Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 wastes no time hooking you into its blistering, blood-soaked world. Seriously, there are only a few minutes of speedy exposition before you're sent diving through a battered spaceship, hurling bullets and slicing rogue enemy agents to pieces – all while shouting sanctimonious battle cries as innards slosh against the tarnished metal flooring. With a breakneck pace and plenty of pixelated gore, it's clear developer Auroch Digital isn't messing with the magic in this first-person shooter sequel. Instead, the team has elevated the original's frantic run-and-gun style with boosted enemy counts and demanding level objectives that'll have you shouting 'For the Emperor.'

Boltgun 2's story kicks off with a literal bang; your ship is destroyed at the hands of the Great Daemon Vashtorr. Hungry for revenge, you respond (somewhat reasonably by Warhammer standards, might I add) by launching a brutal intergalactic campaign, fighting through bile-filled swamps to demonic dwellings, frozen facilities, and beyond. Joined by a sassy Servo-skull companion to guide you through the crimson haze, your mission is all about survival, clearing out hordes of vicious heretics while collecting enough ammunition and health kits at a cadence that's unapologetically old-school. It's repetitive by its very nature, and the story can feel a bit like Warhammer word salad at times. Still, thanks to the mesmerising enemy designs and level variety, as well as the breakneck pace, it's easy to enter a flow state of slicing and dicing through some of Games Workshop's most imposing baddies.

There are four difficulty options to work through, ranging from Low, where your health is bolstered and your damage increased, to Exterminatus, which is about as terrifying as the term would imply.

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