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| Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Dark Crusade Expansion Pack DVD-Rom | 
 enlarge | From: THQ
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 5976
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 49298
UPC: 752919492987
EAN: 0752919492987
ASIN: B000FOVJVA
Release Date: October 9, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Comes with Original Case and All Discs.
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| Customer Reviews:
A worthy addition October 15, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great addition to the Dawn of War series. The Necron in particular add a new twist to the game, as they seem to have a radically different tactical style from the other races. The Tau are probably the "coolest" race, yet, with their high energy weapons and battle suits. The new units for the old races don't seem all that new for the most part. A few more limitations on the ability to build large numbers of units have been put in place, as space marines can have only one unit of terminators and one whirlwind tank at a time, now, both of which changes I thought were unnecessary. I had a little trouble getting into the campaign game at first, but after a couple missions, it looks like it is at least as good as the campaign from Winter Assault. The missions are more like skirmish mode battles than scripted missions. In any case, if you liked the first two games, you'll like this.
 Dark Crusade is changed for change's sake October 14, 2006
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
I liked the original game and the Winter Assault expansion pack, I am less enthusiatic about Dark Crusade. The campaign piece is too much like Total War Rome. You have a map where you and the other six races battle it out Risk style. If you liked the Total War series you will like that, if you liked the previous games you may not like it. The tutorial while good for the skirmish mode does very little to explain the campaign mode. While in campaign mode some advice is offered but it would have been better to incorporate the advice into the tutorial with "how to". I found the campaign interface counter-intutive and not really very helpful at all. The enemy AI in the campaign mode is much more agressive than in the previous games. In the scenarios I have played within 45 to 60 seconds the enemy is all ready conducting human wave assaults against me. This tells me the game designers have loaded the computer player out with tons of resouces at the very beginning of the game. To me this is cheating. This causes the game to be what I despise about RTS games, i.e. build as fast as you can. This is not strategy or tactics its an ant colony. Panzer General has more strategy. There is one other thing that I do not like and I have found this in all of the games of this series. After installing the game the software tells my firewall to allow an exception to my firewall policy and allow the software to contact its homepage without telling me. I really do not like that and I notice that none of the computer gaming press mentions that.
 Best 30 bucks I spent this year October 11, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
As soon as the game was released in stores yesterday I picked up a copy and gave it a test drive. I played a skimish game against the Necrons and then against the Tau to get a feel for the new races. That alone was well worth the 30 bucks.
I started the campaign mode and played for several more hours without any disappointment. The Tau graphics are unquestionably great and the Necron's AI differs in it's play-style making them very interesting to go head to head with.
Tonight I plan to try out multi-player combat online and squeeze in a couple of LAN games.
Playable Races October 11, 2006
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
All seven races are playable in single player.
In multiplayer, you only have access to the races that were added with each version you have installed. (DoW the original 4, Winter Assault added Imperial Guard, Dark Crusade adds Tau and Necron). Therefore in multiplayer with Dark Crusade only, you can only play Tau or Necron.
Just to clarify . . . October 11, 2006
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
. . . while it's true that you don't need the original DoW or Winter Assault to play Dark Crusade, you do at least need valid CD codes for those installments to play any of the original races or the Imperial Guard. If you just buy this (assuming you wouldn't hunt down codes on the internet) then you'll only be able to play the two new races, Necron and Tau.
Necron and Tau, by the way, defy the more traditional tier-based build schedules of the original four races. Necrons must build "core summoner" structures (similar to but less useful than "soul shrines" for Eldar) as a sort of half-step between upgrades to their main base, the Monolith. The Tau base itself doesn't upgrade at all (pop cap and other upgrades come through other buildings) and you will eventually have to pick between two structures that affect what sort of units you will be able to build in late game.
Both new races look and sound great, adding considerable diversity to an already groundbreaking franchise. The newly interactive campaign mode, done in "Total War" strategic style, is especially exciting given the lack-luster single-player material in the last two installments. Winter Assault didn't give us much more than the Imperial Guard and I personally think that the Tau and Necron will stand out more than the Guard ever have. Dark Crusade's weakest point, however, is similar to that of Winter Assault: the new units for existing races seem tacked-on at best and even a little silly. But who cares? If you don't want them, don't build them and stick to your regular build strat.
Bottom Line: If you loved DoW and Winter Assault then you should alredy have this or be ordering it now. You'll love this one, too.
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