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These guys knew how to hit hard, and they weren't afraid to have fun with it.
All of a sudden they had character, a personality.
The kill animations helped bring what would otherwise be nondescript units to life. That's my Terminator there, smashing an ork in the face with its shield. That's my Dreadnought there, picking up an eldar and crushing its bones to dust. Whenever I'd spot one amid the chaos I'd zoom in for a closer look and inevitably end up grinning from ear to ear. So, I was less bothered by delivering maximum damage in the most efficient way possible than I was living out the fantasy of the grim dark Warhammer 40,000 universe in video game form.įor me, the kill animations were an occasional delight, almost like mini-cutscenes that cropped up mid-battle. For me, the appeal of the Dawn of War games was their campaigns, or playing with a friend against the computer in co-op scenarios. I'm not much of a competitive RTS player. But I'm still sad kill animations aren't a part of it, because for me they were one of the things about the first two Dawn of War games that made them feel alive. I completely understand this decision in the context of the kind of game Dawn of War 3 sets out to be. The 10th time when you're in a competitive match it feels terrible. "They happen randomly, you're actually no longer delivering damage while you're spending your time ripping that unit apart. "When we came to evaluate it we realised there were some gameplay problems with those kill animations because they take away your control," Relic game designer Philippe Boulle told me at a recent Dawn of War 3 hands-on event. So, we come to Dawn of War 3's animations, and we find Relic has employed a similar strategy. When it comes to MOBAs, every millisecond counts.
MOBAs are known for their responsive gameplay, easy-to-understand visual style and, well, there aren't many kill animations, are there? There are fun abilities that pop on screen and plenty of basic attacks, but they look the same whether you're landing the first or last strike. Relic obviously hopes Dawn of War 3's competitive multiplayer will keep the community going for years on end, and Relic obviously felt that the right way to achieve that goal was to incorporate MOBA-esque elements into the game, even if doing so risked incurring the wrath of the Dawn of War faithful. I've already reported on how Dawn of War 3 has modernised the RTS genre by adding MOBA elements, but that's just a part of the story. They looked like this (the music's a bit loud, by the way):ĭawn of War 3 doesn't have kill animations, and while developer Relic has a good reason for ditching them, I can't help but lament their loss.īefore we dig into Relic's reasoning, it's worth going over what the studio is trying to do with Dawn of War 3. Whether it was your Dreadnought chucking an ork halfway across the map or your Warboss carving an eldar's face in half, Dawn of War's kill animations always felt exciting to me. One of the things I loved about Dawn of War 1 and 2 were the elaborate kill animations.
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