Warhammer 40K: Area Marine 2’s newest replace added new options, stability modifications, and a few welcome quality-of-life changes to developer Saber Interactive’s grimdark shooter, nevertheless it’s one small change to the sport’s ending that has followers buzzing.
Spoilers for Warhammer 40K: Area Marine 2’s ending forward.
Through the ultimate moments of Area Marine 2’s marketing campaign, Lieutenant Titus and his squad discover themselves battling in opposition to the power of Chaos within the Immaterium. It is within the sport’s ultimate cutscene that we see Titus attain out to destroy a Chaos artifact, practically overwhelmed by the forces of the Warp. As he struggles, a voice (one which previous to Area Marine 2’s patch 3.0 was attributed to Ultramarines Chapter Grasp Marneus Calgar) tells Titus “Rise, son of Gulliman.” Titus then overcomes the Chaos vitality and destroys the artifact.
Now, nonetheless, that voice is not attributed to Calgar. Because the patch notes learn, the replace “fastened an unidentified voice on the finish of the story that was assigned to the flawed character.” With no new title assigned to the voice, followers at the moment are speculating that the one telling Titus to “rise” could also be none aside from the Emperor of Mankind himself, utilizing his psychic powers to talk to Titus immediately from throughout the universe.
That may be a fairly big revelation, largely as a result of the Emperor, who has been on the verge of dying and strapped to his Golden Throne (aka life help system) for 10,000 years, would not play a lot of a direct function within the Warhammer 40K universe. Followers now assume Massive E (as followers name him) could also be indirectly accountable for Titus’s resistance to the Warp not solely in Area Marine 2 however within the unique Area Marine sport as nicely.
The proprietor of the franchise, Video games Workshop, is not prone to affirm in some way. Area Marine 2 artistic director Oliver Hollis-Leick in a reply on X did say the road “could possibly be from the Emperor, nevertheless it’s meant to be open to interpretation.
“It could possibly be in Titus’s thoughts, could possibly be Calgar, or it could possibly be the Emperor (although GW would possibly disagree on that),” Hollis-Leick mentioned. “I do know who I meant it to be after I wrote it however I will maintain that to myself ;).”
Saber is at present “catching its breath” after the discharge of Area Marine 2, which has offered greater than 2 million copies, however is already formulating plans for potential story DLC or a Area Marine 3.
In GameSpot’s Warhammer 40K: Area Marine 2 overview, we known as Saber’s sequel a “worthy successor to the unique” that brings Video games Workshop’s universe to life “in all its grimdark splendor.”
