Both new additions feel overpowered compared to the existing armies but balance issues are certain to be top of the change list in the first patch.Īnother enhancement is the inclusion of flying units for all races. The Dark Eldar are a formidable early game race, whose initial melee units can carve their way through equivalent scouts with gleeful ease, while the Sisters in their blazing white armour and holy adornments have infantry whose heavy flamers can make even the mighty Space Marines run in terror. Both of whom are a welcome addition to the series, adding a deeper sense of the 40k mythology and providing some fresh blood for multiplayer games. The major changes come in the form of two new races: the sadistic Dark Eldar and the fanatical Sisters of Battle. That the map now spans a solar system rather than a single planet is incidental and veterans of the previous instalment will find the interface all too familiar. Gameplay-wise, Soultorm retains the style adopted by Dark Crusade, abandoning the first instalment’s story-led campaign in favour of a strategic, skirmish-led experience. The graphics are showing their age but units are detailed and full of character regardless and with the number of combatants routinely fielded in the game’s larger conflicts, it’s refreshing not to hear your graphics card wheezing under the strain. Luckily, though, the game has held up better than you’d expect. With all that in mind it’s somewhat underwhelming to see Soulstorm, the third and final DOW expansion, arrive on our PCs using the same game engine that debuted in 2004. Four years in which we’ve seen two expansions and a refinement of the take-and-hold gameplay mechanic in Relic’s sumptuously drawn WWII opus, Company Of Heroes. It’s been four years since Dawn Of War brought the joys of Warhammer 40,000 to the RTS scene.
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