Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

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  1. Ben86
    May 3, 2017
    2
    I am not reviewing the campaign of this game, just multiplayer.

    This game is a great disappointment compared to the previous titles in the series and an even greater let down if you enjoyed any of the Company of Heroes games. It is closer to a regression to Starcraft merging with Dawn of War I than an advance on Relic's previous titles. There are few animations (and the ones there    I am not reviewing the campaign of this game, just multiplayer.

    This game is a great disappointment compared to the previous titles in the series and an even greater let down if you enjoyed any of the Company of Heroes games. It is closer to a regression to Starcraft merging with Dawn of War I than an advance on Relic's previous titles. There are few animations (and the ones there look like a cartoon), no sync-kills, a very restricted camera, poor voice acting (in comparison to the previous titles), less strategic depth, more of an arcade RTS, and general lack of immersion. They went from a work of art to a game that tries to win over the e-sports crowd and fail to deliver even there.

    The game becomes boring after a few games, and as an RTS, judged apart from previous Relic games it deserves something around a 6 if you ignore the downgrade from the previous titles and that it is supposed to take place in the 40k universe.    … Expand
  2. WyvernZed
    Apr 27, 2017
    2
    Fatal Errors within the tutorial, and UX design on par with Command and Conquer ... from '95. Truly a shame.

    The sad part is that this is a series with a fantastic history and a truly astounding track record when it comes to the gameplay. To see a series go to the point where there's crashes in the tutorial and unnumbered buttons for macro purposes, which means you can't even hotkey    Fatal Errors within the tutorial, and UX design on par with Command and Conquer ... from '95. Truly a shame.

    The sad part is that this is a series with a fantastic history and a truly astounding track record when it comes to the gameplay. To see a series go to the point where there's crashes in the tutorial and unnumbered buttons for macro purposes, which means you can't even hotkey efficiently. Not sure what they were thinking releasing a year early.    … Expand
  3. bmmerotti
    May 9, 2017
    2
    “the game Warhammer 40k fans have been waiting for”
    9/10 – Gamereactor
    Sure, why not? How could relic deliver an unfinished game is really beyond me. Despite the already bad animations (see the devastator with heavy bolter please), voice actions and lines exchangeds between characters, the game is full of bugs and glitches. I could really overslook all these problems if the    “the game Warhammer 40k fans have been waiting for”
    9/10 – Gamereactor

    Sure, why not?

    How could relic deliver an unfinished game is really beyond me.

    Despite the already bad animations (see the devastator with heavy bolter please), voice actions and lines exchangeds between characters, the game is full of bugs and glitches.

    I could really overslook all these problems if the campaign mode was at least "ok", since im not really into MP competitive stuff (and in that perspective, this game had a HUGE downgrade in comparison to DoW II) but the campaign was mediocre at best.

    I've played some skirmishes with my friends against the AI and it is full of bugs, enemy units sometimes just stop and do nothing, or some times they keep attacking you with their mediocre ranged damage (i.e howling banshee's ranged attack).

    If this game is to be something good in the future it will be because of the community doing mods and maps. Hope relic staff sees this and dont make this mistake again.    … Expand
  4. SturmGeschutz
    Apr 30, 2017
    2
    DoW3 is a compromise of all the values, as a player I came to trust and identify with the franchise. It neither honours the 30yr old IP of Warhammer 40K nor explores it in this iteration.
  5. CpnCornDogg
    May 4, 2017
    2
    You played the series and loved it !!! Whats not to love, its the best part of COH with heroes mixed in set in the 40k universe! Now you hear the third installment is dropping holy **** its gonna be amazing.....no. no it isnt...... Its a pathetic abomination of what we loved from these games with dumbed down mechanics and vomit inducing vfx. **** THIS GAME AND EVERYTHING THEY DIDYou played the series and loved it !!! Whats not to love, its the best part of COH with heroes mixed in set in the 40k universe! Now you hear the third installment is dropping holy **** its gonna be amazing.....no. no it isnt...... Its a pathetic abomination of what we loved from these games with dumbed down mechanics and vomit inducing vfx. **** THIS GAME AND EVERYTHING THEY DID WITH IT. I dont understand how you can take a winning franchise and change its core mechanics that made it famous and **** up everything. See this is the ****ing problem with games nowadays you got some suit who pays your ****ing production telling you we need something fresh......dude if it aint broke dont fix it...just make it better. **** THIS GAME… Expand
  6. Skor1kk
    May 7, 2017
    2
    Difficult to say whether this game is worth recommending or not. Also, lots of people have been commenting on my playtime. The reason it is so low, is because I wanted to refund the game after playing the campaign, which obviously we could not do in the betas. I have collectively around 24 hours of playing if you include both closed betas as well as the open beta.
    If you're really    Difficult to say whether this game is worth recommending or not. Also, lots of people have been commenting on my playtime. The reason it is so low, is because I wanted to refund the game after playing the campaign, which obviously we could not do in the betas. I have collectively around 24 hours of playing if you include both closed betas as well as the open beta.
    If you're really passionate about W40k, and you can't stand the idea of divergence from the lore and atmosphere, then I'd say give it a pass. I'd also advise giving the game a miss if you're very much into the established gameplay from either the first or second game, as this game diverges quite a lot from its predecessors in ways which seems to have the community mostly angry about.    … Expand
  7. Kotofon
    May 9, 2020
    2
    Обожаю мультяшного габрика из расы дредноутов и всё что с ним связано. Нет серьезно, игра то еще дерьмище, на которое я потратил косарь с лишним. Но местами когда на экране сталкиваются 2 огромные армии и происходит какой-то непонятный пи*@!~ из взрывов и летящих снарядова, габрика раскидывающего всех супостатов вокруг себя это даже... как-то начинает походить на старый добрый... А такОбожаю мультяшного габрика из расы дредноутов и всё что с ним связано. Нет серьезно, игра то еще дерьмище, на которое я потратил косарь с лишним. Но местами когда на экране сталкиваются 2 огромные армии и происходит какой-то непонятный пи*@!~ из взрывов и летящих снарядова, габрика раскидывающего всех супостатов вокруг себя это даже... как-то начинает походить на старый добрый... А так профукали все полимеры которые у них были. ГОВНО.… Expand
  8. FrostormNidhegg
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Говно. Хотите хороший обзор на эту игру - посмотрите его на канале Spaceman, "забытый обзор Dawn of War 3" называется - там все досканально разобрано. Игра ужасна, это не ДоВ. Играйте в 1 и 2 части, они прекрасны. А это стороной обходитеГовно. Хотите хороший обзор на эту игру - посмотрите его на канале Spaceman, "забытый обзор Dawn of War 3" называется - там все досканально разобрано. Игра ужасна, это не ДоВ. Играйте в 1 и 2 части, они прекрасны. А это стороной обходите
  9. benny0909
    Apr 27, 2017
    1
    All I can say is, what happened???

    If you were interested in playing something similar to the original DOW titles or even DoW2, DoW3 is neither. It seems like Relic/Sega were more interested in playing League of Legends than making their own game. The game is optimized poorly, stutters & lags even in the menus. The voice acting is atrocious & somehow the graphics managed to go back    All I can say is, what happened???

    If you were interested in playing something similar to the original DOW titles or even DoW2, DoW3 is neither. It seems like Relic/Sega were more interested in playing League of Legends than making their own game.

    The game is optimized poorly, stutters & lags even in the menus. The voice acting is atrocious & somehow the graphics managed to go back in time a decade.

