[40K] Dawn of War

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:35 pm

So they're bringing out a new computer game Dawn of War under the 40K license. It's looking like it'll be a RTS, and I'm personally not really into that kind of thing, but it's 40K, so I'm willing to give it a try. How cool is this going to be?

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:27 pm

I'm in the beta.

It's fucking awesome.

Has some balance issues right now, but everything feels right, you know? Like, Orks all have South London "Fuck off, you," accents, Chaos is best played by being a sneaky sumbitch until you can bring the big guns (and Bloodthirster!) to bear, and Eldar's largest strength is their mobility.

The only thing I really miss are different marks for the Chaos forces, but I can understand why they're not there.

Atragon · Post by **Atragon** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:33 am

My Iron Warriors miss their bassie...

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 4:09 am

A 40k game you can play without having to drop phat cash? Sign me the hell up!

Now I wonder how easy it will be to mod so I can add Zoats to the game?

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:16 am

According to the dev that posts over on Penny Arcade, the hardest part of introducing new units will be the art and animations. Other than that, the toolkit is pretty much wide open to the gaming public.

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:53 am

Right, learn computer animation, develop Zoats, kick Priestly in the nutsack.

It's all worth the nutsack kick.

BloodHound · Post by **BloodHound** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:58 pm

so now that the real things been out for a while, those who have beaten it - how was that ending?
Personally, I thought it was a crap sandwich - thanks GW.

Szechuan · Post by **Szechuan** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:08 pm

I played the beta but didn't like it even a little bit. It had a solid feel to it, but the gameplay just didn't really interest me.

Maelwys · Post by **Maelwys** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:06 pm

Haven't played it, but from alot of the people around here that have played it, their main concern was the replayability of it. A grand total of about 13? missions from what I understand, before you have to go multiplayer mode. They liked the game, they just finished it so quickly, and haven't bothered to pick it back up again.

Brineshrimp · Post by **Brineshrimp** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:50 pm

I've heard it would make a decent LAN party game. Can't go wrong running around with orks smashing in your buddy's head if you ask me.

I've read the book and it made me want to pick the game up. I just haven't had the time to actually go to the store and get it. Oh well.