Relic will drop Dawn of War III, focusing on Age of Empires IV and a new title
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They were doing surveys explicitly about CoH3 last year, so I'd be surprised if the unannounced game was anything other than that.
Doesn't look like they're killing the franchise, just long term support for the game.
I'm sure they'll be back with another iteration when the time is right.
When was that? Don't think I read about it, but a CoH campaign in North Africa sounds exciting
Can Games Workshop please just give someone a license to create an XCOM style 40k game again. It's been far too long since Chaos Gate.
I disliked DoW3, but I loved 1 and 2. If only they expanded more on either I would of been happy. How the hell they drop the ball on a franchise that sells well over a couple million units eludes me. Hell, not having last stand mode made me kinda sour to the game as well.
Late 2017, iirc. They asked about Libya, Italy, Southern France, there might also have been another part of North Africa on the list but my memory is slightly hazy. October there was a general survey, later they did a more specific drill down of which parts of the med theatre people wanted.
For factions, they seemed to be hinting at French resistance, UK, Italy, Germany, USA (not all, but there were the ones they asked about). I hate the resistance idea and want early war not late war but w/e.
What a shame. I hope we get a Dawn of War IV at some point. I really enjoyed the campaign of III.
That explains. I also forgot Relic is owned by Sega. What a relief!
Rommel and Monty will be hero units and you'll like it.
This is a shame but not entirely unexpected. Hopefully COH3 brings them some success, cause AOE4 won't.
I played through DoWIII's SP on the free weekend, but didn't buy (very little MP play these days). Felt marginally guilty not buying it, but having finished it rather quickly and now sitting here failing to recall much of anything about the campaign, it must have missed the mark pretty badly given how much I loved DoW 1/2 and can still recall gobs about those campaigns. I was hoping for a DoWIV that could try again to do what III was aiming for, but with lessons learned.
Dawn of War 3 is a shocking ugly game. I bought it recently and was taken aback by how shoddy everything looked. The SM hero unit has this Michigan J. Frog high step walking animation that looks like it was lifted directly from Warcraft 3's Arthas model. Every unit was chunky and weirdly animated. I just remember thinking both earlier games were graphical masterpieces. Through rose tinted lenses I remember Dawn of War being the best looking RTS I had ever played. Gameplay didn't really click with me, and combined with a very uninspiring first impression of the visuals, I closed the game and haven't went back since.
That cheeseball ass intro didn't help, either. The opening from Dawn of War stays the most intense, exciting CGI intro in videogame history. Now I'm looking at these inherently ridiculous characters staring at falling skulls like a grim dark Wes Anderson movie. What happened, Relic?
That cheeseball ass intro didn't help, either. The opening from Dawn of War stays the most intense, exciting CGI intro in videogame history. Now I'm looking at these inherently ridiculous characters staring at falling skulls like a grim dark Wes Anderson movie. What happened, Relic?
Sad news, but this outcome seemed inevitable from the jump. Hopefully AoEIV goes better for them.
Okay, cards on the table: This was a test and you all passed. Well done.
Really disliked my experience with the game.
I couldn't even finish the single player campaign, everything seems so boring and already seen... especially compared to the fantastic DoW 2.
Biggest gaming disappointment of 2017... Let's hope their next game will be better, but this time I won't buy it blindly.
I couldn't even finish the single player campaign, everything seems so boring and already seen... especially compared to the fantastic DoW 2.
Biggest gaming disappointment of 2017... Let's hope their next game will be better, but this time I won't buy it blindly.
The game was savaged so much on Steam reviews, it was probably scaring anyone away that went to the page. It's really sad.
Steam reviews are bullshit. A person can play for 5 minutes and post a shit review. Launch day network issues can drop a games rating so quick it's disgusting. Years of work ruined by shithead impatient kids.
Steam reviews are bullshit. A person can play for 5 minutes and post a shit review. Launch day network issues can drop a games rating so quick it's disgusting. Years of work ruined by shithead impatient kids.
If Age of Empires IV is exclusive to the Windows Store, then it's DOA out of the gate.
If that and a theoretical Company of Heroes III underperform, then Relic will just be folded into Creative Assembly.
If that and a theoretical Company of Heroes III underperform, then Relic will just be folded into Creative Assembly.
I agree, the game wasn't as good as 1 or 2, but I got about 60hrs out of it and had a lot of fun playing with friends. Even the metacritic score isn't that bad, not compared to the steam reviews. People have this tendency to go one way to the highest order only, super negative or positive, there is an in between.
It sold more than 400k copies, yet it no community. The Steam reviews are trivial when evaluating the failure of this game, people just don't want to play this game even after the purchase.
Just accept that fact that Relic made an unwanted game, combo'ed with poor balance, poor content and no future. Total Warhammer 2 got Tomb Kings 4 months after release, DoW3 didn't get a single extra unit.
I'm almost certain they released new Elites post launch. But yeah, definitely less than a Total War game gets.
I played a bit of the beta for DoW 3 and while there is some good flash to it (being able to summon a titan into battle, giant 50-foot robot of death is incredible), I just wasn't feeling it.
There are people who were not happy with Dawn of War 2 focusing more on micro-managing small groups, but I will say - The coop campaign in DoW 2 is some of the most fun I've had playing cooperative with a friend of mine.
There are people who were not happy with Dawn of War 2 focusing more on micro-managing small groups, but I will say - The coop campaign in DoW 2 is some of the most fun I've had playing cooperative with a friend of mine.
They released a few variations for elite units. Technically, there were new unit entries, but practically, it is just slightly altered existing ones.
I expected new units, not variants.
lol seriously? Talking about throwing millions of dollars into a blackhole from the get-go
Weird that nobody told relic the brilliant idea just to make something akin to DoW 1 or 2,well at this point i am worried that AoE IV will be a train-wreck.
Is it similar to WarCraft 3 then?
I am interested in DOW3 personally but have not played it at all
I hope then next Anno is awesome, I love the setting
1800s steam era is epic surprised they never went there before actually and surprised more strategy games aren't in that setting
AoE 4 will almost certainly be Windows Store Exclusive, but Relic will probably still make decent bank from Microsoft, even if the game flops sales wise (and it almost certainly will).
I'm kind of blown away at the RTS's coming.
Thought they moved to mobile. So many rudimentary RTS-lites on mobile now.
Thought they moved to mobile. So many rudimentary RTS-lites on mobile now.
I doubt it sold 400K. It had free weekend couple months back :)
But yes, the community just wasn't there. Soulstorm, a 10 years old title has community almost twice as big as DoW3.
Feels strange to hear that name, thought I was the only one who cared about that game.
And hope that this is not the end of Dow series. I need a another campaign like dark crusade :(
Same as Creative Assembly did with Halo Wars 2 pretty much.
I wonder if AoEIV will really be Windows Store exclusive. THis is a game that will easily sell 4 millions on Steam if it's actually good. It's one thing to bassicaly suicide games that make money mostly on Xbox One. But AoEIV will be PC-only and there's no doubt the project will be expensive as hell. If AoE1 remake crashes and burns maybe investors or MS higher ups will convince them to not repeat that diseaster with AoEIV, especially since they will have direct comparision between how well AoE HD 2 and AoE1:DE did.
