Poor plot, boring characters and unflexable campaign but its got nice tactical play and good graphics.
The game is pretty nice graphically and such i have no complaints at all really however the campaign itself has alot to be desired. To sum it up its just basically kill all the aliens. The characters left me cold there was really nothing to them apart from the fact they were space marines. I take issue with this because it makes the game boring to play. I remember when i did Warcraft 3 i was driven to see what the next part would be...but in Dawn of war 2 you wont have that problem the plot is very predictable.
In the campaign you only play marines which was also abit disappointing because theres 4 races in the game you can muliplayer with which makes you wonder why they didnt give them some sort of single player inclusion so people could learn to play these races in the single player.
Once you get your basic tactics alot of it will be rinse and repeat sort of stuff and most the the missions wont take you long anyway. I player on normal first and thats just basically a zerg kill all and laugh...i suggest for those who want the more tactical side of the game to show play on hard. I found hard mode alot better because you actually have to use the advantages your squads have to gain success.
Really theres little depth in it beyond kill em all and get items and experince. The multiplayer hasnt had alot of time spent on it at all there is only like 8 map or so and only ever 2 teams.
Its not a bad game but i wouldnt say it was good either...expected alot more.