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09/29/09
09/30/09
And as far as Google tells me, it's not even a cut and paste job. Well done, sir/ma'am.
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09/29/09
Including tau would totally make me overlook this and make me play this game.
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09/29/09
They took a great idea for the RTS game - focusing on combat and micromanagement - and spoiled it with certain game mechanics.
Certain game mechanics that make some units hard counters to other units. For those who don't know what that means, it means rock paper scissors.
I hope they overhaul the multiplayer in this expansion for soft counters over hard counters. That would mean certain units are effective against certain units, but superior micromanagement can even the odds for the player with the paper vs the one with the scissors.
09/29/09
Like I said though I'm not fully in-touch with how all the races work or their story so I may be wrong.
09/29/09
Space marines are also more efficient in tactics - while chaos is just that, chaos.
I'm sure the only thing chaos marines and space marines will have in common in this game will be the basic marine squad.
09/29/09
09/29/09
On a side note, I wish I could hear more about that other Warhammer 40,000 action-adventure game they're making. Haven't heard any news on that in a while. Looking forward to it.
09/29/09
Bring on Chaos Rising :)
09/29/09
I loved Dawn of War, and I bought Winter Assault and Dark Crusade the moment they came out... but Dawn of War II for me was just lame.
I hate saying it because I was a huge fan of the first game and its expansions but I played the multiplayer beta and it felt so stripped down compared to the first game. I know a lot of people argue that base building is pointless and Dawn of War II focuses on the combat, but you barely have any units at your disposal either.
I guess that's the point... I'm obviously just missing something here but I really just don't get how it's in any way an advancement over the first game.
09/29/09
From that point of view, Dawn of War 2 is the only strategy game that doesn't boil down to building units as fast as you can then swamping the enemy base with them.
I like that :)
09/29/09
07/31/09
07/31/09
DoW II (for me) was GREAT for single-player, while CoH is better for Skirmish/Multiplayer.
Best RTSs since Age of Empires II.
07/31/09
I'm guessing DOW is quiet the money spinner for Steam/Relic if Valve are giving them a great huge sale poster instead of the usual small dinky one in the corner for normal WE sale notifications.
07/31/09
DoW2's cover doesn't seem to provide as much protection as in CoH. It also often feels that cover tends to get overshadowed by the 41st century's awesome weapons and melee fighting. As such, it feels like a regular RTS slugfest.
But then again, I haven't played it more than 10 times... maybe I just haven't gotten into the intricacies of the game yet.
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07/31/09
Right now I'm playing through all the Company of Hero games again getting all the medals, it's great fun and the missions are really well scripted.
Dawn of War II's campaign was great fun as well and the multiplayer, while pale in comparison, is still good for a few romps.
The first Dawn of War is great if your looking for more traditional RTS gameplay and the balance now is finely tuned, at least in the original.
Protip: Company of Heroes, as great as it is, is notorius for patching. The game and all of it's expansions together have a lot of patches so if you get all all of the series, be sure to install Tales of Valour first and let it patch, after this, all it should take is entering in the keycodes for the first game and expansion to unlock all the content.
07/31/09
Too true. I remember back when OF first came out, biggest bitch to patch. EVER. Still rings true with the latest expansion. It puts A LOT of people off, which is why the community kinda dwindles after each major patch, or expansion for that matter. Hell it even put me off. I used to play hardcore competitively online, Until the latest expansion came out.
But it was some of the greatest times i've ever had online, really rewarding if you invest the time.
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