Afterwards just about every youtube review (ignoring people like arch who is heavily invested in warhammer) was a lot more critical like TB. PC gamer and other major websites which used to be your go to site for information and good reviews about games gave this game a 9+ at launch and that just shows that they are either as retarded as /u/ARX_Arbalest or that they were paid to give reviews like that. Most of the reviews that I found at launch were 9 or higher and the rest was 8+ with only one giving the game a 6.5. It had a AAA price tag, but no where near the content to back it up, a very tedious and mediocre campaign and very little in the way of multiplayer experience. However, by also being objective there is no fucking way anyone could give this game a 9 at launch. That's reserved for games that have major design flaws and no potential whatsoever. It's not what fans wanted, but if you look objectively at the game, it's a decent RTS with several flaws, but nothing so major to make it a 4 out of 10 score. Does DOW 3 deserve something like a 4.5/10? No, most definitely not.

You can hardly take 'professional' reviews serious at this point.

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