One of the best real-time strategy games, and arguably among the best Warhammer 40K games overall, is Dawn of War. With the launch of its new Definitive Edition, you can now enjoy the OG experience on modern machines without having to install a trillion patches.
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Definitive Edition launched on Steam on Aug. 14, 21 years after the original landed on the ashen shores of PC. It brings about a ton of improvements aimed at allowing modern players using all-too-powerful (literally) machines to play the game without a hitch. From updated graphics, widescreen support, and numerous tweaks here and there to make it as comfy as possible on a shiny new PC, the devs at Relic certainly did all they could.
Though there are a lot of caveats to this remaster, such as scuffed upscaling here and there and missing modern features like no WASD camera control, this is by far the best way to enter the OG Dawn of War experience. It's literally plug-and-play, never requiring you to go through a dozen steps to make the game usable in modern times. And, if you're a previous owner of Dawn of War titles on Steam, you get a nice little discount for your fandom and dedication.
Additionally, the remaster brings the entire Dawn of War experience in one big package and for a solid price, allowing newcomers to finally experience what it was being a kid during the golden age of RTS games way back when.
Dawn of War remains among the best RTS titles ever created, and certainly near the top of Warhammer 40K adaptations (though there are so many of those I've lost count). The Definitive Edition only serves to boost that fact, allowing the game to run better, units to have better pathfinding, and the player to have a much-needed modernized experience.
The cinematics, an arguable highlight of the game, also now come in a higher resolution and don't force you to watch them with 3/4 of your screen covered in black bars.
But behind that veil of “quality-of-life modernizations” lies a perfect, amazing real-time strategy title with an incredible story following a band of Space Marines before that storyline ever became as stale as it is today. The Blood Ravens, the chaos, and the carnage are unmatched in RTS storytelling, and I cannot for the life of me express how much I want you to hop onto Dawn of War right now.
There hasn't been a better time to do so since it was first released.
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