In terms of new features, Soulstorm doesn't really add much to the series.
The only problematic area can be found with the campaign map, which is so large and spread out that it's sometimes difficult to discern details when one looks at the entire solar system. Character models and environments are still just as detailed as before: everything has a nicely war-torn feeling about it, and over-the-top gore and violence are present just about everywhere. Artistically, the graphics are no different than the previous Dawn of War entries. If someone wants to play through the game as more than one race, it's going to take them an awfully long time to do so. If that sounds like an odd complaint, look at it this way: there are 31 territories, each of which takes around an hour to clear, and there are nine factions to choose from. The campaign itself covers 31 territories over four planets and three moons, which allows for some interesting setting changes, but makes for a play experience that's way too long. Clues to the nature of the warp storm are occasionally stumbled upon as one progresses through the different planets.
Because no one plays nicely together in this universe, the murderin' begins soon after. Each faction arrives in the system to investigate, and then the storm maroons the fleets across the various planets and moons. The plot is, essentially, a homicidal version of Gilligan's Island: a warp storm (no explanation as to what that actually is gets offered, but apparently it's a big deal) occurs in a planetary system. And now we have Soulstorm, which doesn't seem to actually offer much in the way of new game play features and contains a story that feels surprisingly phoned-in when compared to its predecessors. Dark Crusade, in turn, provided a much larger campaign for each race, customizable wargear and honor guards to use with a player's commander-unit, and two more races which played very differently from each other.
Winter Assault, for example, provided a new faction to play as and also allowed players to assume roles other than those of the Space Marines during the single-player campaign. Since then, gamers have been offered an expansion pack at a rate of about one a year, most of which have been enjoyable additions to the series. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War was a robust strategy game which stunned critics and fans with its solid gameplay, fantastically violent style, and beautiful artwork it was the first Warhammer video game in recent memory to not suck.
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