

The tutorial is adequate but not comprehensive, and the two missions vary greatly in difficulty. Battles are basically decided by controlling various strategic points around the playing field, then using that consolidated power to crush your opponent. Aside from the new factions, most of the other updates to the Warhammer universe are new units and a new single-player campaign.

Gameplay will be extremely familiar to anyone who's tried Warhammer: 40K: Dawn of War, or really any recent real-time strategy game. The former are skeletal warriors bent on death and destruction, while the latter are committed to fighting for "The Greater Good." Even though the demo only allows you to play the goody-two-shoes Tau Empire in two skirmishes against the Space Marines, there's more than enough real-time fun to earn the reasonably sized demo a top rating. The two additions-Necrons and Tau Empire-are at opposite sides of the philosophical spectrum.

The standalone demo for the latest expansion to the sci-fi real-time strategy game Warhammer: 40,000: Dawn of War throws in new factions and new units for all the factions.
