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Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Nico on May 24, 2004, 05:02:12 am

Will we be lucky this time? Back in the days, Wahammer games were cool ( space Hulk, Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen ). Then they were bad, or even cancelled. The we got false hopes ( Firewarrior, disapointing ). So here's the new challenger: Dawn of War

http://www.relic.com/product/dawnofwar/index.php

Well it's by Relic ( Homeworld ). I do think that's a good start, right? Then it looks good ( not something jaw dropping, but you won't look away with disgust, at least ) , so all the better. And it seems awfully action packed ( check the Battle II screenshot, love the pieces of space marines flying away in the background :p )And finally, there's muchos gore, which ownz :D ( the dreadnought shot :p ).
Well I have high hopes on this one, just hope it won't be orks VS space marines only...

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Janos on May 24, 2004, 05:04:58 am

This is what Starcraft II must look like.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Turnsky on May 24, 2004, 05:05:33 am

well, there's an untold 4th race in this game, so that may add to the dynamic somewhat..

and it's from relic, so they do have a decent pedigree as far as RTS's go.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Sandwich on May 24, 2004, 05:28:00 am

GC2 looks better IMHO. ;)

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Nico on May 24, 2004, 05:30:45 am

Ah, st00pid me, they talk about it in the latest White Dwarf:
Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Orks and Eldars.
This game won't please the casual Starcraft fan, btw, it's real time, you have a base and everything, but you also have the usual warhammer stuff like leadership tests and stuff like that ( under heavy fire, your units will bow down and be less effective, well, at least, they won't flee, it seems :D ).

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Originally posted by Sandwich
GC2 looks better IMHO. ;)

If you forget about the crappy unit design and the amount of them onscreen, yeah :p

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Fineus on May 24, 2004, 09:43:40 am

Aww wow, this looks great fun! I'm definitely giving this a chance.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Gank on May 24, 2004, 01:37:38 pm

No IG? ****.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Nico on May 24, 2004, 02:03:27 pm

Well, the thing will be 100% moddable it seems, and I'm pretty sure there's some way to extract the fire warrior meshes "hint hint" :D

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Lightspeed on May 24, 2004, 02:54:37 pm

Doesn't look very appealing.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Flipside on May 24, 2004, 03:05:46 pm

Oh, I don't know, for a game still in development, that doesn't look too bad at all :)

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Lightspeed on May 24, 2004, 03:11:16 pm

It does. But then again, it's crappy full 3D so what can you expect :ick:

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Fineus on May 24, 2004, 04:08:15 pm

Yay! Low resolution sprites for the people! The people demand unadvanced isometric displays!

Please...

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Inquisitor on May 25, 2004, 09:37:31 am

I watched this in action at E3. It looks fantastic.

I am looking forward to more info on it. You might be able to tell from my nick that I am/was a W40K fan ;)

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: CmdKewin on May 25, 2004, 10:43:45 am

Just to make you aware... Go over here http://www.relicnews.com/ to find some exclusive Gameplay videos which are REALLY worth to see.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Hollewanderer on May 25, 2004, 12:21:50 pm

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Originally posted by Gank
No IG? ****.

IG is in DoW.

Only in single-player campaign as allied forces, but it's there.

And I'll just say that this game rocks.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Nico on May 25, 2004, 12:23:44 pm

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Originally posted by Inquisitor
I watched this in action at E3. It looks fantastic.

I am looking forward to more info on it. You might be able to tell from my nick that I am/was a W40K fan ;)

Lol, I never made the link, to be honest :p

ABout the IG, according to White Dwarf, there's gonna be Forgeworld stuff in DoW, so, considering half their imperial armour range is IG, well...

And I can't find your friggin' vids, CmdKewin, mind giving us a direct link?

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: Gank on May 25, 2004, 12:51:31 pm

Forgeworld stuuf doesnt nessecarily mean Ig, though  a space marine ally in sp most likely does. Be daft to leave them out really.

100% moddable eh? Better go have a look for the forgeworld warhound titan assembly instructions then.

Title: WH40K: Dawn of War
Post by: CmdKewin on May 25, 2004, 01:03:30 pm

http://hwu.hwcommunity.com/bt/