Comments | olilewis: New Dawn of War Expansion!

olilewis

New Dawn of War Expansion!

Jan 30, 2006 14:46

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=809933&highlight=

2 new races, Tau and... Possibly Necrons or nids I suppose

CAN'T WAIT DAMNIT!

Comments 5

gileswl January 30 2006, 15:49:25 UTC

Gotta feel sorry for the Tau Mod chaps, especially considering the quality of the mod so far. Unless their work is being used, or better yet they are being brought on board.

If it's not the 'nids then there will be a lot of complaining. It seems possible though, since they would contrast nicely with the Tau. Again, lots of ifs and buts: they may be saving the slimy ones for DoW2. Arguably the engine tech could do with moving forward to really do them justice.

I'm sitting here feeling all smug that I suggested that this might happen.

olilewis January 30 2006, 16:05:48 UTC

I think the Tau mod will survive similar to how the Steel Legion did(which was lots and lots of different tank classes), by trying to do it different in a few ways , but yes they will be slightly frustrated.

They said a while ago that they would want to do the nids but didn't think they could do them justice on the engine. Now I suppose they could have upg the engine with the addon but it seems unlikely. However I half-suspect they may say "screw that we want nids!" :P. After all since necrons are already there to a small extent if they're trying to build suspence by not announcing the other race what else can it be? Dark Eldar would be pointess tbh, and daemon hunters etc would be a bit wierd...

jakiri January 30 2006, 16:33:51 UTC

The Nids being included would make DoW the greatest game known to mankind, which means we'll probably get Squats and Space Undead before that ever happens.

Nice scoop, by the way - the SA forums didn't even have this yet.

gileswl January 30 2006, 20:15:42 UTC

You have to bear in mind that Oli is trying to stave off Dawn of War withdrawl by spending his every waking moment reading every single page on the entire internet that mentions the game.

I'm not sure it's working.

sanctusmortis January 31 2006, 17:11:11 UTC

They'll follow the new Codex, giving them access to stuff the modders don't have yet. Like the Skyray, Piranhas, Vespid, XV25 Stealth Suits, the new Commander gear options...

Other race? Can't see Nids, too Starcraft. It'll probably be the Necrons to finish off their units. After all, they already have one implemented unit and a vehicle, and being Necrons means there aren't actually many more you CAN add ^_^