Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is a fantastic game, and I’ll go further: that’s an understatement. Now, I’m not personally that invested in the Warhammer universe. Unlike my older brother, I never got involved; Instead, I was a huge Halo fan.
Now, of course, you can totally be both, but my brother often reminds me that Master Chief wouldn’t survive in the Warhammer universe, which I absolutely refuse to believe. I’m not here to settle that debate, though. Instead, I want to highlight an incredible community-made mod by SkykillerHalo Reach lets you experience Space Marine 2 from the perspective of one of Halo’s most iconic species, using Sangheili models available through Draken Warlord.
The mod itself, called Sangheili Campaign, adds Halo Reach Elite models to the Space Marine 2 campaign, complete with modified textures, materials and visual effects to better fit the game world. In fact, it goes far beyond a simple character swap, replacing nearly every weapon with Halo Reach equivalents, including the Plasma Pistol, Carbine, Needle Rifle, Plasma Repeater, Plasma Rifle, and more. And yes, before you ask, the Energy Sword is also there.
I’d like to say it’s surprising how well it all fits together, but it really doesn’t. As a huge Halo fan, and I’m sure many others feel the same way, I’ve long believed that the franchise was underutilized. Feel free to disagree with me, but even a Former Bungie employee Niles Sankey shared similar sentiments.
I was really excited when Halo Wars came out because it felt like the beginning of Halo going beyond first person shooters. Since then, we’ve gotten very little outside of Halo Wars and Halo: Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike. I even liked the look Halo Mega Bloks has canceled the gameand seeing this mod makes me just wish we could get an official Halo game like Space Marine 2.
Again, I’d love to hear what you think. Would you like to see Halo branch out into more genres like this, or do you think it should stick to what it does best? Let me know in the comments and be sure to take our poll above!
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