Space Hulk has rarely been a series with a consistent quality in any regard. For every victory there is a failure, or sometimes a botched concept will be given a second lease on life thanks to a remake. Sometimes this can work, as shown with Space Hulk: Ascension, but Deathwing’s Enhanced Edition falls short of the mark. It fixes many of the essential programming problems, and even offers a few new concepts. However, these are only secondary elements, and many of the core problems of the game are still evident in this release.
It's a real shame they can't quite seem to get this game quite right, especially since I really like Vermintide 1 & 2 and would love to see a 40k equivalent. While those games have their own problems they don't outweigh the positives by any means (unless you want to talk to the fanbase, in which case holy shit they could easily rival and arguably surpass Star Wars in terms of toxicity).
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