Terrible. Why would you copy W3's terrible hero system?
The rts in general has evolved at a snails pace in comparison to all other genres.
magical capture points perfectly symmetrically aligned across the battlefield. amazing! pointless.
Would it be too much to ask to incorporate actual STRATEGY into a STRATEGY game?
hear me out before you claim that sitting in cover near a capture point is strategic. it is imbecilic and tedious.
why not replace the completely farcical capture points with real world points of interest? rather than a magical tower of power, you have a functioning bridge that is key to supporting troops? do you:
a. destroy the bridge to cripple enemy movement and put your funds into jump troops?
b. sabotage the bridge with sappers? waiting for just the right moment to bury your opponents Land Raider in a wall of scrap?
c. forget the bridge, lets go stand by that pillar!
DOW1 was decent, the pathing was infuriating, but nonetheless, great to see 3D 40k w VO and all the goodies.
DC - also decent. the global campaigns were great.
DC/SS - terrible. I still want my money back. rather than improve on what worked in DC, they stretched it out into a pile of garbage. NO WONDER YOUR COMPANY WENT DEFUNCT AND YOUR PROJECTS CANCELED.
DOW2 - seriously skip it, you wont be out anything. its flashy, but so are a hundred other games.
It pains me to see such a poor rendition, since I would love to see the 40k games flourish, unfortunately they took what was great about 40k - intimate battles between hordes, ripped all of that out, and took a dump on it.
We will have to wait and see if Space Marine delivers our 40k fix, as long as they nix the terrible button-mash struggle.