Delixe: Why on earth would they include Abaddon when he is the biggest loser in the whole 40K universe? 13th Black Crusade means his last 12 attempts have all failed.

Delixe: It uses Steam and GFWL as DRM. The game was released bare bones with hardly any single player component. We were promised a lot of extra stuff would materialize over the game's life and so far it's rubbish. Like I said we were promised Eldar and Ork campaigns that so far have still not happened. We were also promised a lot of new SP maps would be added to the campaign but we are still stuck playing the same 7 maps for almost every mission. Basically SP has been forgotten and when you compare it to the original DOW and the sequels you realize just how sad that is.

Killarooski: I like the game, but the SP campaign is depressingly short.

Paradoks: My adventure with Dawn of War ended with Soulstorm, but that is mainly because of my current hardware.
I have a question for those who have played Chaos Rising - did they really change Eliphas' voice actor (Paul Dobson) from Dark Crusade like the early videos suggested?

klaymen: I didn't play it yet, but according to Relic fansite, the voice actor has changed. Sindri Myr's (Sorcerer from vanilla DoW) voice actor is back, however.
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=244280
The post right under the OP.

Paradoks: (I still have no idea why Blizzard replaced Glynnis Talken with Tricia Helfer).
And Scott McNeil's return may be a good thing, but doesn't have to. He did a great job voicing Sindri, but he also voiced Lord Bale and Firaeveus Carron - and that didn't sound that good.

Delixe: Tricia Helfer is on a mission to be in every videogame currently being made. Can't really blame her as it's easy work while waiting to get another gig.

Delixe: Oh and dude, Marlon Brando couldn't have made Lord Metal Boxes decent.

Delixe: Lord Metal Boxes is only fondly remembered because a) It was funny and became a meme and b) He was up again Indrick "WE ARE SPESS MAHRINES" Boreal probably the worst 40K character since Sly Rambo.

Paradoks: I didn't play DoW2, but I read somewhere that Kaurava campaign was considered to be a total disaster. I always thought that there was a second meaning to this.

Delixe: Clearly Relic are admitting that Soulstorm was simply not up to the usual standards.

Paradoks: That's what I meant by the second meaning :P.

Delixe: I finally picked this up and I have one word of warning. DON'T start a new game! Import a character at all costs even if it means playing DOW2 vanilla again. I cannot believe how utterly rubbish the stats you are given are and you have completely crap equipment. Just played the second mission and I was getting abused even on novice difficulty!
I need to go back and finish that borefest that was DOW2 so I can have my Neverending Hail of Destruction again.

klaymen: If you register the game, you'll get code for some wargear, plus you will get something extra while playing co-op (like chainsword, XP scroll, lascannon, termie armor, etc.) as a reward.