Well, earlier in the Year I bought Dawn of War and all 3 of its expansions along with my copy of Two Worlds. Great deal for £20 if I do say so myself. Summer sales, eh? I ramble on.

Back in February if memory serves as an owner of Dawn of War: Soulstorm I was able to participate in the beta of DoW2. After a lengthy download... I was not impressed. It seemed boring, repetitive. I didn't think I was likely to buy it since they'd ditched the building system. I stopped tracking it at all for a while. I simply didn't care.

A little while later, after its release; I started seeing positive reviews. Some of my friends played it at a LAN centre and said it was good. I shan't bore you any more, but a few months later, and a few days less than now, Dawn of War II arrived in the mail. £10, why not?



Lovely day to get it, July 30th. The day of the big, "There is Only War" update. Installation was quick. I'm not a one of those nitwits who complains about using steam for all extents and purposes. Opening up. I finally have use for my Live account, Yay! Achievements are something I like so it immediately gets a little thumbs up. Cinematic trailer, seen before but still lovin' it!

First off, the voice acting is a great improvement over the first. The new campaign system gives a fair bit of freedom with RPG aspects via levelling systems, bosses and item drops. It is also a lot more face paced (because of the lack of buildings) which is great, because I'm no longer wasting minutes building up my army. I just go straight into attack! With the RPG aspects also arrives great gameplay with lots of special techniques unlocked. Lots of multiplayer maps to keep to entertained when I stop failing epicly in online play. Haven't tried any other races other than the Space Marines since the beta. They still sound badass though! Lovely that they kept the Army Painter feature in, so it is much more appealing to Games-Workshop regulars like myself. The campaign seems a lot more scripted out (enemies and voices). This is just a mini-review so... graphics great, music beautiful and UI superb!

That's all for now.