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

All the benefits of previous installments are gone and all the things we hated from those installments have been given more priority. You have to restart every map from scratch sometimes multiple times per turn. It staggers the imagination how ridiculous that is. Time for a patch already maybe? I know it's over a decade later but seriously... What the hell where you thinking?

I'm on a mission to play and review everything in my Steam Library, which has grown out of control. 40k Dawn of War is one of the best RTS games of it's time and one of the best 40k games period! I had hours of fun with this back in the day. I always wanted a Sisters of Battle army as a kid but couldn't afford multiple armies, getting a campaign with them is great!

Sega we know you love money with the aggressive pricing of the total war games.
Please get off your arse and remake this series so you can print money to continue to make total war games that no one asked for.

Campaign crashes after every stronghold battle, which are the strongest campaign fights and can take up to an hour. No auto save so you just cant progress since you can never take a stronghold.

Fear denies faith brother. This game is a classic RTS and nothing will ever change that. For the Emperor.

It's unplayable. Keeps crashing.

it was ok
I played each game completely vanilla on windows 10 and all 4 games (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition, Winter Assault, Dark Crusade, Soulstorm) booted up just fine they all had the same bug where every 20 - 40 minutes the screen would freeze up and the way to unstick it was to Ctrl+Esc then click back into the game so that was a little tedious however Dark crusade was extra bad where it was more like every 1 - 10 minutes the screen would freeze

other issues are that moving your squads feels extremely similar to the old starcraft broodwar days of trying to make a mass of dragoons/goliaths to walk down a ramp (for those of you who don't know its pretty miserable)

and other problems is sometimes your units just don't attack when they are right next to the enemy for some reason or a few times things would be invisible (I'm not talking about the intentional type of invisable such as cloaked units, Im talking about dropping a command center and after completing you are able to select a "barron" patch of ground to make units and whatnot with

another issue is the super close camera view where you almost can't even see the entire range of some units because it is so close. the anniversary edition and winter assault also don't have widescreen support but supposedly mods have fixes for these video issues however I didn't use any of those

last major problem I encountered on the soulstorm game is that after completing a level the game crashed and I lost about 2 hours of gameplay so I am not willing to replay that and it will get a negative recommendation

other than those issues I actually liked the game enough to beat 3 of the 4 games

Pretty fun RTS, but especially fun if you run the unification mods.

The best strategy game I've ever seen, and the best game in the entire Warhammer 40k franchise

Esta mierda fue la culpable de meterme en el rabbit hole de warhammer. No me arrepiento de nada.

The best RTS of all time with Dawn of War Unification installed. Top 3 best RTS all time without.

its Amazing fun entertainment.

So Buggy, I have had several versions of a final match won and then the game would not save or reload, I've had 3 games simply stop mid game for no reason and be told it was a loss despite being near winning.

Worse than dark crusade in every way - less stable, less well made, less balanced, less fun

While the base game isn't as good as Dark Crusade IMO, the additions to the base game were ambitious and laid the groundwork for some phenomenal modding potential, see: Firestorm over Chronos, Unification Mod, Ultimate Apocalypse and so many more.

Dark Crusade emulated the tabletop experience pretty accurately, with the scale of the battles, but the Ultimate Apocalypse Mod emulates the battles you always dreamed of having as a kid, titans stomping over the place, huge swarms of dozens of models, setpiece terrain etc.

Banger game

Got couple dozen hours on steam, and about 1000 hours on CD, this game and Dark Crusade absolutely made me fell in love with the franchise and now, about 15 years later, i just started painting my first tabletop army, the Tau. What a blast... WHAAAAAAGH

It's an awesome game. Old, but still good

very addictive. Even after releasing many years (almost 20), it's still considered to be one of the best RTS - Party-based.

