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

Have always loved the Warhammer 40K game since i first found out about it. Love tactical type combat & a realtime game for it is great when i can't find a group of players to play.

good game.
would have been good to know that Aeldari buildings can be invisible though (it was my first time fighting them tbf)

This game is fun to play, especially with family and friends. I highly recommend playing it.

This is the ultimate Dawn of War 1 skirmish experience.

you get more factions ( Adepta Sororitas & Drukhari ), maps and mods to play with.

But the 32 bit engine is held together by the prayer to Omnissiah, each day 100 Enginseer died while trying to calm the machine spirit, Rip goat.

It does works in some way in vanilla ( minor crashes ), just expect a lot more crashes if you play with mods especially the Unification Mod.

The campaign isn't my cup of tea, I prefer the linear structures like in DOW1 and Winter Assault.

ery fun haem i played it in y youth and i gad very good time . I think im zcared for war cause people die and it s really sxary. Im turning 20 this year! lets hVE A GOOD TIME AD

I dont know if it's just rose tinted goggles on you guys. But this game is hot DOGSHIT. HOLY FUCK. I tried for hours to force myself through this gauntlet of mental anguish. Bugged as all hell, have to turn graphics to low or it crashes after a loading screen with the sisters of battle. I walk my units too close to a strategic point and virtually my entire army was stuck there for 10 minutes. There are two experiences versus AI in the campaign. An absolute troglodyte steam roll, and HOLY FUCK THERE LITERALLY ARENT ENOUGH POINTS ON THE MAP FOR YOU TO HAVE SPAWNED THAT MANY UNITS, ZERO. INBETWEEN. I mean goddamn are you all just lying to yourselves. What the fuck is this?

It was okay at first,But then it got boring later on,Plus I had to re-taking back a area I already won.

This game with Unification mod is a solid 10/10

the retro of warhammer 40k back when all the faction looked in there original forms and brings a nice home glow when playing throw a skirmish, multiplayer and campaign back when gameplay was all about, not focused on graphics alone but some people will feel different but that there and my thoughts.

Great battles and is intense at times. a game that never really bores me.

This game is twenty years old and it still stands up. Its not as basic as your run of the mill RTS games. Plus there are so many mods for it, you will never be able to play them all.

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really good game even as base game
but the AI's cheaty and stupid. the unit collisions is a mess, lead to many stucks
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recommended to just download unification mods + DOW mods manager instead, not only it fixes many ingame issues, it also turned DOW turned into one hell of epic game in the entire world

It's old af, and miserable to play on modern systems.

Crashed in the middle of a match.

relaunch

crashed in the menu

relaunch

beat the first mission of the campaign

crashes

relaunch, click continue campaign, loads in the middle of a battle from a save from years ago.

Infinitely better than DoW 2 and 3 combined. Why can't we get another one of these?
Should have made 2 and 3 their own separate "real time tactics" series instead of letting them taint and destroy this one. Or, just make DoW 4 already and make it like this one, people would love that.
Just remember, even if you like DoW 2, it's not a DoW game. It's an alright game on it's own, but it has zero purpose being part of an RTS series when it isn't a fucking RTS. This is RTS. Give us this. Not that. That was watered down, then they watered it down more and killed the franchise. If DoW 2 released like DoW 1 we wouldn't be having this problem.

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.

10/10 best dawn of war game (after dark crusade)

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

Somehow a 20 year old game keeps crashing on a modern setup with low graphics enabled.

I would like Soul Storm better if it was more like Dark Crusade. The insane difficulty in soul storm is not very much fun for some races because the AI just throws fully developed squads at you before you can do anything but die. For example, it's hard to survive the initial rush as a Necron. You will be attacked on two fronts by much more advanced troops before you can do much to stop it. It's like cowboys vs aliens except the cowboys have no chance because the aliens never stop rushing you and there's two different aliens.

Yes, it's still possible to win but it's not very fun. Just quit such battle as soon as it starts - don't bother doing anything. [This assumes you have defeated the race first. The main base can be defeated without gimmicks.] The failed attack will reduce the strength of the enemy territory by one. It will drop to as low as 3, but even a point or two off a 10 can give you enough time to build a little before being swarmed. It's not very satisfying to require knowing how the AI will behave in order to win.

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.