Space Hulk: Deathwing

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  • Summary: Space Hulk: Deathwing is a first-person shooter experience that offers players the chance to experience a desperate battle against Genestealers in the claustrophobic tunnels of a Space Hulk, as they will gain skills, new abilities and new equipment thanks to experience earned during perilousSpace Hulk: Deathwing is a first-person shooter experience that offers players the chance to experience a desperate battle against Genestealers in the claustrophobic tunnels of a Space Hulk, as they will gain skills, new abilities and new equipment thanks to experience earned during perilous missions.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 46
  3. Negative: 5 out of 46
  1. Hooked Gamers
    Dec 25, 2016
    80
    Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised by Space Hulk: Deathwing. From a gameplay perspective, what it does it does in better form than Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior by leaps and bounds. Space Hulk: Deathwing is another great step into bringing the entirety of the Warhammer franchise into a more mainstream popularity in videogames, and the game does it with a gory sense of style.
  2. GameOver.gr
    Jan 28, 2017
    70
    Space Hulk: Deathwing’s atmosphere is riveting. The Space Hulk lore is being animated before the gamer’s eyes and while the shooting and tactical aspects of this team-based first person shooter are solid, the single player campaign can easily bore the player. The co-op in Codex Astartes mode is the best experience, gameplay-wise, that the game can offer.
  3. JeuxActu
    Dec 22, 2016
    65
    Space Hulk: Deathwing is a pure merch product. The fans of Game Workshop's IP will like it for the universe, but the more mainstream gamer will just find a poorly made FPS.
  4. GamingTrend
    Dec 20, 2016
    60
    Space Hulk: Deathwing boasts the best, most stylistically accurate Warhammer 40,000 visuals yet created, bar none. It’s precisely how the grim darkness of the far future should look and feel. However, the incredible eye-candy of this new FPS is not enough to disguise its lackluster story, indistinct gameplay, and stability issues.
  5. GameGrin
    Dec 22, 2016
    55
    Space Hulk: Deathwing is a game full of potential, wasted on terrible creative decisions that pitch the game's strengths directly against one another.
  6. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2017
    50
    Great first impression – the visuals! the audio! the atmosphere! – turned out to be horribly wrong. Deathwing is infested with bugs, the AI is blasphemously poor and close combat system needs major improvements. [02/2017, p.38]
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  7. GameSpot
    Dec 21, 2016
    40
    While it captures the look and feel of a bleak sci-fi world, numerous quirks and bugs make Space Hulk: Deathwing a guilty pleasure at best. Playing cooperatively with a couple of buddies helps smooth over some of these problems, but regardless, combat remains incessantly tedious.

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  1. Positive: 18 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 42
  3. Negative: 14 out of 42
  1. RogalDorn01
    Dec 14, 2016
    10
    Wow! I was super nervous about this game after hearing all the whining about the Beta. This game is awesome and as a 40k fan I can really feelWow! I was super nervous about this game after hearing all the whining about the Beta. This game is awesome and as a 40k fan I can really feel all the love and care that went into the title. Don't listen to the haters, the extra week of development clearly helped A LOT. I can offer up an unqualified recommendation for it. If you like 40k, this game is pure gold.

    Side note is that the game ran perfectly at high frame rates at the highest settings. Really not sure what people are complaining about.    … Expand
  2. TheTownDrunk
    Feb 5, 2021
    10
    SPACE HULK: DEATHWING ENHANCED EDITION is my favorite WARHAMMER game and one of my favorite games of all time. Think LEFT 4 DEAD in theSPACE HULK: DEATHWING ENHANCED EDITION is my favorite WARHAMMER game and one of my favorite games of all time. Think LEFT 4 DEAD in the WARHAMMER universe with zombies replaced by tyrannids.
    You play a SPACE MARINE of the Deathwing, an elite force of the Dark Angels, complete with power armor and the iconic bolter rifle, chain-swords or flamethrowers.
    Missions consist of exploring space hulks, huge space ships that went missing in the warp and were melted together into a super huge spaceship with interiors that resemble Gothic cathedrals. If you've seen the movie EVENT HORIZON, they probably got the idea for that movie from the SPACE HULK source material.
    SPACE HULK: DEATHWING plays like a 1st person squad shooter and unlike crappy shooters like DOOM ETERNAL there is no platforming or even a jump button here. You're wearing power armor, not bib overalls, so no Super Mario acrobatics or bunny-hopping either.
    The environment and atmosphere is unique which is why this is one of my favorite games of all time. DEATHWING is also hard and does not allow you to save your game at any time. Later missions are a gauntlet and the game will make you fight for victory.
    The Enhanced Edition fixes performance issues. I run it on an i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on maximum settings without any problems. At $30 regular price this is definitely a must-buy, especially for WARHAMMER fans.    … Expand
  4. Chris_Rudecki
    Dec 20, 2016
    9
    i5 quad 2.8, gtx 980, win10, 16gb ram - 60 to 20 fps, but drops are not bad, apart from that a very well realised Space Hulk adaptation. Thei5 quad 2.8, gtx 980, win10, 16gb ram - 60 to 20 fps, but drops are not bad, apart from that a very well realised Space Hulk adaptation. The more I play the more it grows on me. I only play single player (not a huge MP guys) and what is there is easily worth the price of admission. It's not for everyone, and I read it can be buggy (haven't found many myself), but if it works for you and you like the vibe, it's amazing, a wet dream for SH fans with the right hardware.… Expand
  5. Mithrandirkun
    Apr 9, 2020
    7
    Space Hulk Deathwing es un juego cooperativo basado en el juego de tablero de Games Workshop del mismo nombre.
    En el juego encarnaremos el    Space Hulk Deathwing es un juego cooperativo basado en el juego de tablero de Games Workshop del mismo nombre.
    En el juego encarnaremos el papel de un Bibliotecario del capítulo de los Ángeles Oscuros durante el asalto a un pecio espacial.

