Warhammer 40k Darktide is all about blasting your way through the Chaos hordes, so the prospect of it getting too much might seem a little odd. However, as developer Fatshark explains, a gradual ramping up of player power over the years, alongside increases to enemy density to act as a counterweight, have escalated the industrial FPS game to near-breaking point. Taking performance and stability into account, along with the overall readability of combat, it's pulling back slightly on the "most extreme" scenarios.

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