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    Default Dawn Of War II

    Yes, not lying, it really does exsit, look:

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    Based on the screenshots, the Battles will include the massive hive worlds (Planets with such a highpopulation, that the entire planet is one Humengously large city), I think that this is the first time that has been done, there certainly well built if there strong enough to sustain some of the Orbital Bombardment attacks seen in the screenshots

    The interview makes the campain seem to take a more "Warcraft-3-ish" sort of approach, but non-linear, a bit like Mass Effect, but with squads, like CoH and its predessor: DoW
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    Default Sv: Dawn Of War II

    Can point out that it is not a review but a first hand look.

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    Sweet, destructible terrain.

    I'm curious to see how they handle resources. DoW's use of control points for req was great for the gameplay.

    Gratuitous, over the top violence for the win!
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    I am really looking forward to this sequel but many of us who loved the DoW series fear it will only sport a few races in the entire game (in both campaign & skirmish modes) and not the potpourri of WH40K racial goodness that the current games feature. The original DoW set an awfully high bar when it allowed you to play the core WH40K races (minus Tyranids) in skirmish battles.

    Hopefully Relic will keep with tradition and offer the major WH40K races as playable in skirmish mode in addition to the two fully fleshed out single player campaigns for the Space Marines & Orkz. The wildcard in all this are Tyranids. People have been screaming for the 'Nids since the release of DoW 1 and you can bet WH40K gamers will be furious if they have to wait to play/fight them in a DoW2 expansion.

    The following six armies would make me happy as a pig in ----; Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orkz, Chaos, Eldar & Tyranids. The Tau, Necrons, Dark Eldar, Daemonhunters & Witch Hunters can wait for the expansions.
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    Default Re: Dawn Of War II

    Quote Originally Posted by Spino View Post
    The following six armies would make me happy as a pig in ----; Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orkz, Chaos, Eldar & Tyranids. The Tau, Necrons, Dark Eldar, Daemonhunters & Witch Hunters can wait for the expansions.


    I would think they would have to put Tyranids in, after all the requests on the forums and all the excuses of "the current engine won't handle 'Nids". I'm old-school 40K anyway, Tau/Necron/DE don't do anything for me.
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    Nice find, I loved the first games (except the most recent one...) and this looks great too

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    Looks like Company of Heroes but with a Warhammer 40k setting.
    Which is a good thing since the game will benefit from the engine.
    Just thinking about space marines or Orkz taking cover behind walls and blowing the entire map to pieces makes me drool.
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    Now that is sexy! I cannot wait for that game! I just hope the add Tyranids! I haven't bought an add-on since the first game because they didn't add in any Nids!
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    I find the prospects of the baseless reinforcement system to be the most intriguing so far. It's about time we finally moved beyond Command and Conquer for good.

    Edit:

    We saw groups of Orks and Space Marines firing at each other from cover for what seemed like an eternity in an action-focused real-time strategy game like this (over 10 seconds) while barely doing any damage.


    Edit 2:

    "We really wanted to focus on making Dawn of War II as good as possible, and we felt that by sticking to our strengths of PC development and sticking to one platform we could make the best game that we could make."

    "We're convinced that the PC platform is a profitable one, you just have to meet the players' needs."
    Hell yeah!
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    Cool. Very, very cool.
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    Default Re: Dawn Of War II

    For those of you who have refrained from touching themselves in light of the KOTOR MMO news then these DoW2 vids should help get things started...

    Dawn of War 2 videos...

    Deliciously violent cinematic trailer. Take a good look at the strange cloud at the end of the video...

    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36579.html

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    Wispy clouds? It sure as hell ain't Chaos. Sounds like a spore cloud to me... the Tyranids are IN!


    Actual gameplay

    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34903.html

    http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36029.html
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    Default Re: Dawn Of War II

    Wispy clouds? It sure as hell ain't Chaos. Sounds like a spore cloud to me... the Tyranids are IN!
    I hope so, but the clouds could be the warp.

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