Dawn of War II Orks vs. Eldar Video [Archive]

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Evil Avatar

01-22-2009, 08:55 AM

http://www.evilavatar.com/images/thumbs/dawnofwar2_logo.jpg

If you don't want to shell out the $7.50 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/9450/) to participate in the Dawn of War II beta, you can still drool over a new 20-minute Orks vs. Eldar multiplayer video (http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?cat=26) from the developers.

Zander

01-22-2009, 09:55 AM

That was actually pretty cool as a hardcore 40k fan who didn't play much DoW1.

biosc1

01-22-2009, 10:01 AM

I can wait 5 more days for the public beta. Though, $7.50 is a tempting price to complete the collection for me...

ElfShotTheFood

01-22-2009, 10:56 AM

If you don't want to shell out the $7.50 to participate in the Dawn of War II beta

Seems to me you get a full-fledged retail game for your $7.50, plus beta access. Sounds like a good deal.

Ulysses

01-22-2009, 11:11 AM

Meh, Soulstorm isn't worth that price.

lockwoodx

01-22-2009, 04:24 PM

Yeah soulstorm was meh. DoW 2 is kinda looking Meh from that video too. Watching them gave me the impression they were playing vs easy CPUs and it was so borring I didn't finish.

Cutter99

01-22-2009, 07:25 PM

So far the multi-player beta has been *very* cool.

I particularly like how the multiplayer teams are designed to interact in interesting ways. For example: as the space-marine "medic" hero, one of your special abilities is to rez your teammates fallen heroes. Clever interplay between the abilities of different heroes and races gives the game a *ton* more depth than the usual "you manage your team, I manage mine, and we'll gang up at some point."

I also don't understand the reports that the multi-player is somehow "more traditional RTS". There's still no base building - certain heroes can build support structures on the map (turrets, warp-gates, etc), but there is no base construction. Honestly - the thing plays a lot more like a BF1942 game where you control all the units from the sky. You have to maintain control of the "flags" for longer than your opponent.

So far - fun =)

Glucose

01-22-2009, 09:54 PM

I'm sure it'll keep getting flamed for trying something new. And yet, if it stuck to the typical RTS formula, it would get flamed for not being innovative.

Sometimes people just want to hear their own voice... whining.

Zander

01-23-2009, 05:50 AM

Watching them gave me the impression they were playing vs easy CPUs and it was so borring I didn't finish.

Then you must have the skipped large chunks where they talk about who they are playing on ther other side? They were 3 human opponents.

Exodus

01-23-2009, 07:58 AM

link isn't working?

modeps

01-23-2009, 08:02 AM

link isn't working?

Hah, yeah looks like their site is down. Whoops!

Exodus

01-23-2009, 08:03 AM

I just watched a gameplay video on their website.
I have to admit...this game has the looks that have reignited the korean rts inside me... pre-ordering now...

lockwoodx

01-23-2009, 08:43 AM

Then you must have the skipped large chunks where they talk about who they are playing on ther other side? They were 3 human opponents.

I watched up to the point where the eldar started using wraith guards to counter the cans. I loved DoW 1 and bought it for half a dozen of my friends as holiday presents. DoW 2 looks good, but that video had too much of a "tutorial" feel to it. Going back to re-cap shit instead of keeping pressure on is not the orky way.