The Campaign takes roughly 8 hours to complete with each race so there is plenty of content to go though You can play alone or with a friend over the internet in a co-op mode. You have the Single Player/Co-op Campaign run though, then there is the Multiplayer VS battles and lastly there is the Multiplier Survival co-op mode Last StandĪs opposed to all the previous DOW2 games, where the campaign was only told from the Space Marines point of view, the Retribution campaign gives you the option to play as all six distinct armies, each with their own story to tell. One peculiar feature of Retribution is the fact that in reality, the game is split into 3 very distinct “modes” rather than being one game with a distinct gameplay. To prevent the world from falling, the Authorities in the Imperium have decided to apply the future version of Scorched Earth Tactic: Destroy all the planets once and for all, something the various factions all have an interest in avoiding… However crisis looms as the higher echelons of the chapter have fallen prey to demonic incursion, and Alien invasion is a relentless strain on the worlds defences. The "Imperium" is constantly beset by threats from aliens, heretics and daemons and in the struggle to survive, human lives are spent in their billions.Įnter sub-sector Aurelia, a small Imperial solar system that have been ravaged by war and invasion, It also happens to be the home world of one chapter of the Imperiums greatest soldiers, the Blood Raven Space Marines. Retribution is the 11th title Relic have published that utilize a variation of this particular engine.ĭawn of War 2 Retribution is set in the Warhammer 40 000 universe, it is a fictional future where mankind have conquered much of the known galaxy, but have gradually fallen into decay and fanaticism over the millennia. The engine itself is a development of the popular Company of Heroes engine that again was a development of the first Dawn of War. Retribution is a strategy game which emphasizes fast paced tactical squad based gameplay. Wikipedia will tell you that Dawn of War 2 Retribution is a "real-time strategy/tactical role-playing video game developed by Relic Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, it is based on the Warhammer 40 000 tabletop game from Games Workshop and was released in February 20 2009”. Retribution itself is the third title in a series that started with "Dawn of War 2" and its direct expansion named "Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising" However as opposed to Chaos Rising, Retribution is a stand-alone game with its own story and additionally includes all the features added the aforementioned games, so my review will primarily focus on Retribution alone. I've found myself in a bit of a lull in my academical career, so in the silence between the storm of oncoming essays, I've decided to write a in-depth review of one of my most played games of recent times: Dawn of War 2: Retribution.
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