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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #40 on: Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 01:22:19 PM »
I live in a pretty small town, there isnt a BB, only gamestop and wallmart.  :( They both have the GOTY edition of the original + exp, but nothing else. Maybe I'll get it online.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #41 on: Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 01:24:39 PM »
You know, the original game and expansion are nothing to sneeze at if you haven't played them.  You're still getting a ton of content and at a cheap price, and you can still play with us!  I don't think any of us are going to require that every game be a Dark Crusade game.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #42 on: Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 01:27:22 PM »
ZOMG I AM SO IN
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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #43 on: Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 01:48:58 PM »
Must...purchase....

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #44 on: Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 08:30:40 PM »
Video review at GSpot is up, for anyone that cares.

I'm really loving this.  Sieging the main stronghold of an individual race is super cool.  I'm attacking the IG right now, and it's fucking brutal.  Great fun all around.  Definitely makes up for some of the easier fights.  And I realize that I'm leaving the other guys a lone a bit, so their honor guards are going to be a lot beefier than the IG's was.  So yeah... this is great.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #45 on: Thursday, October 12, 2006, 03:20:09 PM »
Just got it, installing now. We must play tonight. It is imperative.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #46 on: Thursday, October 12, 2006, 08:02:17 PM »
I should be up for a game later, I think.  But I'm not entirely sure.  Julia had a bunch of stuff going on today for her disability claim, so that hasn't been super great.  She's really out of it and I need to spend some time with her.  Plus I was hoping to work more on some of my figures tonight.  My squad of Battle Sisters calls to me...

EDIT - Yeah, okay, so I'm gonna' spend some time with Julia and work on my figures until she goes to bed (probably 10), then I'm up to play!

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #47 on: Thursday, October 12, 2006, 10:24:15 PM »
Okay!  If anybody wants to game, I have one open --

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #48 on: Friday, October 13, 2006, 06:58:59 PM »
I just took down the Choas fortress. Those levels are great because they just set the scene for huge battles with waves of enemies. It's hard not to like them. Overall though, I'm really impressed with the campaign mode. It's great to have a little context for what are essentially skirmishes. I also feel like they're getting more into what the world of 40K is actually like inbetween battles than they did in previous games with the little narrations inbetween things. It's a little cheesy, but just awesome. It somehow feels a wee bit darker and I love it.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #49 on: Friday, October 13, 2006, 07:10:33 PM »
Same.  The huge fortress battles are really unique and very fun, and the skirmishes have a new flavor because of the whole persistence thing.  I'm enjoying this a good bit more than I did the original game and WA, which is saying a lot, becaues I liked those quite a bit.  This does have a wee bit more cheese to it maybe with the narrator and all, but I can't believe how much stuff they put in.  Like all the narratives are tailored to your race beating whatever race, not just a generic "this race has been beaten" message.  So you get a slightly unique sequence each time you play as another race... which is great considering how different the games can play out even if you play the same race twice.

Yeah, this was some of the best money I ever spent.  So much for $25.

Anyway, I took out Chaos last night.  Pyro and I were playing that one at the same time, except while I'm trying Necrons he's going Orks.  I think he said he lost that one, but I managed to get through it pretty well.  That's the 2nd race I've beaten, the first being the Imperial Guard.  I found that fight to be a good deal more difficult.  That was an awesome fucking map.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #50 on: Friday, October 13, 2006, 07:31:05 PM »
If anyone wants to play tonight, I'm down. I'm taking it easy because I'm sick and I have to get up early to start drinking for the game tomorrow.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #51 on: Friday, October 13, 2006, 07:38:36 PM »
I'm up for playing tonight, I think.  So hard to plan these things with Julia's weekend plans still in flux.  But I know I'll be around at some point, probably a bit later like last night.  Is that going to be too late for you Ghandi?  Like 10 Pac time?

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #52 on: Friday, October 13, 2006, 08:34:09 PM »
Yeah, thats cool.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #53 on: Friday, October 13, 2006, 09:28:09 PM »
I'm available now looks like.  9:30 here now.  So... any time!  Send me a message on MSN or something.  I don't think I have you on there, so I'll PM you my contact.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #54 on: Friday, October 13, 2006, 09:49:22 PM »
Well, I completley forgot my MSN account  :P

So yeah, I'm down to play.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #55 on: Saturday, October 14, 2006, 01:18:48 PM »
This is probably the best campaign mode they've done. Im having a complete blast with it. I can see myself going through it again as another race. So far I've taken out the Imperial Guard and Chaos. The necrons will be tough as they have a hefty honor guard with them, as with the Tau.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #56 on: Saturday, October 14, 2006, 07:34:00 PM »
Man, I just had my first taste of Dark Crusade today! They totally revamped the whole game with this expansion! I love the risk style campaign mode, and the new races are amazing! The gameplay is very different with each one.

I thought I'd be more of a Necron guy, but the Tau are awesome! They can't build turrets, but their commander is sweet! I love that you can add wargear to the commander!