    -Los gráficos de este juego estan muy bien, así como el diseño de arte y la ambientación del universo Warhammer 40.000. Sin embargo, en la Enhanced edition hay unos fallos en la carga de las texturas de alta resolución que no estaban en la edición normal y no los han solucionado.

    -El sonido es decente y la música sobretodo ambiental acompaña a la acción, pero no hay muchas canciones, ni ninguna especialmente remarcable.

    -La história da para unas 10 horas de partida con poco aliciente rejugable, ya que el mayor aliciente de este juego esta en el cooperativo multijugador.

    -La jugabilidad se centra en un first person shooter donde encarnamos el papel de un marine exterminador. El modo multijugador cooperativo, nos permitirá repetir las misiones de la campaña y otras aleatorias con hasta 4 jugadores, de las cuales tendremos 6 clases a elegir. Bibliotecario, Apotecario, Asalto, Pesado, Táctico e Inquisidor.

    Es un buen juego para jugar con amigos, especialmente si te gusta el universo de Warhammer 40.000, la campaña es relativamente corta y su história no es muy alla.
    El juego ha pasado por varios parches de corrección de errores hasta el lanzamiento de la edición definitiva y sigue teniendo bastantes errores, aunque ninguno tan grave que haga el juego injugable.    … Expand
  6. BurpyMcFistyGut
    Dec 15, 2016
    5
    Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

    It appears that the two week extension certainly wasn't enough to fix one of the most important and widely    Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

    It appears that the two week extension certainly wasn't enough to fix one of the most important and widely reported problems in the beta : The framerate drop.

    Whilst the tutorial plays with no problems, as soon as you are told that "you aren't alone", frame rate drops to such a low value that movement is impossible.

    In addition to that audio breaks up constantly, and the intro movie to the single player mode was stuttering all over the place too.

    The good news is that it seems to only affect AMD processor users. Unfortunately the bad news is that this is the same problem that the "Squad" game had last year, and needed Epic to fix it. Whether they actually did or not, I dont know. Its also possible that Strueom are using an older version of the Unreal 4 engine. Either way, its a problem.

    The graphics are certainly nice, and the training mission plays without problems, but unfortunately after that, the game falls down. Hard. Into a canyon. Filled with molten lead.

    As of now, I would stay away.    … Expand
  7. Thylbanus
    Dec 16, 2016
    3
    Wow. I am TOTALLY disappointed. Other than the somewhat decent graphics, this is totally not a good translation for those who are fans ofWow. I am TOTALLY disappointed. Other than the somewhat decent graphics, this is totally not a good translation for those who are fans of the Warhammer 40k universe. The changes made for "gameplay" totally don't make sense coming from the world. If you are expecting the thrill and excitement of being a supersoldier of Humanity, don't buy this game. This is just a poor version of Aliens: Colonial Marines.

    Yea, I know how bad that was.    … Expand
  8. kenng
    Apr 11, 2017
    0
    Pre-ordered the game hoping it will revive the love for the Warhammer universe only to be disappointed by almost everything in the game.Pre-ordered the game hoping it will revive the love for the Warhammer universe only to be disappointed by almost everything in the game. Clunky interface, out dated graphics, poor gameplay. Only thing perhaps worth mentioning might be the sound effects. This game feels like a game made in 2000. No amount of optimisation or remaster can save it… Expand

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