Video Games : Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (PC CD)

Rating: - Not bad, Not bad at all...
Brilliant graphics, great game, good storyline, but, it's too short, I like games tolast longer than 2-3 days. maybe let down by too much cinematic footage, perhaps they should have used the space available on a DVD to make game last longer with more missions.

There is a bit too much static activity, not saying this is a bad thing as the game is based upon a specific chapter which have their own armamanent details, I have my own chapoer and work to similar designs where units are never bigger than 7 and they can only uopgrade to a meltagun etc.

But I would have liked more upgrade options with the weaponry that is available to space marines in the 40K universe. Still, miles ahead compared to the previous 40K games.

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Rating: - I love it !
My son says
"This is a brilliant game, it's so lifelike with four races space marines, chaos marines, eldar and orks you can either shoot or go up close.

So if I was you I would get it.

Either use Orks to charge your enemies in close combat or use stealth units of the Eldar to ambush your enemies and last but not least use the space marines guns to kill many of your enemies."

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Rating: - Beginning of a great era
This is where it all started. Dawn of War is one of the greatest RTS games I have ever played. Unlike other strategy games such as Age Of Empires, Dawn of War is fast paced game without the emphasis on gathering resources or building a town, the production of units rather than individual men mean that you are more likely to get into battles a lot faster. The animation is better and makes watching a massive dreadnaught rip through an eldar aspect warrior more entertaining. The four armies provide the game with lots of variety as each army has different tactics and units that need to be mastered.

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Rating: - Warcraft 40K
If you're expecting something new from this game, you'll be disappointed. It's Warcraft in disguise. If you are looking for epic 40k battles, sorry. The unit limits are very tight - you max out at 4/5 tanks or artillery vehicles and 10 infantry squads (less if you go for the heavy infantry types). Having said that, it looks quite nice and they've managed to keep the feel of the 4 races included - Space Marines, Chaos, Eldar, and Orks. But the AI is as dim as the Warcraft one which makes the skirmish vs the computer a waste of time, the "campaign" doesn't take long and isn't particularly challenging (you can only play Space Marines), so the long term playability of the game relies on being able to find decent opponents on line.