Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 is a pretty fantastic real-time strategy game; it's a shame that it has a bit of a repetitive single-player campaign. As much as I love the ground level, tactical small-squad combat, I do grow weary of how the campaign generally devolves into a series of "go from point A to B, and lo and behold, a boss encounter! Now just spam your abilities to take the boss down." That right there is one of the first things being fixed with the upcoming expansion pack, Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising; this time, Relic is working to make sure every one of the 15 missions in the single-player campaign has distinct objectives and no feelings of redundancy.

Nostalgia does not make a good first impression. After a rousing opening, the viewpoint shifts to aspiring adventurer Eddie, whose father has recently gone missing. Before he can set off on a globetrotting adventure to rescue his dear old dad though, he has to take a page directly from the "Big Book of Japanese RPG Clichés" and kill some rats. Eddie's early sojourn into the London sewers does not inspire confidence.