#DAWN OF WAR 2 REVIEW GAMESRADAR PLUS#

On the plus side, Chaos Rising lets you retain all the gear and XP you've accumulated up to the point that you fail a mission, so the next time you try it, you'll be a bit better equipped. I'm grateful for the chance to save, of course, but it's just silly to have to bounce back and forth like that just to ensure that you don't have to replay sections of the game. Rather than letting players save and load directly from the mission itself, saving is only possible if you're willing to quit the mission altogether. The difficultly of some of these battles exposes a frustrating problem with the game's save system. The game packs a lot of tactical action into a very tight package. With no unique interaction with the setting and no clear way to exploit the bosses' weaknesses, these battles are really more about patient micromanagement than spontaneous strategies, which leave the player watching the numbers instead of the action. It's not so much that I mind the challenge, but the whole affair really comes down to maximizing the damage you're doing and minimizing the damage you're taking. The only real downsides to the missions are those rare moments, particularly towards the end of the game, where you're facing off against outrageously powerful bosses. When you add in the handful of purely optional missions, the campaign really comes to life and feels like it's responding to your choices as much as it's responding based on the designers' intentions. Each mission offers something new, and a few of them even give you alternate objectives and even a few choices as to how you want to accomplish your main goal. You might find yourself assaulting Chaos gates to keep the reinforcements down as you make your way to the mission's final boss battle, or you might be rescuing soldiers and fighting a last ditch defense alongside dozens of AI allies. One mission you'll be slogging your way across the surface of an ice planet, and the next mission will have you skulking through the narrow corridors of a darkened space station. Watch the Video Review Some might complain that the campaign is a bit short, but you won't find any boring or repetitive missions here so there's really no filler. I mean, it's not Mass Effect 2 or anything, but presentation and the interesting conversations between missions really help you get involved in the story.

Chaos Rising, like Relic's other Warhammer games, really runs with this idea and gives players plenty of interesting characters and situations. On the surface, Warhammer seems to be all about the battles, but once you dig into the lore, you'll find loads of details and interesting stories in every corner. The characters are just as interesting this time around, and I particularly like the way the Librarian is inserted into the story. Just suffice it to say that it draws the player in and gets them even more invested in how things play out than in previous strategy games. It also comes with a very surprising and unexpected twist that we won't spoil for you here. It offers up only a little over a dozen missions but they're fairly long, packed with variety and scripted payoffs, and more than enough to get your heroes up to level 30. The single player portion of Chaos Rising is extremely satisfying. The sudden appearance of a new planet from the Warp, the slow corruption of the forces of good and the ubiquitous giant demons are all on hand for this grand chapter in the history of the Blood Ravens.

This time around the Chaos Marines have burst back onto the scene in grand, Warhammer style. Before the dust has even settled on the last game, Relic's offering up a new chapter that brings them into direct conflict with the dreaded Chaos Marines. But if you did, you obviously don't know how things work in the world of Warhammer 40k. After the victory on Typhon, you might expect things to settle down a bit for the Blood Ravens.

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