| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (PC CD) | 
 enlarge | From: Focus Multimedia Ltd
Category: Video Games
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 2995
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 98, Windows 2000
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
ESRB: Adults Only
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 6198
EAN: 5031366016065
ASIN: B000EPBINY
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 Excellent. September 20, 2008
I played it. I liked it and now i find myself reaching for the case again and again. Very well executed and great graphics for its time and easy to run. If you want an easy to run, non-laggy game, then this is for you.
Awesome purchase once again September 19, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't believe how quick I receive products from Amazon. I purchased this game yesterday and received it next day with First Class delivery which next day delivery was supposed to be Express Delivery :p. Maybe I'm lucky or something but Amazon is such an awesome sight to purchase stuff :D.
Okay to the game. 3 CDs which I was just expecting a DVD lol. But nevertheless, it installed in less than a minute. I only purchased this so that I could use the army in Dawn of War Dark Crusade multiplayer with mates :D. It's good how the file size is really small and runs such a powerful game.
Anyways, thank you very much again Amazon. I'll be purchasing soon again ^^.
Excellent budget title for the non-serious gamer May 18, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
A major thorn in the side for modern PC users is that we have to fork out huge sums of money for hardware to play games without a stuttering frame rate, this is not the case for this game. I play this on my 1.5 GHz Celeron M laptop with 512 MB RAM, with some lightweight shared RAM videocard and it runs with 800x600 resolution and no jerkiness. If you're looking for a simple strategy game with ham-acted cut-scenes then you will like this title.
 Surprisingly Good RTS February 14, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Apart from the Total War series, I avoid real time strategy games. I can't be bothered with gathering nuts, berries and firewood to get enough resources to assemble lots of howitzers to rush my enemy and turn them into matchsticks.
Dawn of War has been in my cupboard after it brought back embarrassing memories of painting the little space marine figures about 20 years ago.
Installing it again after a recommendation, I'm glad I gave it another chance. Addictive it most certainly is.
No gathering of rocks, building mines and organising villagers to grow you a fighting force; Dawn of War sticks you in the middle of strategic zones with limited build resources, enough to get a few squads of marines out and about, to crack a few skulls to take over strategic points, which allow you to build more marines, tanks, and small mechs to repeat the process til you've eliminated everything on the map. Marines are created in squads, losses replaceable if there are enough resources, which mean you don't endlessly have to keep a constant conveyor belt of troops; concentrating on building tech buildings, vehicles or research into new technology.
Tank rushes don't always work, needing a variety of troop types to succeed, and keeping a newly conquered strategic point can be tricky if you've spread yourself too thin.
There's a story in the campaign somewhere, to allow you to fight orks, eldar and chaos marines, cut scenes with the game engine struggling to sync dialogue with lip movements ( roll on a martial arts game that takes advantage of this) put this across, but the aims outlined in the mission briefings don't always have a great bearing on the game itself. Kill everything that moves is usually the best idea.
The campaign is a little short (~10 missions), hence the 2 mission packs now available, but for while it lasts, it's quite enjoyable, and certainly worth playing if bundled with Company of Heroes or on budget.
Top Notch, even if you don't know what Warhammer is. January 16, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I used to play the tabletop game (well i played it once) and it wasnt the easiest thing to understand, nor was it the cheapest hobby. I gave up playing it after one game as i just couldn't get my head round it. That was about 5 years ago.
However, childish as I am I still miss the cool Space Marines and Predator Tanks I used to build and paint, then relic announced they were making a RTS based on 40K, I jumped at the chance to be involved again without looking like a Kid. (no offence to people my age who play it, just proves you have more guts than me)
This game is fantastic, the looks, the playability, and the variety of gameplay are superb, from the general feel of the game as an RTS, to the full scale skirmishes you witness when things get up close and personal between the factions in close combat, everything has been thouroughly thought out to give one of the finest rts experiences available on a budget today.
Your System doesnt have to be pure gold either, my copy runs on high on all settings at 60fps on a geforce fx5200, a gig of ram, and a 3.0ghz pentium 4.
My only gripe is that the single player camaign Is a bit short.
This is a great rts that no rts fan should miss out on, even if you know nothing about Warhammer 40K
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