too much exclusives, I don't like, it makes my head spin.

Now all these gimmicks are starting to make me worry.... gimmicks were never really a good sign for decent games.

Originally Posted by From the official site, aka an official source
We have locked down the Minimum and Recommended System Requirements for Dawn of War II. Here is what you’re going to need to run the game:

Minimum Requirements –
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
* 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
* A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space

Recommended –
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* AMD Athlon 64x2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
* A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space

Keep your eyes on this page this Thursday for more information on how you can get involved in the upcoming Dawn of War II Beta!

Pre-order pack wargear is campaign only. You can not use this in multiplayer so the only advantage these players get is a slight stat boost at the start of the single player game.

In multiplayer your commanders all have wargear you can buy in the matches to improve their stats. This resets at the end of evey match.

Each race also has 60 multiplayer ranks to unlock some with unique visual unlocks. In total there are 110 visual unlocks, these will make the high-level players look really cool but give no stat advantage whatsoever.

Oh yea... Another reason why you shouldnt throw in extra penny

Dont worry, I bet Chaos will appear in their future expansion and good thing is, Relic has the habit of making expansion race "imba". IMBA CHAOS FTW !!

Replay Interactive is the distributor

IT'S
-Fast
-Gorgeous
-Repetitive

IT'S NOT
-Short
-Epic
-Dawn of War

Some quotes

"This is what happens when strategy game developers play too much WoW while they're working on the sequel"

"there's an urgent need for swift micro management which means this certainly isnt the dumbing down some will inevitably call it.... select all>Right click is never viable, and that's DoW II's biggest change and greatest strength"

"It's an enourmous campaign... but there arent 50 missions. In fact, there are only about ten, of 15 minutes each. It's just that two of those - kill the boss and defend the shrine - are repeated to the point of insanity. To the point where you start to wonder if you did something wrong in a previous life"

"MP is different. Suddenly bases are back. Suddenly resources are back. Suddenly the four unit limit is gone, the simplicity is gone. Weirdly, the only two modes of play are one on one and three on three. About the only simple thing about it is that there are only five maps"

"no single part of this is better than the original game. Relic started with a classic game and have made merely a great one out of it"

"It is, for your first few games, utter chaos.... And before you know what you're doing, it's over - matches only last about 15 minutes. Relic said they wanted to make MP DoW more accessible, I have no idea how this was supposed to relate to that"

"It's wholly enjoyable madness though. Here you get to amass proper armies and play as the ravenously anticipated tyranids. They're a truly horrible bunch... Their mechanics are obtuse and fascinating, which only makes me more desperate for a Tyranid campaign, one where individual units mean something"

"There's definately virtue to a multiplayer strategy game that's over in a coffee break, but it doesn't mix well with the enormous complexity here. Even when I'd learned to play effectively, I never felt like I had a good overview of what was going on.... The match can turn around in a minute without you knowing why. Neither victory nor defeat feels entirely yours"

RM 169 is quite feasible being collector's edition as some games already reached rm 179 just for normal ones.

Does TSB have pre-ordering?