Dawn of War 2: Retribution

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**Corpsesarefun**

Just saw this on steam, thoughts people?

**bronzemonkey**

Looks good, can't wait to play the campaign as a pirate ork

**Corpsesarefun**

Yeah the Ork campaign looks awesome, though according to steam each campaign is a seperate game with a seperate pricetag which is a little iffy.

**Melissia**

corpsesarefun wrote:Yeah the Ork campaign looks awesome, though according to steam each campaign is a seperate game with a seperate pricetag which is a little iffy.

No.

Those are just preorder bonuses.

Seriously, try reading it a bit more...

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Imperial Guard Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Imperial Guard Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Chaos Space Marines Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Chaos Space Marine Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Ork Race Pack)
STEAM EXCLUSIVE - Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Ork Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Space Marines Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Space Marine Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Eldar Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Eldar Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

**Corpsesarefun**

Melissia wrote:
corpsesarefun wrote:Yeah the Ork campaign looks awesome, though according to steam each campaign is a seperate game with a seperate pricetag which is a little iffy.
No.

Those are just preorder bonuses.

Seriously, try reading it a bit more...

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Imperial Guard Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Imperial Guard Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Chaos Space Marines Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Chaos Space Marine Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Ork Race Pack)
STEAM EXCLUSIVE - Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Ork Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Space Marines Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Space Marine Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Eldar Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Eldar Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Woah a little less agro please, I'm not the tank your looking for.

I realised they are just wargear unlocks shortly after posting, sucks there are no nid ones.

**bronzemonkey**

So you can play Imperial guard on retribution?

**Melissia**

Yes. The Imperial Guard has a Lord Commissar, Lord General, and Witch Hunter Inquisitor as heroes, and a baneblade as a one-of-a-kind end-tier unit.

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corpsesarefun wrote:
Melissia wrote:
corpsesarefun wrote:Yeah the Ork campaign looks awesome, though according to steam each campaign is a seperate game with a seperate pricetag which is a little iffy.
No.

Those are just preorder bonuses.

Seriously, try reading it a bit more...

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Imperial Guard Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Imperial Guard Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Chaos Space Marines Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Chaos Space Marine Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Ork Race Pack)
STEAM EXCLUSIVE - Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Ork Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Space Marines Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Space Marine Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Pre-Purchase Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (Eldar Race Pack)
Pre-Purchase now to unlock rare wargear for the Eldar Race. Click here for details
$29.99 ADD TO CART

Woah a little less agro please, I'm not the tank your looking for.

I realised they are just wargear unlocks shortly after posting, sucks there are no nid ones.

http://uk-thq-eshop.gamesplanet.com/buy-download-pc-games/DoW-II---Retribution---Tyranid-Pack-2274-43.html

**bronzemonkey**

I hope they have better voices than in dawn of war: winter crusade, dark crusade and soulstorm.

**Melissia**

Play DoW2's campaign or its expansion and you'll find out.

(the answer is yes, but go ahead and play them anyway)

**Slarg232**

Melissia wrote:Yes. The Imperial Guard has a Lord Commissar, Lord General, and Witch Hunter Inquisitor as heroes, and a baneblade as a one-of-a-kind end-tier unit.

Feth Yeah!

Any word on which Hero is going into Last Stand?

Also, do any of you guys want to play Last Stand or just a normal, laid back game?

**Melissia**

Slarg232 wrote:
Melissia wrote:Yes. The Imperial Guard has a Lord Commissar, Lord General, and Witch Hunter Inquisitor as heroes, and a baneblade as a one-of-a-kind end-tier unit.

Feth Yeah!

Any word on which Hero is going into Last Stand?

Also, do any of you guys want to play Last Stand or just a normal, laid back game?

My guess is the Inquisitor, but I could be wrong.

I play all three modes, though multiplayer the least-- usually I prefer skirmish over multiplayer unless a good friend is on.

**Slarg232**

Melissia wrote:
Slarg232 wrote:
Melissia wrote:Yes. The Imperial Guard has a Lord Commissar, Lord General, and Witch Hunter Inquisitor as heroes, and a baneblade as a one-of-a-kind end-tier unit.

