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- Platform: Windows XP / Vista
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 15 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 15. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 15 years of age or over. - Media: DVD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Description
- Includes Warhammer 40000: Dawn Of War II and Dawn Of War II - Chaos Rising
- 2 Single-Player Campaigns: Take command of the Blood Ravens and fight against ravenous Tyranid hordes in the original Dawn Of War II campaign, or defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion in Dawn Of War II - Chaos Rising.
- 5 Multiplayer Races to Command: Lead the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, Tyranids, and Chaos Space Marines to victory across 27 multiplayer maps.
- Last-Stand Game Mode: Select the Ork Mekboy, Eldar Farseer, Space Marine Captain, Chaos Sorcerer, or Tyranid Hive Tyrant and face off with two friends against waves of increasingly deadly enemies.
- Aspire to Glory: Build your squads up to level 30 and unlock devastating new abilities and equip epic wargear.
- Internet connection required for activation
System requirements:
OS: Windows Vista/XP (XP SP 2), 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 6600GT or ATI X1600, 128MB RAM, DirectX 9.0c
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By soc79
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I love Relic, from their Homeworld series (my fav. games) and Company of heroes.
Dawn of War 1 was one of the finest RTS and I played through it in a couple of days. Loved it to bits.
When i finally upgraded my PC and got this one, I was expecting more of the same - I had disregarded a lot of reviews.
I love the fact that the focus in DoW was on the action, and the resource points you had to capture, means you weren't bogged down in your base churning out unit after unit.
In DoW2, they have removed the base building altogether (No!!!!!!!!) and moved away even more from the standard RTS template. This is more like a RPG/RTS. You have a mission screen where you get your missions and then you pick your units. These units stay with you through the entire campaign, gaining experience and items they can equip. While it is a great idea, the missions are not much fun.
The maps are recycled, heavily. You can complete a mission on one map, noticing that there are buildings you can capture - but no, you can only capture one per deployment. Ok, then another mission comes along, slightly different but on the same map, only this time it's raining (I found that I would constantly lose track of my pointer when it rained - but then I was playing at 2560x1440 so pixel pitch was tiny). Doesn't matter though, same map, same terrain.
And then this continues. Same maps, same contraints.
I wish this would have been good, but after playing through half the game I really can't be bothered any more, it's just so repetitive. I really hope that Relic go back to the DoW 1 template as that was perfect.
Dawn of War 1 was one of the finest RTS and I played through it in a couple of days. Loved it to bits.
When i finally upgraded my PC and got this one, I was expecting more of the same - I had disregarded a lot of reviews.
I love the fact that the focus in DoW was on the action, and the resource points you had to capture, means you weren't bogged down in your base churning out unit after unit.
In DoW2, they have removed the base building altogether (No!!!!!!!!) and moved away even more from the standard RTS template. This is more like a RPG/RTS. You have a mission screen where you get your missions and then you pick your units. These units stay with you through the entire campaign, gaining experience and items they can equip. While it is a great idea, the missions are not much fun.
The maps are recycled, heavily. You can complete a mission on one map, noticing that there are buildings you can capture - but no, you can only capture one per deployment. Ok, then another mission comes along, slightly different but on the same map, only this time it's raining (I found that I would constantly lose track of my pointer when it rained - but then I was playing at 2560x1440 so pixel pitch was tiny). Doesn't matter though, same map, same terrain.
And then this continues. Same maps, same contraints.
I wish this would have been good, but after playing through half the game I really can't be bothered any more, it's just so repetitive. I really hope that Relic go back to the DoW 1 template as that was perfect.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By red
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I've not had this much fun with an RTS in a long time, the factions are nicely balanced and multiplayer is relatively well executed, but its the single player where this game really shines, Very well constructed campaign with good story and unit growth. Only slight issues are that more races would have been nice (though I'm sure that will change with more expansions) and the campaign is only from the space marine point of view but these are reflections on what is not there, what is there is almost flawless.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Grim549
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I cant belive this game!
you spend 7 odd quid and you acctualy get a cd with steam and windows live on it which then means you have to download 6GB (PER GAME!!!!) just to play one...
I havent got the time to download it, nor the patience to wait 10hrs so ive binned the game...
shame... was really looking forword to playing it after DoW 1 was Epic....
you spend 7 odd quid and you acctualy get a cd with steam and windows live on it which then means you have to download 6GB (PER GAME!!!!) just to play one...
I havent got the time to download it, nor the patience to wait 10hrs so ive binned the game...
shame... was really looking forword to playing it after DoW 1 was Epic....
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
rubbish
product activation code locked to previous users steam account so non functional.so cannot play gamewhy would anyone want to buy it.
Published 1 month ago by Arwin
5.0 out of 5 stars
great game
been playing this game for some time and it looks great playing great.
so if you played the first one you love this
so if you played the first one you love this
Published 3 months ago by John
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
A great addition for most avid Warhammer Fans, this one for the collection.
Wont dissapoint at all.
Entirely happy that I now own it. Read more
Wont dissapoint at all.
Entirely happy that I now own it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mark Bridgewater
5.0 out of 5 stars
DOW2 review.
A really good buy and totally worth the wait. It is a high action packed game with a good campaign and good side mods such as last stand.
Published 6 months ago by mikey0909
5.0 out of 5 stars
FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!!
YOU MUST BUY IT BECAUSE YOU ARE MISS OUT ON ONE OF OR THE BEST VIDEO GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUY IT!!!!!!!
BUY IT!!!!!!!
Published 12 months ago by maynardmaynard729
1.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutly gutted
I cant believe i just recieved this game in afghan and it wont let me play it because i have to update it first on the internet and we aint got access!
Published 16 months ago by Youth RE
5.0 out of 5 stars
really good game and host network
i have played the dawn of wars since the first one all the way to soul storm. then the dawn of war II game out so i wated a while and bought this one so i could get both together... Read more
Published 16 months ago by secret chef 100
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dawn of War II: Gold (PC DVD)
Dawn of war 2 is a good game, it has a good story line/campaign and with gold edition you also receive chaos rising which is just as good. Read more
Published 16 months ago by AfroKing333
1.0 out of 5 stars
glad i bought the gold version here..not a good point.....read on
i am glad i bought it on amazon for the £7 ish instead of paying £30-40 each for dow 2 and chaos rising. Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Bell
1.0 out of 5 stars
do not buy this
worst thing i have ever bought, coursed nothing but trouble, you have to have a steam account, which i already had, i had actually bought this game on steam but because i an using... Read more
Published 17 months ago by josh
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