Warhammer 40000: Space Marine 2 has a new PvE mode called Siege. Siege mode is crazy. It’s even more action on top of the action packed game that Space Marine 2 already is. X35 Earthwalker tried Siege mode out on the livestream. So much happened and the gameplay will be included in this G-Blog. We can confirm that Siege mode is great fun for sure and excellent for those who want all the smoke. They just want to fight, fight and fight. There is an issue though. Let’s take a look.

Siege mode is basically a horde mode. Waves of enemies will show up and you have to slay and smite them all. Players must survive all the waves. You receive awards for every 5 waves you survive and defeat. The waves of course consists of either Tyranids or Thousand sons. The two enemies in the games campaign. It’s for a set though. The first 5 waves is one enemy faction and the next 5 waves is the other. So remember that.

Siege mode has a bit more to it than just kill, kill, kill. There’s optional objectives you can complete between waves to earn more supplies. Best not to ignore these. There’s also challenges. Two types: common and class challenges. Completing these will also reward you with supplies. Now you are probably asking “what do the supplies do?” Well simply it allows you to purchase useful stuff. Players can go to the Requisition Terminal to make such purchases. This is incredibly important. You need to use the Requisition Terminal.

It’s at the terminal where you can buy consumables, astartes reinforcements, astra militarum and Dreadnought support. These matter more than you think. Sadly X35 Earthwalker got team mates who didn’t pay attention to this well at all. That Viper player was good though. Consumables are obvious stuff like grenades, health stems, self revive and most importantly ammo. Astartes reinforcements is the worse as it’s basically temporary buffs like increased range damage or close range… for 5 minutes only. Astra militarum is awesome as it calls in the guardsmen to back you up against the horde. Dreadnought support is the craziest as it brings in the dreadnought, which just destroys and brings carnage. 

This leads to the main problem. This Siege experience isn’t equal for the different classes. If you are a heavy class then things will suck for you. You will always run out of ammo. The heavy class without ammo is trash and the most useless. You easily run out and it’s not fun anymore running around trying to find ammo while you team is fighting for their lives. You end up spending all your supplies on getting more ammo instead of other things. Obviously Bulwark is the best as you don;’t need ammo and the banner ultimate can be a game changer. So clearly Siege mode isn’t balanced. Also you get very little supplies overall and that makes things less fun. It’s not always about difficulty, it’s better to make things fun and not a grind or chore. 

Overall Warhammer 40000: Space Marine 2 has an excellent new mode. siege mode is fun and great for playing with friends. Just too much of a chore and grind to get good stuff. X35 Earthwalker’s first attempt at Siege mode ent well. One annoying teammate who he ended up blocking but worst of all, never got the dreadnought. No one was contributing towards it except X35 and it’s most likely because everyone needed the supplies for other matters to survive. Not good, not fun. It’s obviously new so expect there to be some issues but tweaks and patches can easily fix things. Always remember developers, to make things fun. X35 Earthwalker will jump back in. Now Siege mode may have the hordes but they are all complete jokes compared to… the ‘Earth Walk!’