One factor that co-op heresy cleanup element sim Warhammer 40,000: Darktide inarguably does effectively is seize the 40K setting. The whole lot appears and sounds spot-on, because of an excellent soundtrack by Jesper Kyd (opens in new tab) and visuals which might be so true to the unique they even digitized the cargo containers you should buy as terrain for the tabletop wargame, as I famous in my checklist of Darktide easter eggs. As a videogame, one factor Darktide cannot allow you to expertise is the best way the setting smells. Till now.
Due to the official Darktide scented candle (opens in new tab), which is an actual piece of official merchandise that actually exists, you will discover out what Tertium Hive, a metropolis filled with plague within the grim darkness of the far future, would odor like. The candle is genuinely referred to as “The Scent of Tertium”, and it’ll burn for “roughly 22 hours” to essentially embed that scent in no matter room you inflict it on.
This is not really the primary time Warhammer 40,000 scented candles have been a factor. Final yr, Merchoid launched a line of festive 40K candles with odors like “Astra Militarum Catachan Potpourri: The Scent of Dying World” and “Slaanesh Soporific Musk: The Scent of Delusion”. Presumably they bought effectively sufficient to make this Darktide launch tie-in a actuality.
It isn’t the one Darktide merch out there on the event of the videogame’s launch. Extra typical methods of expressing your nerd love of cleaning and purging can be found, together with Todd McFarlane motion figures of the gas-mask Veteran from the trailers (opens in new tab) and a traitor guard (opens in new tab), in addition to a line of T-shirts, hoodies, and a mug (opens in new tab) for anybody who needs the phrases REJECTS WILL RISE emblazoned on their possessions and/or physique.
Darktide simply left its pre-order beta, and when you anticipate our ultimate assessment you’ll be able to learn Sean Martin’s impressions thus far. Although he isn’t tremendous impressed by the development he is down with the fight, saying, “The core is actually there when it comes to how good its chaotic fight and weapons really feel—revving my chainsword to bisect an enemy champion is strictly the sort of 40K expertise I used to be craving. The ranged weapons are nice, too: planting a lasbolt within the head of a sniper with a powerful crunch is extraordinarily satisfying. With so many extra variables when it comes to ranged threats, particular enemies, and the instruments you must cope with them, Darktide is Fatshark’s most complete iteration of their formulation but: quick and fluid as you progress point-to-point, threat-to-threat.”
