TheCheese33: Dawn of War II half-off. HALF-OFF!? Is this game any good? My finger's on the Buy button...
What's it like, compared to other RTSs? More Starcraft or C&C?
Put your finger on the "download demo" button and find out.
I definitely think its worth it, especially a that price, only better price I've seen is the price I paid (competition wins are awesome!)
It's nothing much like starcraft, there's no base building (or very limited in MP) or tedious resource gathering (closest is capturing strategic points), its closer to a squad level game rather than an army level one but with a heavier focus on tactics. In order to succeed most effectively, you have to tell your troops to take cover, what directions to face (mostly in the case of heavy weapons becuse they take a while to move) and use the right tool for the right job. Its a lot more than drag select units and click on the thing you want to die. In single player you also have a limited selection of units and no building more in mission, you select your forces beforehand and use them as best you can
You could think of it as a somewhat action type of squad strategy game, kind of like a realtime version of xcom or the older warhammer 40K game chaos gate (or squad command on the DS/psp if you've seen them)
GFWL has never given me an issue with the game, in fact I don't think it was installed until after the game was, not sure how it could limit the installs