10 Reasons To Get Excited About Warhammer 40K: Darktide

2. Environment

Warhammer Darktide
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The environment of Warhammer 40K is a distinct mix of techno-brutalism and gothic flamboyancy that leaves even their spaceships looking like flying cathedrals.

This kind of inflated, over-the-top approach is perfectly matched with the gameplay, giving us a wide canvas to splatter with gallons of blood. When areas of the Hive can seamlessly switch from the cramped confines one expects from Night City or 1984 London to the grand entrances of space-elevators, the sense of scale in this game will be stunning.

Going by the teaser they certainly have the closeness down, as well as a high ceiling that hints at a larger scale. If the rest of the game follows suit, the Hive City of Tertium will feel grand and claustrophobic in equal parts.

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My passion for all things Sci Fi goes back to my earliest days, when old VHS copies of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet gripped my tiny mind with their big, noisy vehicles and terrifying puppets. I'd like to say my taste got more refined over the years, but between the Warhammer, Space Dandy and niche Star Wars EU books, perhaps it just got broader. I've enjoyed games of all calibre since I figured out that dice weren't just for eating, and have written prose ever since I was left unsupervised with some crayons next to a white wall. I got away with it by calling it "schoolwork" for as long as I could, and university helped me keep the charade going a while longer. Since my work began to get published, it's made all those long hours repainting the walls seem worth it.