DOW2 Was kinda bleh, it was alright it was like Company of Heroes but smaller and DOWy (with less dakka). As a fan of DOW who started playing in Dark Crusade I have to say I largely liked DOW 3. It reminded me of large scale battles of DOW 1 and the large style maps of DOW1 but with the unit details of DOW 2. My only real complaint about the game is that they nixed the tactical cover system which was great in both DOW2 and Company of Heroes. I'm not sure what prompted the nixing but the new cover system works well enough for the game.

It's a very simple but fun RTS. I enjoy comp stomps with my friends. I wouldn't recommed it for competive stuff (competitively it probably plays much like star craft 2) The steam reviews were less than stellar but i think most of the problems they address are more to fanboyism than to actual faults with the game. Though ti could use more maps and better support for custom maps.

I only pickd it up for sale though I wouldn't recommend it otherwise honestly.