Dawn of War 2 plays more like an RPG than an RTS, abandoning micromanagement in favour of all-out battle across three main planets. With control of only four armies at a time, each of your hero generals can be upgraded and equipped with a vast number of collectable weapons and armour. Yet although DOW2 tells a great story, it fails to deliver anything like the promised "non-linear" gameplay.

Despite some optional missions, your ­enemies never try to retake key battlefield positions, making every level a predictable slog from one objective to the next. It's a shame, because this had all the mythology to make a very special game – as opposed to the distinctly average one it turned into.