Another expansion... It is time for DOW 2. We don't want more of the same again and again.
2. Graphics
3. Story
4. Gameplay
5. Multiplayer
1. Technical Issues
Well the game is good enough. The initial loading screen when you load your game is sometimes long. Kinda stupid pathfinding at moments, but this is a problem of all DoW games.
2. Graphics
The game uses the same graphical engine as the original Dawn of War which is almost 4 years old. Still it managed to look good enough. It is graphically stunning like C&C3 or Sins of a Solar Empire, but looks fine. The screen you see is kinda small at least for me.
3. Story
The game lacks the Story mode campaign in as in the original Dow or Winter Assault. The campaign is almost the same like in Dark Crusade. We have a map divided at different territories and we have to conquerer the fortresses of all other races to win. Still i think that in Dark Crusade the missions were more exciting and interesting. Now there is just 3 types of missions - Defeat all enemy bases, Hold Critical Location points for certain amount of time, and the story moded missions when you attack a fortress.
Also the campaigns are long and monotonic. After you collect a certain amount of personal guard you just rush out and take out the enemy withing 3-4 minutes. Still the motives of the different fractions are quite interesting. Some people may find it interesting to complete the campaign with all the races.
4. Gameplay. 2 new races, a few new units. The two new races are as unique as all the other races in the game, although they steal something from some of the other races. Both of them have a unique recourse. For Sisters of Battle it is the Faith, which is something like global mana which allows some powerful spells to be cast . The Dark Eldars collect essence from the fallen enemy units for the same reason. The Air units which every race now have... i have found them to be kinda useless. Apart from this the gameplay haven't moved even a bit from Dark Crusade.
5. Multiplayer
Haven't played it. But from what i've heard the balance between the 9 races are still very good. Also i may say that the game is very dynamical. Worth playing.
Well, the only reason to play this game is because it completes the DoW saga. Otherwise it is not much of an improvement.