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Just when you thought you had seen it all After Homeworld, I figured the RTS genre was finished being defined (I've played them all going clear back to the original C&C). I had resigned myself to playing the same games on into the future with the main differences from generation to generation being graphic and AI improvements and larger and larger battles with more units and bigger maps. What a wonderful surprise Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is! The campaign is ok, but I really enjoy the skirmish maps. Someone posted that this game isn't challenging?!? Set the difficulty on Hard+ (never play below HARD or you are wasting the game) and play a map against 3 enemies. Still not difficult enough? Put the other 3 computer controlled players on the same team! I have spent probably more than 80 hours just on a few of the skirmish maps that I really like. Someone else said there is an over-emphasis on action and not enough strategy? No way! This game can really push you to think. Maybe they say that because things tend to happen so quickly that it can feel like you are going all helter-skelter until you get a good, solid control on the quick keys and other interface items. Once you get it all under control, this is one of the most mentally demanding games I have ever played. It just depends on how you set up the skirmishes. There are seemingly endless ways of going about the missions. Sometimes your strategies work, sometimes you get steamrolled before you realize what hit you. The AI adapts and no two games are ever alike (outside the campaign). AND I have played all this time only as the Space Marines (I'm a hard-core Star Wars Stormtrooper and USMC aficionado, so this game is perfect for me!). I have yet to dive into the other 3 races. Talk about your replay value! The one gripe I have is that you seemingly cannot turn off Commanders (Supermen) or Mechanized units for skirmish maps. I would like to have the option to play with a technology cap with only infantry and infantry based weapons. Maybe in an expansion pack?