A good RTS game but its not deserving of high 8's and 9's.
Dawn of War: Dark Crusade takes place on a planet called "Kronus" which is in the outer-reaches of the Imperium and has been slowly falling to alien oppression from the alien T'au empire and the human population has been slowly dwindling due to their reluctance to fall from their faith in the immortal god Emperor.
The best thing about this game is the mods for it, there are so many to choose from and all of them make the game a tad more interesting in skirmish.It's fun to try all the different armies and choose there paints which is really fun.
There are 7 ( !!! ) factions to choose from but it's quite dissapointing that each faction is not that much different from each oher except the graphical department. Against 6 other races, you build up your armies and one by one cnoquer the provinces of the planet. Each race is playable, and they all have different reasons for being on Kronus.
gameplay is routine and similar to another rts games but in this game you cannot create and conquer a 'huge' army of robots/alians/men to overrun your enemys.graphics and sounds are good but not amazing.
Overall the core gameplay is good but it lacks the substance or variety to make it a long lasting game.