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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Space Marine director talks combat without cover.

    Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine director Raphael Van Lierop explains the design decisions behind the game's hybrid melee-shooter combat, and why
    May 05, 2011 3:30pm PDT
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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Space Marine director talks combat without cover.

    Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine director Raphael Van Lierop explains the design decisions behind the game's hybrid melee-shooter combat, and why : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      "Ok, I'm running low on health. I'm going to do something even more aggressive than what I'm already doin... : Frush81
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      I like what I'm hearing from these guys. It sounds like they are trying to create a new experience with t... : dfay
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        Relic are awesome. This is exactly what they did with Dawn of War as well (and company of heroes, of cour... : thecrayThis person is cool!
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          Dawn of War was basically CoH with Space Marines wasn't it? : etherboy
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            DoW 1 was, yeah. DoW 2 was it's own beast. : thecrayThis person is cool!
            • The DoW1 series hit before Company of Heroes. Also, the two games were quite different. DoW was still a... : morsxcessum
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        Agreed. I despise the snap to cover system. It doesn't "feel" right in any game I've played due to it lac... : Epsilon Sector
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          Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and 2 handled it beautifully. They had a great cover system implementation. : Poor YurikThis person is cool!
          • This is true and one of the few exceptions. : sogelegos
          • Yeah, this is the only cover system I liked. It was great : kikilupoThis person is cool!
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            Rainbow Six is supposed to be a tactical shooter, though, right? So a cover system makes sense. GoW j... : Rotten DeaditeThis person is cool!
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              The Vegas line of R6 games are hardly tactical shooters, not in the way that the original R6 games were, ... : thecrayThis person is cool!
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                Vegas was just as tactical, if not moreso, than the previous Rainbow games, and yes, I played the shit ou... : Poor YurikThis person is cool!
                • oh yeah, I'm mistaking tactical for strategic :( : thecrayThis person is cool!
                • +1 Vegas 2 is king of kings and lord of hosts in tactical shooters. : badcaps
          • That's quite possibly why I have my current standpoint...I didn't play either of those games. : Epsilon Sector
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          Kill.Switch begs to differ. : ColoradoCNC
          • Agreed. One of the original, not surprising it was also one of the most well executed. : BobbyWoll
        • It's been fine in uncharted games. But where I really liked it was splinter cell conviction : Chipwarrior
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          It's funny because they added cover to their RTS games. : razlebol
          • Not in any sense close to what you get in FPS/TPS, though. : eonix
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      This game is gonna fucking rule so much dicks in half. : Dschinghis Khan
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        What does that even mean??? : Epsilon Sector
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          wait. scratch that. A hard dick is like the Emperors Will manifest sounds more like something a space mar... : thecrayThis person is cool!
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      I've said this in every Space Marine article, and I'll say it again. GOTY 2011. : Memphis-Ahn
      • You should probably wait until it's released. : TrptJimThis person is cool!
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        For the Emperor and all that but GOTY is either Skyrim, BF3, Portal 2, or LA Noire. : Dr_Cube
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    • If you ever read SM book you find out that Space Marines aren't fucking bulletproof. That said I don't mi... : Techy007
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      I don't know, in the novels Space Marines are very far from being that invincible. In the table top, cov... : DerringerThis person is cool!
      • in the table top Space Marines do not need cover saves like most other armies do, and well if no one died... : hatchet165
      • I think they'd prefer for their game to not look like some sort of alt-universe Gears clone. I applaud th... : Arctic Fox
    • It's not that much about cover or not, if you will read about the combat in the books then space marines ... : HellraiserZlo
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      I think it was the latest rebel FM podcast i heard them talking about the melee combat system, and it sou... : Chipwarrior
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