    The business model is clearly setup with DLC in mind to milk the playerbase in future updates with content that should have been available on release.    … Expand
  10. kmdcanada
    Apr 27, 2017
    1
    OMG this is such a steaming pile of crap! COH2 was a bad game and that was 10 years ago, but it's better than this! Game is laggy as hell. No cover, no strategy. Ugly for this day and age. Can't change key binds. Devs ignored all feedback and just threw out a quick cash grab!
  11. Letheron88
    May 3, 2017
    1
    We were told repeatedly that this would be the game that takes the series back to its roots, that brings back the big battles and even better, would bring in the scale of the titan units to really shake things up. Cut to the actual game and you have a game about hero units, where basically everything revolves around them and the big battles of the past are nothing but a distant memory.We were told repeatedly that this would be the game that takes the series back to its roots, that brings back the big battles and even better, would bring in the scale of the titan units to really shake things up. Cut to the actual game and you have a game about hero units, where basically everything revolves around them and the big battles of the past are nothing but a distant memory.

    This isn't fun, it doesn't look good (were they designing this ready for a smart phone port?), it has no idea what its trying to be. I loved the first two games, and for me the only thing the series was missing was the sheer scale of the overall universe this IP is set in.

    If you want just another game set in the 40k universe, this is definitely that, if you want a Dawn of War game, don't bother.    … Expand
  12. Fubar72
    May 2, 2017
    1
    No rebindable keys.
    No Fullscreen (borderless windowed by default) cause huge issues in the game, for me this is simple, i can't play at all. For other people they can't select their native resolution or they have permanent windows taskbar above the game.
    Both are mindless devs choice. Both are without any fix. Uninstall is the only one good choice, and this is my last game from    No rebindable keys.
    No Fullscreen (borderless windowed by default) cause huge issues in the game, for me this is simple, i can't play at all. For other people they can't select their native resolution or they have permanent windows taskbar above the game.

    Both are mindless devs choice.
    Both are without any fix.

    Uninstall is the only one good choice, and this is my last game from Relic.

    For me, this studio are the world number one of the lazy now.

    Don't buy it without fix.
    They probably go to never fix it.    … Expand
  13. Ravensbane
    May 3, 2017
    1
    This game is a massive insult to the DOW franchise.They removed the features that people loved about the first 2 games and made a crappy rts wannabe that no one wants to play.The game has only 1 multiplayer mode,it has no depth,just mindlessly throw your armies at each other with no regard for strategy.
    They removed unit upgrades and customization.Which was one of the things I loved about    This game is a massive insult to the DOW franchise.They removed the features that people loved about the first 2 games and made a crappy rts wannabe that no one wants to play.The game has only 1 multiplayer mode,it has no depth,just mindlessly throw your armies at each other with no regard for strategy.
    They removed unit upgrades and customization.Which was one of the things I loved about the dow games.The roster is smaller and you cant even play the single player campaign offline.
    Lastly don't be fooled by reviews by users like "Voenix",they have just created an account to give 10 rating to this **** game.If you value your money and time stay away for this game.    … Expand
  14. Alul
    Apr 27, 2017
    1
    Nice lightning effects.
    If you like LoL or other titles like that, well good for you. You found new way to dumbing your intellect.
    For kids who like gummebears, jumping heroes, and all that childish "fun" factor. There you go.
    Bye Relic. I hope not for ever...
  15. Kamamura
    Jul 21, 2017
    1
    Pitiful shade of the former glory of its two predecessors. What's worse, the developer is not above using their moderator henchmen to suppress valid criticism of this mediocre product in Steam forums. Well, obviously, I don't need your forums to discuss your games to survive, however you need my money to sustain your revenue stream to survive - money you will now never get. Refunded, moving on.
  16. orrtega
    May 2, 2017
    1
    Вообщем ребят нечего особо разглагольствовать,множество обзоров в стим говорят сами за себя. От себя,я очень люблю Ваху,перечитал множестов книг,пересмотрел множество настолок иииии,я был школьником когда был первый ДоВ,я пришел из армии,когда был второй ДоВ,но третьего ДоВа лучше бы и не было.Вообщем ребят нечего особо разглагольствовать,множество обзоров в стим говорят сами за себя. От себя,я очень люблю Ваху,перечитал множестов книг,пересмотрел множество настолок иииии,я был школьником когда был первый ДоВ,я пришел из армии,когда был второй ДоВ,но третьего ДоВа лучше бы и не было.
  17. sidcom
    Apr 28, 2017
    1
    Disgrace to a genre, DoW series and tabletop original, not a Dawn of War game. Terrible maps, only 3 races with even less units than original DoW, cartoonish graphics and gameplay as shallow as a puddle. This game tries to mix some MOBA, C&C, Starcraft and DOW into one pot, result is a disgusting mush resembling a puke. It is not nearly as good as any of those game. For me, this a fail ofDisgrace to a genre, DoW series and tabletop original, not a Dawn of War game. Terrible maps, only 3 races with even less units than original DoW, cartoonish graphics and gameplay as shallow as a puddle. This game tries to mix some MOBA, C&C, Starcraft and DOW into one pot, result is a disgusting mush resembling a puke. It is not nearly as good as any of those game. For me, this a fail of epic proportions.… Expand
  18. Blindy92
    May 2, 2017
    1
    This game is a piece of crap. It takes everything Dawn of war games were about and throw it away and makes a shinny **** with decent graphics, a few maps of multi, crap campaign, crap sizes. The game is broken in all aspects and costs a way too much for nothing absolute nothing. I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone especially people who know the lore and played the other games. WorstThis game is a piece of crap. It takes everything Dawn of war games were about and throw it away and makes a shinny **** with decent graphics, a few maps of multi, crap campaign, crap sizes. The game is broken in all aspects and costs a way too much for nothing absolute nothing. I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone especially people who know the lore and played the other games. Worst game so far by far in 2017 in terms of expectations and results.… Expand
  19. MrRuin
    Apr 27, 2017
    1
    I am a fan of every Relic game up to now except The Outfit which I have never played. I loved Homeworld, Space Marine, Impossible Creatures, both CoH's and both DoW's even though they were very different games. Also I enjoy Warhammer, especially 40k. So this should be a game for me, no? Sadly, it is not.

    Combat is not interesting and is quite mechanical, economy is outdated returnig to    I am a fan of every Relic game up to now except The Outfit which I have never played. I loved Homeworld, Space Marine, Impossible Creatures, both CoH's and both DoW's even though they were very different games. Also I enjoy Warhammer, especially 40k. So this should be a game for me, no? Sadly, it is not.

    Combat is not interesting and is quite mechanical, economy is outdated returnig to version before CoH1, turrets and power nodes are a blatant steal from MOBA's and completely unnecessary. Elites are badly designed, being able to kill entire armies while costing nothing (so most combats will be around Elite point in the game and whoever holds it, almost certainly wins) and are completely not customisable taking away a strategy layer.

    Raiding is completely out of the picture cause of listening posts so there are only big blobs running around, and cause there is no retreat the blob which gets the first win will continue winning and return mechanics are completely not working cause instead of pop cap regulated req it is economy regulated, so if you have map control your army is gonna be bigger, period. Super weapons also cost nothing so can be spammed and whoever wipes more with his power, wins engagents without the need to strategise. Also Elites will almost certainly become micro transactions with best ones locked behind mounds of ingame currency or a couple of Euro's, so if you want to win in a tournament you better have the newest Elite (pay cash).

