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Game Information
- Platform: Windows Vista / XP
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over. - Media: DVD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
From acclaimed developers Relic Entertainment comes the next generation of real-time strategy gaming. In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, your elite strike force of Space Marines is all that stands between the galaxy and its complete destruction. Take the fight straight to the enemy of protect a vital defensive point. How you decide to save the galaxy is entirely up to you.
Features
Innovative Single-Player Gameplay
Command the Blood Ravens in combat and become the most battle hardened strike force in the galaxy. Unlock special abilities and equip unique wargear to turn the tide of battle.
Full Cooperative Play
Team up with a friend to defend the galaxy against the most brutal and terrifying force the Warhammer 40,000 universe has seen - the Tyranids.
Intense Multiplayer Action
Face off against your friends on 20 destructible multiplayer maps.
Four Unique Races to Command
Lead the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, and Tyranids to victory in multiplayer and experience the brutal carnage and intensity of front line combat across richly detailed and destructible battlegrounds.
Last-Stand Game Mode
Select the Ork Mekboy, Eldar Farseer, or Space Marines Captain and face off with two friends against waves of increasingly deadly enemies.
Features
Innovative Single-Player Gameplay
Command the Blood Ravens in combat and become the most battle hardened strike force in the galaxy. Unlock special abilities and equip unique wargear to turn the tide of battle.
Full Cooperative Play
Team up with a friend to defend the galaxy against the most brutal and terrifying force the Warhammer 40,000 universe has seen - the Tyranids.
Intense Multiplayer Action
Face off against your friends on 20 destructible multiplayer maps.
Four Unique Races to Command
Lead the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, and Tyranids to victory in multiplayer and experience the brutal carnage and intensity of front line combat across richly detailed and destructible battlegrounds.
Last-Stand Game Mode
Select the Ork Mekboy, Eldar Farseer, or Space Marines Captain and face off with two friends against waves of increasingly deadly enemies.
Product Description
Includes:
- New Co-op Last Stand Game Mode
- 12 New Multiplayer Maps
- Custom Wallpapers
- Dawn Of War 2 Soundtrack
From acclaimed developers Relic Entertainment comes the next generation of Real Time Strategy gaming. In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, your elite strike force of Space Marines is all that stands between the galaxy and its complete destruction. Take the fight straight to the enemy or protect a vital defensive point. How you decide to save the galaxy is entirely up to you.
- Intensive Multiplayer Action - Face off against your friends on 20 destructible multiplayer maps.
- Four Unique Races to Command - Lead the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and Tyranids to victory in multiplayer and experience the brutal carnage and intensity of front line combat across richly detailed and destructible battlegrounds.
- Full Cooperative Play - Team up with a friend to defend the galaxy against the most brutal and terrifying force the Warhammer 40,000 universe has seen - the Tyranids.
- Last Stand Game Mode- Select the Ork Mekboy, Eldar Farseer, or Space Marine Captain and face off with 2 friends against the waves in increasingly deadly enemies.
- Internet connection required for activation
System Requirements:
OS: Windows Vista/XP (SP2), Windows 7 supported. Processor: Pentium IV 3.2GHz or any Dual Core processor. Memory: 1GB RAM (XP), 1.5GB RAM (Vista), 8.5GB free hard drive space. Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT or ATI X1600, 128MB RAM, DirectX 9.0c
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
This game is really good fun, I got it a few day's ago and I'm really enjoying it. I just avenged the captains death last night and I'm really enjoying the story thus far. This game use's steam AND window live, so you can talk to your friend's on either at the same time. And I've have to say the graphic's are very pretty. The type of gamer's who will enjoy this game are RTS Fans in my opinion :D
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I bought this game because I loved the original Dawn Of War and expected more of the same. I should have read the review first because this game is nothing like the original.
First off I don't know how they can call it a RTS game. It isn't. It's far more like a RPG. In the campaign mode, there is no base or unit builing, no strategy or tactics. All you do is move across the map killing the enemy. Yes your units have different strengths and how you use them determines your success and you do control your units like a RTS game. But that is the only RTS element there is.
