Go Get The Warhammer: Dawn of War II Beta

Smart move.

OH MY GAWD, thank you GiantBOMB.

cool, i've been wanted to try the demo, just not enough to buy an old ass game.  Thanks for the tip.

I'm downloading it, but Soulstorm is back to its normal price and I did not get it =(, well see you at the Beta.

Thus far it feels like a combination of the original Dawn of War and Company of Heroes, though I'm sure it goes much deeper than that. I don't plan to find out beyond the beta though, my RTS days are done.

"Thus far it feels like a combination of the original Dawn of War and Company of Heroes, though I'm sure it goes much deeper than that. I don't plan to find out beyond the beta though, my RTS days are done."

Yea I'm really liking the game, can't wait till it comes out and I can play the campaign in co-op too.

So downloading this and playing it tomorrow after I get home from exams.

I played it but the Warhammer universe still fails to excit me, just feels generic like all Warhammer games do. I wonder if they made a good story but I reckon I'll just be playing Starcraft 2 cause Blizzard create factions and characters you love.

Man, i got the beta and it isn't letting me play it =(

I aint playing another RTS game until Starcraft 2 comes out.

Just downloaded it and the FEAR2 demo, try them both out tomorrow!

"I aint playing another RTS game until Starcraft 2 comes out."

From what I've been hearing, it's actually a bit too dumbed down.  Some of the experienced DoW gamers are a bit unhappy with it.

@PapaLazarou (How the hell do you reply?)

It's a shame that the game developers consistently fail to deliver the universe. Frankly, the 40k universe makes starcraft's look like it was built by a child.

"@PapaLazarou (How the hell do you reply?)

It's a shame that the game developers consistently fail to deliver the universe. Frankly, the 40k universe makes starcraft's look like it was built by a child."

"tekmojo said:

"I aint playing another RTS game until Starcraft 2 comes out."

Yeah, I'm sure Dawn of War II is going to totally suck.  -_-"

I just think Blizzard created a better universe than warhammer with Warcraft and Starcraft and they do such fantastic artwork and stories I care about. Warhammer just always fails to deliver and all the fake Warhammer fanbois flame you on the forums claiming they've loved Warhammer for 20 years and yet I bet they don't even play Warhammer games.... they just want to like something to spite Blizzard's popularity.

It's a mix and mash of CoH and the old DoW system, but somewhat simplified. The hardcore competitive audience is a bit peeved off, and even the casual or noob player can spot a few imbalances, but it is still the beta. I've been having some great fun with it so far and once you master a race you just stomp everyone in multiplayer. No one has really beaten my new Eldar strategy yet.

Yes...another smart move by steam (the greatest game related entity in the world)

I disagree the game is dumbed down. I think certain aspects have been simplified to put the focus on the action rather than the economy. They just shifted focus onto something else.

It's more about tactics rather than strategy. Too micro heavy for my taste....yes...regardless of what Relic says..this game is micro heavy in the part you control different squads and move them around etc...

Cool I'm gonna check it out then.

Can you play it offline, just like a skirmish?

"You do know starcraft was the bastardized version of a 40k game right?"

Yeah, but I don't like it. Neither does DoW2 appeal to me, a lack of content is a bit :( What I enjoyed was the large scale of DoW1, and that seems to be gone from 2.

Steam sucks because it makes it impossible to steal game developer's hard work.

I got it off steam... double-clicked on the icon... and then from the logo there was stuttering. The intro was stuttering, the menu was stuttering; it was horrible.

I then went to the community site of dawnofwar2 and it was said there was a problem with AMD dual core timing thing... WTF. What a pain. This is a conspiracy, C-O-N-spiracy. :)

Had the beta a while (becuase I owned a copy of Soulstorm), and I personally I hate what they've done with it, got into a online match (and I have all the DoW expansions and addons to date) and was completly shocked with the way they've changed everything. Didn't have a clue what was going on and never went back.

"Moonshadow101 said:

"@PapaLazarou (How the hell do you reply?)

It's a shame that the game developers consistently fail to deliver the universe. Frankly, the 40k universe makes starcraft's look like it was built by a child."

See the bottom left of each post? It says "Reply | Quote | Edit" thats how :)"

once i can overtake my friend, who is amazing with the Tyranids, i think i will enjoy it.

This was a very smart move on the devs part. I'll be starting up this download tonight.

Oh, and for all the nay-sayers dissin' Warhammer....do yourself a favor and research the history of both games, and find out that Games Workshop was going to work with Blizzard on the original Warcraft, but backed out because of Blizzard's poor quality.

And as far as WAR vs WoW goes: I'm glad Bliizard's game is so popular with ya'll. It keeps most of the jerks, gold farmers, and 14-year olds out of my game. And do a google image search for Chaos Chosen in Warhammer Online. Blizzard's character models ain't got nothing on that...and don't even get me started with Blizz's lame-ass PvP.

I didn`t really like the first one, I'll try this but I`m probably just going to wait out for starcraft 2.

Definitely a sweet game.  For those of you who are saying "I'm waiting till stacraft 2" or whatever, you're kind of doing yourself a disservice.  The two games are QUITE different.  It's definitely worth your time to play this one.

I've been playing the dow2 beta for the last two days. Its an awesome game, more so than I expected it to be. Granted my opinion may come off biased as I was a huge dow1 fan, regardless I think they've improved on every aspect of the original. The new tactical gameplay focus is much nicer than the old school 'build base + tank rush* style of play, I like it a heck of alot more.  The learning curve felt a little intimidating at first as I was getting owned constantly but after a couple of minutes of getting used to how things function it soon became the awesome experience I was hoping for.  The graphics are incredible, the sound amazing and the trademark unit deaths are as hilarious as ever.  While I am equally as excited for Starcraft 2 I'm now 100% certain the games will play and feel very different from one and other so I just have to pick up both, I'd advise every other rts fan to do the same.

I'm a fan of both SC2 and DoW but i tend to lean more to DoW mainly because I like the series more (does not mean that SC2 is an inferior game).  Oh and I don't want to pay for a game 3 times for the full experience (silly move in my opinion tho they will still make a lot of money simply because the fans let them really).  Also, I'm more of a diablo person when it comes to blizzard games hehehe.

played the beta... this game is really bad. for a game all about unit management, there certainly isn't much management going on. not to mention every unit moves at half an inch a second. boring.

Not interested in RTS, but it does look intensly action packed!