The Dawn of War 2 TOTAL REWORK we've been waiting for? Yeah... Basically.

Dawnof War II Eternal is a neewly released beta mod that Expanse on the Dawn of War 2 formula with a focus on spectacle and sub-faction strategy - from the creator of Dawn of War 3: Redux.
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[@StalwartTirith]

God I just want a modern Dawn of War with proper base building, huge unit and faction variety, vast moddability, etc.

[@zombiepenguin7134]

Too bad they did the third installment dirty from what I heard

[@MRBLUEBUBBLE1]

@@zombiepenguin7134 They tried to go for the MOBA gamers out there and failed in utterly spectacular fashion. Then they immediately cut the trash game adrift and stopped working on it very shortly after release.

[@Hunter_6601]

@@MRBLUEBUBBLE1 lol after teasing a necron expansion as well

[@RenMagnum4057]

Closest I can suggest is a modded Arma 3

[@CaptainMasolino]

PLEASEEEE

[@itoaster]

Thank you so much for checking out our mod! I'm glad you've been enjoying it! Also yes, I totally forgot to put the steam launch parameter in the readme. I've since fixed it, so any downloads of Eternal from here on out will have a readme that states what the launch parameter is and where to put it if you didn't catch it at the end of the installer!

[@Rowan3733]

Such a great idea, honestly. After some additional polishing I can definitely foresee your mod blowing up

[@malcolmc.7288]

Will we be able to play as the tau?

[@RTSCult]

Great job with the mod! I am curios if I can have this installed and Elite at the same time.

[@itoaster]

@@RTSCult Absolutely! I currently do.

[@ActionMan1979]

*The Litany of Ignition* _The soul of the Machine God surrounds thee._ _The power of the Machine God invests thee._ _The hate of the Machine God drives thee._ _The Machine God endows thee with life._ _Live!_

[@chae7684]

I honestly love the idea of a platoon of conscripts being dropped into a combat zone via a shipping crate

[@Invers34all]

​@@johnnorth5824 begone, political idiot

[@aliboy357]

The local PDF has to arrive somehow

[@TheWhoamaters]

​@@aliboy357i feel like they're already there

[@rogue-ish5713]

Its seems very lore-appropriate

[@popovski4385]

@@johnnorth5824 i honestly never expected to find a ukro bot in a Dawn of War 2 video comment section

[@Agora2021]

Still a sad lack of a "persistent bodies" toggle. That was my favorite part of Dark Crusade, the absolute fields of dead after endless battling.

[@simenhartford7206]

There is a way to make bodies stay for a long time, but you have to edit the games files in order to do that.

[@Hombremaniac]

Total War series is good in this regard. Oh if only we would get Total War: WH40K! At least we got the fantasy version.

[@xXDonTdODRugZXx]

@@Hombremaniac Total War: 40k wouldn't work. Guardsmen, Tyranid, Eldar etc. don't do war in formations which is Total War's whole identity. And how would factions like Space Marines work? They work in squads, not in formations of hundreds. You don't see space marines marching towards legions of cultists calmly, then engage and stand still while each take turns hitting each other. Space marines split up and cover wider areas, strike from blind spots, and during melee they are ruthless and efficient. Same with guardsmen on a larger scale, they don't walk in line formation like in Total War games. And Eldar are fast and elusive, they don't amass in giant formations, they try to hit you quickly and stealthily like ghosts. It wouldn't work in Total War. The only faction I can think of that might use formations are the necrons, but even then it's a stretch.

[@Hombremaniac]

@@xXDonTdODRugZXx Nah don´t agree at all. Even in TW:WH many units are in loose formation, plus that could be tweaked further. Space Marines could be made so that they charge, discharge weapons during this phase and then automatically go into melee. Strength of units would be, same as in TW:WH, based on the stats as well as on number of models. Heck, we have Ogres in TW:WH and those could be good base unit for Space Marines. Obviously WH:TW 40K wouldn´t be 1 : 1 to how table top plays, but hey, it´s not even for Fantasy battles and it works just good enough. And if they could add also space combat, perhaps a bit like in Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (with better AI obviously), it could be such a TREAT!

[@xXDonTdODRugZXx]

@@Hombremaniac ogres are dumb and brutish. Same with other units that would work similarily to Space Marines. Thing is, Space Marines wouldn't be charging into an enemy formation and then stand there hitting once in a while like ogres do, they'd be hitting the formation from all sides tactically, and in melee they'd turn the formation into mincemeat. The battle would be over in a minute

[@LackofFaithify]

"I will give them bayonets!.....its a little too expensive." -Shack CFO, Astra Militarum

[@openfly4u]

9:27 Very lore accurate. Never change IG, never change 10:52 ALSO lore accurate lone eldar vs guard firing line

[@FazekasPK]

Tanks need infantry support. That's a general rule of combat. Even if that tank is a Baneblade.

