Dawn of War II Leipzig Cinematic

This will be the finest RTS of 2009.

Don't take this as an incentive for elaborating on who ripped off who first but isn't it funny how much exactly it looks like Starcraft? You got the bulky space marines, mysterious, spiritual humanoids who look like Protoss and alien monsters who look almost identical to Zergs.

There's not much to elaborate, this is the Warhammer franchises offical game and both Warcraft and Starcraft are blatant copies of the two Warhammer franchises (Fantasy Battle, 40,000). Rumour has it Blizzard even asked for the licenses originally but were turned away.

Edit: Beaten

Starcraft from 1998 vs. GWs 40K universe from 1987.

I really games made my Relic, but I wish they did more of the skrimish games like Necromunda!

It might be worth clarifying that I was dead serious with my last comment. Dawn of War was one of the highest calibre RTS games around, and as legendary as Starcraft may be I reckon Starcraft 2 will have its work cut out beating it.

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There was Gorkamorka racing game once I remember. That was amusing to play.

afaik that got cancelled during the beta testing???

WOW SO CHEESY and full of cliché's

the WH40k universe is kinda cheesy. So it's the way it should be

Heh, yeah I do agree it is a pretty cheesy trailer. Dawn of War wasn't really known for its story though, and more its excellent gameplay. I think most people played Dawn of War online, which is where it really shone as at the forefront of RTS gaming. It pretty much laid the foundation for Company of Heroes, which more people might have played(?).

Pity they didn't match the quality of the original game's cinematic. I loved that, and think it captured the 'huge scale RTS' nature of the game a lot better.

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http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38610.htmlAlmost as good as the original

Shame they make space marines look like noobs, though. If that was a fluff movie they wouldn't have taken a causality D:

/40k nerd

I want to play another Space Marine FPS. last one as far as I know of was Space Hulk and that was fucking awesome but old as Doom. Those chainsaw swords look pwn as fuck to use

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well all this warhammer stuff was around well before starcraft so its pretty obvious who got inspired by who =)

Yes that's why I said - "don't take this as an incentive" oh well too late...

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It might be worth clarifying that I was dead serious with my last comment. Dawn of War was one of the highest calibre RTS games around, and as legendary as Starcraft may be I reckon Starcraft 2 will have its work cut out beating it.

Nobody bite? Regardless to your opinion on which was better, DoW didn’t scratch Starcraft in terms of sales, players or tournaments.

Yes, I should probably make clear that I was only referring to the game itself and not its commercial success. That is, for me it's going to be a pretty serious battle for one of them earn the title of my favourite.

Starcraft will always have a special place in my heart... as one of the first games I ever played

The cinematic looks cool though

Cheestastic trailer, but it will get my money for sure.

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Nobody bite? Regardless to your opinion on which was better, DoW didn’t scratch Starcraft in terms of sales, players or tournaments.

I'd imagine if you factor out all the people playing it to death (literally) in Asia it might be much closer.