It just really isn’t that good nah.

Trying to order your units around is like trying to play 4 dimensional chess as they run around in and out of cover while they’re being shot up from every direction.

The setting is great, that’s the most I can really give this game. WW1 with mechs? That shit rocks.

What doesn’t rock, however is every unit feeling horrible to control with almost zero spectacle even with the biggest units on the field.

The largest in the game fires puffs of smoke to emulate firing of massive cannons instead of doing anything dramatic or explosive even though it’s the largest and most intimidating model in game.

Dawn of war 2 generally tones things down from the first games and moves it towards more of a Company of Heroes direction with cover systems and more tactical planning for smaller engagements rather then doomstack armies colliding in a massive bolterfilled Rock Paper Scissors match.

I don’t think either style of RTS is better than the other because they’re both different and can’t really be compared but I really value dawn of war 2’s small scale approach to the genre, battles might not be as big but they’re just as intense due to heavier micro-management of your units that are likely spread across the map fulfilling different objectives.

Also being able to watch a baneblade fire it’s cannon at a Chaos Sorcerer causing him to go flying through a stone pillar to his death is worth buying the game for.