So now we've had a chance to try soulstorm, what are your first impressions?

It blew my expectations, that's for sure, but long story short I love this game and I'm looking forward to the full version! The Dark Eldar are pretty much my new fave. race. Looks like the game got a graphical update too, cuz it looks like nothing that the previous screens were showing.Although, I can tell Relic didn't have a lot to do with this and mainly ''ironlore'' - but the cutscenes in the game didn't feel right, especially the new intro movie (personally, I love DoW's intro movies.); it was just more like ''Hey guys, shoot back at the Tau! *Tau defeat IG.* SoB's come into the screen and then just shoot back at the Tau, most boring thing ever! That's when I thought ''yeah, Relic didn't make this, this is just a failed attempt at trying to make a cool W40k scene.'' but after the bad intro movie, I played the tutorial to familiarize myself with the new race, and then went ahead and played a skirmish which I thought was very fun, despite the fact that the game needs an ''update' I'm still gonna get this, because it looks promising.Air units don't seem like much though, I mean, they are so light and every unit can fire on them, and they just seem to be like ''the first Light Vehicle of every race...WITH WINGS!'' - although it doesn't ''re-write'' the rules of engagement and the way combat will be in DoW like it says it would do, they are a nice addition and I like them, nothing wrong with having them.Here's the main problem though: I don't want to buy this game - along with many others if they liked the demo enough - and then make Relic, THQ, or Ironlore, or whoever it may concern, to think ''oh hey, Soulstorm sold very well, LETS MAKE ANOTHER EXPANSION'' because DAMNIT THIS GAME NEEDS AN UPDATE! We all pretty much know that we want a DoW 2 instead of an overpriced standalone expansion every year or so, because I love DoW and I always will, but it's starting to get outdated, I mean, you can tell not just from the graphics, but the structure of the game, etc. etc. (IE: Like how there's so many damn unneccessary buildings, and how squads stand in a perfect square formation.) So now we've had a chance to try soulstorm, what are your first impressions?
if they do make a DoW 2, they need an equally epic cut scene as the original DoW. i do agree with you though. when i heard that they might make yet ANOTHER expansion it kinda frustrated me. they already said somewhere that they are not gonna make tyranids on this engine, so they cant add any races. unless they go way WAY more in depth with each of the existing races i dont see how they can milk this any more.So now we've had a chance to try soulstorm, what are your first impressions?
[QUOTE=''Crucifier'']if they do make a DoW 2, they need an equally epic cut scene as the original DoW. i do agree with you though. when i heard that they might make yet ANOTHER expansion it kinda frustrated me. they already said somewhere that they are not gonna make tyranids on this engine, so they cant add any races. unless they go way WAY more in depth with each of the existing races i dont see how they can milk this any more.[/QUOTE]They need an intro of the Tyranids darkening the surface of a planet, with hordes of genestealers and gaunts massacrering the Imperial Guard garrison along with all the civilians, followed up with a hive vessel engulfing the planet and absorbing all its biomatter... Oh that would be quite a lovely sight to behold.
never heard of it
I agree with you about the cut scene and the air unit part, but I'm still getting it, 2 more race for me the slaughter with my IG :D
[QUOTE=''Lonelynight'']I agree with you about the cut scene and the air unit part, but I'm still getting it, 2 more race for me the slaughter with my IG :D[/QUOTE] Yeah I'll still be getting it, but I just don't want the profits to result into another expansion bieng made...but who knows, like crucifier said, they've done almost everything they can, and I heard Ironlore had to work on this because Relic was ''working on something else, and is only 'supervising' ironlore.'' They never said what though, and I doubt it was the CoH expansion although that's a possibility.[QUOTE=''DucksBrains'']They need an intro of the Tyranids darkening the surface of a planet, with hordes of genestealers and gaunts massacrering the Imperial Guard garrison along with all the civilians, followed up with a hive vessel engulfing the planet and absorbing all its biomatter... Oh that would be quite a lovely sight to behold.[/QUOTE] Man that would be insane, I'm picturing it right now.Quick question about the 'nids though, these are the guys I know almost NOTHING about in the W40k universe, but they seem to be like a feral species that evolves and thrives more then just wild animals, but, do they have anything ''anti-tank''/''anti-armor''/''antibuilding'' other then the strength of those genestealers? Anything explosives or any armor - etc. etc.? Remember, I know almost NOTHING about these guys, so please fill me in. Try and keep it short just to avoid a wall of text.