Absolutely bonkers. The amount of soul and detail that is poured into this experience is astonishing. I highly recommend playing it regardless if you like Warhammer 40,000

One of the best RTS games I've played
It's up there with Empire At War, Age of Empires 2 and Total war Installments

Fantastic addition to a legendary series. I am a Warhammer 40k fan and after the epic first games Dawn of War, Dawn of War - Winter Assault((it was very hard)) and Dark Crusade, I tried Warhammer 40 000 Dawn of War - Soulstorm. The newly included races, Dark Eldar and Sisters of Battle, are good, and the main campaign is just epic((i think lore is wrong in main campain)). Although the campaign in Warhammer 40 000 – Soulstorm is the same for every race you chose, namely, dominate all the planets, it really takes time, effort, and a lot of strategy to achieve this ultimate goal. The tension builds in the beginning, when you conquer and defend territory, conquer strategic points like Webway Gates, so you can travel to other planets or conquering the planet which rewards you with that bodyguard unit you so desperately want. Later on in the game, when you control almost half of the planets on the map, the game becomes easier because when you bought enough bodyguard units that you earned for your conquests, you can sometimes obliterate the enemy with just them, instead of building your base from scratch and march to battle. Every race has a fortress, which is heavily defended and contains a special weapon or mechanic to make the attacker really struggle. This fortress battles are glorious, and you feel really proud and satisfied after a long, hard battle when you finally see the enemy base crumble and their leader left at your mercy. Most of the time, this means they get away with their tails between their legs, to return another day, but who cares, you wiped their asses of the planet, and the stronghold is yours. The graphics are the same as the other Warhammer 40k installments and although a little outdated, they are still fine to look at. The sound and ambient music is still perfectly fitting for the space war alien theme that this game has. For skirmish battles, I play this one because it has all the races packed into the game. My absolute favourite is the Tau Empire. The combat system is fair and balanced. I especially like the battles where the armies are evenly matched, and you try your absolute best to get the upper hand. The tension and adrenaline are fierce most of the time, you just want to beat the hell out of your opponents but sometimes they just will not give up. I only have one complaint about the game. When not playing as the Tau Empire and you attack their base, their “Moon Cannon” is the most overpowered, destructive, and brutal weapon in the game. They prepare it every 10 minutes into the game and when you hear the “fire” command from their leader, you know that you are screwed, and you pray that you have enough units in your production ques. Warhammer 40 000 – Soulstorm is very addicting and many times I conquered whole sectors on the map in one go, completely forgetting the time. This is one of those few games I can play again and again without it ever boring me. A classic and a beautiful memory that lasts forever.

this is one of the best RTS games i have ever played, I think I enjoyed only Command and Conquer and Warcraft a bit more

Hands down one of the Warhammer games. Modding community has really taken this to the next level. AAA brands need to be looking to make games like this to sell big titles.

It's a short form of risk with plenty of factions to choose from.
It is so old it will crash randomly, often at the end of a battle.

The greatest warhammer RTS game of all time

p.s. the best thing about this game is the mods
For the Emperor!!

Its Good, Lots of mods

Sega -

Dearest, old friend. Do the right thing. Please give us a remake/remaster worthy of the community. Or dare I say a DoW IV that models our beloved DoW?

This game is true legendary RTS. No qualms. All good vibes. iykyk

The modding community has kept this game alive for over 10 years. I never got the play it when it first came out and this game still contains hours of fun and worth a revisit if you've played it before and it you haven't played it before i 100% recommend you pick up the bundle.

Its one of the greatest RTS games of our time. I don't care if you disagree. The only person I care to gain favor from is the Immortal God Emperor. Saying this RTS isn't great is Heresy (and the Emperor is listening).

Go on.. Say it

;).

Damn this game is good. A little lag here and there but no major glitches. The voice acting is insanely good. This is a must play for anyone born between 1870-3780

Aboslute best RTS game ever made. No one ever did anything close to it. All I hope for is remaster of this game.

