Dawn of War?

[econ21]

Ok, couple more questions.
1) Do units gain experience the more you fight, or just get worn out?

No, I don't think they do gain experience. I think there is a marine upgrade (apothecary) that may help them recover health & they may do near their base (its been a while), but basically they seem to get worn out. There is a nice queue teleport replacement feature, so there is very little tedium getting them back up to strength.

There's a very nice tree of upgrades and customisation of marine squads that more than offsets the absence of experience though (eg you can have up to 4 special/heavy weapons, plus targeting/health upgrades, plus unit leader weapon options etc). It is not a game where your squads will be cannon fodder - there are less units than in RTW, so you care about them more.

2) Has anyone played in MP, and how is it?

I have not but it is supposed to be better than the SP campaign. Try the skirmish maps in the demo - not sure they are MP in the demo, but even SP they are fun.

I may try it with my son when we get a second computer.

3) Does the game get repetetive?

Is the Pope a Catholic? This is my problem with RTSs - they don't have the strategic or tactical depth of a TW. The SP campaign is not bad, as there is a strong narrative and they slowly introduce you to higher tech features, plus new enemies. But it is quite short. The two skirmish maps in the demo were repetitive but strangely addictive for a week or so. Never tried them in the full game. I may go back to it.

Have you tried the demo? It's a good one, with an amazing movie, IIRC (also on the full game).

PS: For what it is worth, I think the AI was pretty strong. As I said, a good RTS but an RTS nonetheless.

[The_Emperor]

and the Orks cockney accents.

The orks make me laugh whenever I play as them... *clicks to select unit* Ork replies: "Sod OFF!!"

The morale system in dawn o war isn't that basic The_Emperor. The flamer upgrades that most armies get are specifically intended to lower morale and the AI always buys it first.

What I mean is basic compared to TW Morale... Especially as flanking, surprise attacks, etc does not effect morale, only being outnumbered, in part of a losing squad and near flamers does.