Dawn of War III - Thread

Neil79 · 14 Jul 2011 at 09:59

Upcoming real-time strategy game Dawn of War III will allow gamers to build their own custom armies, developer Relic has revealed.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-12-new-dawn-of-war-iii-details-emerge

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6273902/warhammer-40k-dawn-of-war-iii-confirmed

"Retribution's going to ship in February, and then we start laying out Dawn of War III," Bilson said. "You can probably expect it between 18 months and two years after that." Following Bilson's timeline, Dawn of War III's release date would fall into the August 2012 to February 2013 window.

Shamikebab · 14 Jul 2011 at 10:07

Hope it's better than 2.

Put all the units in it
Make it closer to the source material

LeJosh · 14 Jul 2011 at 10:09

Retribution was fantastic.

Neil79 · 14 Jul 2011 at 10:09

I'm playing 2 at the moment, wish the ground textures were sharper i've applied AF through drivers

mart981 · 14 Jul 2011 at 10:15

I think I've finally accepted they will never make a true copy of the table top mechanics, because then who will buy the table top stuff?

Still, I did prefer the original single player experience compared to DoW 2, but DoW 2's multiplayer was much easier to get into and enjoy.

I'd like to see the original's base building and gameplay (especially the global map from Dark Crusade!) in single player but the more arcadey style multiplayer from DoW 2 in DoW 3. I have some hope as they mention that they're bringing in a bit of the base building aspect so really looking forward to 3!

DJammyRasta · 14 Jul 2011 at 10:21

Still dont understand the hate for DoW2 the game added so much that the original was totally lacking.. Spose i am a bit biased in that i would consider CoH to be the best RTS ever (or at least since AoE2)

Bring on CoH2!

Shamikebab · 14 Jul 2011 at 10:36

Added so much :confused:

They took a lot away.

Dudderz123456 · 15 Jul 2011 at 18:17

Hopefully the base building is back. Still going get it and can't wait for DOW3!

Neil79 · 15 Jul 2011 at 18:24

Yeh i miss the base building too

Orcish-Horde · 15 Jul 2011 at 18:27

DJammyRasta said:
Still dont understand the hate for DoW2 the game added so much that the original was totally lacking.. Spose i am a bit biased in that i would consider CoH to be the best RTS ever (or at least since AoE2)

Bring on CoH2!

It may have added a lot but it left out the good parts from the first.

Aedus · 15 Jul 2011 at 18:29

I won't buy it unless base building is back.

Didn't like DoWII at all, 40k got a lot of hours played, though.

Tute · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:33

Please put proper base building back. DoW2, whilst being a decent game, is not a patch on the original. I only really play it for Last Stand these days, the SP is just boring - move to cover, shoot, move to cover, shoot, etc. etc. and so on.

Hurlbag · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:03

Tute said:
Please put proper base building back. DoW2, whilst being a decent game, is not a patch on the original. I only really play it for Last Stand these days, the SP is just boring - move to cover, shoot, move to cover, shoot, etc. etc. and so on.

Agree, DoW II lacks the intesity the prequel had. While it's not a bad game, it's dull compared to the first, feels a bit too slow paced. I miss my possessed Chaos marines and Daemon prince just demolishing hordes of Imperial Guard

The Asgard · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:10

I preferred 2 to 1. I thought the first was dull and never grabbed me enough to play it through to the end. I have played through 2 and all the DLC twice!

Nodiggidy123 · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:45

mart981 said:
I think I've finally accepted they will never make a true copy of the table top mechanics, because then who will buy the table top stuff?

i wish they would do this. release a digital version of the game and have the different armies and heroes as dlc

CaptainRAVE · 16 Jul 2011 at 18:47

Would like some base building and more open worlds.

Neil79 · 17 Jul 2011 at 01:33

I've been playing through dawn of war 2 chaos rising and i can see why people prefer the first one, it's the same thing over and over again with 2

. Squad lands, Squad attacks runs for cover, attacks, heals, runs for cover.. The enemy can have as many units as it wants while i'm stuck with my boring squads

Efour · 17 Jul 2011 at 02:23

I finally got round to DOW2 and recently completed the original campaign.

Not sure if i liked it too much. Looked perfect, much better than DOW in that respect but. I hate the direction they took with 4 squads.. well 3+1. I like the RPG aspect of it so some extent but if DOW3 isnt the best aspects of RTS like SupCom but in a 40k universe. THen

Kinda hate the way too that all RTSs have HERO units now that are just raping machines to anything below them. i Know it fits the genre but its

too

Warbie · 17 Jul 2011 at 02:46

Nodiggidy123 said:
i wish they would do this. release a digital version of the game and have the different armies and heroes as dlc

I'd like this too, but as mart said - it'll never happen.

Evilsod · 17 Jul 2011 at 10:10

Tute said:
Please put proper base building back. DoW2, whilst being a decent game, is not a patch on the original. I only really play it for Last Stand these days, the SP is just boring - move to cover, shoot, move to cover, shoot, etc. etc. and so on.

You mean boring compared to the more traditional base building? Start any and every game. Build basic structures, build basic units, build upgraded structures, build upgraded units, repeat to max tier. Combat, Ctrl+A, Attack Move at enemies.

That is what most base building RTS games boil down to. Having those tedious mechanics does not immediately make a game excellent no less than not having them makes a game boring. The small hero groups taking on considerably larger number of enemies made things extremely tactical in how you approached fights, spoilt only by the utterly ridiculous boss fights that rendered all available tactics completely useless and turned them into cluster****s.