Warhammer 40.000 Space Marine

[Sal.Paradise]

Barozi said:

yeah right it's totally not unfair when going through the sewers and suddenly a bomb squig falls from above, explodes with no time to react and drains all your shields. (Thank god the game didn't put more enemies in these parts).
Don't get me wrong everything is fine, UNTIL you face a Slugga Nob or another big orc who prefers killing you face to face. Then the game just gets incredibly unfair. You can't concentrate the fire on him, since other orcs are running at you and causing damage. You can't run away since there is not enough room to do so, you're slow as hell so it wouldn't be of any use anyway. Jumping out of the way is as I said also flawed due to basically everything blocking your path and also takes ages to perform.
If you're fury meter is full, you should be able to kill him without many troubles. If it's not full it's just pure luck.

Basically the enemy scaling has gone horrible wrong. The little ones die when you look at them, the medium sized ones die with a few sub machine shots, the big ones need 3 full magazines in their head, 5 or more of the grenades or a shitload of hits with your melee weapon.

Could've been easily resolved if there was a way to block.

I've just received a hammer which does much more damage and I haven't faced one of the bigger orcs yet, so it might get better from now on.

I've been killed by those bomb squigs twice..but each time I knew it was because I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings. That's what this game requires really, once you enter an area with some enemies swarming towards you, you need to take stock of which direction they're coming from, which enemies you're facing and which weapons will deal with them best.

Also, the health that you recover from melee is the most important consideration when fighting those big guys - you can pump them full of lead as they run towards you but just don't engage them close up unless you have full health. This means moving around the 'arena' and finding some smaller guys to melee to get your health back. (And as you said, the average/ittle orcs aren't a big threat - you can move and dodge around an arena pretty comfortably without them killing you). Roll around the big guys and then whenever they get close (or you think their health may be low enough) go in for the melee. Maybe this game just isn't your style, but considering you didn't mention anything about Gears I honestly am surprised you're having trouble with the 'weight' of the character movement. 

Anyway, that hammer and jetpack is a TON of fun - enjoy it