Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm

Gameplay: Great
Story: Good.
Controls: Great. Although I had to use a zoom out mod. lol
Graphics: Good for its time.
Length: Good. A bit long due to having 4 planets to conquer (6 more maps compared to Dark Crusade)
Notes: Played and finished only the Space Marine campaign
Characters: Good. Gorgutz is back again, Ya Git! lol
Mechanics: The overworld campaign is great.

a classic, rts, with unique play styles for every faction.

After several hours of playing, just at the end of a campaign mission the game crashed, and all progress was lost. Not fun.

This game is a blast with the Unification mod, always my go-to way to play

Never a dull moment, been playing this game since the day I started getting my hands on a computer essentially. Recommended to anyone with interest in Warhammer 40K and / or RTS games, because this is the gold standard.

amazing RTS game for old and new players to the game and lore

the big map conquest mode (I forget what it's actually called) is super addicting and cool

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm is a fantastic addition to the Dawn of War series, brilliantly expanding upon the foundation laid by Dark Crusade. In my opinion, Dark Crusade remains the best in terms of story and atmosphere, setting a high standard for the franchise. Soulstorm builds on this with even more content, introducing two new factions – the Sisters of Battle and the Dark Eldar – and expanding the strategic campaign across multiple planets.

The game maintains the deep, immersive atmosphere that Dark Crusade perfected, while adding new layers of complexity and variety. Each race now has access to aerial units, which brings fresh tactical possibilities to the battlefield. Although the new features can feel a bit overwhelming at first, they ultimately add to the richness of the gameplay.

While Soulstorm doesn't quite surpass Dark Crusade in narrative depth or the sheer impact of its atmosphere, it serves as an excellent complement. For fans of the series, it’s a must-play experience that captures the brutal, war-torn spirit of the Warhammer 40k universe beautifully.

I would highly recommend this if you are willing to mod it for all the other factions. If not don't bother

One of the best RTS games of all time!

While it works with ultra-wide (21:9) resolution, it's a bit too zoomed in, so my suggestion is to play in a windowed 16:9.

I used to have these games up to dark crusade and loved them. The game is fantastic but it should be posted with warnings that it isnt playable in its current form. Ive tried patch after patch and different ways to get beyond errors and they always come back. Trying to get through 1 campaign took doing the same fights over and over about 30 times and varying patches to just have errors that cause the game to crash come back over and over again. Ive spent more time trying to fix this game and checking if the fixes work than actually playing it.

Literally one of the best games, would love a remaster.

Truly a masterpiece RTS game

I didnt hate it as much as everyone else. Imo, it still had enough of its original self that its issues didnt kill it for me. Dark Crusade is def better tho. By the time DoW3 came out, we all ened up missing these days

It is a great game and I believe the last game from the series to have this overlord strategy. I specially like that your in-game strategy have a great impact on the outcome. It also influences how long a mission can take.

Great game. Had to turn audio quality to low or it crashed after a big battle. 9/10

No matter what resolution format I use, I can't see any text in the main menu, not to mention, the correct resolution for my screen has the game be about 2 square inches at the top left. I have no problems with the base game or Dark Crusade, but this DLC is busted beyond repair.

it's fun really hard on the hard setting LOL I like all the different units in the game.

Great multiplayer RTS game - the single player mode is rubbish, but nobody buys it for that.

When I was little I had the pleasure of finding a pirateed version of the first one without dlc packs. I did not know english at the time so I was just base building and fighting without getting to know the in and outs of the game mechanics yearslater I found it on steam and my mouse went to purchase button immediatly and thank god it did. It is by far the best rts game I have played and I have played a lot. Wish they remastered it tho.

The definitive DoW multiplayer experience.

It has the most content faction wise and a lot of very VERY expansive mod packs (Unification mod), so if multiplayer/coop is your jam, this is the DoW expansion for that afaik.

Худшая игра века, мёртвая игра, игра без будущего, игра с самым токсичным комьюнити. Рекомендую всем

It some damn Good if you install unification mod into your game

This is the first and ONLY DoW game you should play. The second one in the series is alright, and at times even enjoyable, but we don't speak of the third instalment (good trailer though)!

fantastic game glad to be getting back into it

Its classic WH40K - whats not to love.

Game is amazing 8/10 and i love that it covers the sisters of battle which many games do not, but game crashes after taking enemy stronghold and crashes often, making the game unbeatable.

campaign is dumpster, people say "get honor guard" but how do you get passed the first planet? you don't, cause once you go to the next one they have a "10" guard on it, so you just endlessly get waved by tanks, planes, units and heroes.

One of the best RTS ever with mods such as the Unification Overhaul, but it is heavily limited by the old engine. You have to put everything on minimum graphics to play 6-8 player games and depending on your luck it might work or not. 20 years later and still no successor to this ancient game unfortunately.

"From the lightning, and the Tempest, Emperor deliver us..

Lore is great but game-play is trash, units path-finding is horrendous.
Play on easy just for the story-line.
It gets a bit monotonous after a while.

very good game with very active community

hello i need help i have the games downloaded and really want to play this. but it starts up try to start then resets it self and wont open anything.

it says play i press it and then i wait and then it is endless cycle and wont let me play help.

One of hte best Warhammer games ever made. Its a shame they discontinued this series.

Good game you should read "A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind"

The first Dawn of War is the best of the series, when it comes to rts.

Really enjoyed this, even found out heaps of addons you can also add to it.

Unacceptably buggy.

Not sure why, but I can't play the campaign for this game without it crashing after a mission or 2. All other expansions of DOW work perfectly fine for me besides this one.

Game crashes a lot, saves got corrupted. I've tried to finish campaign at least 3x in the span of few years, each time losing ~10hr of progress.

Approved game. Just download Unification mod and this game is EVEN better.

i've played this game ever since i was like 6-7 years old with my dad. easily the best strategy franchise i've ever played :) would recommend it to anyone willing to go through big nostalgia patches but also people just starting with warhammer and with low-end PCs

Fun game, i still like it better than the new Dawn of Wars

Reliving me youth... Alongside C&C 3 and Homeworld Remastered, don't think there's ever been a better set of RTS games since their release. Glad I get to enjoy them again.

Horrible campaign, crashes often, boring drawn out maps

Worst expansion of the series. I just can't care enough to want to finish it.

Not always but the game crashes at the end of each battle.

Just a fun and immersive challenging game.

I remember playing this a lot, sadly I think that is where it should remain "a good memory".

The freezing issue still occurs on a modern PC.
Resolution scaling not available on a 4k monitor (so get a magnifying glass out).
The original flaw of the battlefield being zoomed in too far still exits (you cant select all your units as they are not all on screen).

Its good for a couple of hours of nostalgia, but only if its the price of a Mars Bar !!

RTS reddit slop. Only good RTS was Warcraft III. Stay away from everything else that devolves into ridiculous high APM ADHD. This game barely runs on modern systems too, and the mods that are the 'definitive' experience bricked the game when I tried them. The 40k setting is a dogshit wannabe MCU reddit fest and every 40k game is hot garbage.

epic and good.

Death to the false emperor!.

developers for this game are sadistic. Normal mode is insane hard and no fun. Easy is boring and none competitive. waist of time an effort and this is coming from someone with 30 years of gaming. we used to call this type of game retarded hard.