[@Vineor]

As far as i know the first tanks in ww1 under the British and Germans were operating with that mindset, mobile bunkers with much higher killrates due to their mobility and armament but ultimately serving to help the infantry do the one thing it can't operating in an entrenched position. Be entrenched and also advance from their current position, offensively through firepower, defensively behind metal plating.

[@FazekasPK]

@@Vineor It was still an early form of the combined arms doctrine. Not as effective, but a start nonetheless. Also in WW1 many tanks were falling into enemy hands, due to crap leadership decisions. Many times the tankers recieved only one command. Advance! And nothing else.

[@Marinealver]

Now if only they can make a mod putting every retribution campaign character into The Last Stand.

[@beefybill4495]

So fucking true I only play last stand

[@darwinmurdoch905]

Shack sending a his big tank without any support into the middle of the enemy base Also shack when it dies: Surprised pickachu face

[@gingergingerginger1]

Epic strategy xD

[@shawnbrock5836]

Hitting it with a knife to build it... The guard must have found those engineers on Catachan.

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

I love the laser light show you get from a large group of conscripts all firing their lasguns, makes the eldar want to rave

[@shieldphaser]

Hitting it with a knife because the litany of deployment demands that the plastic wrap be removed with sharp implements.

[@panickedpan875]

Soo, Dawn of war 1 but ✨️fancier✨️

[@Sjel]

The Imperial Guard is playable but without the Basilisk? What kind of heresy is this?

[@simenhartford7206]

There's a chance it might be added as it does exist in another mod.

[@WarriorAngelLetsPlays]

That's cool to hear that you're collecting Imperial Guard for 40K! Are you looking forward to 10th edition coming out next month?

[@CaptainShack]

Seems I started building my army at the perfect time. With 10E dropping I wont be the only person learning a ruleset.

[@Drakefance5]

@@CaptainShack I'm in the same spot, it feels very freeing that I can just buy whatever models I want without any consideration to rules and meta as all their stats and rules will be changing with 10E anyway.

[@WarriorAngelLetsPlays]

@@CaptainShack I'm in a similar position with my Necrons. Just been having fun painting them up and now be in a position to actually try playing them while learning the rules.

[@skankhunt446]

@@WarriorAngelLetsPlays Necrons are extremly cool , also you can buy them for a "fair" price

[@koreyclark5677]

I’m buying my first custodes box set for this reason I can’t wait to get started!

[@RTSCult]

Love the main menu of this mod, the fact that it shows all the units and some of their upgrades within the Army Painter!

[@angrygamer9002]

this is sooooo cool really hope they do the campain it would be sick to see you and someone else play this mod in coop campain mode

[@dow2_elite_mod_cloud]

modding the campaign is quite difficult but it may be possible for them in the future. this team is tackling pvp/faction redesigns and base building first

[@123fakestreettt]

You require more minerals, not enough minerals, that must be placed on a vespene geyser! You must construct additional pylons. Honestly this mod looks amazing.

[@anonymoose7412]

I would love to see more of this especially if you play it as Imperial guard

[@dogzilla95]

Man, when you lost the baneblade I felt that in my heart.

[@Eaon69]

Amazing what modders can do and entire companies can't do shit.

[@igorthelight]

And that even despite that fact that this game is modders unfriendly!

[@nukclear2741]

Well... the Dawnless Days is evidence AGAINST this claim. Used to be called Rise of Mordor till they got copyright issues.

[@marc-antoinev.-quintin117]

I mean... "entire companies can't do shit" except build the entire game that support this mod, including art assets, animations, back-end, etc. aka 99% of the work

[@igorthelight]

@@marc-antoinev.-quintin117 Fair point!

[@Eaon69]

Not hard to develop a game. Modders somply dont waste their time working for crappy companies. Devs need to stop cry8ng and actually make a good game​@marc-antoinev.-quintin117

[@pontythython1901]

I’d be down for a reoccurrence series or Beyond all reason or this, both really fun games.

[@OblitusTerra]

The first minutes were hilarious. Basically a Company of Heroes:Warhammer. Engineers building with knives, Ultra compresed 3 constrip boxes (zip over zip?) and when he retire one of the squads the autarch followed them in jumpy dumpies

[@johnarcher6150]

About bloody time, the sequel can have the commander rpg stuff, that was fine, but we should still have had the huge base building and army sizes for battles like the first game.