I got home from my friend's place really wanting ti play some more! I haven't bought it yet, but I'm really considering it.. I'm just wondering because I don't have the original DoW. I know this one is stand-alone, but what exactly are the terms? Is it only the multiplayer that's limited to the expansion content?

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #57 on: Saturday, October 14, 2006, 07:41:10 PM »
This was already covered elsewhere in the thread, but yes, Dark Crusade is stand-alone, and you can play with other people.  The only limitation is that you can't play as any race but the Tau or Necrons in multiplayer.  You can play as any race in single player, however, making this an unbelievable purchase.  And again, the original game and the first expansion are both really great, so if you get Dark Crusade and find you love it, then the original game and Winter Assault could be like expansion to Dark Crusade.  Which is kinda' funny.  =)

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #58 on: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 08:46:34 PM »
Did you pick this up yet idol?

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #59 on: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 08:57:49 PM »
Not yet. Got paid, but somethings come up thats going to keep me pretty busy. I'll do my best to get it this week, though.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #60 on: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 09:13:54 PM »
Just checking.  =)  Pyro and I are playing right now, desperately trying to figure out the best way to take out the Necrons in MP

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #61 on: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 09:20:14 PM »
Just have me play Necros...it'll be easy then.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #62 on: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 10:29:16 PM »
No seriously Idol, we suck too, I think the necrons were made for people like us in mind. Que pounds me with no effort with them, then we switch it up and he takes the beating. However Que has made some progress at keeping me more at bay.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #63 on: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 11:28:22 PM »
Pssh, just that first game.  I didn't even get a kill the 2nd game.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #64 on: Saturday, October 21, 2006, 02:25:47 PM »
Anyone trying to play tonight? I've been too busy latley to play, but I really want to tonight.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #65 on: Sunday, October 22, 2006, 04:51:35 PM »
Puchased.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #66 on: Sunday, October 22, 2006, 06:57:55 PM »
Ahh, well, we should play tonight then. Get a big game going or something.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #67 on: Sunday, October 22, 2006, 07:46:39 PM »
I'm in. Just send word.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #68 on: Sunday, October 22, 2006, 08:03:39 PM »
I could definitely be persuaded.  Giant team vs. team?  If we have Ghandi, Sy, idol, and myself, that's even... if Pyro reads this he'll probably want to join up... maybe keebs will join up?

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #69 on: Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:10:49 PM »
Okay, I've got an IRC channel up on Quakenet as a temporary measure.  clansevers.us.quakenet.org -- #overwritten.net.  Come on in!

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #70 on: Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:20:12 PM »
We're going to start up a game. Usual name and such.

For the uninitiated...

Name: overwritten.net (or something like that)
PW: zomgidol

IM me or Que with questions or concerns if you get stuck.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #71 on: Sunday, October 22, 2006, 09:21:41 PM »
I'll be on GTalk and MSN.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #72 on: Monday, October 23, 2006, 08:09:59 AM »
Sorry guys, Ive been super busy lately with some WoW stuff.. I am trying to reform my guild for the expansion.

I got some of that stuff taken care of and now I can play. Im going out tonight but I am game tomorrow!
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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #73 on: Monday, October 23, 2006, 10:01:27 AM »
I was going to join but I was really drunk and couldn't figure out how. I'm gonna try to get IRC working so that I can be in the loop in the future.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #74 on: Monday, October 23, 2006, 07:06:44 PM »
Good stuff.  We figured something came up on your end and just decided to play and see if you came along later.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #75 on: Friday, February 06, 2009, 04:21:51 PM »
DoW: Dark Crusade is $3.99 on Impulse, guys -- if you didn't know.

I already have DoW: Gold Edition (Retail Box version on discs -- which comes with DoW: GOTY Edition + Winter Assault).

For DC owners, how do you get the old units (from DoW: Original and DoW: Winter) to work with DC? By installing it ALL into the (top) root folder? Does it do this automatically? Any clue?

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #76 on: Friday, February 06, 2009, 04:57:50 PM »
I think it either ask you for your CD keys from the original games or expects you to have them both installed as well. I know by the end of my DoW stint (with Soulstorm), I had about 6-8 gigs worth of the games installed all at once.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #77 on: Friday, February 06, 2009, 06:07:54 PM »
For $3.99, I really don't see how I can go wrong with the Impulse version of DoW: Dark Crusade; heh.
Hmmm...I think I finally got a reason to have to install DoW Gold (Retail) now.

Now, I just got to free-up some space on my C drive.

Must get back to work on moving some files (from C) over to my 2nd hard drive, which has A LOT more open space right now.



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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #78 on: Friday, February 06, 2009, 08:33:42 PM »
Definitely grab it if you liked the games at all.  It's a really fun expansion.  The campaigns are fun, and if you play long enough you eventually get all this momentum going and can just steamroll the other armies.  Very satisfying.

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Re: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
« Reply #79 on: Friday, February 06, 2009, 08:42:27 PM »
I tried the DoW Tutorial (for original game) -- and I must say, combat on screen just looks action-packed and bad-ass.

For $3.99, I said, "Why not? Might as well buy Dark Crusade."

So, DLing Dark Crusade from Impulse, as we speak.