Warhammer 40K Dawn of War 2: Retribution

[LoweGear]

Standard boxart for Retribution:

Spoiler for Size:

Collector's edition:

Spoiler for Size:

And a preview of a wallpaper it seems:





I want the larger sized version of that wallpaper. It MEANS BUSINESS

The Skull Probe returns to DoW, and this time for the IG/Inquisition.

[Kyral]

Hell yeah!

Innocence proves NOTHING! This is going to be epic!

But I must admit they look pretty Warhammer Fantasy Witch Hunter-rish...

[Hooves]

I do see a Witch Hunter from that image... Or thats from my view. Who knows, we might actually see one in the game, but that would be way too surprising and unexpected that its probably not going to happen. But then again I've seen alot of Witch Hunterish looking images from Retribution.

[LoweGear]

Eeerhm Inquisitor Witch Hunters are already confirmed to be in the game, as hero units attached to the Imperial Guard. Besides, the entire boxart very clearly features one: why would they add a unit they have no intention of portraying in the game?

[LoweGear]

New info regarding all the versions of Retribution you can buy, (info is from Relic News forums). It also confirms at last that there is a Chaos campaign, and you can see what the IG Lord General looks like below.

Collector's Edition
Available: Exclusive pre-order from THQ.com (US) / All good retailers (UK)
Price: RRP $39.99 (US) / £39.99 (UK)
Contents:
•Retribution game
•Collector's Edition box
•Six art cards
•Poster
•In-game content card containing all race pack content (see race packs for details)



Complete Collection
Available: Pre-order from THQ.com (UK)
Price: £49.99 (UK)
Contents:
•Dawn of War II GOTY Edition
•Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
•Dawn of War II Retribution
•Collector's box



And then you have the Race Packs, which have their own cover art depicting each of the races, as well as exclusive wargear for use in their campaigns:

Ork Race Pack
Available: STEAM (UK) / STEAM (US)
Price: £29.99 (UK) / $29.99 (US)
Contents:
Retribution game
Exclusive in-game items:
•Kan Opener - Your attacks have a chance to disable enemy vehicles
•Angry Armor - Attacks on the Warboss increase his damage
•Lucky Teef - When the Warboss kills enemies nearby units gain energy
•Super Flashy Boss Rack - The Warboss gains the benefits of a boss pole and a trophy rack

Spoiler for Orks:

Space Marine Race Pack
Available: All good electronic distribution channels (UK) + (US)
Price: £29.99 (UK) / $29.99 (US)
Contents:
Retribution game
Exclusive in-game items:
•Sanctus Mortis - Killing enemies bolster's the wielder's defense
•Plate of the Martyr - Attacks on Diomedes heal nearby allied units
•Chant of the Righteous - When attacked Diomedes' cooldowns are reduced
•Helm of the Champion - Increased health and armour

Spoiler for Space Marines:

Eldar Race Pack
Available: All good electronic distribution channels (UK) + (US)
Price: £29.99 (UK) / $29.99 (US)
Contents:
Retribution game
Exclusive in-game items:
•Spear of the Ynnead - Attacks on enemies have a chance to confuse them
•Guile of Cegorach - Allied deaths have a chance to enrage you
•Runes of Wisdom - Energy cost of abilities reduced
•Helm of the War Host - Immune to supression and knock-back

Spoiler for Eldar:

Chaos Race Pack
Available: All good electronic distribution channels (UK) + (US)
Price: £29.99 (UK) / $29.99 (US)
Contents:
Retribution game
Exclusive in-game items:
•Skull Breaker - Hits with thei weapon have a chance to cause an aoe explosion
•Armor of the immortal - Invulnerability shield triggered when critically injured
•Herald of the Warp - Low cooldowns
•Mark of Chaos favor - Gain the benefits of worship from all gods

Spoiler for Chaos:

Tyranid Race Pack
Available: THQ E-shop exclusive (UK) + (US)
Price: £29.99 (UK) / $29.99 (US)
Contents:
Retribution game
Exclusive in-game items:
•Venomous Talons - Attacks have a guaranteed chance to stun and poison
•Poisonous Cysts - After taking a set amount of damage the swarmlord sprays a damaging poison cloud
•Shadow in the Warp - A % of your damage is converted into energy
•Warp field - summons a shield to protect your character

Spoiler for Tyranids:

Imperial Guard Race Pack
Available: All good electronic distribution channels (UK) + (US)
Price: £29.99 (UK) / $29.99 (US)
Contents:
Retribution game
Exclusive in-game items:
•The Emperor's Executioners - Instantly kill infantry with less than a fifth of their health
•Blessed Carapace of Resolve - Friendly units in the vicinity gain damage reduction
•Honorifica Imperialis - Friendly units in vicinity get reduced cooldowns
•Helm of the Distinguished Imperial Officer - Friendly units in the vicinity are healed / have energy restored when you kill enemies

Spoiler for Guardsmen:

[Hooves]

So the packs still contain the original Retribution game, just special features for the race in which you dedicate your money in? That's actually a smart idea, better get deciding on which race you want to support

[SoldierOfDarkness]

That's easy, just buy the Imperial Guard.

