Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising | 
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1968
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: real_time_strategy_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
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MPN: 49413
Model: 49413
UPC: 752919494134
EAN: 0752919494134
ASIN: B002V16T92
Publication Date: March 4, 2010
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| Features:
| • | Put new units for the Space Marines, Ork, Eldar, and Tyranid armies and two new last stand heroes to work for you on the battlefield. | | • | This expansion allows you to continue your fight against the enemies of the Emperor and use your squads? wargear, abilities, and experience to battle Chaos in 15 new missions. | | • | New ice planet graphics set increases visual diversity and adds 7 new multiplayer maps while six-player online multiplayer and a raised level cap of 30 allows for even more glory and devastating abilities. | | • | New single player mechanic allows you to equip incredibly powerful equipment that corrupts your squad and will guide the story towards or away from the corrupting influence of Chaos. | | • | Swear loyalty to the Chaos Gods and play as the bloodthirsty Chaos Space Marines in multiplayer battles against both Chaos Rising and Dawn of War II owners. |
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Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising is the first standalone PC expansion to the real-time strategy (RTS) Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II franchise. Continuing the story of the Space Marines battle against a variety of factions across several planets, in Chaos Rising players must also stand against the dreaded Chaos Space Marines. The game does not require the earlier Dawn of War II game for play, and includes 15 new missions, new units and corruption mechanic, the Chaos Space Marine faction and excellent online multiplayer options. 
15 new standalone single player Space Marine missions.
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New units, environments and a playable multiplayer faction.
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Challenging Dawn of War II specific unit based RTS gameplay, including coop.
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New unit corruption mechanic and upper level cap.
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Your Blood Raven Space Marines have saved the sector, but can they save themselves? In Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, the sequel to the acclaimed Dawn of War II RTS franchise, you return to sub sector Aurelia where a long lost frozen ice planet has reappeared from the Warp, bringing with it new secrets to uncover and foes to face. Here you must take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the forces of the Black Legion. Purge the chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens. New Missions, Units, Multiplayer Race and Corruption Mechanic
Dawn of War II struck a new chord in the RTS genre with its focus on specific unit based strategy with limited reinforcement options and limited RPG elements, as opposed to the generally repetitive RTS tactic of resource gathering-base building-and swarming maneuvers. The Chaos Rising expansion to the franchise follows suit with 15 new single player missions centered on the players' strategic choice of units; upping the ante further by including new units for each of the returning in-game races and even introducing a new race, the traitorous Chaos Space Marines, who are a playable faction in online multiplayer action. In addition, players must navigate a new corruption mechanic built into in single player campaign, which consists of access to new and dangerous destructive powers. Designed to allow for variation in completing mission objectives, these powers also carry the possibility of drawing units closer to the influence of Chaos, which affects both the mission possibilities as the game progresses and the overall outcome of the game. Key Game Features - New Single Player Missions – Continue your fight against the enemies of the Emperor and use your squads’ wargear, abilities, and experience to battle Chaos in 15 new missions.
- New Environment and Multiplayer Maps – New ice planet graphics set increases visual diversity and adds 7 new multiplayer maps. Six-player multiplayer support available online.
- Aspire to Glory – Build your existing squads up to level 30 and unlock even more devastating abilities.
- Chaos Corruption Mechanic – New single player mechanic allows you to equip incredibly powerful equipment that corrupts your squad and will guide the story towards or away from the corrupting influence of Chaos.
- New Multiplayer Faction – Swear loyalty to the Chaos Gods and play as the bloodthirsty Chaos Space Marines in multiplayer battles against both Chaos Rising and Dawn of War II owners.
- New Units – New units for the Space Marines, Ork, Eldar, and Tyranid armies.
- 2 New Last Stand Heroes – Face off against the relentless horde as either the Chaos Sorcerer or Tyranid Hive Tyrant.
