Darktide wears the grimdark crown well.
, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We'll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month.I think it's fair to say Warhammer 40,000: Darktide hasn't put its best foot forward.
Even more so than the Vermintide games, Darktide overwhelms you. Enemies descend in ludicrous numbers, with absolutely monstrous specials stalking the sidelines to keep you forever off-balance. Every match is a desperate fight for survival, supremely satisfying to overcome—but it also sings in every swing of your weapon and squeeze of your gun's trigger. It might be the bestgame of the year, its chunky sound effects and brutal animations perfectly blending into a ballet of grimdark violence.
OK, so it's never going to be Destiny with chainswords, but that long-term commitment does put my mind at ease—it means there's plenty of time for those systems round the edges to be refined, improved, and expanded, and with the benefit of community feedback. For now, it's all ephemeral, and all that really matters is whether the core experience is a solid foundation for that work. And it is, because, like, it feels good when you hit the little men with your sword, you see.
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