Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War : Prima Official Game Guide (Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War)

Rating:
Summary: Not a bad guide, more like 3.5 stars
Review: First off I should say this book is all black and white. I hadn't bought a guide in a long time and bought the Prima Doom 3 book. I liked the color in that book and thought it would be great for DoW but it has none.

Anyway, the content of the book is typical. First it covers the four races in detail, then gives walkthroughs for the campaign missions and finally multiplayer tips.

I did not find the walkthroughs necessary at all but I suppose if you get stuck they might be helpful.

The portion that covers the four races is useful with tips and a nice overview of all the weapons, buildings, and options. One note though that some of the weapon icons are not quite correct (heavy bolter for a storm bolter, etc) but this isn't a real problem. This section has s few tidbits I didn't pick up in the game's manual.

Overall a solid book but nothing exceptional or particularly necessary.

Rating:
Summary: OK
Review: This is not a bad guide. I wish it had a bit more detail in terms of multi-player and skirmish strategies. A lot of this guide focuses in the campaign. Normally, that would be OK, but since the campaign in this game is so short and basically a no-brainer, I would have appreciated more skirmish and multi-player info.

None of that is the author's fault however. It just results in a strategy guide that is OK, but not crucial. Buy it if you really like to play the game and plan to play it a lot. Otherwise, you can probably do without this guide.

Rating:
Summary: JEEEEEZ!
Review: What a steaming pile of $h!t! This guide tells NOTHING! If you play 40K, it and you paid for this, they owe YOU money. If you're just in it for the fun of the game, then they should DIE for charging money for this piece of junkola!
xoxoxoxoxo,
Mo