Warhammer brought to life in a spectacularly entertaining gorefest.
User Rating: 9.6 | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War PC
Well, what to say that you won't have already heard? There' not a lot I can say that will be new, but I can confirm that this game is wonderful. The game is set in the universe of the Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 game and uses 4 of the races from it. Each have a distinct play style (Although the Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines unsurprisingly play quite similarly). The Edlar are a mysterious bunch of aliens with awesomely advanced technology, their style is very specialised; each squad has its purpose and is fantastic at doing it but put them in the wrong scenario and they will die very fast. This maeks them hard to use well, but when they are they're almost unstoppable. The Orks haev a unique style of play, they unlock more abilities and bigger units in an unusual way; they have "WAAAGH" banners, these not only increase their population cap but as you build more they unlock more units. As the Orks are a hoarde, as well as the WAAGH system they have a numbers system; the more you have the more you unlock and the better your units become. The marines are very straight forward to play as. The research almost everything, and both have very tough and versatile main squads. Chaos do have a bit more variety in their squads but fewer vehicles, though their ability to summon a massaive demon, the Bloodthirster onto the battlefield helps redress the balance, All in all, the races are all good fun to use, although I least like the orks. The pace in the game is very fast, one minute you can be advancing into their base and the next you'll be fighting to keep yours in tact. It's this fast changing gameplay that makes it so much fun. Also the battles are just awesome to watch with units bgeing thrown about by dreadnaughts and demons, and some pretty visceral finishing moves too. The campaign is short but still entertaining, the story is intriguing enough to make you want to keep playing, and while it's not that tough it does get you accustomed to the marines and is quite a lot of fun. Unfortunately there is only a marine campaign, but I'm hoping they'll rectify this with patches/ expansions. The main part of the game is the multiplayer. It's fantastic. You can play as any of the races, on bout 20 maps, with several different win conditions, teams, free for all. The amount of combinations is vast. This is where I have spent most of my time with the game so far, and I still love it. If you like RTS, buy this. If you like Warhammer 40k, buy this. If you like both you're a fool for not already having this.
