Fun 3rd expansion but honestly, I guess I just lost interest because of the lackluster production values...

User Rating: 7.5 | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm PC
By GIF | Review Date:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Soulstorm is a fun 3rd expansion but honestly, I guess I just lost interest because of the lackluster production values...I mean its not horribly made. Its a competent entry and 3rd addition to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War but its just not made by Relic and it shows. Its made by Iron Lore, creators of Titan Quest(which was solid), which coincidentally is a developer that no longer exists. They went under. Its sad but ultimately this game just falls apart. I guess part of it is my interest since Relic decided to hand this off to another developer and that resulted in a game that lost its tone and flavor. Even if Relic was overseeing this games creation.

There lots of improvements over the previous titles but the graphics just look dated and the textures are really poor. Worse than what we saw in Relics efforts. For me that right there is a turn off since Relic did a good job of using the right amount of detail when they were making the expansions. I think this expansion was phoned in and its true that it was made pretty quickly, almost right before Iron Lores demise. Then when Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Soulstorm went gold, Iron Lore went under. Or something like that. Either way it bought Relic time to put up with us fans so that they could work on the current Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2.

Sorry my review turned into a rant but this game is a bit weak. Get it only if you feel you have to play with the Sisters of Battle and Dark Eldar which while nice aren't noteworthy additions whatsoever because they lack the Relic polish.

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