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I just got the Dawn of War open beta. This may be the "Best Real Time Strategy Game Ever". Hell, this thing makes Starcraft look like checkers! I've played through all the tutorials and some multiplayer maps. Limbs are chopped off, Avatars of Khaine spear troops in gouts of blood, and Orks have HUNDREDS of units on the battlefield. Chaos can summon demons, which just WADE through the carnage. Hell, I can just think of one bad thing about this game, and that's that it doesn't have Imperial Guard :( .

If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask. Man, this game rocks.

what platform, what genre, and where do you get it?

I have a deep disdain for RTS's. Try Europa Universalis, Victoria, or Crusader Kings. Those are real strategy games.

platform: PC
genre: Real-Time Strategy
how can I get it?: it's not out yet. there was a free beta version released, but the downloads for that have been closed, as the time limit is up.

oh, and dude?
Europa universalis is one of the most boring games on the planet. RTSs kick it's ass any time of day.

hmmm, sounds like a good game, but if your gonna look forward to any strat release coming up soon, it should be Rome - Total War. the team proved they know how to make kick-ass strats with shogun and medieval, and both had amazing expansions. these games are second only to Civ for re-playability, and the combination of battlefield tactics and grand strategy is amazing.

anyway, i take it Dawn of War is a warhammer based game from the races you've mentioned. is there a site i can get more info on it? cos it does sound rather good from your description of it.

and yes, RTS's are a bit weedy, thats why i like Civ and total war so much, theyre that much grander than most RTS's, but an RTS can still be a hell of a lot of fun.

I have a deep disdain for RTS's. Try Europa Universalis, Victoria, or Crusader Kings. Those are real strategy games.

How DARE you leave Hearts of Iron, the single best Paradox game yet (HOI2 is coming out so I won't say in history). And yes, it does kick the sh** out of most RTS, but I don't have quite the disdain you have for them, I rather enjoy C&C, Empire Earth, and Empires: Dawn of the Modern World.

Oh, how could I forget HoI. My deepest apologies....how embarassing. ;)

I downloaded the beta test..but it won't finish the download...anyone got the key code that I could have?