I mean, it's not Mass Effect 2 or anything, but presentation and the interesting conversations between missions really help you get involved in the story. Chaos Rising, like Relic's other Warhammer games, really runs with this idea and gives players plenty of interesting characters and situations. On the surface, Warhammer seems to be all about the battles, but once you dig into the lore, you'll find loads of details and interesting stories in every corner.
The characters are just as interesting this time around, and I particularly like the way the Librarian is inserted into the story. Just suffice it to say that it draws the player in and gets them even more invested in how things play out than in previous strategy games. It also comes with a very surprising and unexpected twist that we won't spoil for you here. It offers up only a little over a dozen missions but they're fairly long, packed with variety and scripted payoffs, and more than enough to get your heroes up to level 30.
The single player portion of Chaos Rising is extremely satisfying. The sudden appearance of a new planet from the Warp, the slow corruption of the forces of good and the ubiquitous giant demons are all on hand for this grand chapter in the history of the Blood Ravens. This time around the Chaos Marines have burst back onto the scene in grand, Warhammer style. Before the dust has even settled on the last game, Relic's offering up a new chapter that brings them into direct conflict with the dreaded Chaos Marines. But if you did, you obviously don't know how things work in the world of Warhammer 40k. There's currently fifteen or so missions planned in the new campaign, of course, all playable in co-op form.After the victory on Typhon, you might expect things to settle down a bit for the Blood Ravens. If you succumb to the corruption you'll have a trade off of one set of bonuses for another.Ĭhaos Rising will also add two new heroes to the Last Stand mode, a Chaos Marine and a Tyranid. I was told that each mission that you take on will have variable corruption objectives that you can be presented with, such as not retreating from the enemy or searching the entire map to avoid its effects, and that there would also be different redeeming missions as well. For example, while I jump jetted on top of the base walls, I could have directed my troops to blast through the gate itself, which would have corrupted my forces because they would have left the few remaining defenders open to future attacks from enemies. In fact, this adds a new feature to the game represented by a morality bar which indicates how far you've fallen under the chaotic shadow based on your actions. Thanks to the appearance of the Chaos Marines, your soldiers will find themselves tainted by the corruption on their souls during each mission, which will affect your troops and their abilities. However, there's more of an impact to your players that simply acquiring gear and experience. Like Dawn of War II, players receive various bonuses and rewards based on their performance in battle. What is it with games and morality meters lately? The biggest change in the game is a morality meter that shows how corrupt your Space Marines have become from the Chaos Overlords. The good news is Chaos Rising adds a ton of new items to acquire, including Chaos based ones. Sadly, you'll lose your unique items and armor in doing so. The game raises the unit level cap from twenty to thirty, and you'll be able to bring your old characters from the first campaign with you. IGN was lucky enough to get their hands on it already, and so far it sounds like there's quite a few game changers here.
Dawn of War 2's first expansion pack called Chaos Rising is set to hit the game in March of next year.
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