Space Marine 2 settled on 3-player co-op because four 40K Marines, true to lore, would be too much of a “massacre”.

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Space Marine 2 settled on 3-player co-op because four 40K Marines, true to lore, would be too much of a “massacre”.

Space Marines in Warhammer: Space Marines in Warhammer:40k are legendary, and even I, who have never painted a single miniature, know how terrifying they are. But just in case, let me list the facts we know today about this genetically engineered walking tank:

Because this is less than a third of the absurd genetic modifications that Space Marines are equipped with. According to an interview with Yann Francois, Brand and Creative Manager of Sabre Interactive's Space Marine 2 (the full version of which will appear in the 400th anniversary issue of PC Gamer magazine), this legendary allergy to death makes their representation in video games quite difficult, he said.

“When you read about Space Marine, you realize that Ultramarines and Primaris are really superhumans on a crazy scale. They are [2-3] meters long and have two or three functioning hearts.

Because of this absurd power scaling, when discussing how many players to allow in the game's co-op mode, François says the team tested placing four of these absolute units on the battlefield. But it didn't work:

“I said, 'OK, (Space Marine) is almost invincible. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]

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