DoW2: 3v3 beta footage (Ork VS Eldar)

[Jandau]

For those of you eagerly awaiting the game, but are not in the Beta (like me), here's a little morsel I just found. It's a 20 minute replay of a 3v3 match between Relic devs/testers. It shows off the game fairly well.

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=476

Overall, I like what I'm seeing. I didn't miss the base building and the more I watched the more I realized there wasn't much point to it except as a pacing mechanism. The game looks great but I'm a bit dismayed by fact that the player seems to ignore cover for the most part. Granted, he's playing the Orks which aren't the shootiest army, so perhaps it comes more into play with other races. Also, not much is said about unit XP and the effect it has. You can see stuff leveling up, but I couldn't quite make out the details. I've heard people saying over and over that thelistening posts are out. I'm not sure where they got that idea, since it's quite apparent that the strategic points can be fortified.

Also, the Wraithlord looks so awesome. Almost makes me forget that the Wraithguard have (yet again) been excluded

Spoiler: Click to see embedded video

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[Jamash]

I've got the beta and I have to say I'm enjoying it.

It seems to me to be closer to Warhammer: Mark of Chaos than Dawn of War in the game play mechanics, e.g. no base building, hero characters, wargear.

I haven't played it enough to be able to give a good review or comparison, but it's good. It's a little different which might put some people off, but I didn't find the changes off putting since I've been solidly playing Mark of Chaos before this came out.

The changes work, they just may take a bit of getting use to, for some.

 

[preachersaul]

It looks awesome.

 

[DoW Lowen]

DAMN my net is too laggy to watch at the moment. I'm crying inside just so you know. I just got off from playing Dawn of War: Dark Crusade and I'm itching for more.

 

[Syphonz]

I'm just glad I'm getting rewarded for buying Soulstorm. For several months it was ignored and rejected by Relic until FINALLY in September (since the March release) they patch it. I don't understand why people hate Soulstorm. It was great, in fact, since the patch; Soulstorm is the most balaced Dawn of War has ever been!.... Well, maybe not so if you love Necrons and expect their retarded dominance to carry over from Dark Crusade.. They got nerfed.. HARD.

 

[RhinoTuna]

I'm just glad I'm getting rewarded for buying Soulstorm. For several months it was ignored and rejected by Relic until FINALLY in September (since the March release) they patch it. I don't understand why people hate Soulstorm. It was great, in fact, since the patch; Soulstorm is the most balaced Dawn of War has ever been!.... Well, maybe not so if you love Necrons and expect their retarded dominance to carry over from Dark Crusade.. They got nerfed.. HARD.

Soulstorm is a memory sink and the new races are hopeless carbon-copies of other races. Dark Eldar are rubbish and i swear the AI got worse in Soulstorm.

Hate Soulstorm.

 

[Syphonz]

I'm just glad I'm getting rewarded for buying Soulstorm. For several months it was ignored and rejected by Relic until FINALLY in September (since the March release) they patch it. I don't understand why people hate Soulstorm. It was great, in fact, since the patch; Soulstorm is the most balaced Dawn of War has ever been!.... Well, maybe not so if you love Necrons and expect their retarded dominance to carry over from Dark Crusade.. They got nerfed.. HARD.

Soulstorm is a memory sink and the new races are hopeless carbon-copies of other races. Dark Eldar are rubbish and i swear the AI got worse in Soulstorm.

Hate Soulstorm.

To each his own. I won't argue with your opinion.

 

[RhinoTuna]

I'm just glad I'm getting rewarded for buying Soulstorm. For several months it was ignored and rejected by Relic until FINALLY in September (since the March release) they patch it. I don't understand why people hate Soulstorm. It was great, in fact, since the patch; Soulstorm is the most balaced Dawn of War has ever been!.... Well, maybe not so if you love Necrons and expect their retarded dominance to carry over from Dark Crusade.. They got nerfed.. HARD.

Soulstorm is a memory sink and the new races are hopeless carbon-copies of other races. Dark Eldar are rubbish and i swear the AI got worse in Soulstorm.

Hate Soulstorm.

To each his own. I won't argue with your opinion.

Didn't mean to be snappy, i just really don't like Soulstorm

 

[Jamash]

I quite like Soulstorm.

I bought the Dawn of War complete pack, so perhaps I didn't notice the progression or dedegradation of the games from DOW through to Soulstorm.

I play Soulstorm the most because it's the game which allows me to choose from all the races in the Skirmish mode, plus I quite like the Sisters of Battle, they're quite fucked up, with the martyrs crucified on the dreadnoughts and the crazy organ playing servitors on the artillery tanks.