    And I am not even touching strange art style, lore unfriendly abilities and animations and bad responsiveness ... Simply put, this game is gaming disappointment of a decade for me    … Expand
  20. Halasker888
    Apr 27, 2017
    1
    If you are a fan of DoW 1 or 2 - avoid it. If you are looking for something 'grimdark' - look somewhere else. This game is not a RTS anymore. It is a mix of Clash Royale and a bad StarCraft clone.
  21. Lucius59
    May 4, 2017
    1
    ok, the graphics are nice. that's all for the good things.

    the bad things now: -when i buy a game which is a sequel (furthermore for 60€) based on a marvelous and complete license than warhammer 40k, i expect to have more content than in the previous one. here you have less armies (only 3 choices), less units (take à look at the eldars, where are the guardians? or the spacemarine    ok, the graphics are nice. that's all for the good things.

    the bad things now:
    -when i buy a game which is a sequel (furthermore for 60€) based on a marvelous and complete license than warhammer 40k, i expect to have more content than in the previous one.
    here you have less armies (only 3 choices), less units (take à look at the eldars, where are the guardians? or the spacemarine motocycles for exemple).

    -it's suppose to be an rts game, which mean for me basically build a base and an army.
    here you have 5-6 buildings available depending on the army you play and which are mostly the same in each army, so much for diversity...

    there are probably more defaults i don't think about right know but it's enough for saying i'm really disapointed about this game and it's not worth it the expensive price of 60 €    … Expand
  22. Ondora
    May 10, 2017
    1
    How did the developers manage to ruin a follow up to such a great franchise.
    Dawn of war had quite big armies and variety of units/abilities/heroes and fun multiplayer as well as campaign.
    Dawn of war II had smaller armies and and less variety of units but much more and stronger abilities which made it much more tactical. This wouldn't have been possible to play with big armies like in    How did the developers manage to ruin a follow up to such a great franchise.
    Dawn of war had quite big armies and variety of units/abilities/heroes and fun multiplayer as well as campaign.
    Dawn of war II had smaller armies and and less variety of units but much more and stronger abilities which made it much more tactical. This wouldn't have been possible to play with big armies like in DoW but was also as much fun in a quite different way. Also the Last stand mode was fun big times.

    THIS is just terrible. It tries to bring big armies like in Dow but units got even blunter than in DoW(less abilities, no equipable weapons, no progress for your units)
    No buildable defensive structures. Neither Moral nor suppression system. The graphic totally switched the direction, now it became catoonish(terrible for a universe that tries to be serious). The animation of movement looks silly, which leads to an essencial part of DoW franchise:
    They removed the executions! With a terrible argument of how they couldn't balance the "make a unit take damage, or not take damage while it executes another" their lazy asses just removed them completly. The campaign of DoW II was better though it was boring as watching tar drip.
    There are only 3 factions with not enough variety to make them interesting.
    Actually considering that you could give most units on average 3 upgrades/weapons, even that had more variety.
    Some argue that the workshop appendex could improve the game through gamers over time, like skyrim was improven through mods by players BUT IT'S NOT THE JOB OF THE PLAYERS TO MAKE THE GAME PLAYABLE IF THE DEVELOPERS GET PAYED.
    I just hope that someday a miracle happens and somebody takes this over and forges DoW IV as good as ther first two. This game here is pure ****    … Expand
  23. Shawsy94
    Jun 7, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was, honestly, an utterly pathetic attempt. Gameplay is over simplistic, the devs have a horrendous disregard for the fluff (terminators can't do backflips) and the campaign is dull and unimaginative. Not to mention the fact that we only get three races to play with a hint at a fourth in the end cutscene. This from a setting that has over a dozen different factions is simply not acceptable. Sadly this has fallen into the same trap that EA did with battlefront. Relic could have easily made something incredible, and instead they made something tragic.… Expand
  24. Wanasko
    Aug 28, 2017
    1
    I'm all shocked this is a bastard false offspring not a true blood from the franchise. I'd rather play dow 1 and enjoy it rather than wasting my time. dawn of war chaos rising was ten timesbetter than this, really miss the spirit of the game
  25. Beaver
    Apr 27, 2017
    0
    They tried to make an esport and forgot to make it fun. Removed all character, added MOBA bases to destroy, and made the multiplayer pay to win. Oh don't want to play against the pay to win people?
    You can't level up your Elites unless you play multiplayer, no xp for co-op skirmish vs ai. Next time focus on making a fun game instead of being greedy.
  26. BigJimmy1234
    May 18, 2017
    0
    All they had to do was ideally blend the first and second DOWs together....but no, they made this garbage; it's not an RTS but a very poor MOBA with graphics worse than DOW2. I have hundreds of hours in the other DOWs yet I would not play this game even if it was free.
  27. dopehat
    Apr 30, 2017
    0
    So disappointed about this game. Reviewers / game critics going "This brings the best of DoW1 and DoW2" - What friggin' game did they play? I'd say they are bought.
  28. Gasperitis
    May 9, 2017
    0
    I was massively disappointed. I played the multiplayer beta and then requested a refund on my preorder.

    I doesn't feel like a Relic RTS. Everything was a step backwards. I have played RTS since Command And Conquer. I have played DOW 1 and 2. I have also enjoyed the Company of Heroes franchise. This was the perfect storm of things I don't like about RTS. There is only 1 way to win,    I was massively disappointed. I played the multiplayer beta and then requested a refund on my preorder.

    I doesn't feel like a Relic RTS. Everything was a step backwards. I have played RTS since Command And Conquer. I have played DOW 1 and 2. I have also enjoyed the Company of Heroes franchise. This was the perfect storm of things I don't like about RTS. There is only 1 way to win, you are clearly channeled into choke points. You have god like elites. Blob on blob combat.

    Other gamers have covered these same points more eloquently than I have.    … Expand
  29. LorrX
    May 10, 2017
    0
    This game is like a half finished Star Craft mod, that just before the dev's quit working on it decided to make it a MOBA. All the things that made Company of Heroes and Dawn of War awesome and unique aren't there.

    Units have no persistence, there's no per unit retreat function only a mass callback. Not that it matters because the combat is spamming unit blobs and micromanaging hero's.    This game is like a half finished Star Craft mod, that just before the dev's quit working on it decided to make it a MOBA. All the things that made Company of Heroes and Dawn of War awesome and unique aren't there.

    Units have no persistence, there's no per unit retreat function only a mass callback. Not that it matters because the combat is spamming unit blobs and micromanaging hero's.

    There is no tactical use of terrain, no cover mechanics to speak of, no destructible buildings like in CoH. Just some barricades, that seemingly got tossed in as an aside. The maps, all 8 of them (as of this writing) are flat non interactive clearly divided into MOBA style lanes, which if the game had interesting hero mechanics like say DoW II would be serviceable....but it doesn't so they serve to highlight the lack of gameplay in both depth and variety.

    The camera is awful, if your going to have mass blobby combat at least let us see the action. Instead we get a tiny keyhole camera view. You'll never see anything like the cut scenes except during a cut scene.

    The art direction is equally bad, it looks like it should be for another game not a DoW. Everything is shiny and neon like an unflattering combination of Star Craft and Tron.

    No base building, it doesn't even have the ability to build defenses like in CoH (listening posts not withstanding), no mine fields, no emplacements except on points, just shallow and bland pop out your 6 or so buildings as quick as you can and done.

