Dawn of War 3

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    22 hours ago, dux said: This is how you do Warhammer 40k @Sprony Not that DoW 3 rubbish.

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    Oh trust me, I've got my eyes on that. Looks fucking marvelous. I was also expecting a lot of Martyr but after having seen the gameplay, which looks like everything is done in constant slow motion, I lost all interest.

    Like I said on Facebook though, Dawn of War 3 plays fucking great. It's everything I loved about the first 2 and it's still one bloody mess of death and destruction. But I'm with you about the art direction. I could handle it in the screenshots, but after playing it (for quite some time) and seeing it in motion, it just feels out of place and certainly lacks that grimdark vibe. But the MOBA accusations are bullshit. It plays like the table top (with elite units based on points).

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    I think there should be 3 other videos that just came out too.

    EDIT here they are

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    6 hours ago, dux said: Just doesn't look like 40k to me unfortunately, a high res starcraft 2 mod or something like that.

    I was waiting for your comment :)

    I think it looks pretty good, gonna pick it up to play Orks! But I can see why you might dislike it compared to other Warhammer stuff.

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    5 hours ago, dux said: No one else is commenting because the game just doesn't look that appealing

    Yeah, but they didn't play it and I did. I know where you are coming from and it's no as if I disagree, it just bother you while playing (it actually helps) and it plays fucking great!

    Never played any of Warhammer (except trying the boring TPS that came out a few years back).

    Looks beautiful, but not surprisingly from an AAA production, like Dux says makes me think more of SC2 than its own thing.

    I suck at RTSes anyway :D A slower, tactical game I'd give a shot, but you would hardly motivate me play massive stuff like this. Unless I could spend all day gaming but I'm not in school anymore.

    I don't like the looks of this at all. I think it would be great to have a game that is unique in its own sense rather than a SC2 copy. I will of course give this a chance but there are some really ugly moba-inspired animations in this which is just hideous. For example the hammer flip swing. My god, remove it already.

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    Quote The most encouraging sign for me is that after playing Dawn of War 3 for four hours straight, I left wanting for more. It's a huge amount of fun, and whatever your take on the mechanics of the thing, what is certain is that Relic has once again nailed the Warhammer 40k feel. You can tell the studio lives and breathes 40k by the way the Orks move, by the way they stomp around, shouting at each other, beating their drums and screaming bloody murder. For years Relic has done 40k better than any other developer, and I see no reason why Dawn of War 3 will change that.

    Not everyone will be enthused by this new direction for Dawn of War 3, and I get that. In truth, the game feels like a curious hybrid of not just RTS and MOBA, but of the first two Dawn of War games. It's an interesting mishmash of games and genres. Yes, it's different, but then it had to be I get the sense that Relic is taking a long-term view with Dawn of War 3, one informed by the hope the eSports community will pick it up. As interest in the RTS genre waned, Dawn of War had to change, and Dawn of War 3 is Relic's answer.

    It's out 27 April :)

    Did you get to work on it @AlexM?

    I'm on the DOW3 team but the work I do is mostly engine related.

    Because of that I constantly get slaughtered by QA and designers when we play games internally :X

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    Quote Not everyone will be enthused by this new direction for Dawn of War 3, and I get that. In truth, the game feels like a curious hybrid of not just RTS and MOBA, but of the first two Dawn of War games. It's an interesting mishmash of games and genres. Yes, it's different, but then it had to be I get the sense that Relic is taking a long-term view with Dawn of War 3, one informed by the hope the eSports community will pick it up. As interest in the RTS genre waned, Dawn of War had to change, and Dawn of War 3 is Relic's answer.

    Interest waned because no one can make a fucking good RTS anymore. "Oh no look no one plays RTS anymore we need to re invent the wheel" No you don't. Just make a good RTS and people will enjoy it again. This shit blows my mind. Look at Halo Wars. Fucking controller. What the fuck. I swear the majority of designers are pants on head retarded these days. Starcraft 2 was solid and still is. Its been out for a while now so of course it might not be as popular as it once was. What other RTS's are there? Warhammer Total DLC? Halo Controller Wars? Grey Goo was cool but no one paid any attention to it because I don't know.

    And why the fuck does Dawn of War suddenly need to be an Esport game? Jesus Christ just make it a good game. But apparently you need to mess up the art style and the game to fulfil your Starcraft 2 fantasy.

    I played DOW1 a lot (including all the expansions) but weirdly enough I don't think I ever played the second one :S


    looking forward to this one though. Haven't played an RTS since Legacy of the Void came out I think.

    Yeah I also liked Grey Goo. I feel like that game didn't get the love it deserved. When it was released though it seemed like there was no announcement or anything. I heard about it from the strategy games podcast on the idle thumbs site.

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