The following Willy Wombat review will be of the new expansion for dawn of war, Dawn of War Soulstorm, please read on...
User Rating: 9.5 | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm PC
The following Willy Wombat review will be of the new expansion for dawn of war, Dawn of War Soulstorm, please read on...............OK Dawn of war, its a fantastic series based on a fantastic model gaming franchise, Warhammer, There is the actual dawn of war game itself and 3 expansions, Winter assault, Dark crusade, and the new Soulstorm which this review will be based on. Right then for starters it has a real graphic upgrade providing a new, really cool opening movie and added detail to what seemed like once plain characters, vehicles, buildings and landscapes. It has an additional 2 new races, the Sisters of Battle, and the deadly Dark Eldar. Alo there are and extra 29 multiplayer maps now bringing them to a total of 114 maps, all of the old armies have got new aircraft fighter units except from the Necrons who's commander could only turn into the Nightbringer god, can now also turn into the Deciever god, which pretty much ballances out all of the armies. The campaign has gone from Space marines missions, to a series of missions depending on whether you choose good or evil, to a choice of any army conquering a planet and now to a choice of any army to conquer a solar system, with 4 planets and 2 or 3 moons (I forget how many). There is also a much larger variety of unit phrases and for the dark eldar a whole new way of gathering resources. There are 2 armies with special methods of resource gathering, the Necrons gain resources from capturing strategic points and building obelisks on them, and The Dark Eldar can send their builders and Talso torture machines to gather the trapped souls of dead enemies. Alltogether this game is pretty damn good, BUT as with any good game there is one flaw, the campaign loading speed is awful, it takes no more than 10 seconds for the old version to load, this new expansion now takes from 2 to 4 minutes, but its worth the wait. 
