Wow... I'm a huge fan of the Dow 1 series and so I was craving for some DoW 2 goodness... but what a let down...
Ok, the graphics and sounds are nice, as was to be expected, but the game play is just... not RTS to me. No base building, only preset units, the same maps visited over and over again.
I can live with this in single player, although even there it gets repetitive, but in multiplayer? The PAIN...
By the love of God, what where the developers smoking?
No base building... I just can't get over this one... why in the nine hells, did they throw base building out of the window? There aren't even any listening posts you can build...
Where did the settings for multiplayer go? Choosing between 2 victory conditions and fixed or random starting positions just doesn't cut it.
And only 5 maps for multiplayer... WHY? They could have at least adapted some of the single player maps. :-(
Ok, this is only my personal opinion, but if I play an RTS I want to build a base, I want big, long battles, not these 10min max skirmishes we have now...
It's just so disappointing...
Of course YMMV