[@GettinReal]

This is great! Bizarrely enough, accessed my storage unit today to retrive my gaming laptop since work has cooled down : s (partly motivated by your recent vid on Battletech mod) , went through every box, among my things found the elegant small wooden I kept the last of my miniatures in from 2nd Edition w40k. I held my favourite; Chaplain in Terminator armour (One of the greatest miniatures ever made in my opinion); and wow did such glorious moments flood back... haha! I wish a company (seeeeeeethe currentl efforts and abandonments!) that really cared about the game would make a version of Epic. Like Total War 40K and planet / system campaign from DoW. Battlesector is looking better by the update for that TT mode but want a serious campaign on an Epic scale. Will test this mod out today. Thanks for doing reviews of games worth really playing. P.S. Shout out to UA mod devs, you revived DoW in such a magnificent way. Have had hours and hours of crazy enjoyment and will check out your mod again today too!

[@simenhartford7206]

Shack you gotta check out the newest update. As the Imperial Guard you can now build a proper defensive line with a mix of sandbags, barbed wire, bunkers, and yes even walls!

[@zeash482]

as with most things imperial guard shack, if your in meele your doing something wrong

[@pixelpeek9963]

I'd like to see a 40k adaptation of Ashes of the Singularity as supposed to Company of Heroes. As much as I adore CoH, the scale and vast number of units on screen at once on AoS would be perfect for a 40k game.

[@psychotripnerdstuff]

Thanks for showing me this mod! Go Eldar!

[@cruelmole]

I was in until you said base building is back. The unique way DoW2 played was what i loved about it.

[@Roamingfirebat]

I need to get this mod. One thing I like in Dow 2 is vehicles becoming cover for infantry units.

[@ejandrews3065]

Imagine if they make new one with larger squads as well as featuring ships, artillery and air support, orbital strikes ect

[@monkfiche9384]

If they could make a campaign like Dark Crusade that would be amazing.

[@Elated_Llama]

Just a heads up, the Dutch army used a fragment from this to react to in a series "games vs reality" Asking a Dutch Army Engineer how realistic the building is (spoilers: obvious no) But I'm like, hey, i know that voice...

[@Djprudex]

It's like a combo of all three graphic detail of 3 the battle style of 2 base building of 1

[@FoFcraft]

As someone who also picked up guard recently, the only thing I wish is that someone at my LGS would have warned me about 10E before I bought the 9E codex

[@Joker61861]

Does anyone else hate that he puts buildings just all over with no general strategy

[@Marinealver]

Shack and Strategy?

[@VirgilVonGraban]

Big fan Cap. DOW2 Chaos Rising campaign when? ..and hopefully after that Extermination campaign.

[@despair2291]

I wouldnt mind a dow 1 style game play with all factions and massive armies coupled with a multiplayer campaign that kind like soul storm has you go from planet to plate fighting the other races.. but instead of it being just one sector.. expand it to the level of like spore.. so the whole galaxy.. they could start the story in the heresy ajd build on it from there.. adding more to the campaign and expanding the universe utilizing the warp to jump from galaxy to galaxy.. idk.. i feel like something more akin to that with the legit base building on a slew of differently sized maps.. basically scale it up a ton.. w8th that, they could legit have a game that playes tye way the fans want while putting aaallll the lore to work for them

[@nightshadegaming1735]

What we really want is a Total War 40k

[@hannibalb8070]

Yeeeep

[@Twistedvaccine]

Maybe, just maybe, Cavill will inspire bigger devs to make more true 40k RTS's after his Amazon show. This is my hope, and I pray to the Emperor daily for a miracle.

[@andarara-c1p]

I love the lasguns have proper as auto mode animation not the typical semi-auto look they have so too often in other games.

[@TheSilentStar]

FINALLY!!!! Base building should NEVER have been removed, NEVER!!!!

[@Marinealver]

It's still DOW 2 the main building still takes forever to destroy.

[@DameWhoGames623]

I hope it becomes like old dawn of war mods where there is many groups like krieg, and all units

[@igorthelight]

MUCH harder to to in Dawn of War 2 - it's very modders unfriendly

[@88caleger]

I hope you will feature this more when it fully releases.

[@gauthel]

11 years... I have been waiting. Feels like eternity.

[@TenebrousFilms]

Someone's ot paying enough attention to eldar grenades... did they add the rest of the aspect shrines?

