I'll tell you why this game was considered "the best" 40k game It brought me and a lot of people into the tabletop 40k

Most of the voices were from one guy. You really notice it at the end part, talking to himself.

Nice! I never played the original. Played the Dark Crusade version and I liked how the campaign played out through that. Cool video as always!

Pro-tip: teleport new units next to the relay, build them to full capacity, "embark" them into the rely. Congratulations you can now teleport a full squad of terminators. You can also shove dreadnoughts and regular marines into the relay and have them drop-pod in :D

26:39 It seems the Emperor has granted him the amazing ability to transform his plasma gun into a bolter momentarily for dramatic effect lmao

Ah yes. The game that dragged me into WH40k universe. Bought golden edition and Winter assault in like 2011 as part of strategy pack together with Supreme commander 2 and Company of heroes for a nice discount. At the time I just wanted Supreme commander, but for just double it's price I got 3 more games so why not. Well I got addicted to DoW and basically ignored the other 2. Got Dark crusade and Soulstorm soon after. And DoW2 with retribution and chaos rising in 2015. Also madness that was Space marine.

This is such a great game. Sure, a lot has happened in RTS gaming since then, including it's basically dead now mostly, but this is great. With all the remakes going on, really, i want a remake of this, better models, better textures, better lighting, better terrain, with quality of life stuff, extra units, nids race, bigger single player campaigns map, that would make me play this much more again, every now and then i do.

What stood out to me the most as a kid when I played this was that this was and still is the only RTS I've ever played where the flame thrower doesn't do anything to building.

Totalwar 40k is gonna go so hard

I loved this game so much, that I painted my space marines as blood ravens

I've allways liked Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, which is Ork for "Metal Skull, Big Ork Leader."

Technically, representative government and free trade are perfectly fine with the Imperium so long as you make your tithe on time. Equal treatment of psykers might be an issue though as psykers can be gateways for chaotic incursion. There's a reason the Imperium is very strict with its use and employment of psykers. Most will become food for Big E and a handful will become sanctioned psykers serving various Imperial officios and adepta. Some even end up becoming astartes and serve as librarians. At least in those chapters who embrace such things.

This game started my love for 40k ❤

Another epic video - I have come to call these Tobbe Days and they are always magnificent. Had to work late so saw the notification hours before I could watch the vid, it was torture but well worth the wait. You never fail to deliver and I always have a great laugh. Thanks buddy. Already looking forward to the next one.

16:11 thats why i teleport them down, upgrade them and then load them back into the relais

"Robust Girlyman" :D

Slight correction, the human soldiers in this campaign are local PDF soldiers rather than official IG

That cut scene was one of the first as-good-as-any-movie intros. Set a very high bar for animations thereafter, and credit to WH40K and Warhammer in general - their follow up games all had excellent intro videos that put everything before them to shame. The game itself was also great, although like yourself I often found I was a bit of a completionist, so by killing absolutely everybody second phases often didn't happen. I seem to recall the follow up games fixing that a bit.

4:50 the hours hersy in a nut nuted shell

In the 40th millennium there is no facepalm, only facebolter.

Paperwork is the most formidable opponent in the galaxy and is still undefeated.

I put so many hours on the disk versions of this game!

To have played cnc and aoe but not dow is actually insane... I grew up on those games

There's a mod i love that changes a few minor things and rebalances things to fit the lore better. You could only reinforce at friendly structures too so the whole flow of combat changes. Overall the mods really make this game shine.

The Chaos Lord model in this game always looked really cool

2:47 the true darkness of the 40k

Every Warhammer relic game is just. Perfect

Dawn of war 2... by far.. soulstorm added the ability to play all factions, learn the lore, abilities, and conquer in the imperors name.

The Adepus Reptilius killed me, that was great

This is one of my top 5 favorite games ever

I would really want to see you play the expansions to this game, they are glorious!!!!

The entirety of dawn of war could have been avoided if the eldar weren’t so cryptic.

Nice I loved this Game... and I'll admit... I spent waaaaaaay to much time in the Army Painter. While the Campaigns of Dark Crusade and Soulstorm take a more Risk-esque Territory Capture Style but they are still amazing. Dark Crusade also introduced me into the Faction I play... TAU... FOR THE GREATOR GOOD.

Agent 47, is that you?

Classic! I would love to see a remastered version released.

Winter assault was the best DoW expansion because the guard are always fun

One of the reasons why the marines being the focus of the first game is... suboptimal, is that the orbital relay is a garrisonable structure - you can deduce it from the rhino mechanics (let's be real here, gamers and deduction rarely mix), or you can stumble upon having a different cursor icon with a compatible squad selected (but for that you have to pay attention - again, a relatively rare ability in the gamer population), but otherwise you'd have no idea that you're not actually supposed to just train and deploy fresh squads with it. The guard would've beeen a significantly better introductory faction, because most of their buildings can be filled with dozens of angry men with all sorts of guns, so the mechanic would be familiar instead of this odd thing in one structure.

i remember playing this game thinking this game was a generic soldier game as a kid, i was a dumbass kid

My two favorite 40K games are both recent. Rogue Trader and Chaos Gate Daemonhuntrers. Each of them are some of my favorite games in their respective genres.

