Dawn of War 2

[Eochaid]

Anyone playing it?

I just finished my first campaign (on veteran) and I'm now playing on Primarch difficulty.

Any thoughts on the game?

Anyone up for some MP?

Kevin

[vinraith]

Downloaded the demo, played the demo, deleted the demo, went back to DoW 1. This experience is actually what prompted my Close Combat thread.

[Eochaid]

Downloaded the demo, played the demo, deleted the demo, went back to DoW 1. This experience is actually what prompted my Close Combat thread.

I also had a bit of a hard time getting into it, but the game gets MUCH better when you start levelling up. All squads have their distinct flavour/usefulness (except Thaddeus and his assault squad) and the missions are tough.

Kevin

[vinraith]

Downloaded the demo, played the demo, deleted the demo, went back to DoW 1. This experience is actually what prompted my Close Combat thread.

I also had a bit of a hard time getting into it, but the game gets MUCH better when you start levelling up. All squads have their distinct flavour/usefulness (except Thaddeus and his assault squad) and the missions are tough.

Kevin

I dislike the format change. RTS isn't a format that's particularly good for telling stories, and removing the base building and the larger armies just feels like removing the last vestiges of "S" from the RTS genre to me. More importantly, it just wasn't remotely fun for me. Glad you got something out of it, someone might as well.

[Eochaid]

I dislike the format change. RTS isn't a format that's particularly good for telling stories, and removing the base building and the larger armies just feels like removing the last vestiges of "S" from the RTS genre to me. More importantly, it just wasn't remotely fun for me. Glad you got something out of it, someone might as well.

Fair enough.

Kevin

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Downloaded the demo, played the demo, deleted the demo, went back to DoW 1. This experience is actually what prompted my Close Combat thread.

I also had a bit of a hard time getting into it, but the game gets MUCH better when you start levelling up. All squads have their distinct flavour/usefulness (except Thaddeus and his assault squad) and the missions are tough.

Kevin

I dislike the format change. RTS isn't a format that's particularly good for telling stories, and removing the base building and the larger armies just feels like removing the last vestiges of "S" from the RTS genre to me. More importantly, it just wasn't remotely fun for me. Glad you got something out of it, someone might as well.

RTT (real time tactics) seems a better moniker for the game.

[Ed Anger]

Played the demo, and liked leveling buildings with the scout squad's demo charges.

Hate the boss fights though. A commander, tactical squad, 3 terminators and a scout squad can't take down one ork easily? Screw that.

[Iormlund]

Way too expensive for me. Will revisit when the inevitable expansions are out.

[I Killed Kenny]

the campaign mode is cool. But I really don't like the way they made the orks look like. Some stupid ass cowards...

[DisturbedPervert]

Are people able to get this to work online?  Whenever I try it says I need to upgrade Games for Windows Live, but it never successfully downloads the new version.  I wish they could just use Steam or an in house browser for multiplayer instead of this Microsoft abomination.

[Hansmeister]

Are people able to get this to work online?  Whenever I try it says I need to upgrade Games for Windows Live, but it never successfully downloads the new version.  I wish they could just use Steam or an in house browser for multiplayer instead of this Microsoft abomination.

I had the same problem and eventually just gave up.

[Lettow77]

Single player was extremely repetitive. Multiplayer was fast-paced to the extreme, but didint feel as satisfying as DOW1 had, which in turn was a step back from starcraft, the king of kings.

I went back to Starcraft.

[Razgovory]

I just got this.  Not as much fun as Dawn of War 1.  Feels a bit more like coin-operated arcade game with the boss fights.  Pretty graphics.  So far I'm disappointed.  They took the wrong turn after the excellent company of heroes IMO.

[Razgovory]

Also Can't figure out how to get the fucking Games for windows thing to work.  I hate that shit.