Well done again Relic
The Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War franchise has been awesome from the begining, This Newest expansion/Stand alone (whilst being a stand alone game and being able to play online you can only play online as the races in the games you own eg. DOW SM, CSM, O or E. WInter assult IG.) game 'Dark Crusade' has injected yet more life into an already teeming universe.
Firstly they have not tried to change too much just a few fixes from the first two games and a couple of new units and death shots for good measure.
The online experience has been improved with various Rooms for players around the world..
Two new races to play with Necrons and Tau both real additions to the gaming experience offerind both new challenges and pleasure to the gaming experience.(though at the time of writing this the necrons do seem a bit too hard for their own good hopefully the balance will be restored in a future patch).
The campaign itself is no longer a one track story mode you can play as any one of the seven races included from the start of the game so everyone can play as their own personnal favourite race(sorry nid and DE fans hopefully soon ;-p). With the new non-linear set up to the camaign you can choose who you fight and when you want to fight them (unless you are attacked that is). All of the races present on the planet have their own motives and reasons for beig there which you find out as you plat each of them (or destroy them in the campaign mode).
over all this is a brilliant game for noobs to the 40k universe or for seaoned veterans who enjoy a good bit of back story and are familliar with the table top game and its mythology.
Awesome 'buy it now'