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Well Relic’s DOW2 is a good game; not as great as COH is IMO, given their use of GFW Live and the lack of arranged team 2vs2, no push to talk etc… but wait!!! Relic are renowned for their post release game support, and once again look to be delivering.
Posted up the community DOW2 site are a list of some of the forthcoming changes, which I’ll reproduce here:
- We are adding a Two-on-Two game mode, with two new four player maps.
- Two-on-Two is a ranked game mode with leaderboard support.
- An improved, more challenging Skirmish AI.
- Push to talk voice chat and Company of Heroes style sub-selection options.
- New squad decorators and significant UI improvements.
- A performance test to help measure Dawn of War II performance.
It’s like Relic has read my mind. The first 4 bullet points probably resolve my greatest irritations with the game, outside of the voice acting and sounds of the space marines. As I mainly play comp stomps with friends, tougher AI will be most welcome, as currently the AI manages to make Noobs like me look professional. More personalisation of the in game units is also an excellent addition.
We can expect the patch sometime in May, although with Relic, you never know.
As for Demigod, Stardock are steadily improving the experience, from a networking point of view. The game really is excellent, oozes quality, but is still a hit or miss affair online using the in-game matchmaking service.
Stardock are regularly updating the forums with their progress on this front, and are fairly honest about the problems that exist. I’m more confident now that things will be resolved, but it still looks like another week or so before the kinks are finally ironed out.
In the meantime, many players wanting to get into large custom games are being encouraged to use Gameranger, which operates a little like Hamachi as far as I am aware. Gameranger are also being kind enough to require patched versions of Demigod, which ought to make life a little harder for pirates, and make it easier for legitimate users to find a game on the service.
Comments are welcome in the forums 
DOW2 Thread
Demigod Thread
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