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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War-Dark Crusade

Relic Entertainment · Oct 9, 2006

PC

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The second expansion to Dawn of War includes all-new, explosive Dawn of War single-player action play, new multiplayer content, and two new playable races including the technologically devastating Tau. In addition to the two new playable races, Dark Crusade will feature an all-new single player campaign centering on the conquest of a "meta-map," with each territory captured giving tangible rewards to the occupying force. Also featured is a greatly expanded multiplayer component and a completely unique economy model for the Necrons.

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  • Games Radar+

    Joshua LaTendresse · Nov 29, 2006

    9.0
    A bully perhaps, but an incredibly generous one - Dark Crusade is standalone, and doesn't require the original Dawn of War to play. You may lead any one of the seven races in the thrilling single player campaign, and add the Tau and Necron to your lineup for multiplayer beat downs. Dark Crusade is an enormous amount of top-drawer content for $29.99, and newcomers may rightly mistake it for a full blown sequel. Highly recommended.
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  • Game Zone

    jkdmedia · Oct 29, 2006

    8.8
    I wish PC expansion packs had always this much bang for the buck! Dark Crusade is a great entry point into the Dawn of War series for newcomers. It has an incredibly robust single-player experience and you also get a good taste of the online play. It's more fun when combined with the original game and first expansion, but it can be enjoyed quite well on it's own as well.
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  • GameSpot

    Greg Kasavin · Oct 10, 2006

    8.8
    Dawn of War was a fantastic real-time strategy game to begin with, but it takes an expansion pack like Dark Crusade to make the original game feel as fresh and interesting as ever two years later. It helps that the game's presentation has held up so well, between the spectacular graphics and all the thunderous weapon effects and lively unit voices, but it's all been built on a foundation of great underlying tactical gameplay.
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  • IGN

    Dan Adams · Oct 09, 2006

    8.7
    The basics of the real-time strategy game have remained largely unchanged. This certainly isn't a bad thing as the Dawn of War experience has always been a super-charged and exciting real-time strategy experience. Two new factions and new units for existing factions add even more variety to an already stacked package.
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  • Euro Gamer

    Alec Meer · Oct 28, 2006

    7.0
    Don't think of it as its own game and the red mist recedes fast. The new races are incredible, some of the most imaginative fare the often too stiff-upper-lipped RTS landscape has ever seen. They're going to make for some spectacular online clashes, far more so than Winter Assault's guardsmen ever did, and devout DoW players will be the happiest of genocidal bunnies for their inclusion.
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  • jeuxvideo.com

    Superpanda · Oct 25, 2006

    7.5
    Malgré le côté répétitif des missions de la campagne solo et la petite mesquinerie des développeurs qui réservent la majorité des races jouables en multijoueur à ceux qui possèdent déjà Dawn of War et son extension Winter Assault, Dark Crusade reste un stand-alone de bonne qualité, même pour ceux qui n'ont jamais touché de leur vie à un titre de la série.
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  • Big Daddy

    Apr 20, 2020 · PC

    9.0

    the return of Necron, the best race ever (in my humble opinion), love what they do in this series, unfortunately you can only play Necron in this game only, the new one doesn't have Necron, it's a bummer

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