During the pre-launch review period for Space Marine 2, it wasn't possible for me to try its PvP mode, Eternal War—the servers were online, but there simply weren't enough players at that stage to fill a lobby. Now that the game's available to the general public, that's no longer an issue, so while I have mixed feelings about the overall game, I decided it was time to jump back in and try some marine-on-marine violence.
As I was playing the campaign and co-op modes originally, I struggled to imagine how that combat system, built for fighting hordes of simple enemies and revolving around dramatic kill animations, could translate into a satisfying competitive mode. Unfortunately, I think the answer is that it doesn't. Not only is Eternal War the weakest of the game's three modes, the frustrating thing about it is that it actively discards the strengths that Space Marine 2 does have.
