***OFFICIAL DAWN O WAR 2 THREAD***

Gave the first 3 maps in campaign a go last night and it is very different from the MP side. So far you don't get a base, instead you have various elite units under your control which level up so you can spend points in various skills to improve them. You can also collect upgrades which improve various hardware aspects of you troops e.g. armour, weapons etc. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I am hoping that the MP is unchanged from the beta (+/- balancing).

Although based on the CoH engine the gameplay style is very different from your usual RTS, to the point where DoWII may not actually be a RTS. Depends on whether you consider resource gathering, base building and tech research a crucial factor. Instead there are various buildings on a given map that you can capture, but you can only capture one building per play, meaning if a map has two or three buildings you must go back to that sector once or twice to cap the remaining ones :/

It is a little strange.
 
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IMO the single player aspect of the game is a load of rubbish unless of course you like playing on the same maps over and over and fighting the same bosses over and over. Hell you even get to watch the same cut scenes over and over.

Have not tried multiplayer though there are only a small amount of maps.
 
kirbrot said:
how do i go about adding my bonus content? got the key from mythq but have no idea where to add it. :(
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took me a few mins to get this sorted :-

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]To unlock your content:

1 – Install Dawn of War II – this will also install the Games for Windows - LIVE Marketplace client.
2 – Run the Games for Windows - LIVE Marketplace client and click the Marketplace tab (requires you LIVE ID).
3 – Click ‘Redeem Code’.
4 – Enter the bonus here.
5 – Run Dawn of War II – your content will now be available.[/FONT]
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you need to do it before you enter the game, ie run Games for Windows and login then follow the above instructions ^^

let me know if theres any problems, i had a few !!


silly gamertag - tegawar
 
eekfek said:
took me a few mins to get this sorted :-

you need to do it before you enter the game, ie run Games for Windows and login then follow the above instructions ^^

let me know if theres any problems, i had a few !!


silly gamertag - tegawar
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Thanks, will try this when i get home from work :)
 
Darn post in my area means mine hasn't arrived yet. What's the betting it doesn't arrive Saturday either but arrives Monday when naturally work will stop me playing it until the weekend!
 
Just played a few of the missions from the campaign, very fun stuff. The gear and levelling you acquire is awesome, my only concern with it is that since your squads are already kind of specialized what is the point of upgrading anything but what they were meant for in the first place? think it would have been cooler if you just started with a blank slate, 3-4 squads of tactical marines that would become devastator squads or scouts or w/e based on what you equipped them.

Not played it online yet, would probably have to spend the rest of the day in the army painter making something sexy first ^^
 
on the 3rd mission and so far im more impressed than i thought i would be..

it really is an RPG with RTS bits and not the other way around, upgrading certain aspects of your equipment and spending xp on morale/will/range adds depth.

i havent tried any online matches as i know i'll suck big time so will happily plod through the campaign until i get to grips with the basics and some tactics .. although i will try some 'peeps v AI' at some point ..

so far so good !
 
So after wrestling with the install for a long time, Steam decides its not playing ball.

"The game is currently unavailable. Please try again at another time."

No wonder people pirate games these days.

Any suggestions ?
 
Does anyone know, or have tried if LAN works without logging into anything eg in full offline mode, as i go to some lans where a internet connection is not avalbile

Kimbie
 
Enjoying it so far, only problem is that its quite easy so far. Im playing it on normal and on day 7. Only stopped playing to dl the empire total war demo:D
 
Nice to see the Zombies helping out...

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eekfek said:
i used that last night paid and the browser crashed !!! .. sent a ticket and received an email this morning with a full refund with a note about a problem their end.

just re-bought it and im currently downloading , got sent the activation code and bonus codes !! yay !!

btw instead of using the download links that they give you just pop your code into steam Games > Activate A Product on Steam and it downloads the game !! over 1mb download atm !!
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Cheers for heads up
 
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Just spent about 15 minutes playing an online game head to head. Also this is my first tim eplaying Dawn of War. I have thi sfeeling: all the RPG+RTS genre games are set in the future time why?

Why can't modern warfare RTS games has this RPG elements?
 
Ive just been trying to run DOW2 for the first time and my 40 inch samsung says "mode not supported" when i load it. Is there a way of changing the games resolution before running it? i usually run problem games like this in a window, and then set the correct resolution in the game then switch back to full screen, i cant seem to run DOW2 in windowed mode though :/

can anyone help?
 
Buzza said:
Ive just been trying to run DOW2 for the first time and my 40 inch samsung says "mode not supported" when i load it. Is there a way of changing the games resolution before running it? i usually run problem games like this in a window, and then set the correct resolution in the game then switch back to full screen, i cant seem to run DOW2 in windowed mode though :/

can anyone help?
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To run it in a window, put -window in the launch options for steam. (Right-click on game in steam, properties, set launch options.
 
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