[QUOTE=''ElArab''][QUOTE=''DucksBrains'']They need an intro of the Tyranids darkening the surface of a planet, with hordes of genestealers and gaunts massacrering the Imperial Guard garrison along with all the civilians, followed up with a hive vessel engulfing the planet and absorbing all its biomatter... Oh that would be quite a lovely sight to behold.[/QUOTE] Man that would be insane, I'm picturing it right now.Quick question about the 'nids though, these are the guys I know almost NOTHING about in the W40k universe, but they seem to be like a feral species that evolves and thrives more then just wild animals, but, do they have anything ''anti-tank''/''anti-armor''/''antibuilding'' other then the strength of those genestealers? Anything explosives or any armor - etc. etc.? Remember, I know almost NOTHING about these guys, so please fill me in. Try and keep it short just to avoid a wall of text.[/QUOTE]I heard genestealer claws can go right through Tactical-Dreadnought armor effortlessly....
[QUOTE=''aliblabla2007''][QUOTE=''ElArab''][QUOTE=''DucksBrains'']They need an intro of the Tyranids darkening the surface of a planet, with hordes of genestealers and gaunts massacrering the Imperial Guard garrison along with all the civilians, followed up with a hive vessel engulfing the planet and absorbing all its biomatter... Oh that would be quite a lovely sight to behold.[/QUOTE] Man that would be insane, I'm picturing it right now.Quick question about the 'nids though, these are the guys I know almost NOTHING about in the W40k universe, but they seem to be like a feral species that evolves and thrives more then just wild animals, but, do they have anything ''anti-tank''/''anti-armor''/''antibuilding'' other then the strength of those genestealers? Anything explosives or any armor - etc. etc.? Remember, I know almost NOTHING about these guys, so please fill me in. Try and keep it short just to avoid a wall of text.[/QUOTE]I heard genestealer claws can go right through Tactical-Dreadnought armor effortlessly....[/QUOTE]Terminators usually don't stand a chance against genestealers in close combat, but as for anti-tank and such Tyranids have many types of warriors for different purposes, but their base strategy for everything is quantity. Gaunts for cheap mass infantry, lictors for heavy infantry, genestealers for shock infantry, biovores for artillery, carnifexes for... ''vehicles'', hive tyrants for commanders, zoanthropes for lack of a better word ranged infantry, gargoyles for air... Tyranids have a fully functioning military but not in a conventional sence.
Ah, another thing that concerned me was now that air units are in the game, it could have been a problem for the 'nids - but now that you've summed it up for me, I'd love to see the 'nids in 40k! I may just get that Tyranid mod too :D. I'd love to have a whole army of nids and then just watch them rise up from the ground and tear everything apart.Oh yeah, forgot to mention that now that Soulstorm has an ''interplanetary'' campaign, I'm DEFINETLY getting it, that's the main selling point for me, although, I don't know which race I'd start off as, heck, I'll go with the Dark Eldar since I just love those Raiders and ''Soule Essence Powers'' lol.
It was ok. I am more looking forward to what new units the existing races will get. I hope it is more than just one unit. Im thinking it should be at least 3, you know add alot of variety to the game.
If you want a good depiction of the Tyranids, Arab, get the Ultramarines omnibus and read Warriors of Ultramar (the second book in the Ultramarines series). You'll get a pretty good picture that way of what Tyranids are like during a full force invasion, and you'll see what kind of attacks and bio-weaponry they can use against different opponents.
[QUOTE=''JP_Russell'']If you want a good depiction of the Tyranids, Arab, get the Ultramarines omnibus and read Warriors of Ultramar (the second book in the Ultramarines series). You'll get a pretty good picture that way of what Tyranids are like during a full force invasion, and you'll see what kind of attacks and bio-weaponry they can use against different opponents.[/QUOTE]I'll see if my friend has it, he's got a few of the books and codecs, but if not, I'll still check it out, thanks.
Bump!Something isn't right with the amount of people here, I'd imagine a lot more people have tried this out. I also know that a lot of people have been skeptical about how it may turn out, and I wanna see if this demo has surprised anyone.
Im gonna get it, It may be a lack of relic, but the new campaign looks sweet, and I want to try the SoB