Warhammer 40,000: Dark Crusade - Review

Hot off the heels of the critically acclaimed real-time strategy game Company of Heroes comes the second expansion for the Dawn of War series, Warhammer 40,000: Dark Crusade. Once again, developer Relic has not disappointed.

Dark Crusade introduces two brand new and innovative factions taken from the board game universe, raising the total number of playable races across all three games to 7. There are new units for each of the returning factions along with an abundance of skirmish maps. Accompanying this, a brand new Risk-esque single player mode has been added to tickle the taste buds of the Dawn of War veterans but also provide something slightly unique and exciting to lure in the rookies.

In contrast to Winter Assault, Dark Crusade adds enough extra content to earn itself the prestige of being a stand alone game (it does not require the original Dawn of War) - the only benefit of owning the other two games in the series is to unlock all the races in multiplayer mode. However, for not much more, I recommend buying the Warhammer 40,000 anthology to provide you with hours of entertainment this Christmas.

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