Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II Retribution [Download]

by Sega

Product Details

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• ASIN: B004NBZBM4
• Release Date: March 1, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,975 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #59 in Video Games > PC Game Downloads > Strategy
  • #95 in Video Games > PC Games > Games > Strategy

Product Description

Platform: PC Download | Edition: Standard

From the Manufacturer

Command any of the six unique factions in the next stand alone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead your small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your faction. Go online and face off against your enemies and experience the fast brutal combat of the 41st millennium. Multi-Race Campaign: For the first time in the Dawn of War II series, players will be able to experience a single player campaign for any of the 6 available races. Build your Army: Upgrade your heroes and unlock new buildable units as you progress through the single player campaign. 6 Playable Races: Choose from 6 multiplayer races, each with their own unique super heavy units. System Requirements   Minimum Specifications: Recommended Specifications: OS: Win 7, Vista and XP Processor: Pentium IV 3.2Ghz, or any dual core processor Any Core 2 , Athlon X2, or better RAM: 1GB (XP), 1.5GB (Vista), 1.5 GB (Windows 7) 2GB RAM or higher (XP, Vista, Windows 7) Hard Drive: 8.5 GB   Video Card: 128 MB Video Card using Shader Model 3 (Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600) 256 MB Video Card using Shader Model 3 (Nvidia GeForce 7800GT or any Nvidia GT200 series or better, ATI X1900 or any HD3600 series or better

Installation Note
A Steam account is required for installation and online play.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Continue to Enjoy Dawn of War II with Retribution April 13, 2011

By Useful Idiot

Platform for Display:PC Download| Edition:Standard|Amazon Verified Purchase

AS noted in another review, the campaign is short, but you can play it with 6 races. The "Last Stand" mode is not for novices. You should be familiar with the DoW "Last Stand" scenarios and have some virtual "combat" time under your belt with other DoW series games before playing (not required, but it is a steep learning curve for those without experience). If you want tips for Last Stand, use "Steam News" and it notes best heros with specific equipment that have been successful.

Don't bother using Amazon's downloader for this game. Tried for a whole day to download 8GB... left it overnight and the download continues to get interrupted. Finally, was so frustrated, I logged on to "Steam" and used the game validation code (from Amazon) - it finished the entire download in an hour. Amazon has to do better with their downloader. Hope these notes are helpful.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a Bad Expansion March 6, 2011

By Lisa Shea HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

The second expansion to "Dawn of War 2", Retribution offers a new faction and a new campaign. It's more of the same, but that's hardly a bad thing.

The main new feature in "Retribution" is the addition of the Imperial Guard faction. Unlike their elite counterparts, the Space Marines, the IG relies on massive numbers and vehicle support to get the job done. There's a lot of concepts brought over from Dawn of War 1 and the tabletop game, but they don't really seem to fit as well. DoW2 has a much tighter squad focus with more enclosed maps, so the IG's traditional tactics don't seem to fit as well as they used to.

Still, there's some interesting potential. The basic IG unit is the guardsman squad, which focuses on improving its numbers rather than making soldiers more effective. Other guardsmen units include the stealth-based Catachan Devils, the specialized Stormtroopers, and the brutish Ogryn. Their heroes show the most diversity - the Inquisitor is focused on targeting enemy heroes, the Commissar Lord combines melee damage with inspirational bonuses, and the Lord General relies on more tactical options like troop drops and battlefield commands.

The game's other factions have gotten some attention, too, in the form of a new unit for each one. Space Marines get a mighty Land Raider tank, Orks get a massive Battlewagon, the Eldar get a powerful Autarch, and so on. I wasn't particularly enthralled by any of the new units, but it at least gives them some new options instead of ignoring them for the new faction.

The other new feature in Retribution is an expanded campaign mode - specifically, there's a campaign for every single faction, instead of just the Space Marines. This is kind of a neat idea, and holds some promise, but really it just boils down to similar missions on similar maps with RPG stats. It's fun in the same way that the old campaigns were fun, but other than new scenarios it doesn't seem to introduce much. It's good if you're okay with that old gameplay, but it honestly gets repetitive after a while. There's some ways it's different than previous campaigns, but that seems to come down to tech tree upgrades (in addition to character upgrades).

Basically, Retribution isn't a bad expansion pack by any means, but it gets old pretty quickly unless you really like the core gameplay. If you're already tired of DoW2, Retribution won't hold your attention for long. If you still like it, then it's a worthy addition to the game's content.

Rating: 7/10.

We purchased this game with our own funds for the purpose of this review.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun fun fun March 9, 2011

By Lucidar Landar

Platform for Display:PC Download|Edition:Standard

If you are a Dawn of War 2 fan this is a must have. The new map for "Last Stand" is very challenging. The campaign is too short but you can play through it with all six races. Oh and the new Imperial Guard units are a blast (pun intended).