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Great Game, Mediocre Expansion

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Dawn of War is a great game, but this expansion was so-so. Campaign was pretty good, but the Imperial Guard (the additional race in this expansion) is a lame race in my honest opinion. I would definitely recommend the original game if you don't already have it, or the new expansion (Dark Crusade), but I'd only get this after you've already played through those two and want more.

great expansion.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm a great fan of Warhammer 40.000 table top game, and I have almost all the pc games of 40k.

I love Dawn of War, and I expect this expansion like a child wait for santa, but I was a little bit disappointed for the short of this. I miss the space marines and I don't like that the chaos only has predator destructor and only heavy bolters for the chaos marines, I don't know if put this review after play dark crusade affect my judgment but definitely I don't like a lot this expansion so much.

Was very funny, and I like all the units, I have a heart attack when I see the necrons in the last mission, but I hate the dual race play.

I really like 4 campaigns (or five, I miss the marines), not two shared campaigns. Was funny but I still don't like it.

Content.......for now.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The warhammer series is great. No hidden server fees. Charge as much as you want for the game. Just don't make it hurt forever.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

DoW is an awesome RTS series. It eliminates the "zerg" rush tatic that many RTS games utilize. You have a very small unit limit of 20pts. Each race is very unique. Really fun game. I would recommend getting the edition with the origial DoW and this expansion. Then also pick up DOW: Dark Crusade. Dark Crusade is a stand alone expansion but you use your CD-Keys for DOW and WA to unlock the original races including their campaigns.

warhammer 40,000 dawn fo war winter assault

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Bought this game for my grandson.
He loves the game plays on line with his friend and they battle.

Got it only for the CD-Key

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this with Dark crusade, mainly for the CD-Key. The case is cardboard, CDs come in paper envelopes. Get this with DC and it will be ok though, as DC comes with a plastic dVD case that has room for both its DVD and the original game CDs and this expansion's CDs as well as the manuals.

Also, this expansion kinda screws up the game, making it too simplistic, even though it adds a new race and a unit to each old race. However, that is al lfixed in Dark Crusade.

You should only get this expansion if you already bought the original game and you thus only need the separate expanion packs. Otherwise get the Anthology pack that has them all included.

The Imperial Guard

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Probably the most appealing feature of this expansion is the fact you get to play as a race originally controlled by the AI and only seen through the campaign of the first DOW. I never really cared much for the Imperium of Man so the Imperial Guard were not too appealing to me. However, the new Eldar units and tech tree's were something that was greatly liked. The Space Marine and Chaos additions were also excellent. I recommend this game to anyone who is a follower of the previous DOW game. You need to have the original DOW disk in order to install this game. The new campaign missions are definitely something worth playing through.

Weak.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The campaigns are okay (3 1/2 stars), but Skirmish is a joke. Easy mode is way too easy and Standard is almost impossible. There is not enough balance to the different races. I challenge anyone to try and beat the Skirmish mode with the Imperial Guard and the AI as the Orks at Standard difficulty. You will NEVER win. The new units are great if you can ever get to them. It takes for freakin ever to get your vehicles and by that time the AI has double what you have. You will spend the entire game on the defensive building endless amounts of ineffective turrets while facing waves and waves of his scouts that are just a tough as your expensive regulars. The IG is supposed to have numbers as one of it's "strengths", but you still start out with only 4 and have to spend a fortune to build them up in strength. It's the same with the Chaos Marines, and Eldar. The Space Marines is the only race you can pick in Skirmish mode and have a reasonable chance of victory. Disappointing.

Fun, Though not as fun as the original

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This Expansion pack for Warhammer40K:DoW gave a somewhat unecessary complexity on a well-balanced, simple, fun game. although it is admirable that they manage to squeeze in another race without turning the game to total mischief, still this expansion fell short of what was expected.

the Original DoW is a fast-paced, simple yet have broad possibility of unit combinations due to the uniqueness of individual units. In the traditions of Blizzard's RTS, DoW is a much needed oasis, on a desert of AoE Clones filled with too complex a game that demands you to bring human race from paleolithic to post-cyberpunk.

anyway, if you feel strongly about the Imperial Guards, then get it, but if not, its better to wait around for the next Expansion : The Dark Crusade

Its still fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I liked this expansion to the original DOW. It was more of the same and since I liked the original game I knew I would like this expansion. I felt it was overpriced for an expansion pack that was on the short side for the single player campaign. Some of the criticism I see here on the Amazon page is justified. I felt the story was well thought out and the voices were beliveable. The graphics and sound were the same as DOW. I saw where some one said the Imperial Guard should have AT weapons, they do its the rocket launchers. It is true the scenarios feel a bit rushed, as if you do not have enough time to really think about your strategy. The problems is I think that is a fair criticism of all RTS games. Once again when installing the game the software secretly tells my firewall to let the game phone home, a very annoying feature.

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