Not only did it capture the gritty, violent feel of the source material better than any game before it, but the game also did a great job of delivering an action-packed, real-time strategy experience that put the focus on combat, not on base-building or resource-managing. Games Workshop's influential tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000 has inspired many different PC games over the years, but arguably none so good as 2004's Dawn of War.