[@dow2_elite_mod_cloud]

they have some new aspect warriors added yes, not sure if every one is covered yet though

[@shadow7988]

Very cool mod. Gotta say I can't get over the infantry model animations though, lol. I keep thinking the video is fast forwarding because of how they move.

[@Chrinik]

>Picks Armored Company >Goes infantry heavy "Man, why am I losing?" XD

[@CtrlAltRetreat]

thanks for the headsup about this. ngl i kept clicking on the minimap trying to move to retreat your troops

[@ChrisWilliams-rz2op]

"Base building is back in a big way" lol

[@courtnie97]

"throws a grenade" We are getting destroyed by enemy spells

[@spartanx9293]

0:23 ok sold when I get home I'm installing this mod

[@kylestyle1471]

Battle report videos in the future once you have your guard up? :)

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

This looks cool. I was so pissed long ago when they modeled DoW2 on Company of Heroes instead of continuing the more classic RTS gameplay of the original.

[@OrionTheta1]

Impressed. Been a long time. Will have to investigate, :)

[@Marth667]

You mean to tell me, that yet again modders have done what a 'tipple A' company could not? _I'm so surprised!_ 😐

[@FrostbiteDigital]

Wow. This mod actually makes Dawn of War 2 feel like a true direct sequel to the first game

[@MUSIC7052]

its so cool. It is more like a Company of Emperor :D

[@seanbrazell7095]

"...If you like it, then you shoulda put a turret on it..."

[@ragnar9578]

Main menu theme is the same as The FOK mod for Soulstorm, I wonder is it the same team working on this, I'm gonna DL this when I'm off work.

[@joeguy5989]

I remember being upset when I first played WH 40K Dawn of War 2 back in the day, as I had loved the first game and it's DLC's. Knowing they have this MOD may get me to install and play it again.

[@cdwizzerd]

oh relic, you really could have just made CoH but 40k for DoW III but here we are

[@johnord684]

I still play the original ,and its alive and kicking with a great modding community,

[@grimmshredsanguinus2915]

wtf is dis? a proper dawn of war 2 one alike? YEAH!!!!

[@Modello40]

Health seems to be a bit of an issue? Constant hits against them..but not dying. Eldar seem like they’re invincible

[@nicolasvega2658]

no command and conquer, the dawn of war series are based in the Company of Heroes engine and mechanics

[@mikemandalorian9226]

Dawn of War was first, then they released coh 1

[@nicolasvega2658]

@@mikemandalorian9226 true

[@ultralaggin8467]

just want another game like dark crusade

[@dncdragon]

ill stick to DOW2 elite mod instead, i dont get the craze of DOW needing to "Base Build" as i see no usefullness to how you build/place your buildings.where as most other RTS games theres sorta a reason like making a wall/maze with ur buildings like in AOE2/SC2/War3

[@dow2_elite_mod_cloud]

we're friends with itoaster and the eternal mod devs, and we're sharing some assets too. this mod definitely wont replace elite for pvp anytime soon, but it will give people who don't like elite a lot of things it doesn't have (like base building and vastly redesigned units compared to the base game) while elite is still growing there are definitely people who just want a certain type of game that is far from what elite should be. were hoping the mod scene for dow2 continues to grow overall i appreciate the support for elite mod here too though, cheers!

[@MrRynox52719]

So this might be dumb BUT: I love the idea of a zillion conscripts on the map, but you can't buff them to make them too OP, and they get melted later in the game, so why use them? What if.... they counted as some kind of resource? Like making higher cost units cost less (cause lore wise the conscripts would get peomoted). That way the giant mass of low damage, low defence units gain higher value- and even enemies would have reason to hunt them down to remove the global buff. Just an idea, maybe someone smarter could work out exactly how it could work and balance etc

[@therealiankane]

We just want a modern Dawn of War with new graphics, proper base building, huge unit and faction variety

[@Mrwigglyau]

Would love to see if they ever make a new DoW game, Make it with base building like the original, but make it at the scale of epic.

[@willianjohnam]

Dawn of War 1 is SO good that I play even to this date. It's a shame DoW2 and DoW3 are nothing like the original Dawn of War. I'll sure check this mod!

[@akira357]

This mod is essentially DoW 3, which was already proven to be a failure, and just from looking at this video I can already tell that this mod is a failure.

[@nukclear2741]

DoW 2 is a perfectly fine game. It's not the same, but it works out very well. I haven't played DoW3, but I've been told by just about everyone that it's terrible at worst, and meh at best.