Great follow up to Eternal Crusade however I would warn you to save as much as you can, this old game tends to crash after defeating an enemy main stonghold ao i would recommend you save just before defeating the enemy to avoid disappointment.

Sisters for the Emperor!

Dawn of war is a very "aggressive" rts game, its extremly active, battles are dynamic and have some pretty cool unique features of its own. Every army is completly unique from any other and they are all very well balanced.
Every game, even versus bots (if you play on an adapted difficulty to your level of course) will be a unique experience, as you can and have to adapt your strategy depending on your oponents own strategy.
The game have a full 3d camera, which for its time was kinda new and allows you to see the battles upclose and feel the violence of warhammer 40k like you should.

Soulstorm is the last extansion of dawn of war 1, so the one with the most content and rebalance changes and so, the most active multiplayer.
The addition of flight units is pretty nice even thought they are useless in most cases (in my opinion only the tau and orks are worth it). I don't really like playing the darks eldars and sisters of battle but they're a nice addition, they look cool and like all armies, are balanced and unique.

I really love this game and can only recommend it.
Sometimes i get bad experiences, especially online with random peoples that just rush you straight away, i don't really like rushing but its a strategy like another i guess.

I have to write something here, even though I'm not getting paid for this.

it was great fun though last time i played it it was crashing on me and i stopped playing it therefore. maybe they fixed this with the anniversary edition, i will give it another try and the rest of dawn of war 1 with it. Thank you Relic!

perfection, buggy yes, graphics a beautifully rendered 480p potato, cons crashing at the end of a mission.
Highly recommend. with or without mods

If you're a 40K fan, This game is amazing. People love it so much that the servers are still online 2 decades after the game laumched!

the game is so old, yet so fun. quite a lot of civs to try out and play, army designer is also nice. also great WH40k adaption: feel, quotes, design. really well made. also quite many maps to play on

My favorite dawn of war game but apparently your being forced too purchase all of them at once now? Whats up with that. what a waste.

Great expansion for the really great game! Story is great as well as the campaign map/scenario.

I really enjoy playing the ultimate apocalypse mod. I havent played the Unification mod yet but i heard it was fun as well. I'm not great at the game what so ever but I have a fun experience every single time. Its always a new experience regardless of the fact that I play the IMP guard all the time. I would say this is the best RTS I have ever played but opinions are always gonna be different. I hope they do like a remaster for this game. Thats money Im willing to dump on. Take my money PLEASE.

Very bugging, constant crashes at campaign mission end.

First, the campaign has a bug a game-crashing bug whenever you take an enemy stronghold; fixed it by lowering all the graphic settings to low.

As for the gameplay itself, it feels fantastic organizing and commanding such vast armies; especially with the imperial guard. Only issue is the pathfinding. Fairly often, my troops snag on each other or can't path to their destination en masse; but I worked around it by sending vehicles in first before infantry.

If you like RTS with multiple story lines this game is for you.

pretty old by now, but damn is the campaign fun, would have loved to see tyranids or titans and big stuff like that

I highly recommend this if you are only going to play the skirmish mode. The sisters of battle are badass and the Dark Eldar come off as edgy sadistic bastards. I haven't even toughed the story mode so that's probably why i enjoy this game the most.

The computer just cheats doesn't matter what difficulty so there really isn't a point of playing through it.

Still the best DoW game to date. Solid RTS, intuitive gameplay (to me anyway). Cool campaigns, fun PVE options, and ofcourse PVP available.

amazing tactics game and still having dedicated players playing is a massive shock

So much detail! Melee units will do executions and characters have cool abilities. I'm not a great RTS player, but even I have a blast in the campaign and private matched. I used to play with a few friends from work and coop vs comp. The only downside to Campaign was that some races have terrible global abilities, like chaos. I wish campaign were coop to, but that's being greedy. I'm firing it up again after many years. Great game, play it!

This has been my addiction for the past several years

10/10 better than fent