Title says it all.....

Thinking about buying the DOW 2 Complete pack.

Played the DOW 2 demo just now, and I thought it was pretty fun. Any recommendations or qualms with the games you guys care to share before I spend 59.99?

I've been thinking of buying it too, I've heard the combat is like Company of Heroes (same devs) which was amazing. I've always liked the 40k universe, figured it was a good place to start. Maybe we can play some co-op.

Also, is DoW 2 a direct sequel to DoW 1, meaning I should play it first(for story reasons)?

DoW1 is superior. It's good for one run through of the campaign, but I don't think the multiplayer/skirmish is very well done in comparison to DoW1 and Company of Heroes.

Yeah the combat is very CoH esque which I enjoy. CoH is awesome, and DOW2 seemed pretty fun just from the demo....

I dunno. After watching/reading a bunch of reviews and such I think I would like it a lot. Especially getting the Complete pack with all the expansions.

DOW1 and every expansion are fun as hell too. Different gameplay than DOW2 though. And I don't think you need DOW1's story to play DOW2.

It's a good game. Not sure it really belongs in the Dawn of War series, though. It could easily have done as well under a different title. It's more realistic (at least as far as the 40K universe goes) than Dawn of War because frankly, spamming Dreadnaughts, and having massive squads of Space Marines armed to the teeth with plasma and/or heavy weapons kinda grates against the setting. "A thousand chapters of Space Marines each of one thousand marines, a million battle brothers..." doesn't really apply when you can field countless marines and take countless losses. Only a hundred of that thousand of the chapter are given the opportunity to wear Terminator armour, according to the canon, you'll probably see more than a hundred in your game-time, possibly lose more too if you svck eggs.

DoW2's a squad-based RTS, utilising cover and introducing characters into the squad makes you care a bit more about upgrades (have a character specialising in melee while the rest are using plasma weapons, tie up the enemies with one character in close-quarters while the rest take them down at distance. Who gets what upgrades is up to you. Some good weapon and armour unlocks too.). You have one squad, you pick your team and you have to make do if your choices were bad. But yeah, Dawn of War 2 plays a bit like Dawn of War: Dark Crusade utilising a similar map as that expansion. You can do side-missions to secure certain areas against invasion later on, but often have to go back and defend them. But there is absolutely no "rushing" in Dawn of War 2. It's not about unlocking buildings and units as fast as possible in order to rush the AI or opposing player before they get a chance to rush you.

S'more about protecting your squad and slowly making your way around the maps using cover and flanking tactics to wipe out the opposition and achieve objects like "Hold an area for a certain period." "Shut down so many plot-nodes, or start so many plot-nodes up." lol I recommend it, but if you're looking for more Dawn of War, I'd check out DoW's expansions if you haven't already, as Dawn of War 2 is a totally different kind of game.

Edit: After edit... man, I either need sleep, or I'm becoming dyslexic. :cryvaultboy:

I caved and gifted myself the Dow2 Complete pack.

It was just birthday money, after all... so it will be well worth it.

:D

S'a worthy birthday present for yourself.

Try not to let the "Rankings" after each level dictate the way you play the first time. I did. You get marked on speed and the like... which if you're like me, might make you want to rush a bit for better rankings on progressive levels. I started getting caned when I adopted a different play-style. Soon switched back to a safe and secure, slower jaunt around each map though. My rankings on the first play-through were what you'd expect from a first play-through, obviously knowing the maps and where everything was the second time around made everything faster and easier. Meanings better, more satisfying rankings. lol

Damned achievements and rankings! Heh. They're the bane of good game play sometimes!

Nah I like to take my time and not rush straight at the enemy blitzkrieg status in games like this.

:toughninja:

Cool. All this talk about it has made me want to install it again. lol Looks like I know what I'm doing for the rest of tonight. Heh.

I've been wanting DoW2 for years. CoH and the first DoW are two of my all time favourite games.

The complete pack is $110 though, so I might wait.

It's only $59.99 on steam??

Steam's no good for me.