    DoW III doesn't feel like a finished game or much of a game at all, the mechanics are unfinished and shallow, there's no direction to the game, the animations are bad, and a decided lack of depth on the whole process. While I appreciate the thought, you don't just make a half finished clone of Star Craft pump out a few League of Legends inspired maps, and instantly get e-sports success, you have to make a good game first something Relic forgot to do while chasing that MOBA money.    … Expand
  30. Styke
    Aug 3, 2017
    0
    There's not a single redeemable factor in the game, and this is from one of the biggest fans of Relic and all of their games - I have signed copies of Homeworld and Company of Heroes. DOW3 is simply a cash-grab at the pre-teen market and shameless in it's simplicity.
  31. theodor_eicke
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    If you are a DoW series fan - just skip this game, pretend it was never released. Its actually HOTS (or any simple MOBA) in messed up 40k setting. And - oh God why - they got rid of melee finishers animations. 0/10
  32. TheWitcher
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    I have very conflicted feelings about this game. I like warhammer 40000 sci-fi gothic universe, but I really hate moneygrabber companies that skimp on quality to sell more...and this is clearly the case.
    This game is all about that wonderful 2016 cinematic trailer (yeah, it was very promising...), and a lot of marketing by Sega. It's hard to call this product a game, since there's no fun    I have very conflicted feelings about this game. I like warhammer 40000 sci-fi gothic universe, but I really hate moneygrabber companies that skimp on quality to sell more...and this is clearly the case.
    This game is all about that wonderful 2016 cinematic trailer (yeah, it was very promising...), and a lot of marketing by Sega. It's hard to call this product a game, since there's no fun in playing it, it's more a successful advertising campaign: they are literally selling garbage, and people are asking for it...
    There are no good ideas behind this product, there are no successful innovations to gameplay, competitive game sucks, single player is too boring, the plot is randomly generated for sure.

    The only positive thing about this game, is that I haven't spent a dime to play it, because a friend of mine pre-ordered it some time ago and promised to let me play it before I bought it.
    He literally saved me 60$. Now he would sell it to me for 30. I feel sorry for him, but I think this "game" should be free-to (not) play.    … Expand
  33. malyn
    May 1, 2017
    0
    The Dawn of War III is presented by developers and professional critics as a compromise between DoW 1 and DoW 2. I totally disagree with that statement. The predecessors and both CoH games, all belong to an original RTS style, created and developed by Relic Entertainment for years.
    Those games feature many unique and interesting mechanics which ultimately make them great and distinct    The Dawn of War III is presented by developers and professional critics as a compromise between DoW 1 and DoW 2. I totally disagree with that statement. The predecessors and both CoH games, all belong to an original RTS style, created and developed by Relic Entertainment for years.
    Those games feature many unique and interesting mechanics which ultimately make them great and distinct from other RTS games (mostly based on WarCraft style, C&C style or Total Annihilation style). It is why me and a lot of other people love those games. The DoW 3 do not implement most of those unique mechanics but clearly try to be some kind of poor mix of StarCraft and DoTA at once.
    The Relic discarded all good features which make their previous games great, like:
    - destructible environment,
    - morale/pin down mechanics,
    - indoor/outdoor cover system (the cover system form DOW 3 is very symbolic, most of times useless)
    - rich unit customization (which alters the way the unit is used)
    - unit preservation - previous games encouraged player to care about his units. In DoW 3 they made Space Marines, a cannon fodder which is a Heresy against the lore of W40K.
    - Different damage types (it is almost impossible to damage a tank with anti-infantry weapons) – in DoW 3 the Tanks and Non-elite Walkers seems to be made from paper like in SC.
    - Heroes with significant impact on the battlefield but incapable of winning the fight alone.
    - The graphical design of the units and environment suitable for the Lore. The cartoonish graphics in DoW 3, even though very beautiful, is a parody thus a Blasphemy against the lore of W40K.
    - The epic music (especially in DoW2). In DoW3 I can hear some ambient sound with some melody in it, but is almost unnoticeable.

    There is actually one thing that I like very much. The UI is useful and very elegant.

    In addition to abandoning all of those great concepts, Relic manage to achieve something I thought was impossible. They crated the game with mechanics even more primitive then that in SC.
    They abandoned and betrayed their loyal fans and created the game for dumb players which recognize ultra-fast clicking and blobbing as an art of strategy. Downgrading DoW to SC style (while SC is a well-known W40K imitation) is creating an Abomination, which cannot be forgiven. The GW should seriously consider to revoke the IP from Relic after this explicit act of Treachery.

    On top of that, the game is not even a good MOBA, because if treated as such, is way too overwhelming (you have to control 3 heroes and your creeps at once) and underdeveloped (there is no in-battle customization and leveling).

    Summarizing in four accurate words: The Heresy, The Blasphemy, The Abomination and The Treachery*. The Inquisition should now perform its duty and at least fire the Lead Designer of this game.

    * - I am using those specific words because those are suitable for the Lore of W40K, not because I am some kind of mad lunatic.    … Expand
  34. Perun
    Apr 29, 2017
    0
    Rated E for EXTERMINATUS

    causal simplistic rts, completely missed targeted audience. I know, it can be fixed and patched and they can add content and races with dlcs. But the game is in its core thrashy Warcraft 3
  35. kc_sword
    Jul 9, 2017
    0
    I would give this game a higher score, except for one glaring problem;

    The tiny font in the menus make this game COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE for me. I have a 19" 1280x1024 monitor, and the options menus in this game look like they were made for 4K, but with no downscaling to the lower resolutions. This makes the options menu completely unreadable; and as such, I consider the game to be    I would give this game a higher score, except for one glaring problem;

    The tiny font in the menus make this game COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE for me.

    I have a 19" 1280x1024 monitor, and the options menus in this game look like they were made for 4K, but with no downscaling to the lower resolutions. This makes the options menu completely unreadable; and as such, I consider the game to be unplayable.

    I don't have this problem on any other game, just this one.

    Relic/Sega, please fix this, ASAP.    … Expand
  36. SwissCheeese
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    I've bought the game only to support Relic. But it coud send the wrong message after all, 'cos the game is really bad for people expecting a good Relic's experience. Forget everything that made DOW 1 & 2 great, add a cartoonish look (doesnt fit with the universe in my opinion), no map rotation, a useless zoom (in or out), very few maps, no cover, no buidings, no suppression, no morale, noI've bought the game only to support Relic. But it coud send the wrong message after all, 'cos the game is really bad for people expecting a good Relic's experience. Forget everything that made DOW 1 & 2 great, add a cartoonish look (doesnt fit with the universe in my opinion), no map rotation, a useless zoom (in or out), very few maps, no cover, no buidings, no suppression, no morale, no nothing ... They started to dumb downs their games with COH2, with DOW3 they are clearly leaving the fans behind and trying to seduce a younger audience ... I think that they could loose everyone in the process. I hope they can get back in business after this Epic failure.… Expand
  37. Kauzer
    Apr 27, 2017
    0
    Compare to DoWII or CoH this game is 2 step behind. No cover system, no terraforming, unit's spam. Devs killed all tactical elements, DoWIII now is just brainless meat.
  38. Krisowski
    Aug 7, 2019
    0
    Huge dissapoinment. This game was dead really soon after premiere.
    Gameplay is boring, unbalanced, there is no tactical aproach to fights. How could they ruin this after making such a good game as CoH2?
  39. Pavel1874
    Aug 1, 2017
    0
    Do not purchase.
    1) Boring gameplay, no story
    2) Really, this is NOT WH40K setting, it is a funny cartoon for 4+ children! 3) Poor graphics (like 10 years old), worse than DOW I 4) Poor tactics possibilities for multiplay 5) This is not RTS, but a cheap simplified MOBA Just admit, that 80% of positive opinions is only from release date! This is marketing or people have no gameplay    Do not purchase.
    1) Boring gameplay, no story
    2) Really, this is NOT WH40K setting, it is a funny cartoon for 4+ children!
    3) Poor graphics (like 10 years old), worse than DOW I
    4) Poor tactics possibilities for multiplay
    5) This is not RTS, but a cheap simplified MOBA

