Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault

Relic Entertainment · Jan 1, 2006

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Lost amongst the ruins of a leveled city lies an Emperor Class Titan a war vessel of untold power forged in the pla-wide furnaces of Mars and revered by billions as the epitome of Imperial dominance. The one who controls it will mand the power to destroy or defend a world. The Imperials will summon it to overe great evil Chaos will corrupt it for their own designs Orks will destroy it in their bloodlust and Eldar will disregard it in their arrogance.

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Critic 8.4 (6 critics) · Gamer 8.6

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Game Zone
jkdmedia · Oct 23, 2005
9.0
Winter Assault is a solid expansion pack to a great game, and will definitely please fans of the original game that’ve been clamoring for a follow-up for some time now. While there are some issues, like a disjointed campaign, this is still a great expansion that comes wholeheartedly recommended.
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CVG
PC Zone Staff · Oct 23, 2005
8.6
You see, the Guard are merely weak-willed conscripts; the poor lowly scum of the Earth (and a million other worlds), whose nature is to wall in, defend, build up and break out. DOW's established races instead prefer to dive into combat from the get-go, and so multiplayer games are now way more interesting and can last - gasp - as long as half an hour.
GameSpot
Andrew Park · Sep 22, 2005
8.3
Even those who passed up Dawn of War the first time around might want to sit up and take note, since the expansion's new faction is much more user-friendly to beginners, even if it isn't as distinctive as the other factions. All things considered, Winter Assault is a great expansion pack for a great strategy game.
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IGN
Dan Adams · Sep 19, 2005
8.5
Relic's got a formula here that makes a lot of sense in this mad universe and promotes the kind of crazy and chaotic play that you would expect from a multi-faction battle. The Imperial Guard only add to the frantic gameplay in a positive way by allowing a slightly different style of play for the more defensively minded.
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Euro Gamer
Jim Rossignol · Sep 27, 2005
8.0
As RTS games go Winter Assault and its parent game are more concerned with being spectacular than they are about being sophisticated, but we appreciate how that works - some games are more about the light and noise than about the cerebral juices. And in Warhammer 40k, above all sci-fi worlds, there is a blinding light, and a drunken orchestra of noise.
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jeuxvideo.com
Superpanda · Sep 14, 2005
8.0
Winter Assault est un add-on dans le droite lignée de l'excellent jeu original. Disposant de deux campagnes solos enfin à la hauteur de nos attentes, il comprend en plus une nouvelle race au gameplay très typé défensif et quatre nouvelles unités pour les autres camps. Mais le coeur du jeu reste le multijoueur et celui-ci a bénéficié de quelques améliorations comme un meilleur équilibrage entre les races et de nouvelles cartes
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