I got this game during a sale in the hopes it would be built upon and improved as I enjoy RTS Warhammer 40K and not minding hero units at all (all the other DoW games had powerful hero units and I love WCIII though the loadout method of acquiring them leaves much to be desired). Plus I like the art style even if the style over substance abilities are a little jarring at times (We all know about the forwardflipping Gabrielle. Really that was the only one that really made me wrinkle my nose until they added the new FreeLC heroes which are all VERY style over substance with some very questionable effects in my opinion). and a few unit abilities are just ouright bad (the Banshee's charge comes to mind, it has a very small AoE and sends them running into danger most of the time, very bad for the squishy as heck Eldar) while others were quite cool (Gorgutz's many tricks with his claw), and some were far-far too impactful abilities (The Dreadnaught's slam demolishes squads and can be chained together with multiple of the unit to lock them down for a long time).

The campaign was very by-the-numbers (I didn't get around to finishing it but I watched the missions I didn't get up to as well as the cinematics) for a 40K game, rather disappointing especially with how nice the maps and the voice acting is, they really nailed down the Eldar and Orks I think. Space Marines are Space Marines it's really hard to muck them up.
Plus it effectively acts as an overly long tutorial for the multiplayer.

I won't comment on the multplayer as honestly while this was obviously the focus of this game (to it's immense detriment in my opinion) I don't care for it, competitive multiplayer is not something I have ever enjoyed.

Now for the bottom line.

This game has been abandoned. It is going to stay how it is right now and it's never going to change. As it stands this is a very shallow and flawed game despite being quite pretty. It has only three factions, a basic campaign and a no doubt dead multiplayer mode. There will be no more updates and no improvements outside of mods and I wouldnt' rely on those for this game. It's an unfortunate victim of poor decision making on part of the developer who were determined to ride a middle-ground and try to please everyone (subsequently pleasing nobody) instead of giving DoW III it's own identity.

To top it all off Relic blamed the community for he ultimate fail of their game, citing a lack of dedication when they had failed to act on feed back from the beta and during development leaving in systems many people said would be detrimental upon release (ham-fisted "Progression" systems to unlock hero units and map effects to buff your units, a bizare map objective system, oversaturation of unit abilities, etc.). Don't buy this, they don't deserve your money and the game's never going to be more than a disappointment.

I got this game during a sale in the hopes it would be built upon and improved as I enjoy RTS Warhammer 40K and not minding hero units at all (all the other DoW games had powerful hero units and I love WCIII though the loadout method of acquiring them leaves much to be desired). Plus I like the art style even if the style over substance abilities are a little jarring at times (We all know about the forwardflipping Gabrielle. Really that was the only one that really made me wrinkle my nose until they added the new FreeLC heroes which are all VERY style over substance with some very questionable effects in my opinion). and a few unit abilities are just ouright bad (the Banshee's charge comes to mind, it has a very small AoE and sends them running into danger most of the time, very bad for the squishy as heck Eldar) while others were quite cool (Gorgutz's many tricks with his claw), and some were far-far too impactful abilities (The Dreadnaught's slam demolishes squads and can be chained together with multiple of the unit to lock them down for a long time). The campaign was very by-the-numbers (I didn't get around to finishing it but I watched the missions I didn't get up to as well as the cinematics) for a 40K game, rather disappointing especially with how nice the maps and the voice acting is, they really nailed down the Eldar and Orks I think. Space Marines are Space Marines it's really hard to muck them up. Plus it effectively acts as an overly long tutorial for the multiplayer. I won't comment on the multplayer as honestly while this was obviously the focus of this game (to it's immense detriment in my opinion) I don't care for it, competitive multiplayer is not something I have ever enjoyed. Now for the bottom line. This game has been abandoned. It is going to stay how it is right now and it's never going to change. As it stands this is a very shallow and flawed game despite being quite pretty. It has only three factions, a basic campaign and a no doubt dead multiplayer mode. There will be no more updates and no improvements outside of mods and I wouldnt' rely on those for this game. It's an unfortunate victim of poor decision making on part of the developer who were determined to ride a middle-ground and try to please everyone (subsequently pleasing nobody) instead of giving DoW III it's own identity. To top it all off Relic blamed the community for he ultimate fail of their game, citing a lack of dedication when they had failed to act on feed back from the beta and during development leaving in systems many people said would be detrimental upon release (ham-fisted "Progression" systems to unlock hero units and map effects to buff your units, a bizare map objective system, oversaturation of unit abilities, etc.). Don't buy this, they don't deserve your money and the game's never going to be more than a disappointment.