gamers aren’t quickly invulnerable when performing a cinematic gun-strike assault. For extra particulars, make sure to take a look at the complete Q&A.
Focus has already outlined a content material roadmap for Space Marine 2, with updates deliberate into 2025. The sport’s Season 2 replace, slated to come back later this yr, will add new PvE missions in addition to a brand new enemy, weapon, and problem. Updates for 2025 embrace extra PvP modes and maps, an growth to the Battlebarge, and even additional sooner or later, a horde mode.
Space Marine 2 rapidly grew to become the most-played Warhammer sport of all-time on Steam when it launched earlier this month. In GameSpot’s Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 evaluation, we known as Saber Interactive’s sequel “a greater than worthy successor to the 2011 unique,” with “brutally gory motion” that “brings the tabletop sport to life in all its grimdark splendor.”