Space Marine 2 players are not happy with its new $5 voice lines DLC: 'Just scummy as hell'

Space Marine 2 players are not happy with its new $5 voice lines DLC: ‘Just scummy as hell’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Third Person Shooter Embark explains why it jacked up the cost of crafting Wolfpacks in Arc Raiders, concedes some players aren’t happy about it RPG Avowed was always great, but now that it costs what it should have at launch and nobody’s being weird about it online, it’s kinda perfect Third Person Shooter The latest Arc Raiders patch makes Rocketeers way more important FPS Highguard developers were surprised by layoff notices, new report says: They thought they’d have at least a few months to work on it but when Tencent ended funding, there was nothing left Board Game Games Workshop just announced a book of ‘insightful ork quotes’ called Words of Waaagh RPG Owlcat just teased a new Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader DLC, and it’s all about everyone’s favorite relic-hoarding necron, Trazyn the Infinite Assassin’s Creed The director of the first Assassin’s Creed with naval battles found it ‘bizarre’ to watch Skull and Bones’ agonisingly long development, because it was ‘essentially the same stuff re-shipping 14 years after we made it’ Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders’ latest patch has made Rocketeers deadlier, and you can guess how happy it’s made players: ‘The problem with rocketeers was their abundance of mercy’ Action Space Marine 2 adds a new free class, the Techmarine—an engineer with the unbeatable combo of an automated sentry turret and a gigantic axe Third Person Shooter Helldivers 2’s siege of Cyberstan is the greatest galactic campaign the game has seen so far FPS Looks like Boltgun 2 will be the Warhammer game to finally give the setting’s horniest Chaos god its due FPS Doom: The Dark Ages director says the upcoming DLC is ‘basically like a sequel’: ‘It’s just ginormous’ RPG Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy might just have everything I want from a CRPG Sports Skate is locking a map area behind a paywall after promising no map areas would be locked behind paywalls: ‘We will need to make changes as we go sometimes’ FPS High on Life 2 review PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Resident EvilArc RaidersBest PC gearGame Quizzes Games Third Person Shooter Warhammer 40000: Space Marine 2 Space Marine 2 players are not happy with its new $5 voice lines DLC: ‘Just scummy as hell’ News By Justin Wagner published 1 March 2026 Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter It’s been a good time for Space Marine 2 lately. The new Techmarine class is up and at ‘em, giant axe and all. It’s also been a rough time for Space Marine 2 lately. As reported by IGN, a new DLC has just been released that promises loads of new voice lines—while it technically does what you might expect, fans are less than satisfied.You don’t have to peruse the Steam reviews for very long to see why. It’s five smackers for a few face options and a bunch of hollers and grunts, which meant it had an uphill battle delivering something worthwhile to begin with, but it has some understandable pain points for users.For one, the default character voice for your chosen class will randomly interrupt your new voice with any lines that involve certain mission objectives. Unless you’re roleplaying an impressionist, it’s a weird switch-up. Related articles Space Marine 2 adds a new free class, the Techmarine—an engineer with the unbeatable combo of an automated sentry turret and a gigantic axe Astarion actor Neil Newbon doesn’t get why games like Arc Raiders using ‘dull as hell’ AI for voice work don’t ‘go back and actually redo the lines with actors’ once they make it big Darktide asked if we want to be scum, and I was the person who said, ‘actually, yes’ Players are also unhappy with the quality; one Steam review from user G The Glamorous said “These paid voices don’t have as many voiced lines as the original classes, they lack banters and interact lines. Equipping these voices basically locks you into an inferior experience compared to original voices.”IGN also points out that fans on social media have wondered if the pack even includes the advertised 450 lines—some claim that that figure must include filler grunts and