Warhammer 40K: DoW II, anyone played?

[Rafael]

Looks sweet, reviews are good, and I need a new game with some RPG in it. Anyone have thoughts on this game?

[Kaden]

I was really disappointed with it.

Played a ton of DoW 1 and the expansions, and really loved it. Then DoW2 came out and it was COMPLETELY different. Nothing at all like DoW other than the camera angle.

EDIT: So... that probably wasn't helpful. Sorry.

[Sigfried Hunin]

So I totally made this a thread a while back. I love the fuck out of DoW II and all of the expansions. They are full of awesome and WAAAGH!!!

[Orion]

It's different. It's basically taking the "Hero" units (for lack of a better term) from the first game and just giving them to you to use. I don't mind it; it's definitely fun, and I played through the entirety of DoWII, but I haven't had the urge to play the Chaos Rising or whatever expansion yet. I miss the old RTS games like Starcraft where you have buildings and resources.

[Rafael]

Aren't most RTS games base-building with resources, etc? Anyway, finding this to be pretty fun so far, though I wish I had a beefier 4th squad. Not really a fan of the jetpack guys but the stealth groups seems pretty useless so I'm stuck with them. Pretty much my strat has been to dump tons of points into survivability on everyone and then just outlast, which has worked for so far. My Force Commander is a completely unstoppable, it not exactly high-damage, force of infinite unkillability, so occasionally I'll move the other squads back and send him in alone, go take a break for a few, and when I come back activate the energy shield accessory I've got and he'll heal back to full before it breaks usually. It's hilarious

[Super Buu]

I never actually played the Single Player, I don't know why, but I have it if anyone wants to play multiplayer on Steam. Eldar 4 lyfe

[Tyr]

can u teach me the way of multiplayer plz? I've always been interested in learning but I rather dropped the ball on that one and now I'm blowing in it.

[Super Buu]

I'd love to play with other Chubbsians, but I am no pro myself. I haven't had a chance to play in months. When I do play multiplayer RTS though, it's the one I play. Taking away base-building and focusing purely on units (along with individual squad upgrades as opposed to just 'teching') are all things I prefer to Starcraft-style. It's also built with team battles in mind, which is what I almost always prefer to play.

[Tyr]

I always thought base building was the least interesting part of any RTS. I love StarCraft 2 for the amazing micro maneuvers you can pull off, not because he hid some buildings somewhere. DoW2 plays on that, but I just never got into it.

[Sigfried Hunin]

I love that DOW is about like, actual TACTICS and MANEUVERING YOUR FUCKING UNITS.

You don't build fuckin buildings or shit, you take your guys and you fight with them controlling points on a map. Which is what makes it a dynamic, tactical game and not just "OMG WHO CAN CLICK FASTER" and shit.

I usually rock my Ork army with mostly starting units, a truk, some rokkit boyz and some NOBZ. That's all you fucking need to win, and that's awesome. SM are the same way. Eldar usually need some of their later teir blokes to make it a good game... but meh.

I honestly still prefer tabletop though. ELDARRRR (in tabletop.)

[Super Buu]

I like Eldar because they're more about controlling the map and hit-and-run strikes. Abilities aside, your early units are weak, so you have to make up for it by being smart. I do wanna learn Chaos too though at some point, all-out offense is fun (I tried Ork, but I just took to Chaos much faster).

[Sigfried Hunin]

kickass lineup for startup chaos:

Chaos Lord
Heretics (HURR DURR YOU GET THOSE ALREADY, FUCKERS)
Chaos marine squad
The dev squad... the one with suppression. Whatever the fuck that one is.

You just roam around with those fuckers and kill EVERYTHINGGGG

[Super Buu]

Yeah, Chaos are pretty easy to just up and start kicking ass with. So much destruction.

[Rafael]

So I take it that means everyone has the expansion where you can use every race? I only have the base game and the first pack so far

[Super Buu]

I do. Retribution you can actually just buy standalone (they wanted to stop using Games for Windows because it's terrible, and switched to Steam instead).

[Rafael]

I was wondering about the unusual achievement system I was seeing. Might grab that this weekend

[Sigfried Hunin]

I just fucking romped with my buddy Jasyn. It was amazing.

[Rafael]

Finally got the dreadnaught in the campaign today. Holy cow is it retardedly strong. Terminator armor on my FC and that guy=massacre

[Sigfried Hunin]

"EVEN NOW I SERVE." -the Wraithlord that would stomp any lame old Dread >_>