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{{Stub}} {{Wikipedia}} {{GameInfobox | image = DoW.jpg | developer = Relic Entertainment | publisher = THQ | na_rel = {{Release|2004|September|20|NA|Microsoft Windows}} | genre = Real-time strategy | features = Single-player,Multi-player | platforms = Microsoft Windows | media = CD-ROM | franchise = Warhammer 40,000 | series = Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War | ratings = ESRB-M,PEGI-16+ }} '''''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War''''' is a [[real-time strategy video games|real-time strategy video game]], developed by [[Relic Entertainment]] and published by [[THQ]], set in the universe of the ''Warhammer 40,000'' table top game. ===Factions=== There are four playable factions in ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War''; Space Marines, Chaos Marines, Orks and the Eldar. The Imperial Guard is in the game but they are a non-playable faction. ====Space Marines==== ''Space Marines'' are elite, highly skilled superhuman soldiers of the Imperium. Their units have high morals and they are extremely powerful. ====Chaos Marines==== The ''Chaos Marines'' are traitors that turned against the Imperium, in what became known as the ''Horus Heresy''; they worship the Blood Gods. They are similar to the Space Marines, but the main difference between the two is that the Chaos Marines use demons. ====Orks==== ''Orks'' are ravenous green-skinned humanoids who live for battle, and would control the entire galaxy through sheer weight of numbers were it not for vicious infighting within their ranks. ====Eldar==== The ''Eldar'' are the mysterious former rulers of the galaxy, whose rigorous military program and eldritch technology somehow prove inadequate to retake it. Expansions to the game ([[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault|Winter Assault]], [[WWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade|Dark Crusade]] and [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm|Soulstorm]]) add new playable teams. The game's style seems to revolve mostly around the Space Marines, since quotes from the Space Marine's religious doctrines are offered on the Main Screen, and the single-player campaign has the user lead a company of the Blood Ravens, one of the (supposedly) thousand Space Marine chapters. ===Gameplay Mechanics=== ====Different Game Modes==== There are two different gameplay modes; ''Campaign'' and ''Skirmish''. The ''Campaign'' is a linear series of single-player scenarios, while ''Skirmish'' allows you to play on any map that is in the game, against both AI and human players. There is a multi-player option in the game, but due to the game's age, the online servers have been shut down. As a result, the only working online feature in the game is over LAN. LAN, short for ''Local Area Network'', requires users to be on the same internal network connection. ''Skirmish'' is the only multi-player mode in the game. ====Gameplay==== ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War'' preserves most of the classic [[real-time strategy video games|real-time strategy]] elements. Unlike most RTS games, this game has a squad mechanic; infantry units are automatically part of a squad. One of the unique features of this game is its morale system; every infantry squad has a morale pool, similar to the unit's health pool. When a unit begins to lose a battle, morale drops; when there is no morale left in the squad, it breaks and is then less effective in combat. The game has three different types of units; Builders, Infantry and Armour. Units can be upgraded to make them more effective; these upgrades can increase the amount of damage that is inflicted upon enemy squads; they can also raise a squad's morale, and make squads more effective against certain units. ====Resourses==== There are two resources, '''Requisition''' and '''Power'''. All four teams gather each resource the same way. There is no impetus to create swarms of "villager" type units to gather resources; instead, ''Power'' is gained simply by building Power Generators (which go by different names among the different teams but operate in exactly the same way), while ''Requisition'' is gained by holding