System Requirements | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1 | | Processor: | P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor | AMD Athlon 64x2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo | | RAM: | 1.5GB | 2+GB | | Disc Drive: | DVD-ROM drive | | Hard Drive: | 5.5GB or more | | Video Card: | 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent | 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT/ ATI X1900, or equivalent | | Sound Card: | DirectX 9.0c or 10 compatible | | Input Device: | Mouse and keyboard | | Other: | Internet connection required for online Games for Windows LIVE play | |
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 Why do they ruin good games ? June 22, 2010
Blazing_Fury (Allentown Pa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really disappointed when I played this game. I have all of the Warhammer 40000 games and I loved all of them except this one. Now you need to have Steam which is an additional download and also go through Windows Live to play. If that's not bad enough, for your money you get a single mission and a really poor free for all option. What ever happened to the Skirmish option and map selections ? Another thing was instead of having a small army to fight with you have less than a 10 man stike force that is so weak it needs a "run away" function. On the bright side, the individual War Gear and squad upgrade option was a nice addition and the story line was pretty good.
It's Over Already? June 17, 2010
Veil_Lord (San Jose, CA)
First off, copy protection. It's not as bad as it could be. You have to run steam and Games For Windows Live, but after the first activation Steam can be left in offline mode and Games For Windows Live can be created as an offline profile. It's annoying and the game hassles you to go online, but the game is playable and doesn't seem to have any really evil protection like SecureROM.
Dawn of War 2 is a tactical RTS game that removes base management entirely in single player and somewhat in multiplayer. Chaos Rising is the sequal, but it really does come off as just an expansion pack. You can import your DOW2 campaign into Chaos Rising so you start out partially leveled up, which is a nice touch, but what hurt is that I finished it in far less time than the original. One problem is a lack of the random missions you'd get in DOW2. Those not only got you some experience if you were low, but sometimes a decent weapon. In fact, in Chaos Rising you mostly lose the mechanic of capturing certain buildings to gain bonuses. You can still capture buildings, but mostly just for items or a respawn spot. Replacing it is the new "taint" mechanic. You're now forced to do certain objectives in most missions or take a certain character on your team or you start leaning closer to Chaos. As you become more tainted, your powers change. There's a new bar on each character page that shows the stages (0-24) of taint. I played it entirely pure and it was quite possible to do the tasks, but they were kind of annoying at times.
For the most part, the game played alright. I only had some weird glitches when I was trying to select characters sometimes. My 8400GS graphics card was pushed to the limit and beyond, but by turning of the Aero interface (glassy look to windows in Vista) and changing my texture quality to "Performance" on the graphics card, I managed to play with only a few areas of really bad lag. I doubt I could play online without lagging out though. The AI on your units is not always great. My commander would routinely stand around getting shot until I told him to go attack the guy shooting him. Still, the characters are good. The powers are good. The weapons are good. Pretty good game overall.
There's no way it's worth $30 to me on its own, though in the package with the original too for $40 it's not that bad. I got that for $20 so I'm quite happy. Just be aware that as with DOW2 there is only a Space Marines campaign so don't expect a lot of single player time. I could reall only recommend buying this one on its own if you're really into playing multiplayer.
 Worthy add on pack June 1, 2010
E. Makowski (Chicago IL)
Good campaign, decent multi. Keeping it simple thought, buy the original DOWII before you play this one, its more satisfying, and great to see your team evolve through two campaigns.
A decent addition May 10, 2010
Phillip Ochoa (Eugene, Oregon USA)
I liked the majority of what they did with it, my only concern was that there was no Chaos campaign.
When it loads up to the main menu it shows a Chaos commander in the position the standard force commander had in the first game but you can't choose to play as him unless you do a multiplayer map that is pitiful next to both the main game and the original Dawn of War. Even if you go full "dark side" during the game you still have to do the same missions and the only difference is that Gabriel Angelos doesn't care for it(but it makes winning much easier).
****It is still quite fun to play through the campaign but the replay value is limited as the multiplayer and skirmishes are lacking****
 Great Game X 2 May 9, 2010
Reece Hasson
The Original War Hammer II is an extremely entertaining game to play and this sequel
doubles the fun!
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