Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine remaster releases to “Mostly Negative” reviews as fans dub the game a nasty “cash grab” after the sequel’s success
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Saber Interactive’s Warrhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was a massive success becoming the best-selling 40K of all time. While Saber is already starting work on Space Marine 3, SEGA has rapidly released a remaster of the original title.
Dubbed Master Crafted Edition, the new remaster brings more modern controls, upgraded graphics, new audio and voice lines, and more. However, the game has launched to very negative reviews on Steam.
Space Marine remaster dubbed a “cash grab”
While the game’s Xbox version has been seemingly well received, likely due to its launch on Xbox Game Pass, players have blasted the $39.99 / £34.99 price tag of the new remaster as well as the changes it has made. The new Master Crafted Edition of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine has launched to a “mostly negative” rating on Steam.
PC players have urged others to buy the older, cheaper Anniversary Edition of the game which “isn’t a cash grab”.
“Unfortunately, it’s a pretty bad port,” one fan wrote on Steam. “Crashed three times in less than two hours of total play time, the sound mixing is terrible and there’s not much to do about it.”
While the game itself is still a great single-player adventure, the game is 30GB larger than the original for HD graphics. While the new visuals are nice and the game’s quality-of-life improvements can be enjoyable, the new remaster is buggy and doesn’t offer much for the game’s sizable price tag.
Coming just months after the release of Space Marine 2, which has led to massive sales of other Warhammer 40K games, the rapid release of the new game can be seen as little more than a quick cash grab to capitalise on that game’s success.
Space Marine is far from the only Warhammer 40K game to release in the past few years. Alongside continued support for Saber’s brilliant co-op game, there have also been updates for Darktide that bring brand-new classes and a confirmed sequel for the indie boomer shooter Boltgun.
