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Dawn Of War 2 Beta is out.

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[-Bluewolf-]
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States609 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-22 21:34:30
January 21 2009 04:20 GMT
#1
For those who owned SoulStorm, at least. Everyone else must wait until January 27th to try the game (countdown located here). :p

http://www.thq-games.com/uk/news/show/6063 has instructions on how to get the beta right now if you have a SoulStorm CD key. It is available through Steam - so getting it is relatively easy (my download is currently on 27% for it). Again, it can also be downloaded by anyone on the 27th.

As there have been very few RTS games as of late, thought this might be of interest. At the very least - a free, new game for a couple of weeks. EDIT: Oh, and my Steam ID is u77Bluewolf and Windows LIVE is Bluewolf1983 if anyone wishes to play.





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UPDATES:

Click Here for a site giving out 3,000 SoulStorm CD-keys Saturday to get early beta access.

DoW2 Minimum System Requirements:
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
* 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
* A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space

DoW2 Recommended System Requirements:
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
* A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space

To Save / Watch Replays:
* Find the temp.rec here: C:\Documents and Settings\"YOUR ACCOUNT HERE"\My Documents\my games\Dawn of War 2 Demo\Playback

* Playback is found under the option "gamehistroy"

* You cannot play the replays by clicking the "play replay" button... however, you CAN play them by double clicking on the saved replay in the list of reps.

* Another source for this:
http://www.gamereplays.org/dawnofwar2/portals.php?show=page&name=dawn-of-war-2-beta-how-to-watch-replays

For beta leagues / tournaments:

* Worldwide ESL tournament page

* UK only ESL tournament page
The melody of logic always plays the notes of truth.
Hippopotamus
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
1914 Posts
January 21 2009 04:30 GMT
#2
OMG, I want to see how badly they ruined old DoW.
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8161 Posts
January 21 2009 04:36 GMT
#3
I will prob try this, looks like it could be fun.
Free Palestine
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
January 21 2009 04:42 GMT
#4
Sweet I'm downloading right now, I bought the Dawn of War pack when Steam was having its huge sale.
♞
Roxen000
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
1226 Posts
January 21 2009 05:39 GMT
#5
Gonna download it tonight offpeak. =)
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Element)LoGiC
Profile Joined July 2003
Canada1143 Posts
January 21 2009 06:18 GMT
#6
Hopefully they've abandoned squads
Disarray
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States1164 Posts
January 21 2009 06:49 GMT
#7
can't wait, downloading already. from what i understand its a mix between CoH and DoW1, so we'll see!
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PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
January 21 2009 06:49 GMT
#8
DoW was fun to mess around in...though the game was pretty imbalanced...apparently space marines are like completely useless competitively... -____-;;

I have to admit though...those gameplay videos floored me...the graphics look absolutely insane. A hellofa lot better than SC2 is looking atm. I wonder how the gameplay will turn out...

...probably just as bad as the first...
Hello
CommanderFluffy
Profile Joined June 2008
Taiwan1059 Posts
January 21 2009 07:39 GMT
#9
O_O
so pretty...
this is the kind of game i'd just play for shits n giggles
Pain is temporary, but glory is forever.
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
January 21 2009 08:00 GMT
#10
I see Thors and Marines. And protoss for that matter.

Looks ok, it'll give me a reason to use my fast GPU for something other than SC.
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
Mora
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada5235 Posts
January 21 2009 08:08 GMT
#11
i look forward to seeing you all in the beta!

i was not around when Relic released DoW, but i know the guys on this one quite well, and i'm really excited to see what comes of it. It's a definite mix between COH and DOW, and a bit of another direction as well - i'm really curious what the RTS community will make of it.
Happiness only real when shared.
NeonFlare
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Finland1307 Posts
January 21 2009 08:14 GMT
#12
Downloading, balance will probably be wacky in beta, so time to go hunt all those OP builds.
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-21 09:43:48
January 21 2009 09:29 GMT
#13
starcraft 2 must suck so badly compared to this (or to even RA3) for someone who wasn't a fan with sc 1. If I'd be a casual, i'd totally choose the other two titles over starcraft 2.

