Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Reviews
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Nightmares & Visions adds an interesting new mode and a revamped Ogryn class for an expanded experience to an excellent game.
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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. It's highly replayable and tense in a way not many horde shooters are. However, it isn't always up to the task of keeping a consistent frame rate, and we wish the production values were slightly higher.
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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 have the time to finish some of these missions.
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Shane took the latest Warhammer 40,000-based game for a spin, earning favor with the God-Emperor in Darktide. But how does the co-op multiplayer extraction shooter fare?
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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.
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Darktide captures the most essential parts of its genre, though it sometimes stumbles when trying to build metagame content on top of that foundation.
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In a month or five or twelve, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide may reach the state it should have launched in. In a month or five or twelve, it may become a co-op game that’s easy to recommend. But while I undoubtedly had fun during the missions I completed over 40+ hours playing both the pre-order beta and full versions, it’s clear that we’re dealing with yet another title whose potential isn’t allowed to fully shine through at launch.
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a true successor to Fatshark's previous Vermintide series. If you were afraid the jump from fantasy to 40K would ruin the experience, fear not, it's even better. Darktide feels less linear than the previous takes, the story takes place between cutscenes of missions. Levels are linear, but do a great job of hiding that fact. Loadouts are a great improvement, along with a wide array of weapons to specialize and unlock. The only unfortunate part is that Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is still best enjoyed with a full party.
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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 known for updating the Vermintide series over time with frequent content updates, Darktide is expected to improve as well. It may even deserve a higher score within the next six months, but I can only review...
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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 easy recommendation for anyone familiar with the Warhammer 40,000 franchise or those who simply want a good horde shooter to sink their teeth into.
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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 of a profoundly good game that truly feels like it’s meant to be built upon, but in its current iteration, it’s a limited offering. Fortunately, where Darktide shines the brightest is in its...
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Enjoyably frantic, and gory, Darktide is gratifying to play, but the experience is softened by performance issues and dreadful load times.
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As stated previously the in-mission voice acting is excellent. The mixture of humor and occasionally endearing moments of commiseration between the player characters helps carry what is otherwise an incredibly serious and dour affair. I did run into a LOT of bugs, all related to the game’s always-online nature. Error 4001 was my main nemesis, though it had a different and funnier name “hot_tub_party”. Constant disconnects mid or post-mission have been a thing since the moment I started up the pre-order beta, and they’ve only gotten worse as the many millions of Game Pass PC users have started playing the...
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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.
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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.
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is one of those games that oozes fun, no matter how you play it. It lends itself perfectly to all playstyles, and has this natural way of immersing the player in its world. That might be from the unique RPG system, the insanely detailed environments that make you feel like you’re really walking through this huge hellscape, or maybe it’s just the gratuitous violence. Whatever the cause, it’s doing a great job of keeping me hooked. Of course, the game isn’t without its cons, and these do detract from an otherwise solid experience. Regardless, it’s a game...
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Darktide, at this early stage, is an enjoyable Left 4 Dead-style experience lacking in the depth players have come to expect from Fatshark. There is no doubt that there are all the ingredients needed here to produce a brilliant co-op experience with inordinate levels of replayability, but the game needs time to smooth out the performance issues and one-note mission offerings. Additional character specialization options would help flesh out the game's systems and provide players with new ways ...
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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.
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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.
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