Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Gaming NexusElliot Hilderbrand

8.5/10

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.

CGMagazineJordan Biordi

8/10

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Nightmares & Visions adds an interesting new mode and a revamped Ogryn class for an expanded experience to an excellent game.

Playstation UniverseGarri Bagdasarov

8/10

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.

TheSixthAxisDominic L

8/10

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.

MMORPGShane Breton

7.5/10

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 once the other big guy was killed my team made mush of the horde. All the while I’m still  ver...

Push SquareKhayl Adam

7/10

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 high...

Worth PlayingAndreas Salmen

7/10

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a four-player co-op game set in the 41st Millennium, taking you deep into the hive city and facing hordes of enemies you have only seen in your nightmares.

GameSpotMark Delaney

7/10

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

ShackNewsNick Tan

7/10

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 ...

GameWatcherBogdan Robert Mateș

6.5/10

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.

KeenGamerConnor Judge

6.5/10

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is Fatshark's first crack at the 40K universe after their successful Warhammer: Vermintide series. While the excellent combat mechanics transfer over well to the sci-fi/gothic setting, they are unfortunately surrounded by a litany of technical issues, shallow design choices, and an inconsequential story.

MonsterVineDiego Escala

Getting into Darktide’s performance, we’re well over a month since release and the game’s performance is still incredibly rough which is shocking considering how much better it was during its pre-release beta in November. Something broke in the day between the beta and the full release and it hasn’t quite recovered since. You’ll see game crashes, memory leaks, visual glitches, and more. I’ll say, some of it has gotten a bit better since then but it’s still distractingly broken. And it’s not an especially good look when your game is running this poorly, but you made sure to include a manipulati...