I was also disapointed that it uses Steam, as I also never use my games for online play. I had the same problem with HL2, I just dislike Steam. I only recently got an internet connection in this room, so up until recently I couldn't play any single player games as they require online registration 1st!
And why bother making a CD for HL2 and DoW2 when you have to download it off steam anyways?
Ok, mini rant over- I actually love this game. I just wish I could play more than 4 squads at a time- I haven't used my scouts at all as there simply isn't the slots for them, and I hate to have to chose between a tactical squad and a dreadnaught!
well let me see if I can answer some of these rants, cause I hate steam too id much rather use xfire to find people to play with but I believe that you must use steam because epic wanted alot of piracy to stop happening, the steam I believe (not a fact but a theory!) is used to help stop pirating the game that why the no cd fix has to be used from a seperate app instead of replacing the regular program with a fixed version.
Yes, the game uses a new engine(thank god!,bout time!) from the last one's of the original dawn of war and the countless add-ons/extra races and I still play all the old ones because of its online and skirmish replayability. anyway the new engine does use alot of processor power and graphics card video memoryI have a Toshiba Satellite x205-s7483 with 4gigs ram and a Nvidia GeForce 8700m GT so its a gaming laptop that I hook up to my hdtv and Syncmaster LCD, for obvious reasons. so I can use ultra at low resolution settings but I usually use the regular High Settings, with better resolution. I mean ultra settings are cool and all but there isnt that much of a difference so I wouldnt worry about the ultra setting.
PEACE!
-Blackout