Then go and buy all other copies and burn them in a great fire for being xenos/heretic scum.

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by SoldierOfDarkness

That's easy, just buy the Imperial Guard.

Then go and buy all other copies and burn them in a great fire for being xenos/heretic scum.

You accuse the Space Marines of being heretics? How could you!

[SoldierOfDarkness]

Bah half of them turned against our mighty God Emperor a millenia ago. It is the Imperial Guard that makes the Imperium endure.

[Seitsuki]

Oh, it was a LOT longer than one millenia ago. Besides, there were plenty of traitor Guard as well! Hammer of the Emperor, to be sure, but hey who are the Bulwark against the Terror, the Defenders of Humanity? Yeah thought so :P now you go back and play toy soldiers and leave the real fighting to the real men <3

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by SoldierOfDarkness

Bah half of them turned against our mighty God Emperor a millenia ago. It is the Imperial Guard that makes the Imperium endure.

Space Marines take longer to convert to heresy then Imperial Guardsmens... Its just that Chaos loves the Space Marines and doesn't like that Imperial Guard so they are less-effected.

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Hooves

Space Marines take longer to convert to heresy then Imperial Guardsmens... Its just that Chaos loves the Space Marines and doesn't like that Imperial Guard so they are less-effected.

And any Space Marines that get converted into Chaos would last longer in combat than converted Guardsmen anyway

Edit:

New screenshots:








Eliphas looks freaking pimping there, very good considering this is the first time you can command him in SP since Dark Crusade. That shot of the Sentinel and Shocktroopers (?) against the Tyranid swarm though... such heroes ;-; We also get a first look at that IG Commissar... time to execute some cowards for the Imperiu- *shot*

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Eliphas looks freaking pimping there, very good considering this is the first time you can command him in SP since Dark Crusade. That shot of the Sentinel and Shocktroopers (?) against the Tyranid swarm though... such heroes ;-; We also get a first look at that IG Commissar... time to execute some cowards for the Imperiu- *shot*

I always wanted to play Eliphas again ever since the Dark Crusade, and now is the chance to do it We also get the old-fasioned Commissar that executes cowards in order to set an example? Wonder how that will play out here maybe the Guardsmen will cost so little that its very replaceable.

[Kyral]

While I'm quite happy that Eliphas made his comeback in Chaos Rising and is now playable, I still miss the most awesome warboss in whole 40k.

Where is Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter damnit! >.<

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by Kyral

While I'm quite happy that Eliphas made his comeback in Chaos Rising and is now playable, I still miss the most awesome warboss in whole 40k.

Where is Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter damnit! >.<

I missed Gorgutz's voice when I played Soulstorm.. Winter Assault-Dark Crusade were probably the only real expansions that I would have played. Of course many people think this as well. But it would be good to see Gorgutz again! But this is a new Dawn of War 2 and Eliphas was introduced in Chaos Rising right? So were probably not going to be expecting our good old warboss soon. He's been in enough expansions or that's how people see it.

[MakubeX2]

So, Shogun 2 or Retribution ?

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by MakubeX2

So, Shogun 2 or Retribution ?

When you say Shogun 2 you mean the new Creative Assembly Shogun Total War 2 that's coming out soon? Or some other Shogun 2? Either way its a hard decision, but I'm an old fan of the Total War franchise so I'll be getting Shogun Total War 2 first then buy Retribution in the future.

[Kyral]

Originally Posted by Hooves

But this is a new Dawn of War 2 and Eliphas was introduced in Chaos Rising right? So were probably not going to be expecting our good old warboss soon. He's been in enough expansions or that's how people see it.

Yes but Eliphas was introduced together with Davian Thule in Dark Crusade, he only returned in Chaos Rising because of his popularity among fans (as he was the only Chaos Lord in the DoW franchise who had a brain).
They even went trough all the trouble and actually ressurected him from the dead.

That makes Gorgutz' return actually even more likely as he's still alive and is quit popular (Well, the same with Farseer Macha but that's only because of the meme i think ).

...

And I'm still for the Unyuufex as Tyranid hero.

[MakubeX2]

Originally Posted by Hooves

When you say Shogun 2 you mean the new Creative Assembly Shogun Total War 2 that's coming out soon? Or some other Shogun 2?

To the best of my knowledge, there is only one "Shogun 2" that is only releasing in the same period as Retribution.

Either way its a hard decision, but I'm an old fan of the Total War franchise so I'll be getting Shogun Total War 2 first then buy Retribution in the future.

I'm sure Shogun 2 will be better than Retribution in several aspects, but the hardware requirements to run it in a acceptable level is a bit of a turn off.

DoW2 and CR runs smoothly with almost everything max out on the current rig I had. But I'm not too sure if the machine will be able to handle Shogun 2 at mid levels.

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by MakubeX2

I'm sure Shogun 2 will be better than Retribution in several aspects, but the hardware requirements to run it in a acceptable level is a bit of a turn off.

DoW2 and CR runs smoothly with almost everything max out on the current rig I had. But I'm not too sure if the machine will be able to handle Shogun 2 at mid levels.

That's what I'm worried about right now is the computer requirements for Shogun II will be a little too much for my computer..