40K Warhammer Space Marine

I recently purchased the new release of THQ and RELIC.



40K Warhammer Space Marine.

Some people might think that this is just brainless violence, but the game was made simple enough to make the game more enjoyable. Some reviews that i have read and watched gave mixed results. But i got the feeling that the person that reviewed it had no clue what it was all about.

The Warhammer series has been around for a very long time. A short history lesson. This originally came out as a book or a sci-fi novel. Then a turn based dice game. Then moved to the PC as another turn based game with out the dice. It then became several variants of a real time strategy game. Now they have turned it into a 3rd person shooter. Which might i add they have got the sound effects of the weapons down! When i mean down i mean everything sounds like its supposed too.

Running around the battle field with the various weapons that are available to you, killing smashing, squashing, blowing up, shooting, this game has lots of melee combat. For those who love to get up close and personal. But im sad that most of the weapons aren't available. Like the terminator armor, Power fists, Power swords. But the power sword can be unlocked when you play online. Now online play is challenging it'll take hours of practice to be on par with everyone else.

This is the main character Captain Titus with his bolter pistol and chain sword. Shooting a Chaos Marine right in the face!

SPOILER ALERT!!

If you love the 40K universe like i do THQ and RELIC has done a wonderful amazing job with this game. I love it and give this game 8.5/10 score. i would have given this a higher score but i wish the ending was a little more exciting and more of the weapons were available and the story could have been longer. But i have a feeling they designed the game to keep you wanting more. Keeping my fingers crossed that they add a second chapter to this game. But this game doesn't end when you finish the game. It has a online ability were you can test your skills with other players. Leveling up allows you to unlock a wide variety of add ons. Weapons, armor types. You can customize your character 1.8 billion ways.

TIP:

Recommended System Specs:

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Any Quad core intel or AMD
RAM: 1gb (XP) 2GB (windows 7)
Video Card: 512MB Using shader 3 model (equivalent to an AMD 5750 or better)

MY PC SPECS:

OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 6000+ 3.10 GHZ
Ram: 6GB (4GB on a dual channel - 2G on single channel)
Video Card: 512MB 9800GT green edition. (i burnt out my 8800GT because i was forcing it beyond what it can handle. LOL!)

My computer is no longer impressive anymore and I was originally having issues running this game. i would experience some lag issues and audio issues. The audio would have like a crackling noise in a combat situations and none combat situations. I found this very irritating and found it very difficult to concentrate on killing the enemy.But i found a solution for this.

http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

Just download and install this free software and you will be able to increase the performance of your computer. It shuts off a lot of extra programs that run in the back ground that you don't need while you are playing. This boosted my computers performance by 42% and sometimes up to 44% and it works with any game. But this percentage given by gamebooster could be not accurate But the proof is the results i get when i play different games. shorter load times. Higher graphics possible.

So no worries about having an average PC. This is very helpful software for you to get the games you want to play to run smoother. i will definitely be using this software even when i upgrade my RIG.


If you downloaded the game for free. Support the people that made the game by buying it. They need our support so they can make more.

The start of it all

I finally made a decision on what monitor i want. It's a LG 20" model: E2041T.

http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/monitors/LG-led-monitor-E2041T-BN.jsp

Now some of you might have a taken a look at the specs of the screen and wondered. Why not something bigger with better screen resolution. The screen resolution may go as high as 1600x900. But what I am planning is not something new. ATI introduced the EYEFINITY back in 2009 which would allow you to use 3 screens or more. Depending on the video card that you purchase from ATI or the other companies that make that added the EYEFINITY to the video cards. This was originally not part of any video card. Normally this technology was being used by air traffic control centers or road traffic systems that needed to show lots of data on lots of screen. you would have to buy a separate piece of equipment aside from the video card. Now they have integrated this and made this more avail for the gaming scene. You would get a panoramic view of the battle field when playing a FPS (first person shooter). Just like you having peripheral vision in game. Now imagine having 3 monitors while playing and my screen resolution use to be 1600x900. With 3 monitors set to landscape my screen resolution would be 4800x900. Thank goodness this screen has a power saving feature on it. Good luck on the electric bill.

Past few days i have been playing games and watching movies. Hi def, standard def, The monitor is performing the way i was expecting. LG is a great company and this is a great buy. Affordable and good quality. It doesn't have that glossy finish which i like. It has like a brush polished finish just like a ZIPPO. The frame is small enough not to be noticed. when you put all 3 screens together. Thin and light weight. So much space on my desktop has been saved thanks to the people at LG.

I found this video very helpful on how this system works. I am so excited to build my new rig! Now buying this LG monitor is a good buy and i would need 2 more. It is good enough to have good screen resolution, cheap enough that it doesn't hurt my wallet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYorUpN4PQo

Here is a link to the Sapphire website to get some idea what the difference is between a single monitor and a multiple screen when playing.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/Eyefinity/Eyefinity_video.html

I still hasn't made a decision on what video card i while be using. But i recently learned that if this is the type of set up you want. You cannot use cross fire or in other words multiple video cards. You can only use one graphics card so choose wisely and make sure that it is powerful. The price tag while be higher then just picking 2 lower end graphics cards and just use cross fire. But having one card has its advantages. Some games wont run on cross fire and what i have read you might only get a 15% to 20% increase in performance. So having one card isn't so bad.

Pros:

Multi tasking will be much easier. Because this is not just for gaming.
If you are a gamer. You will make your friends drool with envy.
Gaming is going to much easier due to the wide view.

Cons:

It costs more to set up something like this.
You would be using more electricity.
This will eat up your desktop space.

3 monitors plus a new set up! LOTS TO SAVE! But in my opinion it will be worth it.