Space Marine 2 is the 40k game I've ever wanted.
After the disappointment of Darktide, it's great to see that Saber has really delivered here.

Graphically, the game looks phenomenal, even without Raytracing or stuff other games use these days.
And it runs well, something that most AAA (or AAAA lol) games nowadays do not.

The game is a ton of fun in solo or coop, haven't tried PvP just yet but not the biggest PvP enjoyer anyway. There's clear thought behind it with the coop player's characters talking and being a part of the story. Often coop modes feel tacked on, with clones of the main character or no-name, no voice characters for the other players, not here.

Both ranged and melee combat feel visceral and have weight behind them, from the chunks of your bolters firing their almost 20mm bolts to the impact of the thunder-hammer on the ground (or enemy faces). I do find melee combat a bit tricky at times, still have to figure it out a bit. Between dodging, parrying, blocking and getting attacked by multiple enemies at once it can be a bit much.
And those same enemies are no joke, difficulty even on normal is challenging without overdoing it.

The customization (not for campaign mode!) is awesome to see, feels like I'm virtually modelling and painting 40k models. Lots of options to unlock, both for armor parts and colours, emblems etc.
Progressions seems fair, without looking like a grind, with upgraded weapons being unlocked by using said weapons and then purchasing it with gained ingame currency while armor unlocks simply by winning PvP matches or PvE operations.
It is however a bit much at first, with several different unlock mechanics.

As of writing this review, there are no ways to straight-up buy any currency and from what I hear this not planned either. All future gameplay content will be free (check the first image on the store above), with only cosmetic stuff being locked behind the season pass. No idea if you will also be able to purchase either seasons or DLC separately though.

Hopefully the update to lock your PvE matches (private mode) will be released soon so I can play with whomever I want without other people, either in my friendslist or public joining my games.
The campaign however is invite-only already.