    Just admit, that 80% of positive opinions is only from release date! This is marketing or people have no gameplay experience    … Expand
  40. Orkan
    May 1, 2017
    0
    DoW3 singleplayer is below avarage at best with no coop and there is very little of it, there is no last stand and i dont get why people are claiming that there is anything from Dow2 in this game, i even feel like there is very little from DoW1.
    The astetics are questionable at best, for example has the entirety of the bloodravens made a packt with slanesh so they would look fabulous and    DoW3 singleplayer is below avarage at best with no coop and there is very little of it, there is no last stand and i dont get why people are claiming that there is anything from Dow2 in this game, i even feel like there is very little from DoW1.
    The astetics are questionable at best, for example has the entirety of the bloodravens made a packt with slanesh so they would look fabulous and oiled up all the time?
    This game is far away from previous Dow games and the sourcematerial.
    The movement and behavior of the models just feels off and derpy.
    Some of the animations are just insulting, overall the artstyle and thone is a downgrade from Dow2.
    This game just feels like a compleately new rts with the DoW tag just slapped on for sales!    … Expand
  41. Praxius
    Apr 27, 2017
    0
    Last time I checked,DoW franchise wasnt a moba. Completly dislike the art atyle and gameplay.Where you have all powerful elite and weak creep squads. No thanks relic.See you in DoW4
  42. TmatoCE
    Jun 19, 2017
    0
    Garbage game, his precedent was exceptional, could say that was a game of 9 (dawn of war 2). But in this new delivery everything is over, a cinematic campaign, instead of the wonder that was the dow2 campaign. The game vs IA is a ****** So hard to find this option and SERIOUSLY no OFFLINE vs IA...

    Why a strategy game has no offline mode... Never buy this ****
  43. monkeyonatree
    Apr 27, 2017
    0
    This game is seven steps back from what past Relic games were standing for. There are no things which were created through several very well received Relic games (CoH 1&2, DoW 1&2) like retreat, smoke, cover, positioning, firing arc, requisition beholden to popcap not economy, etc.

    Other things like commanders (Elites) are dumbed down versions from Relic's earlier works, while maps,    This game is seven steps back from what past Relic games were standing for. There are no things which were created through several very well received Relic games (CoH 1&2, DoW 1&2) like retreat, smoke, cover, positioning, firing arc, requisition beholden to popcap not economy, etc.

    Other things like commanders (Elites) are dumbed down versions from Relic's earlier works, while maps, artstyle etc. are downright stolen from Moba's and SC. This is just a bad game.    … Expand
  44. LethalWeapon
    Apr 27, 2017
    0
    What we have for full AAA price tag? for €60 or $60?
    -ONE single multiplayer mode stolen from Dota 2 or LoL - Defend of the Ancient
    -ONLY EIGHT maps OVERALL
    -ONLY THREE boring race with very limited units' roster
    -SPAMMING AND VERY lore unfriendly gameplay more suitable for free-2-play
    -NOTHING SAME WITH PREVIOUS GAMES
  45. SneakySquid
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    This game features poor map design (for the few maps there are), lore breaking abilities, barely functioning menus and to top it all off: the resource nodes are entirely pointless.

    Graphics are out dated and the army painter is hilariously pointless for the Eldar. DoW 3 could have been a $20 expansion to the existing DoW 2, offering a new MOBA style game mode and a minor graphics    This game features poor map design (for the few maps there are), lore breaking abilities, barely functioning menus and to top it all off: the resource nodes are entirely pointless.

    Graphics are out dated and the army painter is hilariously pointless for the Eldar.

    DoW 3 could have been a $20 expansion to the existing DoW 2, offering a new MOBA style game mode and a minor graphics update. It would have been well received.    … Expand
  46. LorianGray
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    [Short version]: The worst relic's game! Warning! If you were going to play only Skirmish vs AI - bad news: you won't get any aftermatch experience for matches vs AI!
    [Long version]:
    MOBA. No damage types and armour types like in previous games, no suppression and cover system, no unit moral system, no sync-kills. The only difference between tank and infantry is HP, infantry literally    [Short version]: The worst relic's game! Warning! If you were going to play only Skirmish vs AI - bad news: you won't get any aftermatch experience for matches vs AI!
    [Long version]:
    MOBA. No damage types and armour types like in previous games, no suppression and cover system, no unit moral system, no sync-kills. The only difference between tank and infantry is HP, infantry literally can shoot the tank (because there are no armour types).. with rifles.. the tank! with rifles! using usual bullets! no rockets need anymore! Nobody cares about casualties anymore you just spamming Space Marines squads and they die like creeps in Dota 2. Their only purpose is making "meat shield" for your Heroes.
    [Elites or Heroes system] (did I mention that this is MOBA?) very primitive and much, much worse than it was in WarCraft 3 in 2002.
    [Animation and visualisation] makes this circus even worse - units are very poorly animated, art-style is terrible for Warhammer 40K.
    [MP] contains only 8 maps and 1 Dota2-like MOBA mode.
    [Singleplayer "campaign"] is just glorified tutorial nothing more. You can earn experience for campaign but it contains only 17 easy boring missions.    … Expand
  47. AstartesXVI
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    Where to begin? ....This game is NOT a Dawn of war title despite what sega and the devs tell you, and it's quite bad.

    It fails on so many levels that it's actually hard for me to explain, suffice to say that the epic feel of battles and engagements with your favorite warhammer 40K races and units is simply not there anymore. There is no customization of your troops who feel like    Where to begin? ....This game is NOT a Dawn of war title despite what sega and the devs tell you, and it's quite bad.

    It fails on so many levels that it's actually hard for me to explain, suffice to say that the epic feel of battles and engagements with your favorite warhammer 40K races and units is simply not there anymore.
    There is no customization of your troops who feel like worthless fodder to be thrown away at a whim in contrast to DoW II where losing a veteran squad or two was a serious blow to your forces. Cover has been removed from the game and many tactical options with it, flanking is gone as is hitting vehicles in rear armour, facing of heavy weapons and the retreat button. Also gone is the great musical score and voice acting that would accompany your victory's and defeats replaced with inept and sometimes laughable dialogue, "die you commoners"...this was yelled by the imperial knight pilot when engaging a squad of orks..........
    There are also various other lore-defying immersion breaking things like a terminator doing backflips entire squads of tactical marines armed with plasma guns or flamers.
    The new game mode "power core" is a bad joke which often leads to oneside battles being drawn out and favors almost a passive Blob up your forces and/or "camping" type approach, hugely different to the fast aggressive tactical gameplay of point control which featured in DoW II.

