So, I dunno, maybe you've heard of this little game called Dawn of War 2?

Kerensky287 · 12-12-2008, 05:18 PM

So, anybody remember Dawn of War? No? Well, I liked it. It wasn't that popular and it suffered from balance issues and obsessive compulsive expansion syndrome (there were 3 expansion packs in as many years), as well as shitty online support.

Anybody remember Company of Heroes? I thought so. It was somewhat of a spiritual successor to Dawn of War - it used a lot of the same mechanics the first did, as well as some new innovations - but it appealed to a wider audience, had better graphics and utilized a cover system that made the game feel far more strategic.

Dawn of War 2 is coming as well, and due to the somewhat less-than-popular status of the original, it hasn't been getting a lot of exposure.

I think it deserves a little bit more.

We don't know much about it yet, other than the fact that it's trying to innovate the RTS genre in a way that just hasn't been done for a long time.

Namely, the single player campaign includes no base-building whatsoever, and base management has been stripped to the bare minimum in multiplayer. This decision is designed to shift the focus from buildings, resources, tech tiers, and so on to the customization and clever use of your soldiers.

There will be a beta coming soon open to all the people who bought the most recent Dawn of War 1 expansion, Soulstorm, and we'll (I will, at least) probably have a better idea of how it's all going to work out when that happens. Needless to say, it's an event I'm really looking forward to.

EDIT: Oh, and the page I linked has a video of the singleplayer action, too.

12-12-2008, 05:18 PM	#1
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	So, I dunno, maybe you've heard of this little game called Dawn of War 2? So, anybody remember Dawn of War? No? Well, I liked it. It wasn't that popular and it suffered from balance issues and obsessive compulsive expansion syndrome (there were 3 expansion packs in as many years), as well as shitty online support. Anybody remember Company of Heroes? I thought so. It was somewhat of a spiritual successor to Dawn of War - it used a lot of the same mechanics the first did, as well as some new innovations - but it appealed to a wider audience, had better graphics and utilized a cover system that made the game feel far more strategic. Dawn of War 2 is coming as well, and due to the somewhat less-than-popular status of the original, it hasn't been getting a lot of exposure. I think it deserves a little bit more. We don't know much about it yet, other than the fact that it's trying to innovate the RTS genre in a way that just hasn't been done for a long time. Namely, the single player campaign includes no base-building whatsoever, and base management has been stripped to the bare minimum in multiplayer. This decision is designed to shift the focus from buildings, resources, tech tiers, and so on to the customization and clever use of your soldiers. There will be a beta coming soon open to all the people who bought the most recent Dawn of War 1 expansion, Soulstorm, and we'll (I will, at least) probably have a better idea of how it's all going to work out when that happens. Needless to say, it's an event I'm really looking forward to. EDIT: Oh, and the page I linked has a video of the singleplayer action, too. __________________ People who live in Glass homes should not throw stones or Jerk off at daytime Last edited by Kerensky287; 12-12-2008 at 05:22 PM.