Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Hands-On - The Swarm Engine Delivers A Promising Sequel

A technically impressive showcase, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s Swarm engine delivers dense geometry, spades of incidental detail and animation - and some extraordinary levels of ’war is hell’ mayhem. We’ve got high hopes for this game and Alex Battaglia and Oliver Mackenzie are particularly excited about it. Both have gone hands-on with beta PC preview code and here’s what they think. Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and various items based on DF catchphrases? Check out our store: Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: 00:00 Introduction 01:21 Visual features 12:08 High-end PC performance 16:46 “Frankenstein“ console-spec PC performance 20:25 What’s up with the press footage?