    I believe DoW II was/is a far superior game to the original dawn of war which was good in it's time but by todays standards is a muddled chaotic mess. It's gameplay was rendered obsolete once the mechanics of company of heroes were developed.
    And so here we have the problem, all the nostalgia sick fools that were calling for DoW to be taken back to the originals gameplay style have had a hand in this ABOMINATION of a game, it has far more in common with the first game than it does with DoW II. This is the devs attempt to make a Dawn of war 1-like game for the current times yet they even fail at that as a DoW1 reskin would have been better.
    Now we wait and see if the series dies with this game which it probably will or if it does survive somehow, will the next game we get be a continuation of the excellence that was found in Dawn of war II? Will we ever have....RETREBUTION!?    … Expand
  48. Towermax
    May 2, 2017
    0
    Questo gioco è la pigrazia fatta a Gioco. Non è possibile che questo gioco disti così tanto dal primo dawn of war ma soprattutto è identico a quel cazzo di starcraft 2. IDENTICO!!!!!!!!!!! Pure le texture fanno schifo...sembra di giocare alla guerra con i soldatini tutti colorati, gli edifici sembrano usciti da un parco dei divertimenti scadenti tutto sembra così colorato e "Fumettoso".Questo gioco è la pigrazia fatta a Gioco. Non è possibile che questo gioco disti così tanto dal primo dawn of war ma soprattutto è identico a quel cazzo di starcraft 2. IDENTICO!!!!!!!!!!! Pure le texture fanno schifo...sembra di giocare alla guerra con i soldatini tutti colorati, gli edifici sembrano usciti da un parco dei divertimenti scadenti tutto sembra così colorato e "Fumettoso". Ammetto che dopo aver visto il trailer di dawn of war 3 ero in orgasmo per il realismo e l'atmosfera che era riuscita a creare in quel trailer dall'epicità senza paragoni. Poi però tutto scema in un cazzo di gioco che emula lo stile grafico di Blizzard e il più recente LOL. LOL esatto! Mi viene appunto da ridere per non piangere. Forse non vi è venuto in mente perchè il primo dawn of war era così figo? Perchè anche se in miniatura tutto sembrava realistico, a partire dalla natura e dealle texture e quella nebbia di guerra che dava un atmosfera surreale, "tossica" o aliena alle mappe. Si ogni mappa aveva una cazzo di atmosfera. Ora le mappe sono un esplosione di colori nonsense e addio epicità. Addio realismo! E poi 8 mappe contro le 40000 disponibili nel primo dawn of war, mille sfumature di mappe diverse, ANCORA PIGRIZIA. Dawn of war era speciale e magari qualcuno ci giocava perchè forse quel cazzo di stile cartoon non si addice a tutto. L'universo del 40000 è cupo cazzo!! CUPO!!!!! Cazzo er davvero così difficile??? Se a qualcuno piace qualcosa e si è affezionato a quel qualcosa non vuole che cambi, O-K??? Vuole semplicemente di più e più figo quindi volete fate dawn of war 3? tenetelo uguale ma aggiungete eroi, aggiungete truppe, migliorate semplicemente le texture e gli effetti e vomitate dettagli e animazioni ambientali stra fighe ma mantenete l'atmosfera cazzo!!! Le mappe di dawn of war sono senza anima, senza carattere, senza esplorabilità. Quanto figo sarebbe stato anche solo semplicemente ingigantire le mappe e creare questa volta delle vere e proprie fortezze o imperi con mura torrette sistemi di difesa, che ne so tipo un age of empireso o che so io... 0 perchè non si poteva peggio tradire la fiducia di un fan di dawn of war. E ve lo dico, continuerò a giocare a soulstorm perchè lo adoro ed è ancora attuale e figo. Piuttosto fategli un remastered e ve lo compro subito. Ma sono contento di aver ritornato i miei 60 euro a steam dopo l'acquisto di DoW3.… Expand
  49. Ardium
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    Laughable mimicry of starcraft II, loses all the beauty of the DOW universe, boring and empty mechanics, completely uninterested if I win or lose the game, no thrill, poor sounds, no sync kills or cover mechanics, it's like it was made by another company, refund requested, and I'm absolutely gutted... totally gutted they didn't continue the DOW 2 design... DOW 2 is frankly beautiful andLaughable mimicry of starcraft II, loses all the beauty of the DOW universe, boring and empty mechanics, completely uninterested if I win or lose the game, no thrill, poor sounds, no sync kills or cover mechanics, it's like it was made by another company, refund requested, and I'm absolutely gutted... totally gutted they didn't continue the DOW 2 design... DOW 2 is frankly beautiful and has enjoyed a strong resurgence as a result of dow 3's sell out. Listen to the user reviews, not the metacritic one...

    The best thing about this by far is the promo vid... that was great... shame about the actual game... Enjoy the flop.    … Expand
  50. PushBrake
    Apr 28, 2017
    0
    Why this is MOBA with strategic elements but not a strategy with MOBA elements - you can read here. MOBA - Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. What we have here:
    1. Game requires all-time online even for singleplayer, you won't earn experience points playing in Skirmish vs AI. As well as in Dota 2 and LoL. Game forces you to play online vs human players! Outside this your Heroes won't    Why this is MOBA with strategic elements but not a strategy with MOBA elements - you can read here. MOBA - Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. What we have here:
    1. Game requires all-time online even for singleplayer, you won't earn experience points playing in Skirmish vs AI. As well as in Dota 2 and LoL. Game forces you to play online vs human players! Outside this your Heroes won't progress.
    2. Game has Heroes* and forces you to use them all time. Heroes itself are very OP as well as in MOBA. Other forces are just a covering crowd, worthless without heroes, like creeps in Dota but with direct control.

    *A little remark! In Warcraft 3 there also were heroes but only 3 per faction, with decent background gameplay RTS mechanics for 'em, deep tactical items system, only as support for forces, with permanent buffs for all game life cycle and without pay-to-win policy like here. WarCraft 3 made by former gamers for actual games, DoW3 made only for making money on further paid content spam this is first and the last goal.

    3. You can boost your heroes with aftermath experience points like in MOBA.
    4. No battle tactics, no retreat button, no weapons difference outside damage and HP, as well as in MOBA.
    4. Pay-to-win policy and further DLC spam with OP factions and heroes to make 'em attractive for buying. No doubt sega and relic will be selling "heroes pack" and "skins" like in MOBA - Heroes of the Storm.

    Obviously this isn't Warhammer 40.000 strategy game, it's barely can be called a strategy game, obviously it's MOBA with some strategic elements (building, collecting resources) and with very low quality of realization, more acceptable for f2p game but absolutely not for triple-A RTS game!    … Expand
  51. HonestTruth
    Apr 29, 2017
    0
    It's MOBA. Nothing more. It isn't an RTS. You have one Dota 2 game mode, you cant' rebuild hotkeys, you won't gain exp points "sculls" for Skirmish vs AI, variation of Heroes is locked at start you must unlock them with "sculls" so you must play dozens and dozens matches in multiplayer only, no exp for matches vs AI, all time online is required even for singleplayer, you can't evenIt's MOBA. Nothing more. It isn't an RTS. You have one Dota 2 game mode, you cant' rebuild hotkeys, you won't gain exp points "sculls" for Skirmish vs AI, variation of Heroes is locked at start you must unlock them with "sculls" so you must play dozens and dozens matches in multiplayer only, no exp for matches vs AI, all time online is required even for singleplayer, you can't even increase camera scroll speed and only 8!!! maps!
    There is no depth and tactics, there is nothing! It's free-to-play game which has been selling to you for $60. As an RTS player I won't event pay $5 for this stuff. Period.    … Expand
  52. BrianSilvey
    May 2, 2017
    0
    I can't find a single redeeming quality of this title.. Literally everything you loved in DOW1 is missing. Literally everything you hate about every MOBA is present here. Everything you love about RTS games has been pulled out to make a mindless pile of junk spam fest game with almost tactical thought. No base turtle action, units are easily killed, fights are just a series of spam meetsI can't find a single redeeming quality of this title.. Literally everything you loved in DOW1 is missing. Literally everything you hate about every MOBA is present here. Everything you love about RTS games has been pulled out to make a mindless pile of junk spam fest game with almost tactical thought. No base turtle action, units are easily killed, fights are just a series of spam meets spam on a lane.. ONE mode ships, terrible AI and you really have one of the poorest games released in 2017.. How does a company fail so badly when all they need to do was upgrade DOW1 and add some of the better DOW2 elements and they'd sell a million copies.. What a DUD!… Expand
  53. suntzu20
    May 3, 2017
    0
    Wish I could get a refund for this, feel like the game is half completed in terms of graphics/gameplay compared to DoW1 and even DoW2, the game honestly feels like it was given to a bunch of interns to create that have never played this style of game before.
    The gameplay is stupidly basic comapred to anything Relic have made before, I loved company of heroes 1/2 and DoW 1, DoW 2 was a    Wish I could get a refund for this, feel like the game is half completed in terms of graphics/gameplay compared to DoW1 and even DoW2, the game honestly feels like it was given to a bunch of interns to create that have never played this style of game before.
    The gameplay is stupidly basic comapred to anything Relic have made before, I loved company of heroes 1/2 and DoW 1, DoW 2 was a little hit or miss to be fair but it was playable. there is no way I'm buying another Relic game without trying it 1st now, 0% faith in the company to produce a quality sequal or even a playable game (and after so long too!) no doubt they will bring in more factions (as there are only 3) as DLC later but they won't be getting a penny more from me on this pile of junk.

