Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

It is hard to translate just how satisfying it feels to tear through a horde of heathens in Darktide as its thunderous soundtrack plays to words. The best way to do so seems to be simply saying that it is spot-on enough to surely please any fan of Warhammer or horde shooters. Darktide is a Primarch amongst Warhammer games, and it serves the corpse emperor admirably.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is an awesome co-op RPG that is filled with gorgeous views and exciting action, but unfortunately, you won't enjoy it locally on the Steam Deck.

There is plenty to love about Darktide, and all the improvements made to the game in the two years since its release have solidified it as one of the better co-op exclusive shooters. It's not without issues, particularly the long missions and the lack of a single-player experience. But if you love playing with random mutuals or even your friends, you'll have a blast in Darktide. Just make sure you...

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a worthy successor to Vermintide. Fans of good first-person melee combat shouldn't hesitate to check this one out.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a beautiful-looking and sounding game with fun team-combat, even for players who are new to the universe. There are some issues with loading times and connectivity that are sure to be patched in the future.

Darktide is an absolute blast. Its heavyweight blend of melee and gunplay ensure that the flow of frantic runs into the hive city just keep on coming.

The corruption has left me incapacitated and the enemy has captured me. Awaiting to be rescued I spectate my teammates, the Ogryn is surrounded with another armored Ogryn in front and the horde around him. The two Psykers are doing their absolute best to keep the horde stunned and damaged while the Ogryn focuses on the big guy in the room. Finally, my Ogryn ally manages to overpower the enemy and ...

Darktide captures the most essential parts of its genre, though it sometimes stumbles when trying to build metagame content on top of that foundation.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is one of the most enjoyable games of the year, but it’s tremendously rough around the edges. There are a baffling number of design decisions that drag the user experience down, with the variety of maps being questionable as well. There’s barely a story to speak of, and there aren’t any sub-classes to choose among Zealot, Veteran, Psyker and Ogryn. Darktide is the base o...

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is developer Fatshark's take on Games Workshop's grimdark universe and a refinement of the combat and gameplay of its earlier Vermintide titles. A first-person multiplayer cooperative game, each Darktide mission will see squads of four players (or, in their absence, AI bots) descend into the bowels of Hive City Tertium and purge the unclean Nurgle cults that dwell there....

That said, there is this constant draw to come back to the game for a few hours almost daily, and as more patches get released, performance will likely stabilize which will make that draw even stronger. Having the game launch with this lack of polish in the first place is frustrating, but that is because the core loop is a blast to play through. If it were not for the rough launch, it would be an ...

Despite the growing pains, Darktide is a solid co-operative action game that’s great for a group of friends to play in spurts. At launch, the experience is limited in progression and variety, but the gameplay is challenging and viscerally satisfying enough to keep your attention. It doesn’t hurt that the soundtrack slaps and, performance issues aside, the graphics pack a punch. Since Fatshark is k...