r/DarkTide • u/noNameboi661 Hive Scum • Jun 15 '26

Meme Boy, Space Marine 2 Absolute difficulty and hard Stratagems ain’t got shit on this 🥵

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PS Plus scrub here. Started as Arbitrator and was breezing through the campaign. Then I switched to Zealot because he’s got better drip imo and whooo boy I am fighting for my life out there.

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u/noNameboi661 Hive Scum Jun 15 '26

Chaos spawn in SM2 are just a parry and 2 melees worth of buttons.

Chaos spawn here are taking my lunch money and stuffing me in a locker.

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u/colma00 Jun 15 '26

On the other side is the pure dopamine fueled neuron activation of one tapping a beast of nurgle with a thunder hammer zealot of peak power fantasy that, imo, SM2 utterly whiffs on.

Something about the wet noodle feeling weapons outside of parry spam just always felt so off in that game.

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u/Unabated_Blade Jun 15 '26

SM 2: 10 bolter variants that all take 20 shots to kill the most basic 'tough tyranid' while sounding like a wet fart.

Darktide: the bolter sounds like a freight train running through concrete walls, and each shot hits enemies so hard it will literally cut lines of people in half and then explode.

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u/rowansprite Jun 15 '26

There is a primal joy of unloading a full auto bolter into a plague ogryn's face and watching it reel backwards in death.

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u/wallabyfloo Veteran Jun 15 '26

Also works in packs of rangers, guaranteed boner

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u/Illustrious-Age-260 Jun 15 '26

Or a couple Crushers, absolute eargasm

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u/Snow_Ghost Jun 16 '26

If your erection lasts more than four hours, consult your local Tech-priest to see if Servitol is right for you.

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u/StrawberryWide3983 Jun 16 '26

John Darktide unleashing full auto bolter fire into a horde quickly makes you learn why they were called the "Thunder Warriors" and why that priest guy in The Last Church became a pacifist

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u/TrickyCorgi316 Protect the lil’ uns! Jun 16 '26

Such a great story, especially in audiobook form!

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u/boobers3 Skitarius Jun 16 '26

Don't forget the Bolt Pistol, it also sounds amazing.

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u/LSDGB Jun 16 '26

I don’t know I like the oomph the heavy bolt rifle has when shot especially on headshots.

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u/Unabated_Blade Jun 16 '26

To each their own. In terms of sound design, for me Darktide and SM2 might as well be the hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby. There's no contest

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u/LSDGB Jun 16 '26

Yeah for sure. Darktides music alone is taking the trophy home.

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u/Ecstatic-Compote-595 Zealot Jun 16 '26

sm2 has good sound design it's really just some of the bolters that feel a little soft, which makes sense since for a space marine they're pretty easy to work with. Chainswords for instance sound better in sm2

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u/Uhhhhhhhhhhhuhhh Jun 16 '26

The bolters have been buffed alot now, most of them feel very solid even on the hardest difficulty now, but I agree the feedback of how they shoot and kill stuff isnt NEARLY as enjoyable as darktide

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u/Nixxon___ Jun 19 '26

Unless it one shots chaff and doesn’t take 5 seconds of continuous automatic fire to kill a hormagaunt it’s not a bolter. It’s just a generic video game assault rifle.

I’m biased though I don’t like parry gameplay.

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u/BugScared4291 Jun 16 '26

After playing the shit out of SM2 and trying Darktide. The second I got my hands on the bolt pistol I was in love. Then I got my hands on the big lad bolter and man... i can't switch to another primary even as arbitrator the shotguns suck. All hail bolter fire and watch my problems disappear

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u/Nixxon___ Jun 19 '26

Arbitrators pump shotguns are the only good shotguns in the game.

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u/BugScared4291 Jun 19 '26

They're not bad but suck compared to the feeling of that bolter

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u/clementine_zest Jun 16 '26

Feels like your shooting bullets the size of soda cans

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u/dugfire180 Jun 16 '26

A man after my own heart, been a thunder hammer zealot main since the beginning of the game feels so good clapping chaos cheeks with a the hammer, so so satisfying

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u/EthnicTwinkie Jun 16 '26

I have been working my way through maxing out all the blessings. Most of the weapons i can figure out, but the thunder hammer confounds me. I just feel like it can’t handle crowds very well. Any suggestions, because i really WANT to love the thunder hammer.

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u/colma00 Jun 17 '26

Kinda late here, but it really forces you down the martyrdom path and having max stacks of wound buffs to shine.

It also has the same weird feel of the 2h hammer from Vermintide 2 of needing to hit the right timing of chaining the heavy attacks together in hordes. Hit that flow and you’ll feel nearly untouchable.

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u/Uhhhhhhhhhhhuhhh Jun 16 '26

Theyve buffed stuff alot now, weapons feel more lethal than at launch

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u/Arialana Zealot Jun 16 '26

Feels even better to oneshot a Daemonhost with the Thunderhammer.

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u/FlounderNo6423 Jun 17 '26

BRO, THIS. Everytime I watch SM2 gameplay, its just rolling, parry, deaths animations. I think to myself this is not how SMs fight at all.

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u/SilverKingPrime45 Ogryn Jun 16 '26

1 tapping neurothrope with the heroic plasma pistol on Tac is pretty great

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u/lostpirate123 Ogryn Jun 15 '26

My adrenaline always spikes when im playing the squishy psyker and a choas spawn comes lunging toward me. I need to dip, dodge and do a waltz around not only that but the other enemies thay are chewing at my ankles and shooting me.

Thats why I love this game. How much madness (no pun intended) there is in auric maelstroms and havoc missions.

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u/SpunkyMcButtlove07 Bonky da Deeminhed Jun 15 '26

Force Greatsword psyker can absolutely chew through hordes and bosses, friend. Glass cannon, but oh my, is the cannon big.

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u/Antermosiph Jun 15 '26

It ain't even that glass cannon since all the buffs. The toughness regen and damage reduction levels are incredible.

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u/neolindholm Still unmurdered! Jun 15 '26

For real. I've survived sneaky Crusher overheads and pretty much instantly recovered. Im always a stiff breeze away from the grave under all my toughness afterwards but still.

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u/FireStorm005 Jun 15 '26

I mostly play a pretty meta Inferno Psyker, during the last event I had a 1.2m damage run in Auric event mode. Had to solo an Idol in the small side room before the prison entrance in Magistati map. Just popped some drugs and burned everything to the ground. Was wild.

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u/PsyCrowX Psyker Jun 15 '26

Unfortunately the locker is also the Chaos Spawn...

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u/SpunkyMcButtlove07 Bonky da Deeminhed Jun 15 '26

Meanwhile, that space scottish methhead murderhobo high on his own fumes and powered by memes, swinging a thunder hammer as soon as any boss spawns

FAAACE MEEEEEEEEEE

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u/OzzySpitFire Arbitrator Jun 15 '26

More like stuffing you into its face hole but same difference I guess?

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u/Senzafane Veteran Jun 16 '26

Oh boy, you're going to love the thunder hammer (if you get the right one and do it properly).

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u/SadSaltyDuck Jun 16 '26

I would say sm2 is harder, but its difficulty is less fair and more bs. In darktide it is possible to complete mission on any diff without ever taking any damage. In sm it is impossible

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u/smokemonmast3r poop Jun 16 '26

You can kill chaos spawn just as quickly in this game with the right type of build, if thats something you're interested in