I was curious if anyone could recommend a game similar to Dawn of War 2. I really enjoyed the squad based rtt without having to worry about gathering resources or managing funds, building armies, etc. I'm pretty new to the genre of games, however, so don't know where else to look for something similar.
Thoughts?
One of my favorite strategy games is the Close Combat series, particularly 2nd game, set in the Russian Front. You pick your troops out of a requisition pool then fight over accurte WW2 battlefields. Its pretty old now and has a top down view, so might be difficult to find. The amount of control you have is brilliant and the tactics deployed are very real. There something very satisfying having your men hide inside building, watching an enemy unit advance unaware of your position and then you cut them down as they cross the open ground.
Jack of Tears said:
I was curious if anyone could recommend a game similar to Dawn of War 2. I really enjoyed the squad based rtt without having to worry about gathering resources or managing funds, building armies, etc. I'm pretty new to the genre of games, however, so don't know where else to look for something similar.
Thoughts?
Totally different game, but still made by Relic, is Company of Heroes. It's almost the exact same game as Dawn of War 2, but with some resource management (capturing territory increases resources) and some light base building.
It plays very different than DoW2, but is a *lot* of fun.
I second Company of Heroes. Hopefully if/when a Guard expansion for Dawn of War 2 is released it'll play very much like that.