Well the reviews are out and, pretty much as I expected, they’ve rated the game as ‘fair’. The now dated graphics are working against the game and the inclusion of aerial units doesn’t seem to add anything. I was looking forward to the new map but apparently it’s basically the same as the Dark Crusade map just split up onto different planets, it’s not bigger or anything. The new races are apparently interesting but the faith/soul stealer mechanics don’t take the game in a drastically different direction and the cast of races is starting to feel a bit crowded now.
I’ll pick it up at some point, but I think this franchise needs to be put to rest now and focus spent on Dawn of War 2.