different types of control points scattered around each map. In this way, the game blends micro- and macro-management because the way to capture these control points is of course with troops. In the same way that games like ''[[StarCraft]]'' demand that the player immediately builds several worker units and set them on the nearest resource pile, it is prudent in ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War'' to immediately to build a few squads of light infantry that can quickly capture points and increase the flow of Requisition. A squad is rendered immobile and defenceless while capturing a point, and a captured point is only slightly less vulnerable than a neutral point, in that it takes slightly longer to capture by an opposing team. To help protect a player's "economy", two of the three types of points, '''Strategic Points''' and '''Relics''', can be given a minor defence upgrade by building ''Listening Posts'' on top of them; these may then be strengthened with additional defensive options, such as turrets. '''Critical Locations''' may only be protected with units in the area, and are thus usually centrally-located on the map so as to provide greater opportunities for conflict. While ''Strategic Points'' and ''Relics'' both produce Requisition at the same rate, each team possesses high-level units in their [[tech tree]] that may only be produced if that player controls a ''Relic''. Thus, ''Relics'' are normally found some distance away from player starting locations (though there are exceptions in some Skirmish maps) and there are never as many on the map as there are ''Strategic Points''. Both ''Strategic Points'' and ''Critical Locations'' are key to the victory conditions in Skirmish games (you win by holding 50% of all ''Strategic Points'' for eight minutes, or 66% of all ''Critical Locations'' for six minutes), and since these two conditions can be turned on and off independently, the relative importance of the different types of points is variable. ===Units=== ====Imperial Guard==== The Imperial Guard have three units in this game: [[Colonel Brom]], [[Imperial Guardsmen]] and [[Leman Russ]]. ====Space Marines==== The Space Marines have sixteen units in this game: [[Scout Marines]], [[Space Marines]], [[Space Marines Assault Squad]], [[Rhino Transport]], [[Dreadnought (WH 40K)|Dreadnought]], [[Hellfire Dreadnought]], [[Chaplain]], [[Terminator Squad]], [[Assault Terminator Squad]], [[Apothecary]], [[Librarian]], [[Predator (WH 40K)|Predator]], [[Whirlwind]] and [[Land Raider]]. ====Orks==== The Orks have fifthteen units in this game: [[Warboss]], [[Big Mek]], [[Shoota Boy Squad]], [[Slugga Boy Squad]], [[Stormboyz Squad]], [[Nob Squad]], [[Mad Dokk]], [[Tankbusta]], [[Mega Armored Nobz]], [[Squiggot]], [[Looten Tank]], [[Killa Kan]], [[Wartrak]] and [[Flash Gitz]]. ====Eldar==== The Eldar have twelve units in this game: [[Farseer Taldeer]], [[Guardian (WH 40K)|Guardian]], [[Ranger]], [[Falcon Grav Tank]], [[Seer Council]], [[Harlequin]], [[Shuriken Cannon Platform]], [[Brightlance Platform]], [[Avatar]], [[Vyper]], [[Wraithlord]] and [[Fire Prism]]. ====Chaos Marines==== The Chaos Marines have eleven units in this game: [[Lord Bale]], [[Cultists]], [[Chaos Space Marines]], [[Korne Berserkers]], [[Chaos Rhino Transport]], [[Horror Squad]], [[Possessed Squad]], [[Chaos Predator]], [[Chaos Sorcerer]] and [[Defiler]]. ==Minimum & Recommended Specifications== {{Specs | min_win_os = [[Windows 98]] | min_win_cpu = {{Icon|Intel}} [[Intel Pentium III|Pentium III]] 1.40 [[GHz]] <br> {{Icon|AMD}} [[AMD Athlon XP|Athlon XP]] | min_win_ram = 256 MB | min_win_gpu = [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] <br> [[DirectX 9.0b]]-compatible <br> [[Hardware T&L]]-compatible | min_win_gpuram = 32 MB | min_win_storage = 2.0 GB | rec_win_cpu = {{Icon|Intel}} [[Intel Pentium 4|Pentium 4]] 2.20 [[GHz]] | rec_win_ram = 512 MB | rec_win_gpu = {{Icon|NVIDIA}} [[NVIDIA GeForce 3|GeForce 3]] <br> {{Icon|ATI}} [[ATI Radeon 8500|Radeon 8500]] | rec_win_gpuram = 64 MB }} ==See also== * [http://www.dawnofwargame.com/ Dawn of War official website] * [http://www.rtsnet.org/irc?c=dow Dawn of War IRC Channel]: #dow on RTSnet
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