Warhammer 40k: Darktide has taught me three things. First, Video games need more Yorkshire accents. Second, Developer Fatshark is the master of cooperative multiplayer. Third, an undercooked live-service model can really scupper a great game. Mechanically, Warhammer 40k: Darktide is Fatshark’s best effort yet, a riotous multiplayer adventure that sees you carving your way through a plague-ridden Hive City with chainswords, lasguns, and thunder hammers. The combat is incredible, the scenarios thrilling, and the depiction of the 40k universe breathtaking. But this fantastic core is stretched across an underwhelming progression system that leads to heavy repetition and a general lack of purpose.
