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ddickinson: I think after DOW 1 they just started cutting corners. Dark Crusade and SoulStorm are just skirmish missions for the most part wrapped in a very sparse plot. DOW 2 was just them using their WW2 engine with a 40K skin which did not really work well. I am not saying DOW 2 is a terrible game, but the last one was just the same levels for each race, nothing different between any of the campaigns. Relic just got super lazy. DOW 2 was not really a RTS, as there was not strategy involved. It was all just rinse and repeat with your almost unstoppable squad.

I have played a little of Space Marine, and that looks pretty good so far. At least they seemed to put some effort into it.
Well, yes, as much as I enjoyed using necrons in Dark Crusade, the campaign was repetitive and the plot was paper thin. It felt too much like an excuse for a series of battles, pretty much like what you'd do for the tabletop game.

Soulstorm was flaming shite.

I do enjoy the different game mechanics of DOW 2 but then that's maybe just me.

Space marine is a very solid and well built 3rd person action shooter. Not brilliant, but fun. And getting a bolter headshot on an ork feels extremely satisfying. Specially if you're close enough to see it clearly.

The multiplayer is meh. Nothing to see here.

Some people complained that the plot and story were cliched. But I thought they were perfectly adequate. You have an ork invasion of a forge world, Then you have a chaos invasion after that. And lots of shooty and choppy bitz in between, and even more afterwards.

Seems like a perfectly good story to me.
Hello again everyone *big hugs and waves*
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ElTerprise: Hello again everyone *big hugs and waves*
Hi.

How's the weather?
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ddickinson: Exactly, the game was just a lazy attempt using an already excising engine. It was more like a Diablo type game than a RTS game. As evident by the boss battles, the levelling system, and the loot.

DOW 1 is quite good, with a nice storyline. The next expansion was okay. Then Dark Crusade, which is really just skirmish missions with a few proper single player maps. It is fun, but very repetitive and gets dull very quickly. I have not played Soulstorm, but from what Crow says I would avoid it. Which is a shame, as it's the only DOW game with Battle Sisters.
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Final Liberation is quite fun. It's a turn based RTS that is very similar to the table top game. It also has some fun FMV cutscenes. The game is not perfect, and it has a few faults, but overall it is a lot of fun and there is a nice mix of units available.
I've heard people refer to DoW2 quite a few times as an RTS/action-RPG hybrid, and I think that is a perfect way to put it. It's too difficult to call it RTS or ARPG. It's not either. it is kinda in the middle.

Well, luckily I'm pretty sure I don't have Soulstorm. I believe I only have the base game. I think it may be that rare time of year to launch Steam again so I can give it a try :-)

I've never played a tabletop game... I'll keep FL in mind though if I ever decide to try the old ones.
Could someone grab me and please me with hugs?
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l0rdtr3k: Could someone grab me and please me with hugs?
Grab your body pillow?^^
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GreenDamsel: Hi.

How's the weather?
Sunny - around 30°C but pretty muggy..not very pleasant.

What about your local weather ?
Post edited August 06, 2015 by ElTerprise
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l0rdtr3k: Could someone grab me and please me with hugs?
*hugs l0rdtr3k so hard their eyes pop out*

hello everyone, I hope this day finds you all well and blessed with many aardvarks and tacos.
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l0rdtr3k: Could someone grab me and please me with hugs?
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Crewdroog: *hugs l0rdtr3k so hard their eyes pop out*

hello everyone, I hope this day finds you all well and blessed with many aardvarks and tacos.
I'm blessed with enough sun that I want to open my own religious cult where I worship the moon.
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l0rdtr3k: Could someone grab me and please me with hugs?
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Crewdroog: *hugs l0rdtr3k so hard their eyes pop out*

hello everyone, I hope this day finds you all well and blessed with many aardvarks and tacos.
Hi! :D

aardvarks and tacos... Ummm is that a US thing?
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Crewdroog: hello everyone, I hope this day finds you all well and blessed with many aardvarks and tacos.
Tacos sound lovely. I've never tried aardvarks though ;-)

Hope your day is going fantabuloriffic!
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Crewdroog: *hugs l0rdtr3k so hard their eyes pop out*

hello everyone, I hope this day finds you all well and blessed with many aardvarks and tacos.
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GreenDamsel: I'm blessed with enough sun that I want to open my own religious cult where I worship the moon.
it's like that where I live too. we had too much rain in june and we had little to none since july. I could use a break from it too.
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Crewdroog: *hugs l0rdtr3k so hard their eyes pop out*

hello everyone, I hope this day finds you all well and blessed with many aardvarks and tacos.
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GreenDamsel: I'm blessed with enough sun that I want to open my own religious cult where I worship the moon.
we've been having too little rain and too much sun here as well. I'll join if you start it ;)

why are my replies not posting? if you see a bunch from me all centered around the same topic and to Green, please ignore.
Post edited August 06, 2015 by Crewdroog
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GreenDamsel: Grab your body pillow?^^
I don't have a body pillow,I have a girlfriend.
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Crewdroog: hello everyone, I hope this day finds you all well and blessed with many aardvarks and tacos.
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AgentBirdnest: Tacos sound lovely. I've never tried aardvarks though ;-)

Hope your day is going fantabuloriffic!
i've never had it either, but most probably it will taste of chicken :)
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GreenDamsel: Grab your body pillow?^^
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l0rdtr3k: I don't have a body pillow,I have a girlfriend.
And I have humour. Isn't it amazing what life blesses us with?^^