PC Gaming Catch-Up Impressions the Eighteenth
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution I've never been a huge fan of the Warhammer 40k universe, but I'm always up for a good strategy game. That's why I picked this one up. I don't know why I've waited to play it, but that's why it's called a backlog. Games are just laying there in wait. I was ready for a cool strategy game but I only found an ok one. It seems like this is built on the Company of Heroes engine. Company of Heroes was a World War II RTS that had ideas like suppression and firing arcs. This has those exact same ideas, but in the Warhammer 40k universe. Playing this RTS just served to remind me how good Blizzard is at making RTS games. I would much rather go play Starcraft 2, or even Warcraft 3, than play more of Dawn of War II. It just doesn't hold up. Saints Row IV I played Saints Row 3 for awhile and enjoyed it. I never beat the game or felt truly drawn into the world, but it was a fun game to ...