This last Saturday at the Games Workshop Games Day convention I had the esteemed privilege to interview the Lead Programmer for Space Marine, Jerry Edsall! Here is the result!
TVW: THQ and Games Workshop both seem to give you guys at Relic a lot of creative freedom and a lot of love when it comes to working with the IP. Do you feel that the freedom and that closeness has helped you make a really great game?
Jerry: Yeah, we work really closely [with them] to make sure that everything we make is true to the IP and really faithful to being a Space Marine, or an Ork or Chaos. So there is a lot of trust involved in that relationship. When we ask for stuff, they are pretty considerate of it. They also back us up so if we do something dumb, we don't really break anything about Warhammer.
TVW: So far, what has been your favorite part about working on the game?
Jerry: Multiplayer. I love the multiplayer.
TVW: And having played it thoroughly I'm sure (he grinned big at this!), do you feel like it's going to be something that can stand up to other similar Sci-Fi multi-player experiences? Do you feel like this is something that is going to have the longevity?
Jerry: Yeah, for sure. It's a really competitive, fun and intense game. It has kind of an old school feel to it when you play it, it's really fast and frantic. So yeah, I think it will definitely stand up.
