1. Zarmi

   9

   Retribution adds a lot to the already exisiting multiplayer in the form of a new faction, new units and overall improved balance. On the cost of this, the single player takes a large hit and is reduced from a story driven tale of heroics, down to simple cookie cutter maps with loot, where the story is just down right bad. But, this is okay. The game instead turns the focus to multiplayer (and the developers are currently busy balancing and tweaking further to make the game better), where Starcraft 2 revolves around a lot of macro-management, Retribution takes that entire part away and fully embraces a focus on micro-management, where you use few units to accomplish great tasks. I won't lie, from a difficulty point of view, this game is a lot easier than other RTS' in multiplayer as soon as you get used to it. However, up until then, you will be punished a lot for mistakes. Overall: Great multiplayer game, great soundtrack, good graphics and well made. + the developers are still working to make it better, which is always a plus.… Expand

   • Helpful? 4 of 4 users said Yes.
2. StaticSpine

   8

   This is about the Single campaign. It's still fun to run a squad and destroy hordes of orcs/eldars/chaos marines, collect loot and level up your characters. The storyline is pretty weak, but here it doesn't stop you from getting fun. By the middle of the campaign the tactics become an action RPG and you just kill your enemies by clicking. Still this is another piece of 40000 mayhem full of pathos, galactic massacre and so on. It's much easier than Chaos Rising campaign (which I prefer the best from DoW II) and I'd say it's equal to the original DoW II gameplay.… Expand

   • Helpful? 0 of 0 users said Yes.
3. SargeGO

   7

   While this is still a good expansion to Dawn of War 2, it isn't nearly as good as its last expansion, Chaos Rising. The good things about this one are that there are multiple different campaigns depending on the race you want to be. The problem is that the campaigns are not nearly as good as the original or Chaos Rising. Gameplay is still great though.… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.
4. timo788

   4

   game play i found wasn't much different from the first 2 DOW2 games. can't comment on the mulitplayer as i didn't play it over than a few goes on last stand which soon got boring playin the same map. As for the campaign i didn't appreciate the fact that all the effort i put into the first 2 games upgrading my squads was chinned off, sure it gives a few more races to play in the campaign but it was pretty much the same campaign levels and missions just using different people.… Expand

   • Helpful? 4 of 7 users said Yes.

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