The chainsword is a particular highlight. But the fun really starts when you unlock the more iconic Warhammer 40k death-sticks. The basic hatchets and swords are immensely satisfying to wield, cleaving through poxwalker flesh in unnervingly distinctive ways.
First-person melee is Fatshark's speciality, and the studio's approach to hand-to-hand combat is perfected in Darktide. Whichever class you play, there will come a point where you'll need to rely on a weapon that doesn't require ammunition. I'm especially partial to the shotgun, which makes short work of poxwalker hordes and has a grating, metallic pump action that emphasizes the weapon's brutal functionality. A standard lasgun slaps out bolts of crimson energy that leave searing holes in enemy bodies, while you'll feel every thump of an Ogryn's grenade launcher through your fingers. What's important is that Darktide's guns are equally satisfying to wield. In general, ranged weapons play a greater role in Darktide than they did in Vermintide, roughly averaging a 50-50 split with melee weapons (although that ratio varies between classes and builds). But furnishing them with an assault rifle lets them flit between short and mid-range combat, depending on what the situation requires. A priest equipped with a flamer is similarly effective at crowd-control. The Skullbreaker, for example, can be equipped with a hulking riot shield that lets them double-down on their tanking role, or a giant grenade launcher that can obliterate hordes of enemies in a single shot.
But there's plenty of room for tailoring a more specific build. Broadly, the Priest and Skullbreaker are designed as close-range specialists, while the Veteran and Pskyer are better at picking off enemies from afar. "Furnishing characters with an assault rifle lets them flit between short and mid-range combat, depending on what the situation requires"Ĭharacters are similarly flexible in terms of how they fight.
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