The only appeal of sc2 over these is the possible better balance. It has definitely worse graphics, and it really doesn't have any innovation. Just the good ol RTS stuff.
And all is illuminated.
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
January 21 2009 10:04 GMT
#14
I COINCIDENTALLY bought Soulstorm 3 days ago.
See you guys in game... xD
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
January 21 2009 10:13 GMT
#15
On January 21 2009 18:29 freelander wrote:
starcraft 2 must suck so badly compared to this (or to even RA3) for someone who wasn't a fan with sc 1. If I'd be a casual, i'd totally choose the other two titles over starcraft 2.

The only appeal of sc2 over these is the possible better balance. It has definitely worse graphics, and it really doesn't have any innovation. Just the good ol RTS stuff.

With the way RTS games are being made nowadays, it'd be safe to argue that balance IS an innovation... -_____-;;

lol.
Hello
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
January 21 2009 10:18 GMT
#16
On January 21 2009 19:13 PH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2009 18:29 freelander wrote:
starcraft 2 must suck so badly compared to this (or to even RA3) for someone who wasn't a fan with sc 1. If I'd be a casual, i'd totally choose the other two titles over starcraft 2.

The only appeal of sc2 over these is the possible better balance. It has definitely worse graphics, and it really doesn't have any innovation. Just the good ol RTS stuff.

With the way RTS games are being made nowadays, it'd be safe to argue that balance IS an innovation... -_____-;;

lol.


It's cos of the bullshit idea that more races = better.
How the hell is Soulstorm gonna be balanced when there's 9 races!?

This beta has 4 so there's hope at the moment. But you still can't control individual units which is just a massive flaw. Regardless I'm interested to see how it plays.
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
TheTyranid
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Russian Federation4333 Posts
January 21 2009 10:25 GMT
#17
On January 21 2009 19:18 Klive5ive wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2009 19:13 PH wrote:
On January 21 2009 18:29 freelander wrote:
starcraft 2 must suck so badly compared to this (or to even RA3) for someone who wasn't a fan with sc 1. If I'd be a casual, i'd totally choose the other two titles over starcraft 2.

The only appeal of sc2 over these is the possible better balance. It has definitely worse graphics, and it really doesn't have any innovation. Just the good ol RTS stuff.

With the way RTS games are being made nowadays, it'd be safe to argue that balance IS an innovation... -_____-;;

lol.


It's cos of the bullshit idea that more races = better.
How the hell is Soulstorm gonna be balanced when there's 9 races!?

This beta has 4 so there's hope at the moment. But you still can't control individual units which is just a massive flaw. Regardless I'm interested to see how it plays.

Yes, it's nearly impossible to have a balanced RTS that has 9 races. However if you do not include all the 8 major 40k races, you do not have a complete game.
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
January 21 2009 11:15 GMT
#18
Last I checked, they couldn't even decide if they wanted to keep the game down to 1 building per race or many buildings per race. And that was like 2 days ago. I'm not expecting much.
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
January 21 2009 11:19 GMT
#19
On January 21 2009 20:15 zer0das wrote:
Last I checked, they couldn't even decide if they wanted to keep the game down to 1 building per race or many buildings per race. And that was like 2 days ago. I'm not expecting much.

Yeah that's right. Watching the gameplay vids they talk about minimising the time you have to look away from your army. In other words... no macro.

I think that's pretty stupid, if you make the game all about one or two squads then you're massively reducing the scope for ingenuity and basically... skill.
If it gets too easy players get close to the "perfect game" at which point the most imbalanced race always wins.
Don't hate the player - Hate the game
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
January 21 2009 11:20 GMT
#20
In other news, Soulstorm is $7.50 on Steam, if you want to get it for cheap...
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