So why do people hate Soulstorm and love Dark Crusade?

[Silver]

Never really understood this. i GUESS a campaign map on a single planet that is big and easy to keep track of is more immersive than several planets bunched together with everything appearing tiny until you zoom in just before your attack move.

On the other hand, I think 9 races really bring that much more diversity to the game than 7. And it might just be me, but I think its a bit harder too, given how (at least I remember) Dark Crusade used to save your map progress, so for example if you built listening posts everywhere and then that province got attacked, you'd start off with that huge map control advantage while in Soulstorm you start from scratch.

Anyways what are your thoughts

[Inquisitioner]

One of the main reason is aircraft, they're an bad addition and hardly suit the game. Furthermore, the sisters aren't really that popular by the hardcore wing since they're considered to just be a cash grab with lore being written as they go. Again, these are the most common reasons.

[Silver]

Hmm well I remember there being a really beautiful looking sisters mod for the previous dow game, so I dont think its an army people dont like.

I agree with the flyers, but none of them are really overpowered anyway, just pose a tactical element that is immune to enemy close combat fighters.

[Milord]

It's because Soulstorm was riddled with many game-breaking bugs when it launched, and it took 8 months for Relic to release the first patch.

As you can imagine, many players gave up on the game. Soulstorm was left with inactive lobbies and a tarnished reputation, the effects of which can still be seen today.

[[AP] Will]

They had to get it out in a hurry.

Campaign is missing a bunch of stuff, some units were apparently not put in due to time constraints and they didn't have time to record the witty banter between commanders on the stronghold missions.

And yeah, as said already, aircraft suck.

[Latharion]

Soulstorm was designed and coded by Ironlore, because Relic was busy building CoH at the time. I think that lead to all sorts of issues. This seems to happen quite often when a project is farmed out to another studio. Ironlore never really took off as a company, and the resulting code ended up back at Relic. The programmers at Relic then had to decipher Ironlore's code and patch it, which took time. Relic's resources were stretched quite thin, so Soulstorm was not a high priority.

This alongside all of the problems mentioned before lead to the hot mess that is Soulstorm. Dark Crusade simply feels like a more polished and finished product so it is more favored.

[Vuyek]

Except everybody plays soulstorm and non one plays other versions anymore.

Hmmm.....

[jones1979]

Most current mods are made/making for Soulstorm. Aside of bugged fliers, SS brings MUCH MORE dev options for modders, that's true.

[Kram Noollow]

Well, Tyranids and Grey Knights stomp all over the race additions here, but instead we got Dark Eldar & Sisters, who suck ♥♥♥♥ ;D. I know Relic wanted to save nids for DOW2 and its good they did but its still dissapointing. Aircraft were pointless, the campaign in Dark Crusade i never really liked but here it was god awful, too sparce with no detail to the overworld or interesting locale lore. I never get ALL the hate for this game, but most of it is justifiable, though the bugs are better now :)

[interice]

I'm loving the Soulstorm, and it has the most mods be supported.

[L!FEz^Nexus Asia]

Dawn of War 1 is the best RTS ever made, no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[Not Your Heroes]

main reason i'll say why DC is better than soulstorm from someone who loves the lore of warhammer 40K

SS throws that lore out of the window entirely and i mean entirely.

while DC tried to stick as close to acceptable lore as possible bent it a lil but still kept close as possible.

i mean; "sir a shipment of 100 bandeblades has just been sent out to serve." that is an impossibility.. seriously, the IG is lucky to get their hands upon 1 baneblade let alone 2 for a single regiment.

not to mention the SM commander, Carrion, Taucommander, Caerys, and the necron lord.. don't get mestarted on him.

[Silver]

come one dude...explain whats wrong with them ^^

[Akboris]

Yeah I dont understands, The commands were added as a progression factor, without them and the honor guard I might disregard the campaign

[K84]

Originally posted by Doom of Malan'Tai:

not to mention the SM commander, Carrion, Taucommander, Caerys, and the necron lord.. don't get mestarted on him.

I can understand the hate for Carron and Boreale, but what's wrong with Or'es'Ka, Caerys and the Necron Lord? Or'es'Ka seemed ok to me, if a little bland. I had no problems with Caerys, it was the Yorkshire Warlock that she hung out with that was cringeworthy. The Necron Lord I thought was great though.

[Firaeveus Carron]

Regardless of what Soulstorm was at launch, Soulstorm is the best version of Dawn of War as far as multiplayer games and skirmish games go because of the better balance. I am not claiming that Soulstorm is perfectly balanced, but it is the most balanced title in the Dawn of War I series.

The balance of power between races in Dark Crusade was an absolute joke. Necrons were a powerhouse that became closer and closer to unstoppable as time went on. The Imperial Guard were terrible.

In Soulstorm, the Necrons likely sit on the lower end of the spectrum after their nerfs from Dark Crusade, but the gap between races; as I said, is more narrow.