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I feel like Space Marine 2 reviews were mostly just people trying to make a point, either towards the state Helldivers 2 was in (frankly I find these games not comparable at all), or the fact it's a game that doesn't pander to LGBTQ and stuff (yes, I understand the franchise isn't about that, read below).
Either way, I think the game was highly overrated and overhyped. I played like 4-5 hours of it, it's an okay game. It has some serious issues that I think doesn't fit the score it received, like no option to change FOV or camera distance (character often takes up like 1/3th of the screen) or that the game is pretty bad with keyboard and mouse, some in-game screens don't even allow the use of a mouse, it's clearly designed with consoles in mind.
Edit: Not going to bother to respond to people under this thread individually, but you've proven my point that real world politics (yes that includes LGBTQ, DEI and whatever) being forced into gaming, other media and franchises where it has no place and it's just shoehorned in for the sake of pandering to real world situations. Like I said, Space Marine 2 luckily doesn't suffer from this, and plenty of people celebrate the developers for staying (mostly) true to the source material, but political agendas being pushed is widely prevalent in modern gaming and becoming a serious problem in day to day lives. Anyone that claims this isn't an issue is just part of the issue.
Taste is always subjective. I watched Charlie play it on YouTube, and he played the whole thing with mouse and keyboard and he fucking loved it. Like he was literally about jump balls deep into the tabletop and mini aspect of the IP.
Also, "pandering to LGBTQ"? A) it's 40K, which aside from aesthetics is one of the least sexual franchises of all time. B) fuck off with that shit.
That's what I said, it doesn't pander to LGBTQ. Unlike a lot of other games in recent times, even in games where no form of real world politics have a place. So people are gonna encourage games that don't make that one of their main focus points of the game. Which is what I think is part of the reason why reviews are inflated over what it should probably actually be, I'd honestly rate it more of a 6 or 7 out of 10, but that's my personal opinion on it.
People can downvote me all they want but that doesn't change the fact that a lot of people are done with making games about politics and DEI, and developers putting that above better/more fun gameplay. There've been plenty of developers pushing this stuff in their games where it doesn't belong, let alone add anything of value. I never cared what the main protagonist is like, or what the rest of the game is like, as long as the game is fun.
OMG totally agree. It's so upsetting when my game isn't just about straight white characters.
Not what I said. And like many others entirely missing the point.
Yeah I'm making fun of you