After hearing the guys @ Idle Thumbs go on and on about Dawn of War 2, I thought I’d show my PC some love and pick it up too. It’s been billed as a cross between Diablo 2 (LOOT!) and RTS. I mainly picked it up because I read there was no micromanaging and base building, two things that keep me away from RTS games usually.
Some quick thoughts:
- Still very much as hectic as an RTS since you control 4 teams at once.
- My PC can still run modern games! But only barely. Load times are long.
Why do I have to go through so many unskippable logos just to get to the main menu??(edit: nevermind, I guess it’s unskippable during 1st boot, but skippable after that)- I’m getting bored of the big bulk space marine look. I hope some female characters get added to my group soon.
- Loot! I loves it.
- Path-finding AI is a little glitchy.
- The game definitely gives me one-more-itis. As in, let me play one more mission before I go to sleep!
- I can’t see myself playing versus multiplayer, but co-op campaign looks like it might be fun.

Re: some of your issues –
Logos/movies are not unskippable – the first boot is the only time you can’t.
You’ll need to either play as the Eldar in multiplayer or wait until the campaign decides to use a different race for female characters.
The co-op campaign is the absolute best way to play.
Good news on the skippable movies! I was seriously getting mad at that during the 1st boot.
I can’t wait to delve further into the game and get used to the controls more so I can play co-op with some people.