Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution

very fun

!!I am Gabriel Angelos, Captain of the Blood Ravens!! I usually dont enjoy older games that I have no nostalgic ties to, but this was a fun game to go back to after finding my love for Warhammer. Not only does it have a fun Skirmish with many teams/factions to choose from but it has a fun campaign too - not just one campaign, a campaign for EACH faction, giving plenty of replayability.

Banger game #WAGHHHHHHHH

yeah, defintely a departure from the formula DOW1 mastered, but still decent on it's own. Multiplayer is dead, and the game is ancient, this should not be as expensive as it is.

Started the campaign with a simple objective: Save the sector. There are seven factions, multiple campaigns and enough enemies to make this feel less like a military operation and more like a personal disagreement with the entire galaxy. The gameplay is still focused on squads rather than traditional base building. Take cover. Flank. Use abilities. Accidentally aggro half the map. Then wonder why everyone is shooting at you. The best part is watching your units become increasingly powerful throughout the campaign. At the beginning, every fight feels dangerous. Later, your squad walks into a battlefield carrying enough explosives to solve most diplomatic issues permanently. The campaign also gives you plenty of excuses to fight everyone. Orks want to fight. Chaos wants to corrupt everything. Tyranids want to eat everything. Eldar have a complicated plan that nobody understands. The Imperium has paperwork. Naturally, I chose violence. Gameplay verdict: Excellent tactical RTS with satisfying squad progression, strong faction variety and fast combat. It sacrifices some of the base-building from the original Dawn of War II, but the focus on tactical abilities and squad ma…

Good