Shortly before release on November 30, 2022, Darktide almost looked like an absolute Warhammer 40k dream. A massive 40k shooter with co-op, cool classes and developers who understand the lore. The trailers looked really cool and Vermintide 2, the quasi-predecessor, was so good – Darktide could actually only be awesome. Warhammer 40k Darktide in the test: This shooter is the (War) hammer! Yes, and then it came out. At first I was really happy – until after a few hours of playing I noticed that Darktide was massively lacking in content, a long-term motivating progression curve and a story – almost half the game. But of course the in-game shop worked. Great. On top of that, Space Marine 2 is happily being postponed! At least in the action area, the disciples of the God-Emperor are left high and dry. Space Marine 2 played: You don’t like Warhammer 40,000? Does not matter! Until now! Because after almost a year and a half and lots of updates, I’m now showing you why Darktide has finally broken its chains and is increasingly becoming the action spectacle that Warhammer fans have always wanted.
