The first major update for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 should have been an exciting moment for the game, but controversial changes have generated swift and heavy backlash instead. At launch, Space Marine 2 met with a positive reception overall, delivering an experience that largely honored what Warhammer 40,000 fans loved. The release of Update 4.0, the first major content addition to the game, followed the announcement of a roadmap for the game's future that promised Update 4.0's most exciting features and plans for future content in 2024 and 2025.
The negative community reaction to Space Marine 2's Update 4.0 is exemplified in a Reddit post from Old_Competition8765, who complains about heavy nerfs that make it much harder to effectively combat the game's enemies. In addition to its distinct new Lethal difficulty mode, Update 4.0 raises the challenge across the board, reducing armor on certain settings, lowering the bonus damage that can be dealt to bosses, and more.
Space Marine 2's changes were made in response to developer Saber Interactive's sense that Patch 2 had made co-op Operations too easy, but the company acknowledged the need to monitor how much the difficulty shifted with the new...
