WARHAMMER 40,000: DARKTIDE

Who wants to be scum anyway?

- Jody Macgregor

Like a lot of Darktide players, I was expecting the second DLC class to be something exotic drawn from Warhammer 40,000's deep well of weirdness. A skitarii cyborg maybe, or a ratling, or an arco-flagellant. Instead, we got the hive scum.

If you were hoping for one of those alien orangutangs who are also scientific geniuses I can see how a new character who is basically just the gang punk who gets beaten up by the hero in act one of an action movie could seem underwhelming. The way the Darktide subreddit immediately filled their nappies in rage over the hive scum reveal was a bit much, though. The hive scum wasn't what I expected, but after leveling one up, it's actually a super-fun class to play.

BETTER LIVING

Maybe dual-wielding isn't as big a deal as it was in the