Gabriel Angelos / Force Commander / Space Marines / Ork Boyz (voice) Keith Ferguson. Badzappa / Blitzzagga / Skykilla / Gorwazza / Deff Driva (voice) Christine Dunford. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is a real-time strategy-tactical role-playing video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ for Microsoft Windows based on the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. It is the sequel to the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War video game series. Dawn of War II was released in North America on February 19, 2009 and in Europe on February 20, 2009.

Dawn of War (The original series)[edit]

Scott McNeil is an Australian -born Canadian voice, film and television actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Inspired by the quotes put up by snaki89, I made this vid with voices from the game set to the original dawn of war's force commander theme because it just f.

• Paul Dobson - Captain Gabriel Angelos, General Sturnn, and the original voice of Eliphas the Inheritor, and most of the Chaos units and the Grots.
• Scott McNeil - Lord Bale, Sindri Myr, Lord Firaeveus Carron (MEHTAWL BAWKSES!!!), Captain Indrick Boreale (SPESS MEHREENS! FOR THE EMPRAH!), The vast majority of the Imperial Guard faction, Chaos Daemon Prince, Chaplain Varnus, and the original voice of Captain Davian Thule.
• Brian Dobson - Pretty much the entire game. Mostly plays as the Orks and Space Marines.
• Michael Dobson - Inquisitor Mordecai Toth, Space Marine Scouts and Big Mek.
• Brian Drummond - As the Vindicare Assassin, Warboss Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter and the most of the Tau faction.
• Richard Ian Cox - Most of the Eldar units, Chaos Heretics and Cultists
• Richard Newman - The Imperial GuardCommissar
• Peter New - Most of the Ork Vehicles, Mad Dok and Nobz
• Mark Oliver - As Librarian Isador Akios and Colonel Carus Brom.
• Nicole Oliver - Farseer Macha, Farseer Taldeer (Dark Crusade) and Farseer Caerys and Howling Banshees and Harlequins.
• Laura Sadiq - Farseer Taldeer (Winter Assault) and Fire Dragons.
• Lee Tockar - Shas'O Kais

Dawn of War II[edit]

• Paul Dobson - Captain Gabriel Angelos; most of the Kheyos Spehss Mehreens, most notably as not Lord Eliphas again.
• Brian Dobson - Most of the Ork and Spehss Mehreen units, and the default Space Marine Force Commander. Also voiced Gabriel for all of Dawn of War II (the original game. Paul returned to the helm in Chaos Rising)
• Scott McNeil - Neroth the Chaos Sorcerer and Sergeant Major Merrick.
• Steve Blum - Pissed Off Steve Blum (Cyrus), Steve Blum with a flange (Martellus the Techmarine), and evil, British Steve Blum (the reborn Lord Eliphas the Inheritor), and the Retribution Chaos Space Marines in cutscenes.
• Philip Anthony Rodriguez - Thaddeus, most of the male Eldar units and the adviser.
• Keith Ferguson - Ronahn, Apothecary Galan, Plague Marines, the LORD Commissar, Ork Nobs, the grot adviser, the Mekboys, and Chaos Heretics.
• Richard Doyle - Lord General Castor.
• Patrick Seitz - Failbaddon the Despoiler and Kaptin Bluddflag (Oddly, he's also played Dracula from Castlevania in the redub of Symphony of the Night, and also from Order of Ecclesia on, as well as Luke Valentine from Hellsing. So he is Dracula and he isn't. All we need now is Josh Phillips and we got the Valentine Brothers.).
• Ian Gregory - Tarkus and Apothecary Gordian.
• James Horan - Avitus, Chaos Dreadnought, and the Warp Spider units.
• Fred Tatasciore - Araghast the Pillager, Present day Captain Thule, Ulkair the Great Unclean One, Khornate Bloodletters, and Veldoran the Warlock.
• Alain Shearman - Jonah Orion and the Ork Wierdboyz.
• Christine Dunford - Eldar Banshees and the Farseer.
• Kirsten Potter - Inquisitor Adrastia
• Keith Szarabajka - Apollo Diomedes, the creepy Chaos adviser (if that voice sounds familiar to fans of Mass Effect, yes, this is the guy that voices Harbinger, Joshua Graham from Fallout New Vegas, and Eldar Wraithguards.
• Tom Kane - Chaos Plague Champion hero.
• Megan Hollingson - Autach Kayleth.
• Zach Hanks - Catachan Devils.
• Mark Hildreth - Guardsman, Heavy Weapons Team and Storm Troopers.
• Gideon Emery - Imperial Guard Sentinel, Guardsman.
• Lani Minella - The now scarier voice of the Hive Mind.
• Peter Giles - Azariah Kyras.
• Graham Mctavish - Leman Russ Main Battle Tank, Chimera, Baneblade, Banewolf and Manticore
• Rob Atkin Downes - Backstabba, Commando Nob, Ork Boy,Kommando and Imperial Guard Announcer. Most known for voicing the Medic in Team Fortress 2.

Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior[edit]

• Tom Baker - The voice of the Narrator (Which he did a pretty good job at). Better known as the Fourth Doctor from Doctor Who. Would you like a jellybaby?
• BRIAN BLESSED!!! - The Voice of Admiral Constantine. Many a Warhammer fan rejoiced to hear the deep, booming and sexy voice of Brian Blessed in the game (GORDON'S ALIVE!?!/WARWICK.).
• Sean Pertwee - The Voice of Governor Severus (also he's the son of Third Doctor, which only makes his defection to Chaos a lot weirder). Fire Warrior is noted to be Pertwee's first role as a character of a Warhammer 40,000 game (He is rumored to voice a character in a possible Space Marine sequel).
• Peter Serafinowicz - Who you may (not) remember as the voice of Darth Maul for his single line or perhaps remember him from Shaun of the Dead; voices Captain Ardias.
• Burt Kwouk - The Pink Panther actor, well known for his performance as Cato, as the voice of El'Lusha.
• Gary Martin - Space Marines.

Trivia: This is apparently the only Warhammer game to feature a main cast of well known actors.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine[edit]

• Mark Strong - Captain Titus. The actor is also well known for his performances in Kickass, Stardust, Green Lantern, Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood. The game is noted to be one of the rare times Strong has played a hero (Since almost all his films portray him as a villain).
• Richard Hawley - Sidonus
• Noah Huntley - Leandros
• Danny Webb - British actor and voice actor for some Warhammer 40,000 audiobooks as Inquisitor Drogan.
• Mark Lewis Jones - Welsh actor, who you may remember as the Trojan Captain from Troy, as Nemeroth.
• Christine Roberts - Lieutenant Miranda 'Mira' Nero
• Neil Maskell - Warboss Grimskull

Ultramarines:The Movie[edit]

• Terence Stamp - (KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!) as Captain Severus (And yes, a different Severus) and the Daemon Prince.
• John Hurt - As Chaplain Carnak. You know, it's a pity he had less screen time.
• Sean Pertwee - As Brother Proteus. Pertwee's second time as a Warhammer character.
• Steve Waddington - Who you may remember from his small role in Sleepy Hollow as Brother Verenor.
• Johnny Harris - As Brother Nidon.
• Gary Martin - Brother Hypax.

The Lord Inquisitor[edit]

• Daniel Pharos - Unknown at the moment.
• Michael Murphy - Unknown at the moment.

Exterminatus[edit]

• Jerome Le Banner - Veteran Sergeant Orias
• Jess Liaudin -

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault is the first expansion to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War for the PC developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ.^[1] Based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame, Warhammer 40,000, Dawn of War: Winter Assault was released on September 23, 2005. Some time after its initial release, Winter Assault and Dawn of War were coupled together in a double pack which featured some art on a fold out cover, an Ork with a flamethrower, or a group of Imperial Guard tanks lined up for attack. Though Winter Assault required the base game to play, its follow-up expansions, Dark Crusade and Soulstorm were stand-alone, not requiring the base game.

Winter Assault received highly positive reviews.

Expansion features[edit]

New units are added to each of the base game's races.

Imperial Guard[edit]

A new faction was included, the Imperial Guard, with some units previously available in certain single player missions of Dawn of War.

The Imperial Guard specializes in defense and attrition warfare, and therefore has the strongest defensive structures of all the factions in the game, as well as garrisonable production structures and a tunnel network between them, allowing stealthy transfer of troops. Their infantry tends to be of lower quality than that of their opponents in terms of weapons, armor, and morale, due to Guardsmen being regular humans. However, the Imperial Guard makes up for this with a range of powerful armoured vehicles, such as the Leman Russ and the Baneblade, as well as the Sentinel walkers, which until the Dark Crusade expansion were the only vehicular unit in the game which could uncapture strategic points. Also, uniquely, the Imperial Guard features not a single primary hero but a Command Squad staffed by a General and up to four secondary heroes, as well as up to 13 stand-alone secondary heroes, 8 out of which are Commissars or Priests that are much more effective when attached to squads (e.g. a Commissar helps to combat morale problems).

Dawn Of War 2 Voice Actors Cast

New campaign[edit]

There are two new single player campaigns, both of which involve each faction attempting to recover a lost Imperator-Class Imperial Titan. All races from Dawn of War (Orks, Eldar, Chaos, and Space Marines) are available in addition to the new Imperial Guard, with each race trying to find and gain control of the Titan for their own reasons. Although the Titan as a whole is not controllable, its weapon systems can be used to assist in the destruction of the Necrons, who make a cameo in the final mission for each faction. In this campaign at the beginning the player has a choice to either go with 'Disorder', personified by the Orks and Chaos Space Marines, or with 'Order', which comprises the Eldar and Imperial Guard with the odd appearance by the Space Marines.

Other changes[edit]

Many of the units available in Dawn of War were simplified, reduced or limited for the Winter Assault expansion. For example, Space Marine Predator tanks were limited to carrying anti-tank weapons while Chaos Predators were limited to anti-personnel weapons. In the original Dawn of War game both sides could upgrade their tanks from anti-personnel to anti-tank (Destructor pattern and Annihilator pattern respectively). Likewise the Land Raider was limited to one per player but in turn had greatly increased durability.