13:28 Steam Boat Willy chilling in the Rhino.

"Why is the game considered the best 40k game?" Winter Assault, Dark Crusade, Legendary Voice Acting and Soulstorms Ultimate Apocalypse Mod

I wish for a remaster of this classicer of a game

25:00 YES! i thought you just breezed past the best part of the game. The voice actors have to be commended.

6:41 mmm i don't have any of this to words in my body lmfao

Not so called..It is the best. Ending also has one of the most badass quotes ever... "...Then come and find your judgment waiting. You have escaped captivity only to face annihilation. I know you now..."

Indeed the best warhammer game by a mile, along with Space Marine. Now try the two expansions and you'll see.

0:41 eldars ain't gona love this lmfao

It is a shame how there is no sequels...

GRAAAAAGHHHH😫 FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!!!

1:36 nooooo im gona be bank roobed by this thing !!!!!!!

You know that blue Primarch woke up?

Not only it's the best WH40k game it's the best RTS game of all time. Even WC3 and AoE2 can't compare. I have beat both base game and Winter Assault last year again and it still holds up perfectly well only thing i would improve are awful pathfinding.

6:01 oh yeah the fiest sex joke in 6 min nuts you did a god job buddy

FOR THE EMPEROR

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Space Marine Sergeant, 2004

Bold of you to assume Dawn of War ends here, you still have Winter Assault (Best Campaign imho), Dark Crusade, and Soulstorm to finish 😁

There are expansions, too.

Battlesector is my fave, very underrated

I still play dawn of war 2 retribution on the elite mod .

6:24 chad pose don't talk about mommy gili

You should try the expansions. Each has its own campaign for each faction.

I hope we understood you correctly that your heart is green, because it has been replaced by a guard issue augmetic. Because you wouldn’t want to get the Emperors most holy Inquisition involved, would you?

I only played this for the multiplayer back then. Could you also do the expanstion pack (if they have campaign mission), and as well the other 2 series....

Vanilla SS is good…. But it’s all about the mods my man. Posting this at the start of the vid so I’ll be back if I look dumb by the end of it

The nostalgia ❤

Play the Ultimate Apocolypse mod for it. It has a active comunity for multiplayer.

Wait is the librarian voiced by the guy who voiced dr black in slug terra

Play reunification for most up to date version

love release chaos entities

In 2024 I am still playing Dawn of War + mods.

3:34 i think bro is ... sad? idk man im not a man who had his plant gone

I played dawn of war, it is pain, fun but PAIN

Space Juju😂😂😂😂😂

12:30 how DARE you move on from that before the bass drop, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Yeah it's generally considered a good idea to play the first two DoW before Dark Crusade or Soulstorm. So can master the games core mechanics and understand everything that is going on the future titles. But long term you want to play DoW Soulstorm and the mods make it even better. Soulstorm is the reason DoW is considered the best Warhammer 40k game BY FAR. The other ones that came after were not as successful and significantly lower player counts because they tried to focus on other gameplay elements that steered away from a traditional or REAL RTS format. Unless you are wanting to play through the story of one specific character or figure within Warhammer. There is no better way to portray the scope of Warhammer than RTS.

Imagine if relic hadnt f uped and made dawn of war trilogy into something similiar to total war warhammer. All three games in the same style as one. No bullshit small squads like in 2 no moba like garbage in 3. With all races

Classic,love it

Mods make it better

The character design is a little goofy, but overall it's a fun game.

bruh you can see the chaos sorcerer teleport to the right side of the screen at 16:50 why didn't they stop him? are they stupid? also this game is a banger. for the emperor!!!

gotta build a stronghold, else where would you hold your strongs?

0:11 never olayes both of them lmfao

Finally huh

What species is that? “Just a little boy” 0:32

13:28 - Yes very unfortunately. And totally not suspicions at all ;-) 16:05 - untill you realise that you can build a unit, reinforce and upgrade it and after that place it into an Orbital Relay.

"unknown genetic origin" i think its pretty obvious

DoW Dark Crusade is still the best :)

2:04 kakyoin ?

Tack

@7:37, but can it also deal... emotional damage?

You should play the other dawn of war games!

Will you also do the expansion campaigns?

Gotta get unification mod and play soulstorm

This game has story mode??I played these game for so long and nvr know about it

ngl i want you to get a big you tube channel

7:05 idk i feel a sex joke but idk where

DowII is next level. The elite mod community has done an excellent job maintaining and creatively expanding on the much adored game. Don't play , love to watch casts . Indrid has got me through highs and lows for at least a decade.

now do the expansions. ;D

The best 40K game was space hulk on the Amiga 500 😂

im first yay nice videos btw