Great expansion for a great game. Imperial Guard makes online battles even more entertaining. Some fixes to old armies are nice too. For a while i had been playing just with Imperial Guard - voice acting is just great!

I rated the original Dawn of War at 9 so I am rating this one at 8. Everything from the Original is here and all the content is as enjoyable as ever but it doesn't add as much as I expected. The new faction does present new challenges and is very enjoyable to master but outside of the campaign the Imperial Guard is absolutely worthless. In multiplayer it is effective if picked against the Eldar but since no one plays the Eldar in multiplayer the IG's only purpose is as a plot device. All-in-all get the Complete Collection of the Dawn of War series and play through the Winter Assault campaign but don't bother getting it as a stand-alone expansion.… Expand

Awesome game with stunning actions of destruction.

They really killed this game with the add-on... Dont buy it if you like the original as they have changed build orders and unit caps and loads of other stuff... rubbish real rubbish and the imp guard suck - no one would use them in their right mind!

The best modern RTS gets even better with a new race, more units, better balance and a new single player campaign!

one would expect dow to follow the rules of warhammer 40k. then again, most wouldn't even touch it if was that way. most units would have one wound point and leaders and specials would have a max of three or four. it's a let down compared to the other 40k titles that have been out on the market.

Good game with decent graphics and some good cut scenes.

How initially disappointing! I have totally enjoyed playing single player DOW ( I never play online...and have "dial up" ) On buying the game, I found I can't play it or get it installed without downloading the online available patches v1.1-1.4........so until then its useless to me....I give it some points because I'm sure it will be fun ONCE I finally figure out how to get these patches downloaded before I'm kicked offline.... sighhhh....… Expand

The best RTS of 2004 gets even better. If you haven't tried this, you are simply missing out. Relic is the next Blizzard.

Outstanding! THQ makes Dawn of War even more fun. The Imperial Guard is a great addition to the already very entertaining set of available armies. A lot of the hype calls them a "turtling" race, but don't be fooled--the Imperial Guard can be vicious on the offense too. The whole premise for the Imperial Guard guard army is different from that of the other races. Your troops aren';t walking around in power armor like the elite fighters of the Space Marines Instead, they're weak, scared guys with small guns and no armor. Sounds dumb? No way. The Guard army is build around it's command structure. Without proper command, your force is doomed to die a thousand deaths. But when you start utilizing your officers, your once weak fighting force becomes a fighting machine. Not only that, but the variety of Guard commanders available and the abilities they endow upon the rank and file are a blast! By far, my favorite is the Commisar's "Execute" ability. Let's say you're troops are dug in, taking heavy fire and not dishing out enough (a common problem with the Guard). Not only that, but they're morale keeps breaking. Well, solve it with some positive mental motivation: the Commisar will summarily execute a member of his squad. After a pithy comment and a charming animation, you're one squad member short, but all surrounding infantry units are so inspired that they will double their rate of fire for several seconds! And let's not leave out the true power of the Guard: vehicles. The Imperial vehicles are all extremely useful: The Chimaera transport can carry three squads AND allow them to shoot out the window. The Leman Russ is a great frontline addition. And the Baneblade... As for Imperial buildings, most of them allow units to garrison inside, which makes for an interesting new twist to base defense. Builder units are also curiously strong in combat and fast in repair, making them perfect for fixing defenses under fire. THQ has also modified the other races' abilities. Chaos Space Marines, for example, only have access to Heavy Bolters now. But they do have immediate beginning-game access to the jump-pack Raptors, and the new Khorne Berserkers are brutally strong in combat (don't send your hero into the middle of these guys thinking that he'll knock them around--you'll be sadly surprised). Last but not least, we have a whole new campaign. It's much more in-depth than the shockingly short original, but I haven't completed it yet so I withhold commentary. As for downsides, the game still shows frustrating glitches in command recognition (like the original) Maybe it's only my PC, but units will occasionally just not listen, or will even do the wrong thing. Of course it could be my mistakes too, but as an RTS veteran, I'm fairly familiar with how frequently I screw up commands. And in Dawn of War, it just happens a lot more often than in any other RTS that I've played. Is it game-stopping? No way. It's just occasionally frustrating. And if you are a sucker for realism, just chalk it up to the chaos of a true battlefield simulation. Also, one more possible downside for some players will be the changes in the original races. I don't need to visit the Relic discussion boards to know just how angry Chaos players will be. But I, for one, love the changes. I always felt that Chaos was far too similar to Space Marines, and THQ really goes out of it's way to make them distinct. Besides, we all know the countdown timer on the next patch arrival has already started.... Overall, this is a spectacular game. If you liked Dawn of War, buy Winter Assautl.… Expand

Excelent!!! A must have Winter Assault takes the game to a new level with a playable race and rejuvinates the existing ones with some great changes.

Still at its brilliant best - infinite replayability - tactics differ from race to race and map tp map.

The balance in the multiplayer game is excellent. Before I got too busy with SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1 and now 2 I took an account to the top 10 playing RANDOM - playing all 5 races and never feeling like I had either an unfair disadvantage or an easy win just because of the race I drew. And an entire new race for an expansion? Awesome.

Never before has an expansion taken the original and shaken things up ike Winter Assault has. The feeling one gets when first playing WA is like a breath of fresh air. I find myself trying so many different things that I previously thought impossible before the expansion, and the addition of an entirely new and completely different race can be nothing but good for the players. WA is a must have for all DoW players.… Expand