History VideoGame / Warhammer40000Spacemarine

The protagonist is [[TheCaptain Captain Titus]] of the generalist {{Ultramarines}} chapter. An [[GoddamnOrks Ork horde]], a species of green, inhumanly strong {{Blood Knight}}s, led by [[LargeAndInCharge Warboss]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Grimskull]], is launching a massive attack on an Imperial Forge World named Graia in an attempt to steal [[HumongousMecha Warlord-class Battle Titans]]. Titus and a small contingent of Ultramarines have been sent to slow them down while allied forces ready themselves for a counterattack. Later on in the game, a Chaos Warband called the Chosen of Nemeroth, including the [[HorusHeresy traitorous]] and [[TheCorruption corrupted]] [[EvilCounterpart Chaos Space Marines]], attack Graia as well. More general information on the enemy forces is available within the ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' character page, under "[[Characters/Warhammer40000XenoRaces Xenos Races]]" and "[[Characters/Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos Forces of Chaos]]" respectively.

** One of the logs that averts this turns out to be a CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming. [[spoiler: An Imperial Guardsmen heard a noise in a pipe and was about to throw a grenade in it - until he found that it was a group of surviving women and children. He then describes it as one of the happiest moments he's ever had.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: One execution animation is to start to rip off a Nob's jaw. His entire head explodes, rather than actually ripping the jaw off. Otherwise averted.

* GrandFatherClause: By now, RealIsBrown, ASpaceMarineIsYou, and so many of the other tropes in this game are openly derided {{Undead Horse Trope}}s. Given that the setting has been playing these tropes straight since before the NES and helped codify some of them, it gets a pass. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9123-Critical-Miss-Space-Marine This comic]] by Cory Rydell and Grey Carter highlights just how much fans are willing to let slide.

The game has a single-player campaign focused on the efforts of Captain Titus to protect Forge World Graia, a competitive multi-player between the CosmeticallyDifferentSides of the Emperor's Space Marines and the Chaos Space Marines, and a 4-player co-operative mode called "Exterminatus", a free {{DLC}} that will be released about a month after the game itself is released.

* FriendlyFireproof: Swing away with that [[ChainsawGood Chainsword]] all you want, you'll only be hurting the enemy.

* ActionGirl: Second Lieutenant Mira Nero, leader of the remaining members of the 203rd Cadian regiment, at your service. The general lack of Action Girls in the 'verse is also lampshaded, when the Marines are caught a bit off-guard once they realize she's the leader.

*** [[spoiler: Or, if Titus is a latent psyker, Grey Knights.]]

* HumongousMecha: The Orks seek to loot Warlord-class Battle Titans being housed on the Forge World. One named "Invictus" is seen early on, [[spoiler: [[ChekovsGun it's later used to great effect to sever the Orbital Spire, Nemeroth's stronghold]].]] Evidence of other Titans can be found, such as the Hellstorm Cannon suspended on a crane that gets dropped onto a mass of Orks.

* GeniusBruiser: Grimskull. While he possesses many of the typical Ork traits, he has some form of strategic awareness. His Ork horde is quite organized and he even ordered his Orks to take control of the planetary defense weapons to hold off incoming Imperial reinforcements, rather than simply looting them.

* GrandFatherClause: By now, RealIsBrown, ASpaceMarineIsYou, and so many of the other tropes in this game are being openly derided [[UndeadHoseTrope Undead Horse Tropes]]. Given that the setting has been playing these tropes straight since before the NES and helped codify some of them, it gets a pass. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9123-Critical-Miss-Space-Marine This comic]] by Cory Rydell and Grey Carter highlights just how much fans are willing to let slide.

** [[spoiler: Or he'll put him in the Deathwatch.
*** Or, if Titus is a latent psyker, Grey Knights.]]

** [[spoiler: Or he'll put him in the Deathwatch.]]

** Surprisingly, often averted by the main protagonist and zig-zagged in general. The [[TropeCodifier codifiers]] for space marines in video games are Gears of War, Halo, and Doom. The trope describes a character who is a HeroicMime with almost no initiative and relatively poor characterization, usually a grunt, generic SuperSoldier, or the NewMeat, and often an AntiHero. If the protagonist speaks, usually they have a voice that should give any normal man laryngitis and drop ClusterFBombs like wild. Titus is well-spoken and polite, with a reasonably pitched voice that sounds more suited to a discussion in a sitting room. He takes charge immediately and is the commanding officer. Rather than receive orders, he gives them and either commands all the other defenders or cooperates with and rallies them. He is practically a PuritySue, which in the ExpandedUniverse is a frequent fan complaint about the Ultramarines. The rest of TheSquad vary in how well they fit the trope. However, every ''plot'' element of ASpaceMarineIsYou is in full force and then some.

* GeniusBruiser: Arguably, Grimskull. Whilst he possesses many of the typical Ork traits, he surprisingly has some form of strategic awareness. His Ork horde is quite organized and he even ordered his Orks to take control of the planetary defense weapons to hold off incoming Imperial reinforcements, rather than simply looting them.

* MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Warboss Grimskull, the [[{{Badass}} badass arch-rival]] of the game's first half, is apparently easily dispatched by the daemon horde of Nemeroth, the [[BigBad big bad]] who appears in the second half of the game. When Nemeroth's sorcery easily incapacitates the heroes and everything seems to be finished for them, Grimskull triumphantly reappears and dukes it out with Nemeroth before they throw each other over a ledge, allowing the heroes time to escape. This also goes to signal to the player that that, despite Nemeroth's appearance, you're not nearly done with Grimskull, and he's still a serious threat.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Warboss Grimskull, the [[{{Badass}} badass arch-rival]] of the game's first half, is apparently easily dispatched by the daemon horde of Nemeroth, the [[BigBad big bad]] who appears in the second half of the game. When Nemeroth's sorcery easily incapacitates the heroes and everything seems to be finished for them, Grimskull triumphantly reappears and dukes it out with Nemeroth before they throw each other over a ledge, allowing the heroes time to escape.]]

* GeniusBruiser: Arguably, Grimskull. Whilst he possesses many of the typical Ork traits, he surprisingly has some form of tactical awareness. His Ork horde is quite organized and he even ordered his Orks to take control of the planetary defense weapons to hold off incoming Imperial reinforcements, rather than simply looting them.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Warboss Grimskull]] saves you and your squad when [[spoiler: you are incapacitated by [[BigBad Nemeroth]]. He climbs back up the building after getting dogpiled and knocked off by Bloodletters and then charges Nemeroth, knocking both of them over the ledge and inadvertently saving you.]]

* FridgeHorror: If you've probably played 40k for years, you knew the Orks were brutal, but they were also kind of funny. This game ''really'' drives home how brutal the Orks are; you find audio logs from civilians about the sheer terror of Orks butchering women and children and ''laugh'' as they do it. Titus even muses that to Orks, civilians are just '''sport''' to them.

* BittersweetEnding: Over the course of the game, Titus brings an Ork Waaagh! grinding to a halt, [[spoiler: stops a Chaos invasion in its tracks and beats a Daemon Prince to death with his bare hands while in free fall from a [[SpaceElevator]]... only to be taken away by the Inquisition while being flanked by Black Templars because Leandros, his own battle brother, accused him of heresy due to suspicions that arose over the events of the game.]]

* BittersweetEnding: Over the course of the game, Titus brings an Ork Waaagh! grinding to a halt, [[spoiler: stops a Chaos invasion in its tracks and beats a Daemon Prince to death while in freefall... only to be taken away by the Inquisition while being flanked by Black Templars because Leandros, his own battle brother, accused him of heresy due to his Warp resistance.]]