Single-player campaign missions may also involve destroying a specific character.ĭawn of War features four fully playable factions from the Warhammer 40,000 universe: the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and the Chaos Space Marines. The game is usually won by either destroying the opponent's base or controlling a majority of the strategic assets on the map. Units may have special abilities such as concealment, throwing grenades or teleporting short distances.
Many units have specific roles e.g., a lightly armed infantry squad may be effective against other infantry but useless if trying to shoot at an armored transport vehicle, while a missile launcher would damage the transport vehicle badly yet remain ineffective against infantry squads. The combat units engage in both ranged and close combat to defeat enemy units. The Power resource is gathered by building generator structures, which require Requisition to be built. The Requisition resource is gathered by controlling 'Strategic Points' on the combat map these points must be 'captured' by an infantry squad and can be taken back by the opponent. Combat units are produced from production buildings using two resources: Requisition and Power. Dawn of War is a small-scale RTS game where the player commands infantry squads and ground vehicles to defeat his opponent(s).