Feth Yeah!

Any word on which Hero is going into Last Stand?

Also, do any of you guys want to play Last Stand or just a normal, laid back game?
My guess is the Inquisitor, but I could be wrong.

I play all three modes, though multiplayer the least-- usually I prefer skirmish over multiplayer unless a good friend is on.

Well, if you feel like it, you can add me for some good last stand action; three of my characters are lvl 20.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198022368803

**Prawnkus**

If I buy the tyranid version on the THQ website, will it transfer over to steam?

**Darkvoidof40k**

It's all looking really good to me, although this whole separate pre-order games for each race is a bit annoying, but oh well. I reckon that I'll just get the Space Marine one, considering I'm a stalwart loyalist.. usually.

Although I've just seen the Collecters edition which has all the bonuses for each race, but I also found out that you have to pay EXTRA for each of the race bonuses once the game is launched. Stupid, if you ask me.

Also, I don't think that it continues on from previous campaigns for the Marines, because the description on the Space Marine pack says that they're upgrades for Diomedes, which is dissapointing because I'm sure he'll start off a lot less powerful than he actually was in CR.

**Melissia**

Prawnkus wrote:If I buy the tyranid version on the THQ website, will it transfer over to steam?

If you buy any version anywhere it';ll transfer over to steam, as they're using the Steam Cloud package.

**Kanluwen**

Darkvoidof40k wrote:It's all looking really good to me, although this whole separate pre-order games for each race is a bit annoying, but oh well. I reckon that I'll just get the Space Marine one, considering I'm a stalwart loyalist.. usually.

Although I've just seen the Collecters edition which has all the bonuses for each race, but I also found out that you have to pay EXTRA for each of the race bonuses once the game is launched. Stupid, if you ask me.

For the collector's edition? No, you don't have to "pay extra for each of the race bonuses". You pay $10 more than the standard edition and get all of them. That's all.

Also, I don't think that it continues on from previous campaigns for the Marines, because the description on the Space Marine pack says that they're upgrades for Diomedes, which is dissapointing because I'm sure he'll start off a lot less powerful than he actually was in CR.

Of course it doesn't "continue from previous campaigns for the Marines". They want everyone starting fresh here in campaign. New characters, for the most part, for the Marines to ensure that it's a fresh start rather than just load your previously geared and level capped Marines and blitz through the Marine campaign.

**Melissia**

Which was rather hilarious watching Thaddeus plow through chaos marines like slamming a hammer down on a dusty desk.

Not challenging and certainly not necessarily as fun. But amusing.

**Darkvoidof40k**

^ True things. Although I still prefer me Armour Value 230-something Force Commander who's dishing out about 1k damage or something.

As for Avitus? Dear god, his assault cannon does something like 1.7k damage.. fun stuff. It actually makes playing on Captain difficulty easy.

As for what I said about not continuing the campaign, that was purely for people who didn't know already.

@Kanluwen - you have to pay extra to get the additional wargear and abilities once the game is released/activated.

**Kanluwen**

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
@Kanluwen - you have to pay extra to get the additional wargear and abilities once the game is released/activated.

Where are you getting that from?

**Darkvoidof40k**

Kanluwen wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:
@Kanluwen - you have to pay extra to get the additional wargear and abilities once the game is released/activated.

Where are you getting that from?

Right here, unfortunately:

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/

Dawn of War II website wrote:After launch, gamers will have the option of purchasing the in-game content provided with the individual race packs digitally through STEAM for a nominal fee.

**Kanluwen**

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:
@Kanluwen - you have to pay extra to get the additional wargear and abilities once the game is released/activated.

Where are you getting that from?

Right here, unfortunately:

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/

Dawn of War II website wrote:After launch, gamers will have the option of purchasing the in-game content provided with the individual race packs digitally through STEAM for a nominal fee.

That doesn't say "You have to pay extra to get the additional wargear and abilities via your Collector's Edition preorder".

