Single player is a disappointment, but the brilliant multiplayer will make up to it !

User Rating: 7.5 | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm PC
By Scippi125 | Review Date:
Ok, when i first heard about Dawn Of War: Soulstorm, i was really looking forward to it as Dark Crusade was such a great and fun game. After i got Soulstorm and decided to give it a try, the first thing that hits me was the impressive intro. The thought of another great addition to the DOW series was crushed after playing campaign for about 2 hours, the voice acting was appalling, the story is pretty much the same, all races want the star system for their own, and there was absolutely nothing new except that you fight on 4 different planets/stars instead of one massive one.

Ok so campaign was a big failure, let's try skirmish, it was quite the same except a few minor changes for some certain races. But something seems wrong...Yeah the AI sucks, i remember having to struggle against standard AI in DC and now i can beat insane AI in 5 minutes !!! (Is this whether because i'm a big noob or i have improved when i got soulstorm i do not know :D)

So everything i've tried so far was mediocre, average-like and not as impressive as i thought it would be.

So then i went on multiplayer, i was amazed by the amount of fun i had dancing my fws and thrashing enemies from a distance. I have been playing this game online for nearly 2 months constantly now and i've been playing online ONLY, and i get bored quite quickly usually :D. There are also some other annoying minor bugs too which you can find here: http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=184081

So to conclude this review, i'll summarize the whole thing to make your lives easier:

PROS
.It's a DOW game :D
.Great online play
.The 2 new races are distinctive and fun to play
.You won't be able to know where the name came from until you've played as the Dark Eldar :D

CONS
.Bugs,bugs and more bugs
.Not a lot has been added or changed
.Voice acting is horrible
.Why the game is named after a Dark Eldar's power please don't ask cos i have no idea :\
.In my opinion, still some balancing issues

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