A good expansion to the existing games (Warhammer: 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm Add-On (PC))

Member Name: Rocketeer007

Product:	Warhammer: 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm Add-On (PC)
Date:	25/10/08 (22 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Two new races with slightly different styles

Disadvantages: No new storyline; single play can be monotonous

The Dawn of War series is unique in my experience in that the later two add-ons (Dark Crusade and Soulstorm) do not require the original game to play.

However, the single player campaign in these add-ons is very different from the original game, and to experience the full benefit of the multi-player game you'd be best to have the original games as well.

Soulstorm adds two new races to the campaign (Sisters of Battle and Dark Eldar) a new unit type (flying units) and a new resource (Faith/Souls). The new resource is only available for the new races, much like Waaargh! is only available for Orks.

The single player campaign lets you choose any of the 9 races (I believe you have access to all of them in single player mode even if you only purchase this game) to play, and gives you a Risk-like map to conquer, territory at a time. Each territory unlocks more resources, and conquering an enemy capitol (start location) gives you that race's special ability.
This is different from the previous Dark Crusade, where the special abilities were gained from different territories to the capitols.

Game play in the battles is pretty much unchanged from previous add-ons - the addition of flight doesn't make a huge difference due to the unit cap on these units.

Summary: Only buy this if you enjoyed the Dark Crusade, and want new races to play