The shock announcement that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is formally in growth, coming simply six months after the record-breaking launch of Space Marine 2, has actually acquired followers excited. Now the mud has settled on the information, ideas inevitably flip to the place the heroic Demetrian Titus will head subsequent on his third online game journey.
Warning! Spoilers for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 observe.
Let’s briefly recap the occasions of Space Marine 2 earlier than we go on to take a position about what Space Marine 3 may need in retailer.
Space Marine 2 sees Titus of the Ultramarines go up towards the Tyranids and the Thousand Suns Traitor Legion in a marketing campaign that finally ends up with a large battle towards a demon military and even a visit to the warp. With assistance from Ultramarines Chapter Master Marneus Calgar, Titus efficiently fends off each enemy factions earlier than he’s despatched on a mysterious mission that teases the continuation of the story in a sequel.
Now on to the hypothesis. Space Marine 3 appears to be like sure to function the Necrons, Warhammer 40,000’s deathless skeletal robotic xenos, in some capability. One Space Marine 2 mission that takes Titus deep inside the bowels of an alien planet reveals historic and mysterious wall markings which are a transparent nod to the Necrons.
There’s even a dataslate (Space Marine 2’s audio logs) that reveals Necron constructs have been killing Techpriests. You can see these constructs mendacity concerning the place.
Indeed, throughout the third act of the marketing campaign, Titus heads to a Necron Tomb World full of Necron buildings and know-how. Some gamers thought the xenos would make a shock look as a 3rd enemy faction within the marketing campaign, given the character of the mission. Alas, they didn’t.
Could different enemy factions additionally flip up in Space Marine 3? Space Marine 2 doesn’t reveal the character of Titus’ secret new mission (the Warhammer 40,000 animation in Amazon’s Secret Level anthology, which acts as a Space Marine 2 sequel of types, doesn’t reveal a lot of something), however with the eternally suspicious Chaplain Leandros protecting an in depth eye on proceedings simply in case there’s a whiff of corruption, we’re positive Titus will probably be saved on the straight and slim.
At this level it’s price referring again to an IGN unique interview with Saber Interactive Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits, carried out quickly after Space Marine 2 got here out. At the time, Willits mentioned there was the potential for story DLC, and revealed that concepts had been already floating round for Space Marine 3.
In the interview, Willits teased Space Marine 3 might introduce new chapters in addition to new enemy factions. “There’s so many alternative factions…” he teased, “there are different chapters, too, which are attention-grabbing…”
Other chapters, eh? Could Titus depart the Ultramarines behind to hitch up with a special chapter for his Space Marine 3 journey? If so, it’s nearly unattainable to say at this level which chapters would possibly make the minimize. Blood Angels, Dark Angels, and Salamanders are among the many hottest Space Marine chapters exterior poster boys the Ultramarines, however in fact there’s a lengthy listing to attract upon. Perhaps we’ll get to hitch forces with a towering Adeptus Custodes sooner or later?
And what about an enemy Chaos faction to battle towards? It could be a disgrace to return to preventing the Thousand Suns having achieved so in Space Marine 2. How about this time we battle Abaddon the Despoiler’s Black Legion? Or the Death Guard? Or possibly the Emperor’s Children? They’re a loud bunch and would remember to maintain the get together going.
Meanwhile, what kind of gameplay would possibly we get from Space Marine 3? Games Workshop, writer Focus Entertainment, and developer Saber Interactive aren’t saying a lot at this level, however there’s discuss “introducing large-scale battles which are much more spectacular.”
To me, which means car gameplay, one thing some had hoped to see from Space Marine 2. Could we get to pilot a Dreadnought? A Rhino? A Land Speeder? A Land Raider? An Assault Bike? Upping the dimensions, a set piece by which you pilot a Thunderhawk throughout a floor assault could be epic certainly.
As for characters, Space Marine 2 options the aforementioned Ultramarines Chapter Master Marneus Calgar. Could Space Marine 3 go one higher and embody Ultramarines Primarch Robute Guilliman himself? In the present setting, Dark Angles Primarch Lion El’Jonson can also be knocking concerning the galaxy. Perhaps we’ll run into him.
On the flip aspect, there are a selection of high-profile traitor Primarchs who’re presently terrorizing the Imperium in demon type. Maybe a kind of will make a cameo (fingers crossed for Mortarion!).
Whatever Games Workshop and Saber Interactive has up its sleeve, it appears we gained’t discover out for fairly some time. Games Workshop has said Space Marine 3 “is probably going years away from launch.”
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
