Sunday, November 13, 2011

Warhammer 40k: Kill Team


Title: Warhammer 40k: Kill Team
Platform Played On: PlayStation 3

Release Date: July 2011

Date Played: November 2011

Time Played: 5 hours

Completed (Y/N): Yes

Score: 4/5





Opinion:

Warhammer 40k: Kill Team is a twin stick shooter which was put together and released in order to hype the AAA blockbuster Warhammer 40k: Space Marine. Which was due to release shortly after.

The game allows you to pick one of the more popular Space Marine chapters, such as Blood Ravens (made famous by the Dawn of War 2 RTS series). I was paying with my girlfriend and we decided on the more obscure Salamanders. 


You then pick a class, which boils down to Ranged/Melee/ Magic/Average in all but master of none. I ended up selecting ranged, and she went with Melee. This turned out to be a great combo, as I ripped the enemies to shreds at range she would pick off any that would make it through the hellfire to us.

As with most twin stick shooters the gameplay stays basically the same all the way through, and although they try to spice up the action with dramatic narration and camera pans most of that stuff is throwaway. All you need to know is left stick moves you, right stick shoots. You do also get some unlocks which allow you to specialize a bit, things like extra health and extra damage.

Overall Kill Team is a short, but fun shoot em up. I don't know if I would enjoy it nearly as much single player, but multiplayer co-op was a good time. I would recommend tplaying through this game with a buddy.


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