Relic Entertainment and SEGA Europe today announced Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, the long-awaited third instalment of the critically-acclaimed real-time strategy franchise. Dawn of War III promises to immerse players in the escalating brutality of galactic warfare, where they will lead elite hero units and colossal armies to victory, or oblivion.
“Powerful super-walkers will tower over the front lines as screen-shaking assaults blister the battlefield in an all-out, over-the-top spectacle worthy of the iconic Games Workshop® Warhammer 40,000 universe.”
Dawn of War III aims to combine the epic scale of Dawn of War, with the customization and elite heroes of Dawn of War II. The result is described as a best-in-class edition giving players the rich strategic experience, stunning visuals, and catastrophic surprises that they’ve come to expect as Relic brings the franchise into the modern era.
Stephen MacDonald, the title’s Executive Producer, said:
“This is the Dawn of War that fans have been waiting for. Our biggest units ever? Check. Giant orbital lasers? Check. Base-building, epic heroes, huge battles, it’s all in there. Get ready for the biggest Dawn of War yet. For the Emperor!”
Justin Dowdeswell, General Manager at Relic, added:
“This announcement is a big moment for all of us at Relic, and at SEGA. We’re setting the bar for what we can achieve, and showing players what they can expect from us in the future. This is just the beginning.”
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Why is it so more cartoonish than the previous DoW’s?
Probably to ensure that it runs well on a broader range of machines.
Kinda lame, to be honest. DoW II probably had the best graphics in RTS when it was released.
Yep, and it (DoWII) still looks great.
I’m disappointed as well. DoW 2 came out in 2009. That’s 7 years ago. I was expecting the graphics to look considerably better. This just looks like an expansion to DoW 2.
And they look like re-used assets as well, FFS…
At first i thought they maybe trying to a lego games effect of making the models look more like the plastics as possible, but the real world models area always painted with far more detail rather than just clean colors…
so i have no idea, but i think looks avg.
its the lighting, and its not a final build,
No, the models lack detail. Final build may change this though.
it call adding texture or texture mapping noob. pretty sure that will improve.
1. it an early build
2. its the lighting
I AGREE, its a early build…. Means its gonna look worse after the downgrade.
Its the typical low polly art stile that devs go for when they want their game to be accessible to more players across a broader range of hardware. LOL, DOTA and WOW for example all have a similar style to this and it is so that more people with older computers can play.
It could also just be that this isnt finished but I doubt they would want to reveal their game with a proper cinematic trailer and then show off screenshots of it unfinished and not looking its best. I personally expect that what we see here is what we will get. We will have to wait and see.
Releasing 2017! This is pre-alpha footage.
Yes! it restored a little bit of my faith for the industry. Giants are there, Base Building is there, 3 factions and Relic (well many of them were left). Please Don’t F’ it up, don’t go in the same root that CA is heading, don’t F’ it up with pre-order bulls**t or bad DRMs (DW2’s GFWL or Denuvo or whatever) people will buy it, After Witcher 3 this is the only game that i’m excited to play. Amazing Trailer btw.
After the disappointment of the watered down DOW2, this is going to have to do a lot to bring me back to the series.
Base-building is back, yay!
fck no, that part sucks
For you, for others it’s great fun.
Only if you’re a casual.
warhammer is not about economy building noob,or collecting rescources. you have point based battles, each unit is worth a certain point after you spend said points on your unit build/army build you go into battle. you live or die based on the choices you make in battle how you implemnt your strategy and tactics during battle. you lose a high rank unit there is no return for them. thats hardcore , what you want is more casual and takes away from the focus of the game. the units/army are the primary focus in warhammer. not spaming expendable units, that makes the game one dimensional, becuase it just becomes a race to overrun you opponent.
nope. It’s the complete opposite. Hence why the base building is back.
then you don’t know warhammer 40k , good day to you
Ok bye!
base building?, fck no. i want to get right to the action, customize my units, decide what units i want to put into battle or spend points on . warhammer ain’t never been about base building. dam lames crying about fcking bases, this aint starcraft,and thats what i liked about dow2.
I like how some tabletop fans decry Starcraft and other RTS games like some vile enemy of humanity.
they are. exception being the the total war series (most of them)
Which adds to nothing of what has been said.
Base building and massive scale battles, Count me back in the series.