[@HrapVideoGames]

I would like to see official DOW 2 remake from devs so as some one who never played I would like to try

[@doyledonehoo9735]

Nice to see DOWII getting extended life.

[@drewoid138]

Yep this is exactly what I hoped the sequel would be and nothing like the sequel I got

[@Captainkebbles1392]

been waiting for a sequel to dawn of war 1 so so long

[@AgentofLADON]

Imperial Guard are a oddly conflicting design. WW1 meat grinder tactics with tech that modern armies would salivate over. If they were facing any other army outside the 40k roster they'd probably dominate but in their own verse....lucky they can always conscript more.

[@Marinealver]

thing is a modern army always devolves into a meatgrinder at every war

[@AgentofLADON]

@Marked Ashamed I guess, but the IG tend to start with the grinder. Plus, some of them are taught how to take headshots in the face without damaging their helmet because that is the Emperors helmet that he graciously let you use.

[@RandyArmy]

is Skirmish offline without internet works? Please answer,thank you guys

[@PossibleTango]

I wish we could get a 40k on par with the size of Supreme Commander.

[@RW1A]

I always hated that the later games never understood why people loved the first dawn of war, Its one of my favorite base builder strategy games along with the original warcraft 3. I just wish they would make a game like dawn of war again

[@ILLRICARDO]

as someone new to the dawn of war games, what mods would be good for dawn of war 2

[@captainmcnugget606]

You did not lie when you said that you suck at this game.

[@halvor2049]

Any chance sound bug is "patched" with the overhaul?

[@GamerPhilosophy]

Can't help but agree, this game is special. Full of soul and an obvious passion project refined to a masterpiece. 💞✌😊👍

[@brandonallgood1304]

Not enough buildings not even. Close

[@dangerouslysafe3]

In my experience, an Engineer can absolutely build and repair structures with a knife.... I know this because Team Fortress 2 told me so.

[@evildaddyz]

did they FIX the sound BUG that lead to crash

[@itoaster]

Nope...but there are a couple solutions. Most notably, the one that works best for me is limiting the framerate to 60 FPS using my graphics cards' control panel, and some people report improvements when using an fmod updated dll that's floating around - it's included in Dawn of War 2 Codex Edition.

[@thor9517]

when the fans do better job at the actual game than the developers... Looks good!

[@akira357]

No it's not, this mod looks terrible and add ZERO to the original game.

[@nukclear2741]

...how is this game in any way, shape, and form bad? The game is far more a Tactical Strategy game than a RTS, which is completely fine. The game did EVERYTHING it sought to accomplish. This mod just seeks to bring SOME aspects of the prior game into this one.

[@akira357]

@@nukclear2741 if you actually played a DoW 2 multiplayer match, you would know that this "base building" idea is super botch. First of all, the map in DoW 2 is not built to support base building. The game objective does not support base building. And lastly, nothing shown in this video shows how "game changing" this base building thing is. You can find my separate comment and read the details.

[@nukclear2741]

@@akira357 I... wasn't responding to you.

[@TheObzfan]

This is definitely something I'll be giving a shot, I love seeing this absolute gem of a game still being worked on by some incredibly devoted fans. Regardless of what anyone thinks, thank you to the modders for making this happen, comparing this to Elite which has been worked on for literal years is unfair and I hope to see this grow!

[@DekkarJr]

Man this game still holds up prty well.

[@Dethectic]

Why can GW not see that this is what we, their customers, want. Not super realistic graphics, online only crap, THIS with loads of game mechanics. I noticed there is unique dialogue depending on who your enemy is (guardsman mocking the Eldar). Imagine how in depth unique dialogue can be with the massive amounts of lore already in place.

[@bruhmide]

I have been wating ages for you to play dawn of war again plz plz plz do a new series

[@CasperTheStalker]

This has my attention now.

[@jansauer3251]

4:15 its sooo good xD

[@Erebus2075]

looks freaking good :D getting it in a bit ^^

[@Erebus2075]

though it seems like a lot off extra step for kinda the same :P do like being able to built static defence though :P

[@TheMichiganMachinist]

Why does the guard have the Dark Angels insignia in the thumbnail?

[@MarcinObuchowski]

I love it altho I think the units are a bit fast with their animations/attacks/moving etc.

[@parkerdittmer1992]

Does this mod work with campaign?

[@zeash482]

probably not as not all the races are done and they would need to basically redo the entire campaign

[@dow2_elite_mod_cloud]

it does not work for campaign so far

[@emperorschampion7554]

i am shouting for my man to build infantry