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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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... -_____-;;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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