It's just saying that you can buy the preorder stuff individually after launch.

**Darkvoidof40k**

So it is.. easy mistake to make I guess.

**Corpsesarefun**

Darkvoidof40k wrote:So it is.. easy mistake to make I guess.

Don't worry I made the same mistake, steam is pretty misleading at first glance.

**Darkvoidof40k**

Yeah.. I actually hated steam at first, real bitch to install.. but then I met Games for Windows: Live. I won't even go into that one..

**Kanluwen**

corpsesarefun wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:So it is.. easy mistake to make I guess.

Don't worry I made the same mistake, steam is pretty misleading at first glance.

Not really. It's just a matter of reading comprehension.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
Yeah.. I actually hated steam at first, real bitch to install.. but then I met Games for Windows: Live. I won't even go into that one..

Well, good news for you is Games for Windows Live is supposed to be gone from Retribution.

**Darkvoidof40k**

Kanluwen wrote:
corpsesarefun wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:So it is.. easy mistake to make I guess.

Don't worry I made the same mistake, steam is pretty misleading at first glance.

Not really. It's just a matter of reading comprehension.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
Yeah.. I actually hated steam at first, real bitch to install.. but then I met Games for Windows: Live. I won't even go into that one..

Well, good news for you is Games for Windows Live is supposed to be gone from Retribution.

Good to hear Windows live is gone..

Reading comprehension? Just because things can have different meanings, it hardly means that someone who takes a different meaning from something has a low level of reading comprehension.

Now, back on topic.

**Kanluwen**

After launch, gamers will have the option of purchasing the in-game content provided with the individual race packs digitally through STEAM for a nominal fee.

That has pretty much one way to be read, Dark.

**Darkvoidof40k**

Yep, from left to right.

It suggests that when you get the game, the actual content that you got with the game you bought can be made useable by paying steam, which then suggests that no matter which game you preorder, getting the extras costs extra.

Now Kanluwen, I've already made it clear that I don't care to discuss this any more, so it seems you're just out to be annoying. For the sake of argument though, two people on this thread have made that mistake, yet one claims it cannot be made.

Really, end of discussion. Back on topic.

[edited for typo correction]

**Kanluwen**

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Yep, from left to right.

It suggests that when you get the game, the actual content that you got with the game you bought can be made useable by paying steam, which then suggests that no matter which game you preorder, getting the extras costs extra.

No it doesn't. It suggests that, "from left to right", that you have the option of purchasing the in-game content provided with the individual race packs digitally through Steam for a nominal fee.

Now Kanluwen, I've already made it clear that I don't care to discuss this any more, so it seems you're just out to be annoying. For the sake of argument though, two people on this thread have made that mistake, yet one claims it cannot be made.

For the sake of argument though, let's just assume you're both lacking critical reading comprehension skills.

And common sense.

Really, end of discussion. Back on topic.

Yes. Let's back on topic.

Oh wait. Why do we have this thread again, when there's one in news & rumors?

**Corpsesarefun**

Kanluwen wrote:
Darkvoidof40k wrote:Yep, from left to right.

It suggests that when you get the game, the actual content that you got with the game you bought can be made useable by paying steam, which then suggests that no matter which game you preorder, getting the extras costs extra.

No it doesn't. It suggests that, "from left to right", that you have the option of purchasing the in-game content provided with the individual race packs digitally through Steam for a nominal fee.

Now Kanluwen, I've already made it clear that I don't care to discuss this any more, so it seems you're just out to be annoying. For the sake of argument though, two people on this thread have made that mistake, yet one claims it cannot be made.

For the sake of argument though, let's just assume you're both lacking critical reading comprehension skills.

And common sense.

Really, end of discussion. Back on topic.

Yes. Let's back on topic.

Oh wait. Why do we have this thread again, when there's one in news & rumors?

Because I don't frequent in news and rumours and because its about a videogame.

People seriously need to chill out and stop being complete donkey-caves when people make mistakes.