Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War -- Dark Crusade (PC Games, 2006)

2 new races, new units for old races, new maps and most important great campaign - you can conquer 25 regions on planet kronos as a brave space marines and imperial guard, savage orcs, stealthy eldar, hi-tech tau empire and cold-hearted necrons and you dont need original W40k dawn of war or winter assualt! campaign divides in 2 phases- tactical - you can move your leader, buying extra garrison in conquered regions.every region provides different bonuses -f.e. you can move twice per turn or attack anywhere on map, or special units.your leader wargear improve with number of kills, conquered regions, defensive victories.
really excellent and long expansion

Kick Ass game, if you played the first Dawn of War ans then Winter Assault, then you're going to like this one. If you don't have the codes for the first two, you won't be able to use this Dark Crusade at it's full, make sure to get those product codes, it will be much better, you'll be able to use all the races. Try it, you won't regret it. It's a real strategy game, not like others like Supreme Commander that has unlimited units and no strategy is required to play it. This one is not a waste of money or time. Go for it!!!!!!!

Great game, graphics, sound and game play are incredible. The new races are a great addition. Definately worth a buy!!

Awesome expansion to an already great game: DoW.
You can play all factions in this amazing expansion pack.
Action never ends on this game!
Since you can play with each faction, you have tons of hours on gameplay.

This is Dawn of War's second expansion pack (after Winter Assault), and it brings a wealth of gameplay to the franchise. Not only does it introduce two new playable races - the Communistic Tau and the nihilistic Necrons - but the pack is playable as a stand-alone, without the original game!

This pack also introduces a strategic element of gameplay, using a map of the planet to allow your army to maneuver and capture different provinces. Each gives differing amounts of resources as well as special abilities and units to use in battle. The single-player campaign is played with all 7 available races, each trying to dominate the planet. Cutscenes (rendered in the game engine) tell the story throughout the campaign, which even involves Imperial forces fighting each other.

Overall this expansion offers far more value than the previous one, and builds anticipation for what might come next. The game has vast amounts of material to draw from for further expansion, so expect more to come!

The game is a real challenge as far as real time strategy games are concerned. If a challenge is what you are looking for, good graphics and an all around good game. You must buy this game.

This game, and the whole series for that matter, is good. Each expansion to the original Dawn of War improved on the game overall, not to mention adding more content. Dark Crusade added the Necrons and Tau into the game, which are both unique in their playstyle compared to other armies. Owning all versions of Dawn of War is vital to anyone who wants to be able to play all of the armies in multiplayer. (The original gives Chaos, Eldar, Orks, and Space Marines, Winter Assault for Imperial Guard, Dark Crusade for Tau and Necrons, and Soulstorm for Dark Eldar and Sisters of Battle.)

Something that was unique, though some may consider it a flaw, is that this game is not "go through a campaign and watch the story unfold" like the original or Winter Assault. There is a story, but this game is a territory conquering, map based game. Don't misunderstand me, you still fight real time strategy like the previous games when trying to conquer a territory. You destroy all of an enemy's command centers and they lose. As you are playing maps, and as you beat different opponents (7 different sides), and when you win with each side, you get to see potential futures, interaction between armies, movies, and in game movies.

This method of playing the game includes some a few new concepts, honor guard units and garrisoned forces are two of them. Garrisoned units are just generic units you can pay for and that you will start with if that territory is attacked. Each territory gives you an ability or the option to start battles with certain elite units or minor hero versions of normal squad members, known as honor guard, in addition to the generic units you may choose to start with.

Each army's commander is also different in how they are upgraded. Battlefield research gives little to no bonus to the commander anymore. Instead these heroes can buy wargear when the army or player does certain things. Such things are defeating a certain number of opponents, getting a certain number of kills in a battle, and similar. Wargear gives abilities as well as bonuses, and in the case of Chaos, the final wargear upgrade is ascension to a Daemon Prince.

The game has 2 major flaws that I remember, 1 of which is probably just opinion. There is a certain ork level that is impossible to beat if you are not a certain army or have a massive force, it is easy to play the whole game and just avoid it. Combined with this next flaw, it makes the level even worse: after any battle all of the territory owner's buildings that are not within a certain radius of an enemy start zone remain for any future battles in that territory. While that is good for a defender, it can also mean that if you lose to an enemy who had time to build up their bases, then the next time you attack you will be facing tier 4 units as soon as the battle starts. The only way to really avoid this is to quit as soon as you can if you know you are going to lose.

Anyone who played Soulstorm, or wants to play Soulstorm, will notice that these 2 games are similar. The only real differences are 2 additional armies, a different map (3 worlds and some moons), and the stupid addition of "flying" units.

The Dawn of War series is a good game. Dawn of War 2 will not be the same as the original 4 Dawn of War games. This makes Dawn of War (1) something that will not become obsolete. It is worth buying as a set.

It was absolutely terrible. I was told it would take up to 2 weeks to get to me. After 2 weeks I emailed seller twice. First time he said it had already been shipped. Second time seller was just rude. They have no intention of even reembusing even if you don't receive the product. I decided to buy the product cause it was a great deal and the seller has good feedback. If something goes wrong, they don't even put in a 1% effort to make sure the consumer gets what they paid for. It's been almost 2 months and still never received it. I recommend their account be suspended until they can deliver on their contracted agreement.

You know, it's funny. This game is considered the best of the four original Dawn of War games, but it's totally different from the first two. It does not have a linear storyline. It's based on a Risk-like world campaign map where you have regular Dawn of War missions every time you attack an enemy territory. Two things here: it's original, and it's not as much fun for me. Just keep in mind that liking the first two games does not necessarily mean you will like the final two in the original series.

This product was just as explained and i'm glad. I received the shipment quickly and was very satisfied with the merchandise. Thank you for your profficiency.

this is a very good game but for one level.
it added alot of new stuff for dawn of war. from races to wargear

fast delivery, no problems encountered. The best kind of service are the one's you don't really have to think about or remember and this is one, it went smoothly. A+

The two new races are cool but the single player game's non-linear format takes out any sense of story or accomplishment. It's like a game of risk, no plot, no characters, just blowing stuff up.

The product arrived quickly and exactly as described. Will buy from this seller again if I ever have the opportunity.

This title, the second expansion to Dawn of War, introduces two new, fun factions to play, along with a new unit for each of the previous factions. Like any good expansion, the additions only make the gaming experience better. On top of that, the new, risk-style single player campaign is very enjoyable, and adds hours of off-line fun to an already great RTS title.

This game offers a wide range of races to choose from which is what makes it worth the purchase. Even after completing Global Conquest you can choose to use another one of the 7 races to choose from. Global conquest is the best part of the game. The first two installment of Dawn of War did not have this aspect to the game.
I would have liked the game to be a bit harder on the normal difficulty level. Although it is quite tough on the normal level and it took me a couple of times to defeat an army on certain maps, I would have liked it to be a bit more challenging. The reason for that is if you put the game on hard it is almost, or I should say pretty much, impossible! I don't know how they expect you to defeat an army on the hard level? Anyway, the game is well woth it and I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars.