Chaos Rising is awesome. Everything that was good about the wonderful original Dawn of War 2 is still here, along with a few tweaks, and the addition of the Chaos race.

This game's campaign, though admittedly rather short, was an amazing and engaging ride through and through. The corruption mechanic allows high replayability as there are several ways the campaign itself can go, and thus, several endings, but also the missions are quite well crafted and varied. It ties in perfectly with the vanilla game's single player story as you guide the Blood Ravens into, or away from the allure of Chaos. And although Dawn of War II's campaign was interesting, it didn't wow me nearly as much as Chaos Rising's did, so much that I now strongly recommend playing both in order. Keeping your former squadmates is a nice touch, for continuity's sake.

It turned me into a fan of 40k. I want and crave more now. If you're into the unique squad based gameplay, please get Chaos Rising, it's frankly a must have expansion.

Chaos Rising is awesome. Everything that was good about the wonderful original Dawn of War 2 is still here, along with a few tweaks, and the addition of the Chaos race. This game's campaign, though admittedly rather short, was an amazing and engaging ride through and through. The corruption mechanic allows high replayability as there are several ways the campaign itself can go, and thus, several endings, but also the missions are quite well crafted and varied. It ties in perfectly with the vanilla game's single player story as you guide the Blood Ravens into, or away from the allure of Chaos. And although Dawn of War II's campaign was interesting, it didn't wow me nearly as much as Chaos Rising's did, so much that I now strongly recommend playing both in order. Keeping your former squadmates is a nice touch, for continuity's sake. It turned me into a fan of 40k. I want and crave more now. If you're into the unique squad based gameplay, please get Chaos Rising, it's frankly a must have expansion.