Dawn of War Anthology

Who likes to be a white dwarf magazine is going to love this package of computer games.

Dawn of War Anthology is a package that includes Dawn of War and its two expansions. THQ has produced a series of games in the command and conquer style of battle, but strongly set in the Warhammer world.

Dawn of War gives you the opportunity to play 4 armies - Space Marines, Chaos Marines, Orks and Eldar. You can play online or play a story campaign. The introduction is the best movie intro computer game. I have ever seen. There is an opportunity for an animator to make a killing if it produces a TV series based in the Warhammer world similar to the quality of the intro. crop.

Dawn of War Winter Assault adds a new army - the imperial guard - with much the feeling of a traditional human army.

Dawn of War Dark Crusade adds the Tau and Necron and a new campaign map that allows the battle for a planet.

Every race, his army and the buildings is very much in line with the magazine's portayals white dwarf. As such, developers THQ have been incredibly loyal to the franchise. This means that you can hear the differences of playing every game. The Tau, for example (saving for their allies Koot) are the best in attack at long range and stealth. The Imperials their tanks and teams. The Marines are just difficult especially with their hard core dreadnoughts. The Orks are the masters of melee combat. Eldar have a mystical esoteric doors with Necrons, etc. same with temples, fortresses, etc.

The game experience is generally superior with great graphics and sounds. My only criticism is that sometimes the larger equipment can get stuck behind buildings and can be a bit 'thick to find their way around the battlefield. There is also no mechanism exists to Self Destruct.

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