Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Written by Gundam-Ranger-X   
Monday, 11 October 2004


Platform: PC
Genre: RTS
Publisher: THQ/GWI
Developer: Relic
Released: 09/20/2004

How can one describe this game... Only three words come to mind: OH HELL YEAH!!!

This is FE-REA-KING amazing!

Where does one begin on how this game rules? Oh that's right: The graphics.

This game completely blew me away! I mean, OMG! During the intro I (literally) had my mouth wide open and my eyes budging out of my head. I just wish I could give you guys a link to see it. Words can not give it justice.

While the in game graphics are toned down, this is to be expected, they are still amazing. You really get a sense of everything. The level of detail put into this game is just incredible. They even went as to giving you an Army Painter so you can create your own colour scheme.

The sound is also amazing: Bolter fire, Flamers, Dreads ripping apart Orks... this game has it all in high quality stereo out the ying-yang. The in game music is cool; no complaints there.

The game play and controls fit this RTS very well. Great job guys.

And for all you 40k fans out there: This game does not disappoint. They really did the game justice. Everything just looks, sounds and feels like the 41st millennium.

This game is perfect. Almost.

I do have one tiny little irk though. More of a suggestion then a complaint. I found the army painter, while a great idea, was really restrictive. You could only do so much. It would be better to be able to not be limited to pre-set Primary Colour, Secondary Colour, Trim Colour... It felt more like a color by number then an actual army painter.

But yeah, this game is well worth the 60$ you would pay for it. Again, great job guys. Not only did you make -THE- game (which is actually threatening on replacing Ranger-X as my all time favorite game) but you're also the very first to ever receive a perfect score from me. Keep up the good work and don't forget to expand.

For the greater good!



© 2004 THQ/GWI


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Graphics: 10
Sound: 10
Gameplay: 10
Control: -
Story: -
Overall: 10

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