The rest of the game is RPG, you upgrade your units with weapons and armour, you gain point's from missions to enhance their abilities/statistics. You follow a linear mission based storyline than has no variation determined by your mission choices. There is a game for consoles called Space Marine coming out, DOW2 looks like the precursor to that game. They would have been better off giving DOW2 a different name.
Now for some positives. After I got over the dissappointment of the games format, I really enjoyed this game. It is great fun to play. Some missions are easy, some are very tough, the action is generally fast and furious. The graphics are great for the genre.
I was a little dissappointed that the Marines can only be levelled up to 100, which restricts what stat's you can upgrade. This becomes particularly important when you play the sequal 'Chaos Rising' as your marines stats and equipment carry over to Chaos Rising. So you need to think about your upgrades.
Another complaint is that you only play as Space Marines. Although there are Eldar, Orks and Tyranids in the game, there are no campaigns for them.
There is a Skirmish mode in the game, which is more like the original DOW. You build a base and units and capture resources and can play as any of the 4 races. But this mode is so small and limited (you only build a few structures and are limited to fielding only several units at a time) I've only played it a few times then didn't bother again. If I want to play the skirmish format then I get out the original DOW instead.
Finally there is the installation. This is a veritable nightmare. If you already have a Windows Live and a Steam account, then that helps as you'd have to create one during install (like I had to). Even if you do have these accounts it still takes ages to install. Took me well over an hour the first time, due to having to create accounts. Thankfully this Game of the Year edition has all the updates that have been released since the first edition and this shortens the install considerably (the first edition had huge amounts of updates at the time of release).
Overall there are good points and bad points (more bad points unfortunately), but the game itself is hugely fun and worthwhile and I do recommend it especially at this low price. It's a shame thoguh because the game could have been so much more.
First off I don't know how they can call it a RTS game. It isn't. It's far more like a RPG. In the campaign mode, there is no base or unit builing, no strategy or tactics. All you do is move across the map killing the enemy. Yes your units have different strengths and how you use them determines your success and you do control your units like a RTS game. But that is the only RTS element there is.
The rest of the game is RPG, you upgrade your units with weapons and armour, you gain point's from missions to enhance their abilities/statistics. You follow a linear mission based storyline than has no variation determined by your mission choices. There is a game for consoles called Space Marine coming out, DOW2 looks like the precursor to that game. They would have been better off giving DOW2 a different name.
Now for some positives. After I got over the dissappointment of the games format, I really enjoyed this game. It is great fun to play. Some missions are easy, some are very tough, the action is generally fast and furious. The graphics are great for the genre.
I was a little dissappointed that the Marines can only be levelled up to 100, which restricts what stat's you can upgrade. This becomes particularly important when you play the sequal 'Chaos Rising' as your marines stats and equipment carry over to Chaos Rising. So you need to think about your upgrades.
Another complaint is that you only play as Space Marines. Although there are Eldar, Orks and Tyranids in the game, there are no campaigns for them.
There is a Skirmish mode in the game, which is more like the original DOW. You build a base and units and capture resources and can play as any of the 4 races. But this mode is so small and limited (you only build a few structures and are limited to fielding only several units at a time) I've only played it a few times then didn't bother again. If I want to play the skirmish format then I get out the original DOW instead.
Finally there is the installation. This is a veritable nightmare. If you already have a Windows Live and a Steam account, then that helps as you'd have to create one during install (like I had to). Even if you do have these accounts it still takes ages to install. Took me well over an hour the first time, due to having to create accounts. Thankfully this Game of the Year edition has all the updates that have been released since the first edition and this shortens the install considerably (the first edition had huge amounts of updates at the time of release).
Overall there are good points and bad points (more bad points unfortunately), but the game itself is hugely fun and worthwhile and I do recommend it especially at this low price. It's a shame thoguh because the game could have been so much more.
