Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2011. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Essence Engine.

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 77 achievements to unlock.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution is the 23rd of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution: The Last Stand in 2011. Its critic score of 88 is 17 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Players rate it 81, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

The minimum specification calls for Pentium IV 3.2Ghz, or any dual core processor, 1GB (XP), 1.5GB (Vista), 1.5 GB (Windows 7) of RAM and 128 MB Video Card using Shader Model 3 (Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 9GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution launched on 1 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Total War: Shogun 2. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2.

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