    To put it another way, this game to Relic is what C&C 4 is to EA    … Expand
  54. Piter01
    May 4, 2017
    0
    This game is terrible MOBA, complex of cheap and lazy development (low budget?), collection of silly game design decisions and full disrespect to the constant buyers community of the Dow series. RIP relic.
  55. Imnuktam
    Jul 26, 2017
    0
    Played this about 30 hours at a buddies house, then bought it just so I could actually tell this review without having it deleted by the toxic moderator on that forum.

    I personally was hoping for something that had the gameplay and basebuilding of DOW1 combined with the Garisonable buildings, cover system, Leader choices and wargear of DOW2, with new and great graphics and ragdoll    Played this about 30 hours at a buddies house, then bought it just so I could actually tell this review without having it deleted by the toxic moderator on that forum.

    I personally was hoping for something that had the gameplay and basebuilding of DOW1 combined with the Garisonable buildings, cover system, Leader choices and wargear of DOW2, with new and great graphics and ragdoll physics.

    What we got was none of that, instead..

    Sync Kills got removed
    Garisonable buildings removed
    Intelligent cover removed. Replaced by a mindless bubble shields.
    Cartoony graphics replaced grimdark of old.
    No ability to rotate camera.
    No risk style campaign like we loved in DOW1
    No game speed setting like in DOW1
    No Co-op style campaign i loved from DOW2
    No last stand mode like we loved in DOW2
    Only 3 races
    Only 9 maps
    A Gabriel angelos doing frontflips in terminator armor.

    Watch this video and around 8 min in you will see the interviewer throw out a bait statement saying "warhammer lore is stupid and over the top" Phils response was to laugh, nod and agree repeatedly.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_QBkq1uMs4

    Its no wonder it missed on so many levels when that is the lead designer and how he responds to someone criticizing the game. Even his response to Gabriel Angelos flipping in term armor was made up by players on development forums and just regurgitated in mass by phil to say "yeah he can jump". Which proves he heard everyones complaints/suggestions during development and just ignored them since he didnt care.

    Another reason game ended up in this state is the moderation. During development me and many of my friends spent time in the official forums critiquing losing the things stated above and the direction of the game. All we got in response was argued with by the mod of all people. Each and every thing listed above the mod would show up and just argue with you til you felt you were wasting your time and we all eventually left and quit wasting our time.

    Once the game released, they let the same mod police the steam forums. Now to go along with arguing with the users, he bans them left and right and then sanitizes the forums to make it look like everyone is happy. Over and over anyone who spoke out about the game found themselves banned and their posts deleted, while people who attacked those that criticized the game were given free reign to say as they pleased, mod would just show up and sanitize their ignorant remarks or remove them IF any action was taken.

    Here is a link to where steam users talk about that issue.

    http://steamcommunity.com/groups/acpreport/discussions/0/2119355556483626427/

    They even went so far as to plant people who spend all day every day arguing with people who say anything negative about game, I have even seen these people slip up and instead of mention things like "they are releasing" they slip into first person and say we are releasing showing that they work for or are affiliated with the company and are hiding that fact.

    Dont get this game, you will regret it. There is very good reason it is mostly negative status last 30 days and has such a poor population. Look at it compared to COH or even Dow1, less than soulstorm made a decade ago and less by far than all DOW1 games added together. This is after less than 3 monts, and since no effort was put into singleplayer, multiplayer is all you will be left with after doing a campaign that even the people who defend this game didnt like, since you will be forced to constantly switch between all three races.

    Multi and ghostown populations is all you will have left for your money, sitting in ques til you log off. Just buy DOW 1 and DL the free titanium mod! You will end up with 50 or so unique units to use with each army, which is about as many as all 3 factions in dow 3 combined.

    http://steamcharts.com/search/?q=Dawn+of+war    … Expand
  56. Sv4roG
    May 20, 2017
    0
    This game is just BAD. There's no other way to describe it. Great intro movie! Everything else is just a s***t show. Stay away from it and don't believe obviously paid off critics.
  57. Maxthon99
    May 19, 2017
    0
    This is a **** connection to the Internet, and without it you will not earn skulls. And even nichrome is not optimized. I go to the main menu after the fight, it takes me at least 5 minutes to do this. I can only add that their intention to merge 1st and 2nd DOW did not justify my expectations. The 1st and 2nd DOW are individually good, but here ..., horror. With Dawn Of War III, theThis is a **** connection to the Internet, and without it you will not earn skulls. And even nichrome is not optimized. I go to the main menu after the fight, it takes me at least 5 minutes to do this. I can only add that their intention to merge 1st and 2nd DOW did not justify my expectations. The 1st and 2nd DOW are individually good, but here ..., horror. With Dawn Of War III, the developers went clearly the wrong way, and maybe the composition of the team just changed. And the plot is completely absent. It's just flat! It's a shame. My advice to you, play in 1 and 2 part, because they are good. And this part 3 send to the trash.… Expand
  58. WindGuardian
    Jun 23, 2017
    0
    Dawn of War III under shadows in their old games.
    There is many orginal mechanics removed in to make this game like Star Craft 2 with League of Legends graphics and game lack of player customize to choose a fact that you want focus a side of story or creat differences in game. Units lack of soul, personality and this is not a fact for Warhammer 40k becaus there is many heroic moments for    Dawn of War III under shadows in their old games.
    There is many orginal mechanics removed in to make this game like Star Craft 2 with League of Legends graphics and game lack of player customize to choose a fact that you want focus a side of story or creat differences in game. Units lack of soul, personality and this is not a fact for Warhammer 40k becaus there is many heroic moments for every basic unit but they are very passive under so many effect of graphics and no animations in campaing or sync kills. It is fast based developed for money bait with many adversite not for the satisfy of players.

    We really wish to see a great game for Dawn of War III but It is not the game that we want after 8 years with a great universe of Warhammer 40k in their hands.    … Expand
  59. ciaociao
    Aug 2, 2017
    0
    Triumph of marketing over game design. This hybrid MOBA/RTS fails hard in both aspects, fake reviews here and on Steam from the same two PR people won't save this pile of SH*T. Campaign is trash, with the most useless and horrible dialogues ever made, written by an ape. Game design fails in almost every aspect except for race characterization, everything tries to push you to multiplayerTriumph of marketing over game design. This hybrid MOBA/RTS fails hard in both aspects, fake reviews here and on Steam from the same two PR people won't save this pile of SH*T. Campaign is trash, with the most useless and horrible dialogues ever made, written by an ape. Game design fails in almost every aspect except for race characterization, everything tries to push you to multiplayer badly and races aren't even balanced so it's pointless, this game should be canceled from history because it's Relic's ME:Andromeda. Stop making mediocre games to appeal the stupid kid masses, you are killing the industry, change field and quit your job designers and brand managers.… Expand
  60. InquisitorCyrin
    Aug 23, 2017
    0
    First ever refund.

