| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War | 
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| From: THQ
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $2.94
You Save: $47.05 (94%)
New (4) Used (16) from $1.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 12429
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp, Pocket Pc 2002
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 1.3 x 7.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 49194
UPC: 752919491942
EAN: 0752919491942
ASIN: B0001X64WO
Release Date: September 20, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: NEXT DAY FIRST CLASS SHIPPING! Brand new sealed CD ONLY! Case may have some cracking from storage, but is sealed and brand new! Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Addicting. Great RTS! November 1, 2008
For fans of real time strategy games, this game is a must have. I have heard a lot about it, but just finally got around to getting it. There are always players online to get a game going with. The only issue I had with it is that it takes some work to be able to apply the patches when using a Nvidia graphics card driver. The single player game is a bit too short, but there are 3 expansions so I'm hoping for more content there. But the fix is fairly simple, so no big deal. I have ordered the expansions and I can't wait to play them.
Great game for Warhammer fans! June 26, 2008
This is the best thing since Warcraft and Starcraft. If you liked those you will love this game. It is well balanced, fun and easy to learn. Great for long hours of fun alone or with friends online! I heartily recommend it!
 Fun game October 16, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked this game. Why? It had a good tutorial and was easy to learn. The story was better than average. The voice acting was superior to what I see in most games. The music was very good at getting my adrenaline going. The graphics were excellent without slowing down the game. The single player campaign could have been a little longer but I found it satisfying. True it has the usual very simplistic RTS tactics of build as fast as you can and blitz but I see that in all RTS games. The one thing I did not like was when I installed the game it secretly told my firewall to allow it to connect to the internet without asking me. That is very underhanded and deducts one star from this game.
A RTS Revolutuion October 14, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dawn of War is unique in many ways compared to the normal Age of Empire's 2 style of game. In fact, the differences are numerous. This is truelly a game out of the ordinary-- and for the better.
Dawn of War has an innovative resource gathering system. You capture "strategic points" on the map (like Star Wars Battlefront 2) and they generate "requisition points". These points are supposed to represent your personal attack's value to the overall campaign of the planet. You also gather power via power generators, which are built anywhere. Since you gather more requisition resource by getting more strategic points (and for that matter critical locations and relics) players are forced into a more aggressive style of playing. This constantly forces players to have minor skirmishes. However, if you are too aggressive, you can get crushed as your forces are spread too thin...
Race wise, it has 4 completely different races, which are genuinely interesting and unique. They all have different troops and tech trees; in fact, you almost need to re-learn all your strategies as you learn to cope with these forces. (The Orks are especially different, with a whole extra resource and the ruleset of unlocking higher level troops by having more troops already on the field)
On balance, the game's fantastic. I've played all the races, and I've been able to win with all of them on skirmish mode. (Though I have a difficulty with the Orks, that's because I just suck with races that focus on close-combat *I HATE ZERG*)
The sounds are some of the best ever. They are terrifying and magnificent at the same time. I love how the Space Marines (who in the Warhammer 40K universe follow the God Emperor to death) fight with a sort of fervor not found in the other races. Chaos is terrifying with their blood curdling cries, and the Orks are funny with their crude tech and language.
The sounds of war in general (explosions, gun effects, etc) are cool as well. When I zoom in on a large fight, it feels as if I'm taking part in it as well, with the sounds of chain swords slashing, bolters shooting and rockets zooming.
The Graphics are the best EVER. It is filled with beautiful particle effects, the models are unparallel for and RTS and the animations are a work of art. The animations in particular are amazing. For instance, in close combat, troopers dodge and weave, clash swords and axes, and have terrific death animations. Ranged combat is improved as well, though not to the same degree. For example, in Star Wars Empire at War, ranged troops have the same animation: shoot/aim, recoil, shoot/aim, recoil, etc. In Dawn of War, troops are always switching their aim between enemy grunts, reloading, taking cover, throwing grenades, etc. These animations really help make the feel of a total-scale war.
If there is 1 problem with the game engine, it's the fact that you can shoot enemies through buildings.....
It should be noted that with the plethora of MODS out there, you can really get a bang for your buck. There's pretty much a MOD for each of the W40K races out there (like the Steal Legion, Tyranids, Daemon Hunters, and Tau)
And to top it all off, this games looks great without eating up system requirements. I run it on mid-high settings with an old PC( with maybe 3 computer players) with: A Pentium 4 2.4 ghz, 512 RAM, and a nVidia Geforce FX 5200. So almost any computer can run this game well, though for a true visual experiance, I would suggest something around the nVidia 6 or 7 series...
I easily recommend this to anybody who loves RTS, W40K, and everything in-between....
Very Good. January 29, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
First of all, I'm a big RTS fan. It started with Warcraft II, then on to StarCraft, then Warcraft III, then EMPIRES DAWN OF THE MODERN WORLD. I found all very enjoyable. As for DoW...I still have yet to purchase the full game, but the demo alone has given me somethin I've been wanting; an AI thats actually pain in the rear in NORMAL difficulty. I like a challenge...though I'll probably find myself playing the Orks to sate my Starcraft ZERG style strategies of overwhelming numbers sent to the meat grinder...
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