Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef Is Worth Checking Out For The Music Alone
I’ve never been one for metal - I draw my musical line at rock and punk, but it’s a different story in games. Sayonara Wild Hearts’ synth pop soundtrack is a personal favourite (and tells you a lot about me and my tastes) but on an early Monday morning sometimes you just need Mick Gordon’s DOOM Eternal soundtrack reverberating off your eardrums and pumping through your veins to get you going.
The demo for Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef is short but sweet, a chaotic glimpse at the latest in a long line of licensed Games Workshop titles. It’s worth checking out if you’re a fan of the franchise - it’s a free demo, after all - but even if you don’t know a Carnifex from a Kroot, the music might just be enough to warrant giving it a go.
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Video game adaptations of Games Workshop properties have been hit and miss in the past. For every Total War, Vermintide, and Dawn of War, there is a Space Wolf, Talisman, and Carnage Champions. I’m not saying Shootas, Blood & Teef will dethrone the greats, but its music alone makes it a more enjoyable experience than many of its rivals.
Shootas, Blood & Teef follows in the vast footsteps of the likes of DOOM Eternal and Brutal Legend. 40K’s Orks are as much inspired by punk rockers as they are a sci-fied Tolkien stereotype, and the game’s music embraces this with the vigour of the Waaagh! From the moment you grab your shoota and heft your choppa, an intense rock beat gets the adrenaline flowing and the tension cranking. Like a boxer psyching themself up for a fight, suddenly I’ve gone from idly sitting at my desk to being pumped full of energy and ready to crush some skulls. In the game of course.
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