I came to the realization that I had an unopened copy of Dawn of War: Platinum on my shelf and that I needed to finally play through it. I missed this RTS when it came out... I think because of Half-Life 2, and I picked up the Gold edition about a year ago and played through the first 4 or so missions. Then I gave that copy away as a gift when I found the platinum edition and just never got back into it. Ever since I started working on Battle Monkeys (more on that later) I've told myself that I need to play through DoW since the squad command will most likely resemble the Dawn of War model.
This weekend I managed to get back to the point where I was before and I've got to say that it's a fantastic RTS, mainly because it does away with the tedious resource management and instead allows you to focus on the combat and the tactics. Plus, playing it four years after it came out I'm able to run it in high resolution and in full detail - to which I must add that the visuals still really hold up well. I'll give an update once I've played thought the main campaign with my thoughts. Until then...
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