Fun:
I was first drawn to this game after playing the original dawn of war series i loved the first dawn of war so Hoped for a similar experience.
the first thing to notice is that although this is a sequel to the first Dawn of war it is different in a few key ways .
firstly the campaign this has been a massive improvement with a much more character based game play, which focuses on leveling up individual teams who can be upgraded with newer weapons, Armour and special ability's. the campaign took me a couple of days on the normal difficulty but this was with skipping the optional bonus missions . each mission can take from about 10 minutes to just under a hour on some of the longer missions. the campaign follows a group of space marines from the blood raven chapter who try to secure a hold in there system against orks and elder and a newly emerging threat which will come to dominate the campaign.over all i loved this campaign and will be looking forward to playing it again on harder difficulty.
apart from having a well made campaign the game also features a multiplayer mode which allows you to play skirmishes with any of the four army's in the game against online or a computer controlled enemy. unlike the first dawn of war were you had to build up a base then pump out hordes of troops, you have one building which is your main and only base (other then a few turrets and special ability) this is where you purchase all your troops through a three stage process of different skill troops from basic to elites to tanks and monsters. troops are expensive and very balanced so making a over powering army unlikely.
one of the new fetures is the last stand game mode which allows you to play as a comander from the orks , spacemarine or elder against wave after wave of enemy forces. with the ability to pla with two friends online this is a fun and enjoyable feture which adds a fun new feture.
Dawn of war 2 also features the ability to build your own color schemes and names for a each of the 4 army's.
My overall review of this game is that it is a great game thought both those who enjoy the games work shop series of games and models but also those who are interested in a different sort of real time strategy game with a fun campaign and a enjoyably multiplayer system as well as the last stand game mode which is a great addition . i would recommend this game to anyone i have really enjoyed it so far and will play it long in to the future.
Just as a last note before buying this game make sure your pc can run the game by checking it meets up to the system Requirements.
the first thing to notice is that although this is a sequel to the first Dawn of war it is different in a few key ways .
firstly the campaign this has been a massive improvement with a much more character based game play, which focuses on leveling up individual teams who can be upgraded with newer weapons, Armour and special ability's. the campaign took me a couple of days on the normal difficulty but this was with skipping the optional bonus missions . each mission can take from about 10 minutes to just under a hour on some of the longer missions. the campaign follows a group of space marines from the blood raven chapter who try to secure a hold in there system against orks and elder and a newly emerging threat which will come to dominate the campaign.over all i loved this campaign and will be looking forward to playing it again on harder difficulty.
apart from having a well made campaign the game also features a multiplayer mode which allows you to play skirmishes with any of the four army's in the game against online or a computer controlled enemy. unlike the first dawn of war were you had to build up a base then pump out hordes of troops, you have one building which is your main and only base (other then a few turrets and special ability) this is where you purchase all your troops through a three stage process of different skill troops from basic to elites to tanks and monsters. troops are expensive and very balanced so making a over powering army unlikely.
one of the new fetures is the last stand game mode which allows you to play as a comander from the orks , spacemarine or elder against wave after wave of enemy forces. with the ability to pla with two friends online this is a fun and enjoyable feture which adds a fun new feture.
Dawn of war 2 also features the ability to build your own color schemes and names for a each of the 4 army's.
My overall review of this game is that it is a great game thought both those who enjoy the games work shop series of games and models but also those who are interested in a different sort of real time strategy game with a fun campaign and a enjoyably multiplayer system as well as the last stand game mode which is a great addition . i would recommend this game to anyone i have really enjoyed it so far and will play it long in to the future.
Just as a last note before buying this game make sure your pc can run the game by checking it meets up to the system Requirements.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
good game.
i have really enjoyed this game its a breath of fresh air. in comparison to most real time strategies i really enjoyed the lack of base building. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rob Shears
War hammer fans will love this
If you like war hammer then you will adore this game. Everything about the game is like the tabletop minatures have been brought to life. Read more
Published 13 months ago by B. Jones
Great Game!
Bought this game after a few old friends recently discovered 'The Last Stand' which we all still play occasionally. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Roady
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purchased for my 15 year old Son for Christmas. He is very happy with the game and enjoys the graphics and finds the game challenging and interesting. Read more
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