Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach - Sons of Cadia

Sons of Cadia DLC brings a lot of variety to basic duo (Space Marines & Orks) with Imperial Guards. Their impressive variety of distance weapons (starting from simple yet efficient squad of IG with lasguns up to mighty Basilisks and Leman Russ tank - latter in a couple of variants) is absolutely necessary to make equal fight with greenskin hordes, however, in opposite to Space Marines, guardsmen are far more fragile, not only in direct combat (which is generally their weak point though). This means that player has to be much more cautious (comparing to campaigns with Space Wolves in basic game), every mistake can cost you dearly. This small change makes IG campaign (and generally playing as IG) more challenging, but also more satisfactory and interesting. Aside from in-game plot (which is again, like in basic game, barely introduced), I personally consider campaign for IG as a shining gem of this add-on. All other things, present in basic game (intuitive gameplay, simple yet functional 3d graphics, relatively faithful feeling of playing "tabletop" game etc), are here as well, so I would strongly recommend it especially for fans of original game. I'm afraid that in most cases DLC won't convince people sceptical to this game (however bigger challenge is some factor allowing to give this game a second chance). To conclude - in case of any doubts about DLC, definitely grab this one since it's giving basic game a lot of additional value. Other two - well, their value is debatable, but don't miss Sons of Cadia!

It's cool to get to play as the Guard, but the lack of Infantry Heavy Weapons leaves the Infantry feeling short-ranged and ineffective. That said, it is really fun to rumble around with a bunch of tanks and Valkyries (and Knights in some missions!), so if you just play it as an Armoured Company, it works pretty well. The other issue is just inherent in the matchup: With Orks vs. Imperial Guard, we've got two armies with tons of cheap units, and the campaign includes a bunch of missions with a very high points limit. Combined, this means that many of the missions take a LONG time to play thru. I could usually get thru a chapter or two of a book during each of the enemy turns during the early-mid game of each mission. Mostly, tho, if you've played the core game, you know more or less what to expect here. Overall, most things feel and work more or less like they should based on the fluff, and the game scales up to some truly epic battles. Worth it if you liked the core game and want more.