Exterminatus. Exterminatus. You have all been destroyed. None of you are without sin. But perhaps Focus Interactive is truly without sin? While it’s a pretty stupid turnaround to go back on its promise to charge Space Marine 2 players extra for cosmetics just a week and a half before the game’s September 9 release date, its New Year’s Eve roadmap at least seems pious.
While chatting with James at Gamescom recently (presumably from a cathedral ship made of graphics cards), Sabre boss Tim Willits took out an armored horse and brutally beat him up, saying that he didn't want players to be sold the equivalent of Oblivion's infamously irresponsible father of DLC. As many of you have spotted, it seemed like an odd comparison that Spice Maureen 2 was planning to charge exclusively for comparable cosmetics, but I'm guessing Willits was referring to the “packs” that the space game's trappings came in. “Our fans never thought we were ripping them off on World War Z,” he said, comparing Space Marine 2's optional expendables to that game.
Regardless of whether you consider the cosmetics' prices to be exorbitant or not, yesterday's roadmap appears to fulfill Saber's promise to keep wearables and playables separate. Here it is:
“The Season Pass is designed as a way to enhance your character customization,” reads the update on Steam. “All game additions listed on the roadmap (including weapons, game modes, and maps) are intended to arrive as *free game patches* and will be accessible to everyone.”
The paid portion of the roadmap is only available to season pass holders. Right now, that means players who bought the £80/€90/$90 ‘Gold Edition’ or the £90/€100/$100 ‘Ultra Edition’. From the pieces listed on the plan, I can see that the Dark Angels pack is a bit of a pain in the neck – it’s one of the more visually distinct sections, all flowing capes and fancy uniforms. This guy even has a personal Jawa helmet. For the price of the Ultra Edition, you can buy three small plastic Jawa helmets And a meal deal and later Balance your Double Decker on top of three helmeted Jawas and later You could say, “My faithful servants, give me my snack.” This won’t work, but it’s still a good time.
Also a good time-spent game — let's say Edwin, James and I — is Space Marine 2, but we had a few complaints in common. What complaints, you might ask? It's there in the piece, the avid click-thief.