Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War




Posted by Dreadnought

Just asking for the genereal opinion.


Mine is that it is the best RTS I've ever played; I mean, its fast, manic, and incorporates the Warhammer grittiness and furious action.

Best races are Chaos and Space Marines, hands down.
To illustrate how good a game this is, dig the screenshots.



Chaos vs Ork squiggoth. given time, chaos wins.



Chaos Sergeant being posessed by the Bloodthirster, servant of the Blood ***.


Eldar Vs. Avatar.


I rest my motherf*cking case.




Posted by boomstick

I haven't played the game, but I'm guessing it's a much cheaper means of playing Warhammer 40K than the classic board game, which my brother played and it surprised me how expensive it actually was to build a decent army.

Anywho, I'm not much on the RTS genre, I enjoyed the Warcraft and Starcraft games, but after that my taste soured abit for them, though I would like to see an action-type game in the Warhammer 40K universe, the license has good video game license written all over it.

I'll check it out sometime, though, maybe it'll refresh my interest in RTS's.




Posted by Poco

40k rules, and it isn't a board game, that's Space Hulk. Dawn of War is pretty fun, and Winter Assault is coming out soon. IMPERIAL GUARD PLZ




Posted by Dreadnought

Weakling rush!




Posted by boomstick


Quoting Poco: 40k rules, and it isn't a board game,


Yeah, it is, it's played with minitures and usually is placed in a small scale model battlefield and played with alot of dice.

I consider that a board game.



Posted by Poco

TABLETOP. NOT BOARD TABLE-FREAKIN'-TOP

Yes, DoW is a great game.




Posted by Anti-Guy

I must agree, Dawn of War is amazing.

Definately one of my all-time favorite RTS's.




Posted by Sneak

I really liked this game. Great RTS game. 8/10.




Posted by TheskyIsUp

I agree




Posted by Dreadnought

Update: Winter Assault

Absolutely the greatest expansion I've ever played. I cannot wait to unleash it on my school, the multiplayer capability is that good.
Only two complaints: 1) Chaos squads have been dramatically weakened, which sets me at a disadvantage, but the prescence of Khorne Berserkers more than makes up for this.
2) Version 1.4 of DoW (which is required for WA) destroyed nearly every decent mod out there, with the exception of the (incomplete) Tyranid one, so for the moment it is not a game for those who like customization and alternative gameplay. That being said, the Army Painter is much better, and playing campaigns as the forces of disorder is a real treat!

As per usual, three screenshots to highlight how cool this game really is.

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Posted by Fireball

Jeez, those necrons... Wow, I didn't know the expansion had necrons in the last levels - they're my favorite race ^^ I have to buy it now if only just for that!

:P <--- relic fan

Though whats nice is they recently fixed the squiggoth's charge so that it actually works right, running straight through all of your enemy's army and turning everything into DUST! Mwahaha....