Dawn of War II

[Meneldil]

It had all the races, and there was infantry as well as vehicles and titans, but the infantry was by squad, not individuals. Decent game, but painting those miniatures was a royal pain.

I'm talking about a video game here, not Epic 40K itself :-P Said game only had a few races, like Orks and a variation of the Imperium (pretty sure it was the Imperial Guard, but might have been the Space Marines).

Oh yeah, found it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_L...er_40,000_Epic

[drone]

I'm talking about a video game here, not Epic 40K itself :-P Said game only had a few races, like Orks and a variation of the Imperium (pretty sure it was the Imperial Guard, but might have been the Space Marines).

Oh yeah, found it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_L...er_40,000_Epic

1997, no wonder I missed it. I went on a Warhammer hiatus about that time.

[naut]

It is definitely designed towards small scale, fast paced tactical combat. Use of cover and special abilities is critical. If you simply do move-attacks like in other games, you will die quickly.

Thanks for that snippet. That alone has saved me the hassle of buying it only to find out I don't like it.

[Major Robert Dump]

I dunno, the small scale-use-cover tactics is all good in the campaign and multiplayer until you get to the large campaign battles and the 3v3 MP, at that point it just becomes a zerg-fest in its own right. Cover can be blown away, entrenchments can be bypassed and in the strategic point games it really boils down to who can make the most cheap and fast troops to take and hold points.

I guess thats why I like to use subterfuge in the campaign, although there have been a couple missions where an all-out blitz kill blitz was the only way to win. as far as the MP goes, its just zerging but on a smaller scale, and the games end up with all your squads at different points and different places and all it takes is a few seconds to wipe one out with even the cheesiest of units, and yes the attack-move vs regular move commands is still why i hate most RTS games to this day.

Sorry, i guess I'm not much of a micromanager

[pevergreen]

Ah bugger.

I went out and bought it, but only because I got it for $70 instead of $100.

Anyone interested in doing some Co-op campaign in a few weeks?

[pevergreen]

Got it today, played four missions so far.

Bother, its good. Apart from the freezes, but once it works, it works nice.

Why did they have to play to my one weakness? Leveling up characters with customisable equipment!