Showing posts with label Dawn of War 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dawn of War 2. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2008

New Dawn of War II video.

I know I'm drinking the THQ kool aid here. But hey, you might as well like some of the game your own company makes right? And we put out some great RTS games. I know there's little chance that I'll be able to convince anyone in my family (except maybe Raleigh) that this game merits a few hours of their Star Craft 2 playing time, but damn it I'm going to try:

Monday, July 14, 2008

It'll never be as good as Dad's true favorite.

It's no secret that my dad is a huge StarCraft fan. I've tried many times unsuccessfully to parlay that love into an appreciation of the Sci Fi RTS that THQ puts out. Namely Dawn of War. Now I had a 5 hour a day StarCraft habit so I know how good that game is. But you'll just have to trust me that I like Dawn of WAr just as much. It's not exactly the same. You can't really turtle and there's more micromanagement that goes on in maintaining the rock paper scissors balance...but I think DoW is every bit as fun as star craft.

Anyways, THQ just released a new E3 Trailer 'introducting a new race' namely the Eldar. I think it's more like we're seeing the Eldar for the first time...since they were introduced in the first game...but that's semantics. Here's the vid: