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Title: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Invert on September 15, 2004, 12:27 PM
Download the demo and try it out. IMO this is the best RTS game that I have played lately. This game feels like StarCraft but better.

http://www.dawnofwargame.com/homepage.php


...oh and if you ever played Warhammer Shadow of the Horned Rat then you have been waiting for this for years!
Title: Re:Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: SNiFFeR on September 15, 2004, 02:58 PM
Yeah, a bunch of my friends at school have currently starting playing this game and this is pretty much all they talk about. Thanks for the link ;). Now I can join the fun!
Title: Re:Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Falcon[anti-yL] on September 15, 2004, 07:06 PM
Wow it really does look like starcraft. I'll try it, thanks. :)
Title: Re:Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Meh on September 16, 2004, 02:51 AM
A gaming magazine I buy has given it 91%. Im waiting for it to be realeased in britain.
Title: Re:Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: KrisL on September 17, 2004, 12:27 AM
Releases here in the states on the 21st.

I was very impressed with the demo, and the customization for your squad colors is a cool feature.  Im assuming that you will be able to play as space marines, orks, chaos legion and others in the full version (as there are soooo many groups in 40K).  I was worried at first when i saw the "THQ" but when I saw relic developing it (same team that did ground control and homeworld) my fears were put to rest.
Title: Re:Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Meh on September 20, 2004, 05:32 AM
I didnt know orcs were part of 40K or do you mean Space Orcs? I like Tyranids on the desk game.
Title: Re:Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Michael on September 21, 2004, 05:06 PM
i was tring to play it at my friends house but if there is like more then 3-4 players the game crashed for him. so i never got to play ;(
Title: Re: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Meh on October 01, 2004, 08:39 AM
Got the game today, and its great. It looks a bit like warcraft 3 and has the same type of gui as bnet does for multiplayer. Maybe theres possibilites for a bot for it? But the game play is great. Well worth the buy.
Title: Re: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: iago on October 01, 2004, 09:43 AM
I wonder how many people have played the original table-top version?  I've played a handful of times, but I was never willing to buy an army (although I did enjoy paining armies).
Title: Re: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Meh on October 01, 2004, 09:59 AM
I played it as Space Marines and Tyranids. I enjoyed the painting. I also collected the evil LOTR. I had sauron :P
Title: Re: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: iago on October 01, 2004, 12:07 PM
I played with Space Marines and Eldar, both my friends'.

I painted probably 100 Warhammer Fantasy Battle miniatures that we used for Warhammer Quest (rats, bats, goblins, chaos warriors, bloodletters, etc.).  I really enjoyed painting, and I wish I had a good camera to take pictures.

I also painted a Necromunda gang (redemptionists), but nobodys heard of that game.  It's like WH40k mini.   I'll try to take pictures of my gang tonight, they are quite sexy.

We actually have a Games Workshop store in my city (as of about 6 months ago), which is nice.

I love how you British know of these games ;)
Title: Re: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Meh on October 03, 2004, 12:04 PM
LOL, im gonna head to my Games Workshop about 20 minutes drive away and buy some figures to paint for fun  :PI really enjoy that part more than playing.
Title: Re: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: j0k3r on October 03, 2004, 12:12 PM
Why does Warhammer remind me of D&D (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=90046)?
Title: Re: Warhammer 40k Dawn of War
Post by: Meh on October 04, 2004, 04:38 PM
Bought a box of chaos marines today. Is it just my local GW or are they all run by nerds(no ofence). i was the only one in there and I was surrounded by all the employees trying to talk to me. I quickly got wat I needed and tied to run but they wouldnt let me leave. It was only when I spoke to them about Warhammer 40K: DOW they calmed down. They cant get many people there, wonder why? ::)