Dawn of War

No, not Dawn of War II, but Dawn of War I.  I was getting ready to buy Dawn of War II when I saw a lot of bad feedback on it.  Well while I was trying to make up my mind on if I wanted to take a chance on Dawn of War II I thought I'd boot up DOW I for some mayhem.

Man I had so forgotten how much fun this game is.  Just the right mix of base building, resource gathering and slugfests.  No resources that run out (something that while interesting in the earlier warcrafts, got hold quick).  Not too many units so you get lost with them.  No crazy tech trees

You just go in, and you slug it out.

On top of all that the graphics are perfect or the game.  The units look cool, just enough detail.  Not crazy detail, but the units have a unique styling that makes you really get a feel for how they operate.  You add special weapons to your units and you can see them in hands of your game pieces.  Very cool.

I have the first two expansions (Winter Assault and Dark Crusade), but I've yet to get Soulstorm.  From the sounds of it I'm not missing much, but then again it would be nice to have the full set of units for LAN games.