It's happening: Warhammer Dawn of War III

[trag3dy]

 

 

Dawn of war II and all it's expansion is probably one of my all time favorite games. I thought for sure after THQ went under that we'd never see another Dawn of War game but here it is.

 

http://www.multivu.com/players/uk/7827151-warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war-iii-announced/

 

Edit: Put in gamers hangout because they haven't said what systems it will be on yet.

Edited May 3, 2016 by trag3dy

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[HawkMan]

Supposedly, and awesomely if true, it's going to be more like Dawn of War than Dawn of War II. I mean II was good, but the first was better in many ways. 

[trag3dy]

 

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Nice

[HawkMan]

Titans included, though the smaller ones. that's pretty awesome. 

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I was a fan of the cover system in DOW2, I believe they cut it from 3, it may be a while before I pick it up if that's the case.

[+Asmodai MVC]

On 7/7/2016 at 9:41 AM, Thayios said:

I was a fan of the cover system in DOW2, I believe they cut it from 3, it may be a while before I pick it up if that's the case.

I was as well and they have dropped it.  Now there is some sort of bubble cover "simplification".  Seems like a step back to me as well but their argument seems to be that the detailed cover of DOW2 made sense for small unit tactics but with 3 they're going for much larger battles and micromanaging that level of cover in real-time would be cumbersome.  I'm not sure I agree but for me while a regression it's not enough to kill my enthusiasm as a whole.

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54 minutes ago, Asmodai said:

I was as well and they have dropped it.  Now there is some sort of bubble cover "simplification".  Seems like a step back to me as well but their argument seems to be that the detailed cover of DOW2 made sense for small unit tactics but with 3 they're going for much larger battles and micromanaging that level of cover in real-time would be cumbersome.  I'm not sure I agree but for me while a regression it's not enough to kill my enthusiasm as a whole.

I concur, but I was looking for a reason to get back off my potato after breaking down and selling my last rig BUT this isn't it (or at least not yet, I'll wait for the reviews)

[illage3]

Been waiting for a new Dawn of War I hope its better than Dawn of War II.

[trag3dy]

Game play.

 

 

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[trag3dy]

 

This game is looking like it's gonna be glorious.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Lookin' good

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[nekrosoft13]

I really like DoW II, when I got into the DoW II, the original already aged quite badly in my opinion, I couldn't get into DoW seemed like a step backwards...

 

I really hope the  new DoW III is more like the second one.

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[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Specs:

 

Minimum

64-bit Windows 7

3GHz i3 or equivalent

4GB RAM

1GB nVidia GeForce 460 or AMD 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11 video card

 

Recommended

64-bit Windows 10

3GHz i5 or equivalent

8GB RAM

2GB nVidia GeForce 770 or AMD 7970 or equivalent DirectX 11 video card

[trag3dy]

There is going to be a multiplayer open beta in the coming weeks:

 

http://steamcommunity.com/games/dawnofwar/announcements/detail/575739788040840038

 

Really though. It's a week before the game is going to be released. Let's call it what it actually is. A playable demo to boost hype. They won't be making any changes to the game based on feedback they receive from the "open beta" a week before launch.