Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Reviews
If you are a fan of horde-like games then Warhammer 40,000: Darktide will no doubt scratch that itch. Whilst the gameplay can become repetitive and the grind seems to offer little value at this stage, I cannot deny that I had a blast playing it with a group of friends. Some incredible “oh crap” moments occurred during combat when we were overrun by a horde of enemies and had to work together to stay alive. It’s moments like these that keep you coming back for more. As this is a games-as-a-service title, we expect many more improvements and features to be added with time to enhance the experience and features.
All of All of these details come together to form a fairly lifeless game – one with all the fixings and foundation of another epic showcase but without any of the polish or love that is so evident in the team's previous undertaking.
Warhammer lovers will surely enjoy Darktide, despite it feels more like a game still in the early access phase than a finished and already polished one.
Review in Italian | Read full review
In a month or five or twelve, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide may reach the state it should have launched in. In a month or five or twelve, it may become a co-op game that's easy to recommend. But while I undoubtedly had fun during the missions I completed over 40+ hours playing both the pre-order beta and full versions, it's clear that we're dealing with yet another title whose potential isn't allowed to fully shine through at launch.
As a "survival" game, Fat Shark games has absorbed a lot of successful experience from Vermintide. Darktide inherited the classic "cooperation + grinding" gameplay, it has shown good quality in the plot; game settings; and background music, but the annoying network, poor optimization, mistranslation and half-finished equipment system also dragged down the game experience of players. I hope that Fat Shark games can solve these problems in the future updates, so that I can continue the journey of "killing mice" nicely.
Review in Chinese | Read full review
Darktide is a game that has atmosphere seeping out of every orifice. Its design brings a crushingly depressing and oppressive aesthetic to life in new and exciting ways, transporting the player to the grimy underbelly of Tertium. The most shocking realisation is that you don't want to leave.
Darktide is amazingly fun and disgustingly beautiful, but it's by no means perfect.
If you love FPS games but aren’t into PvP deathmatch style games like Halo, or you just miss the gameplay of Left 4 Dead (and Back 4 Blood wasn’t your thing), then Darktide should be right up your alley. After dozens of hours of gameplay you’ll only just be getting to the end game and the most hardcore of missions.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide arrives on PlayStation 5 as one of the best co-op experiences today. All the combat variables, its excellent setting, and the improvements implemented over the years result in a title capable of producing great laughs and brutal moments to keep the player entertained for countless hours.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Warhammer 40000: Darktide shows a lot of raw talent but needs more polish and much more content in order to become a solid co-op experience. Nevertheless, if you are a fan of the Warhammer universe you will definitely find something to love here.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Despite some shortcomings, Darktide is one of the most entertaining and promising co-op games of its kind in recent years.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
In its current state, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a very fun and beautiful co-op shooter that's probably one of the best of its kind. It's the rough foundation of a great game, but it hasn't achieved greatness yet. There's a limited selection of maps and character classes, a lot of grinding, and very pronounced technical issues that hold back the title significantly. If you can tolerate that, Darktide is fun to play with a group of friends. Otherwise, I'd advise you to wait for future updates or test the waters with the PC Game Pass.
The gameplay is great, brutal and dynamic, at the same time the game came straight with a decent selection of maps, albeit very similar. You will enjoy slashing, shooting and throwing out hordes of enemies with grenades. But the authors have literally not put many systems into the game yet, and more content will come later.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide offers an authentic representation of the 40k lore, and while the cooperative action gameplay can be occasionally satisfying, it lacks content, has a few strange design choices, and suffers from too many performance issues.
Darktide is easily the best first-person experience of all Warhammer 40,000 games.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a worthy successor to Vermintide. Fans of good first-person melee combat shouldn't hesitate to check this one out.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a beautiful-looking and sounding game with fun team-combat, even for players who are new to the universe. There are some issues with loading times and connectivity that are sure to be patched in the future.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a solid co-op shooter that brings the Grimdark universe to life — Fatshark has learned from Vermintide and delivered an atmospherically dense, technically competent experience where the DualSense implementation stands out as one of the best in the genre.
Review in German | Read full review
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide represents, in a certain sense, the real leap in quality that Fatshark manages to make after the two Vermintides.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is fantastic. Since I reviewed the game less than six months after its release, most of the issues had been ironed out, and aside from a few minor technical glitches that really got on my nerves, I didn’t encounter any problems. Amazing combat, great visuals, perfect audio, balanced hero stats, and solid character progression. Everyone is bound to enjoy this, even if it doesn’t get a perfect score, since there are a few flaws to be found in the game.
Review in Czech | Read full review