    It should be noted that I, and pretty much anyone else that had DoW in their library, received a 50% off coupon. I used mine and gave this a try and refunded after playing each faction and being the most disappointed I have ever been in a franchise. All I can say... multi-laser cannons... I have played some really trash RTS games, but I could still find them    First ever refund.

    It should be noted that I, and pretty much anyone else that had DoW in their library, received a 50% off coupon. I used mine and gave this a try and refunded after playing each faction and being the most disappointed I have ever been in a franchise.

    All I can say... multi-laser cannons...

    I have played some really trash RTS games, but I could still find them fun.
    The art and sound teams did an extraordinary job and I really wish I could give them a rating independent of the game; the game is so godawful I can only liken it to Final Fantasy XIII. Just with worse voice acting. No matter how pretty you make this look, you can't disguise the fact that this is a Fukushima level dumpster fire.

    Lore:
    -BIG ORK follow ....little Ork?
    WHAT?

    -Shootas being able to kill a squad of space marines.... no.
    This violates even the table top's rules, let alone any form of cannon in any book series.

    -The Eldar are incredibly poorly portrayed with almost zero loyalty to how they should act regarding source material.

    Unfortunately, if I took the time to pidgeonhole every lore discrepancy, this would be a small novel. These are just some of the most glaring transgressions.

    -Overview and context:

    What happens when you try to turn a beautiful, flushed-out, respected, and revered RTS legacy into Dota 2.

    DoW was everything an RTS could hope to be and more.

    DoW II took everything DoW did and expanded into a different genre while retaining enough of DoW's RTS strengths and built a very personal world. It combined elements of the table top, and some minor rpg elements; this truly made it about 'YOUR GUYS.' It was Chaos Gate made manifest with better plot and an awesome community. Was it completely an RTS? No. It was more, it was DoW II. There wasn't a term for it, but it was at it's very core Warhammer 40k. It was about your guys.

    There is no legitimate cover mechanic. No more epic showdowns while being pinned down behind a tank. The map is literally divided into lanes. All mechanics from both the table top and former DoW games forsaken. No true unit customization or specialization with three types of armor.

    Greatest betrayal and heresy present:
    The game and every single encounter boils down to split second skill activation... there is no real form of strategy present. Just rush in and use your skills fast. This is an enormous betrayal to both RTS and the DoW legacy. There is no strategy, just mindless bum rushing and ... multi-laser cannons.

    DoW III is a disaster in every sense of the word, it is Relic's death knell.

    By the Grace of the Golden Throne, I declare Exterminatus upon Dawn of War III.
    I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire title and consign the whole of the work to oblivion.

    May Imperial Justice account in all balance; the Emperor protects.    … Expand
  61. tornanx
    Sep 7, 2017
    0
    I didn't enjoy playing ,It was like working without salary.Worst sequel to one of best series I have played.I hope next game will also be called Dawn of War III so that we can live peacefully believing this thing never happened.
  62. robkiller10
    Oct 19, 2017
    0
    i would like to know how this game got the best pc game of 2016 e3?????????
    this game has not live up to it hype and brought the worst game play in dawn of war history and disgraced the Warhammer 40k name.
    they shouldn't show there gaming awards that they don't deserve. the graphics are not the best company of heroes 1 and 2 got better graphics and a better story line. I wish    i would like to know how this game got the best pc game of 2016 e3?????????
    this game has not live up to it hype and brought the worst game play in dawn of war history and disgraced the Warhammer 40k name.

    they shouldn't show there gaming awards that they don't deserve.

    the graphics are not the best company of heroes 1 and 2 got better graphics and a better story line.
    I wish they make this game better. I know they can do better a lot better    … Expand
  63. Psheshlov
    Nov 21, 2017
    0
    Insane failure. Just read other reviews. This game doesnt have any obvious type of gameplay. It's stupid mix of 1st game and 2nd. And yes, better try their other RTS games.
  64. xincognitox
    Feb 8, 2018
    0
    Only 3 races and no further support from the developers. Better play first or second DoW.
  65. HolyKeep99
    Mar 4, 2018
    0
    In 2016, Relic announced Dawn of War 3. I was very happy, because I´m a huge fan of Dawn of war franchise since I have played Soulstorm and other DoW games in my childhood. As I was counting every day until release, Relic uploaded a couple of videos, which consist alpha game-in view. The graphics looked awkward and kinda plastic, but I believed, that they will polish it and they actuallyIn 2016, Relic announced Dawn of War 3. I was very happy, because I´m a huge fan of Dawn of war franchise since I have played Soulstorm and other DoW games in my childhood. As I was counting every day until release, Relic uploaded a couple of videos, which consist alpha game-in view. The graphics looked awkward and kinda plastic, but I believed, that they will polish it and they actually did that. Final version outstands with its visual, however it is maybe the only thing, which actually works.

    So there was the day, which proudly holds date 27th of April 2017 and that day also remembers one fool, who had preordered DoW 3 two month before release and then went in local gamestore to pick up his order. He started playing the game and he actually completed it on normal difficulty.
    But he realised that:

    - game lacks any replay option since it is boring and repetetive as hell (I mean campaign)
    - has a unbalanced MP and devs are refusing to admit it
    - few buildable object in each race as well as low number of units
    - no RPG elements at all(and no, fokin doctrines are cancer and only sink the game deeper, we wanted some wargear similar to DoW 2)
    - ONLY 3 races in 40k universe at the beginning!
    - no cover system, bad optimision, no 3D camera, no key-bindings, lack of font scale
    - ugly main menu, no turrets(f*ck doctrine!)
    - teased Necrons that will never appear in the game
    - monthly ration of ugly skins, which are useless

    I could have written more, but I think, that those facts are good enough to understand, that this game is a moneygrab garbage. Yea, ok, we got some maps, new elites, deleted skull system, ladder(which should have been in the game at the very beginning) etc. But it is not enough.

    ->YOU RUINED DAWN OF WAR FRANCHISE!    … Expand
  66. La0RiX
    Aug 17, 2021
    0
    Played almost every Warhammer game but this... It's soulless money grab (40 euros for unfinished game), Unenjoyable from the very start, changed visuals (unfitting for this franchise), bugs, boring combat system and base building. Sadly I can't recommend it.
  67. marcinek74
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Every time I was trying to play this game a had a server issue and lost progress. Always connected retirement is a pathology. Game should be banned because of that.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 76 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 76
  3. Negative: 0 out of 76
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 5, 2017
    60
    The new Warhammer is a classic strategy in core, but simplified to MOBA elements. It combines the gameplay of the first Dawn of War with the latter, and it certainly works nice. [Issue#275]
  2. GameOver.gr
    Jun 30, 2017
    65
    DOW 3 is trying very hard to satisfy many target groups -RTS players, online competitors, mobs fans- but in the end it fails to deliver something memorable.
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  3. games(TM)
    Jun 23, 2017
    80
    The games that play out as intended - courtesy of the twists that Relic has brought into the franchise this time around - well, those will stay in your mind as some of the most intense RTS games you'll ever have. [Issue#188, p.74]
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