10 Incredible Warhammer Video Games Every Fan Should Play
2. Warhammer 40k: Dawn Of War
Consistently ranked as one of the best real time strategy games of all time Dawn of War is worth your time in every way. Released 17 years ago Dawn of War was many peoples’ first exposure to the Warhammer 40k universe and would kick off a franchise that is still going to this day.
Creating an entirely new chapter of Space Marines known as the Blood Ravens Dawn of War tells the story of the planet of Tartarus under siege by the Orkz. The truth about what is going on is much more sinister than that. The Orkz have been drawn to Tartarus in order to be a sacrifice to Khorne, the Chaos God of blood and war, to whom the planet is actually an altar. Every Ork that is slain by Blood Ravens leader Gabriel Angelos and his men has served to make the Daemon Prince imprisoned on the planet stronger.
The gameplay of Dawn of War is focussed on combat as no worker unit is required to gather resources. Instead your units must capture control points and you construct power plants in order to accumulate the resources needed to fuel your war machine. Your units can be upgraded to fulfill to specific rolls in your army. The multiplayer is well balanced and due to a healthy modding community is still being played today. Any RTS player worth their salt has a copy of Dawn of War.