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Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Dark Crusade Expansion Pack DVD-Rom Review (continued)
More User Submitted Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Dark Crusade Expansion Pack DVD-Rom Reviews
Date: 2006-10-10
Dawn of War just got even better!
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Dark Crusade offers a chance for new players to jump into Dawn of War at the bargain price of $30 or less, as the original Dawn of War (DoW) is not required to play the Dark Crusade expansion. For existing DoW players, the new content should make the purchase of this latest expansion well worth the time and money.
First, the new single-player campaigns are not just linear stories as in the original DoW or Winter Assault (WA). Instead, players get to play with the two new races, Tau and Necrons, and they get to run the campaign and conquer an alien world in a strategy game similar to Risk. Players will be able to play using any one of the game's seven races. Even better, the storyline will be different depending upon which race is played. For multi-player fans, players will be able to customize their commanders with special equipment, referred to as "wargear" in the tabletop version of Warhammer 40,000 (aka 40K). Skirmish mode will still be present, providing endless playability with a near limitless combination of maps, opposing forces and difficulty settings. As always, the emphasis in DoW is on action, not resource gathering or building, so the streamlined resource and construction system from the earlier versions of the game are back again. As before, however, certain races implement this system slightly differently than others. For example, the Orks have the additional "Waaggh" resource unique to them and the newly playable Necrons will have to consider whether or not they wish to use their resources to build military units or raise their formidable "Monoliths."
Second, in addition to two new fully playable races, Tau and Necrons, each of the existing races is getting a new unit. For example, Chaos Marines get a Daemon Prince (a giant demonic being), Eldar get Harlequins (elite acrobatic war dancers), Orks get "Flashgitz" (sort of like well-to-do pirates with extra fancy kit), Imperial Guard get Heavy Weapon Teams (similar to heavy machine guns and artillery pieces) and Space Marines get Grey Knights (elite Marines with awesome force weapons and anti-demon psychic abilities).
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Dark Crusade is being released at a price of around $29.99, considerably cheaper than many new PC games often priced at up to around $50. Anyone who has been thinking about trying out Dawn of War should be tempted to finally jump into it with this release of the game, as it has more content than ever, seven playable races, and a reasonable price. New players and veterans of DoW should be thrilled with the latest version of one of the finest RTS games ever released. DoW really does make the 40K universe spring to life. The animation is wonderfully detailed and fun to watch, the game play is challenging and adjustable for many different skill levels, and the huge amount of content provides hours of replay value. Recommended for all aspiring Chaos Lords, Space Marine Commanders, Eldar Farseers, Tau Commanders, Necron Lords, Imperial Guard Colonels and Ork Warbosses! "Let the Galaxy Burn!"
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Dark Crusade Expansion Pack DVD-Rom Reviews Page: 10 of 10 Prev<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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