Interestingly enough, some of your hero bonuses apply to these replacement squads, so either option is totally viable depending on the situation. However, you’re given a choice: enter the mission with your four heroes, or swap some of them out for support squads and a raised population cap.
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You outfit your hero units with gear, upgrade their abilities with any experience you’ve earned (a more streamlined process now, I should add), and select your mission from the map. It’s the same basic setup, at least initially. The most troubled levels are certainly the beginning few, which are tutorial-like and a pain to run through multiple times. While the story takes a hit in quality as a result, those Dawn of War II mechanics I adore are still spot-on - and now there’s the option to give the Blood Ravens a break, if I so choose. That may not sound too appealing, but it works well enough given the differences between the Space Marines, Chaos, Orks, Tyranids, Eldar, and Imperial Guard. This means that there’s about seven or eight hours worth of content for each of the six campaigns, although much of it feels similar on a level-by-level basis. There’s a basic story that applies to all factions - the impending threat of Exterminatus (a sort of last-resort, world-destroying measure) - and it’s molded ever so slightly to fit whichever race you want to play as. So, you might be thinking, “How exactly did they have the necessary time and money to build six campaigns for a budget-priced game?” Unfortunately, corners had to be cut. We’re going in exciting new directions, people. And now with Retribution, the new standalone expansion, Relic Entertainment is offering single-player campaigns for six different races. Chaos Rising was quite a bit shorter, but had a vastly more interesting narrative. Vanilla Dawn of War II was long, and repetitive. As does the loot system, which is both immensely satisfying and motivating. The series’ particular brand of combat - beefy dudes shooting and/or smacking one another for minutes at a time - appeals to me greatly. Having spent an unreasonable amount of time with Dawn of War II and its follow-up expansion, Chaos Rising, there were few games this year I wanted on my hard drive more than Retribution.
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