Limitations were also applied to the Orks, who lost most of their upgrade choices and became limited in their weapon choices. The Eldar had their 'hard counters' removed, meaning that specialized units such as Dark Reapers were no longer as prominently effective against heavy infantry. Some units, including most of the Ork army, also lost the ability to use grenades. The Chaos Space Marines also lost the ability to upgrade to any heavy weapons other than the heavy bolter and plasma gun.

Plot[edit]

Setting[edit]

Dawn Of War 2 Retribution Voice Actors

The game takes place in the late 41st millennium, on Lorn V, a winter planet on the fringes of known space. The planet was once controlled by the Imperium of Man, but has fallen into the control of demonic Chaos forces loyal to the Chaos God Khorne. Chaos control over Lorn V is contested by Orkish warbands, who are currently divided amongst themselves. The 412th Cadian Regiment, from the fortress world Cadia, is dispatched to reclaim the world and the Titan upon it. The Eldar travel to the planet to fight their ancient enemy awakening from dormancy, the Necrons. The four faction leaders are Farseer Taldeer of the Eldar, General Sturnn of the Imperial Guard, Khornate Chaos Lord Krull of the Chaos Space Marines and Gorgutz of the Orks. Supporting characters include an imperial Commissar and the Ultramarine Space Marine Chaplain Varnus. The Imperial Guard under the command of Sturnn assault the planet to recover a Titan Dominatus, an ancient war-machine of the Imperium. Except for a reference made, there is no connection to the base game's campaign.

Order[edit]

The Order campaign begins with the landing of Guard forces on the planet. The Eldar secretly assist the Imperium forces. Space Marines under the command of Varnus are rescued to assist the Imperium forces. The Eldar and Imperium form an alliance of convenience. Taldeer reveals that she is on the planet to combat the Necrons, an ancient enemy of the Eldar. The player is given a branching choice whether to finish the campaign as the Eldar or Imperial Guard. Whatever faction is chosen leaves the other behind an energy field. If the Eldar are chosen, the Imperial Guard manage to fight their way to the Titan and assist against the Necrons. The Eldar choice ends with the Titan suffering critical damage, leading to its imminent explosion. The Eldar teleport out. If the Imperial Guard are chosen, then they successfully defeat the Necrons and recover the Titan.

Disorder[edit]

Gorgutz reunites the Orkish clans on Lorn V into one. The entry of the Imperial Guard onto the planet forces an alliance between the Orks and Chaos forces. A choice to finish the campaign is given like the Order campaign. If Chaos is chosen, Krull defeats the Necrons, corrupts the Titan and uses it for his own ambitions. If the Orks are chosen, the Necrons are defeated while the Titan is left abandoned. Gorgutz kills Krull in a duel.

The canonical ending is unknown, however either the Eldar or Imperial Guard were the canonical choices. Taldeer and Gorgutz appear as the Eldar and Ork faction commanders respectively in Dark Crusade.

Development[edit]

Winter Assault was announced in early 2005.Several non-gameplay improvements were implemented in Winter Assault. A weather system was introduced to improve immersion.^[2]The author C.S. Goto adapted Winter Assault as the novel Dawn of War: Tempest.

Reception[edit]

Winter Assault received critical acclaim. It holds an aggregate score of 85/100 at Metacritic, and 85.67%/100 at GameRankings. The Imperial Guard was noted as a novelty, allowing for a defensive and slower play-style in comparison to the existing races.

1UP stated that 'Not since Blizzard unleashed 'Brood Wars' on the 'Starcraft' community has a developer put such a well-conceived effort into an expansion pack. Relic has rewarded the patience of its fans with an absolute must have add-on, and for any RTS fan that hasn't already picked up the original game...no more excuses'.

Further reading[edit]

• 'Index Astartes – Blood Ravens'. White Dwarf: Australian Edition (298). November 2004. ISSN0265-8712.
  • The same information can be found in 'Index Astartes – Blood Ravens'. White Dwarf: UK Edition (305). ISSN0265-8712.
• Goto, Cassern (2004). Dawn of War. Nottingham: Black Library. ISBN1-84416-152-8.
• Goto, Cassern (2005). Dawn of War: Ascension. Nottingham: Black Library. ISBN1-84416-285-0.

References[edit]

1. ^Yip, Aaron (October 2005), 'Warhammer 40,000: Winter Assault', GameAxis, Hardware Zone Pte Ltd. (26): 8–9.
2. ^https://au.ign.com/articles/2005/08/12/warhammer-40k-winter-assault-qa
3. ^'Metacritic - Dawn of War: Winter Assault'. Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
4. ^'Game Rankings - Dawn of War: Winter Assault'. Game Rankings. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
5. ^Park, Andrew (2000-04-29). 'Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War -- Winter Assault Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2006-10-10.

External links[edit]

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault at MobyGames