Dawn of War 2 Open beta

[Meneldil]

I was very put off by the whole DOW thing where they made you buy a 20 dollar expansion just to play a new race. They did that what, like 4 times in DOW?

they are doing it again, just like they are with starcraft 2. I guess its the newest fad, a fad that I will pass on.

Well, actually, it wasn't that bad, as long as you were more of a solo player.

DoW main campaign sucked and offered no replayability.
DoW:WI assault did a bit better, as you could play with 4 races instead of one.
Then, the two last expansions did a good job at offering replayability and fun. You could play with a grand total of nine factions, and as a W40K freaks (I'm talking about the background rather than the wargame), it really was cool. I admit it got boring after the second campaign, but just defeating another race and having a 2 minutes speech about what happened was fun.

To clarify things about SC2, you will be able to play any race in multiplayer and custom games, but the first pack will only offer a tutorial (Protoss) and the first campaign (Terran). The good thing is that, according to Blizzard, each campaign will be as long and complex as a whole game (+/- 30 missions, developed background and narrative, etc)

[pevergreen]

I'm actually enjoying it.

I won't buy it, but I don't regret downloading it. The ability to customise the commanders to that level, and the visual unlocks you get as you play (im a sucker for stuff like that, i'll play for it, but not pay)

New patch came out this morning my time, so its getting balanced.