Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II in one package. Play the award-winning real-time strategy game in all its glory, including three full campaigns, six multiplayer factions, and a full co-op Last Stand mode with eight unique heroes.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is a warhammer 40k, strategy and rts game
developed and published by Relic Entertainment and Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux).
Released on February 18th 2009 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 12,644 reviews of which 11,181 were positive and 1,463 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam with a 80% discount.
The Steam community has classified Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition into these genres:
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System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
- Processor: P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
- Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
- Graphics: A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
- Hard Drive: 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space
- REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLAYER: INTERNET: Cable modem, DSL modem, or 56.6kbps modem for online multiplayer play: Network: TCP/IP compliant network
MacOS
- OS: 10.10.5
- Processor: 2.0GHz Intel or greater
- Memory: 4GB
- Graphics: 512Mb AMD 4850, 512Mb Nvidia GT130, Intel HD4000 (See Notes for more details)
- Storage: 8GB HD space
- Additional Notes: The game is supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
- * All MacBook Airs released since Mid 2012 (1)
- * All 13” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012 (1)
- * All 15” & 17" MacBook Pros released since Mid 2010 with a 512Mb graphics card or better
- * All Mac Minis released since Late 2012 (1)
- * All iMacs released since Early 2009 with a 512Mb graphics card or better
- * All Mac Pros released since Early 2009
- (1) Models with an Intel HD4000 or HD5000 graphics card require at least 8GB of System Memory
The following Macs are capable of running the game but do not consistently meet the standards required for official support.
- * All MacBooks released since Early 2016
Multiplayer is compatible between Mac and Linux versions only.
Please note for your computer to meet the minimum requirements it must match or better all elements of the listed spec. For more detailed specifications check the Feral website.
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or Steam OS 2.0 (64 bit required)
- Processor: 2GHz
- Memory: 4GB Memory
- Hard Drive: 8GB HD space
- Graphics: The game requires a 1GB NVIDIA 6xx series graphics card or better, a 1GB AMD 6xxx series graphics card or better, or an Intel Iris Pro series card or better.*
- Other Requirements: NVIDIA cards require driver version 367.35 (tested), AMD and Intel cards require MESA 11.2 (tested)
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The game is really good, however the aggressive save feature that tracks days will also delete the entire campaign if the game has an error while playing. 20 hours, poof gone. Only option is to restart campaign. Edit: Save and exit after every mission, and store a copy of the save file in another location. Game is fun, but the fear of loosing any unsaved progress is a downer.
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Aid the mysterious Blood Ravens defeat an Ork Waaagh, the scheming shenanigans of the Eldar and the omni-munching of the Tyranids, all while stealing other (more prominent) chapters' stuff.. First and foremost: This will be a review considering the single player campaign of the game. I did play some multiplayer back in the days, but today I would expect the online games to be few and far in between.. Dawn of War is a natural continuation of the first Dawn of War where the suspiciously well equipped Blood Ravens fought back a chaos uprising while splurting oneliners and breaking all sorts of 40k-canon. This time the main foe is the relentless hive mind of the tyranid swarm that threatens to devour the sector in its unyielding omnivorous streak of galactic domination. However, both the sly and hi-tech Eldar as well as the ferocious battle mushrooms, da Orkz, have shown up in the sector for better and for worse. Who will end up victorious in this swirling battle of domination, and will the mystery of the Blood Ravens finally unravel? The gameplay is a bit different from the first game in that you control a “hero” type character tied to a specific unit of known space marine formations. For example you have the sneaky scouts, the heavy weapon devastators and the boring but versatile tactical marines. Between missions you level up your main dude as well as equip your units with weapons and armor, tactical orbital bombardments and handgrenades, all to better subdue your foes in the name of the emperor. While on planetside you have your more standardised RTS but with an emphasis on tactical cover and item recovery. The unit's unique abilities and items make the game quite different depending on your choice of skills, yet some enemies require certain abilities to take down efficiently, so choose wisely.. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378425989 Now, the general gist of the game is a positive one, especially if you enjoy RTSes and the grim darkness of the 40k. However, this game can get a bit grindy, especially on the higher difficulties which more or less makes defending objectives pointless. My solution to this would be, play it for the story at a lower difficulty, unless you really love running back and forth across the map to respawn and resupply.. The story is rather cheesy, but not completely without merit. I would love to see a bit more nuance in the space marines since they are more or less all grumpy old men, but then again I am of the notion that the empire is the most boring part of 40k anyways, and yet the most popular by far.. In the end this is a weak but sturdy recommendation. Nowadays you get it all for real cheap during a sale, and honestly with a coop-buddy to take the edge of the otherwise monotonous setting up and tearing down coverfire it is an enjoyable romp across a warridden sector. However, be aware that its solution to difficulty is basically making everything a bullet sponge, and if you find that to be obnoxious, go for an easier difficulty and enjoy mowing down hormagaunts like there is no tomorrow..
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If you have played Dawn of War (2004) and it's expansions, do not expect the large scale battles and base building of the first installation, but rather smaller and micromanagement tactics for multiplayer. The campaign no longer has base building and is replaced with a more tactical RTS with an RPG and weapons and equipment system that allows different builds for different playstyles. The campaign is also playable in co-op which allows for easier micromanagement during gameplay albeit with good coordination and teamwork. Dawn of War 2 just marked it's 15th anniversary, and received a major update to include Chaos Rising and Retribution and DLC in one package, even though Chaos Rising was included to DoW2 in a previous update. Although it sounds great in theory, it makes the entire package only a bit less expensive than buying them separately before. I applaud Relic Entertainment for updating Dawn of War 1 & 2 because those 2 games and expansions along with Company of Heroes series are the flagship games of Relic, Dawn of War 3 is hated by new and returning players because the developers did not know the core of what players love about DoW 1 & 2. and everyone who owns the games will receive a free update. Because Relic updated one of their flagship titles, I hope one day a true DoW 1 and 2 remaster/remake will be released which actually gives long time players what they want. Maybe a proper remake of DoW 3 will be made that actually is faithful to the first 2 games, and perhaps a proper DoW 4. Hope is the first step in the road to disappointment, but let hope become faith in the Emperor that he will help Relic give the players what they truly want, and restore them to and perhaps go beyond their former glory!
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It's 2024, I've had this game in my library highly recommended by a friend for 15 years and decided to finally play it yesterday. It's 3am the next day and I don't want to stop. It's so good!!! I don't know why I didn't play it before, so regretting it now, wondering if I should get Dawn of War I and play that as well; I probably will! Highly recommended!!!
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Go to the game's configuration file, found in the documents/my games/ dawn of war 2/settings folder and set "raindetail" to 0. Game is absolutely nauseating without this fix. Other than that, a very fun experience.
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162
Developer
Relic Entertainment,
Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)
Publisher
Relic Entertainment,
Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)
Release
18 Feb 2009
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