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Ok, I must admit it is a bit of a mixed bag, but overall in plus. There are caveats. Another one the "I wish steam had middle option between 'yes' and 'no'.
Long story short - if you expected an AoE2 Definitive Edition level - walk away.
If you expect a glorified HD edition - that is what you get.

Let's start with the good.
- It is good old Dawn of War with all the expansions
- The new lighting is nice
- The new pathfinding is lovely - units, especially vehicles are MUCH less likely to get stuck, which was huge issue of the original
- you can finally zoom out the camera nicely
- new UI and resolution fixes are also lovely
- 64bit upgrade - so they game should no longer bottleneck on RAM and other things it doesn't see past certain value - will be big for modding.

Now the bad - and this is going to get nuanced:
- The new upscaled textures reek of AI and all the marks of the beast are there. The 'improvements' are uneven to say the least. For example - the hole on Gabriels backpack is all sorts of messed up, because apparently AI did not comprehend what a circle is, but exactly identical hole on Isador's backpack - that is fine. Some bolts, details on the banners, some imperial Aquilas have three heads and stuff like this. All the artifacts of AI being shoddily slapped onto it with little care.
This is especially visilble on some portraits - like Battle Sister Squad - the face on the portrait looks like either a melted cheese or something that desperately needs an exorcist.

- some people report major performance issues related to shadows - I have not experienced it myself, but I think it is worth noting.

- While you have access to all the campaigns, you only have access to Soulstorm Skirmish - and since base game and expansions all use slightly different rules, like how they treat infiltrated units, imposed unit limits and the like, or the controversial flying units of Soulstorm - it is sad to not have an option.

- Bug are NOT squashed - I just finished replaying the original Dawn of War campaign, I noticed all the old bug still present - messed up scripting in some cutscenes (Under Siege, marines with rockets try to melee ork Tanks) or a rare random crash on Destroy the Xenos mission, or plasma pistol sometimes not replacing the bolt pistol properly. This means that bugs of expansions are also likely still there.

Now, some people compared it Warcraft 3 Reforged - and this is absolutely unfair. Reforged was expensive and broke a lot of things and never repaired many of them either. It was a fundamentally broken mess. Dawn of War Definitive Edition simply under-delivers, but is perfectly functional.

All in all - this is not a proper remaster. It is an HD edition through and through.
But it cost me less than a pizza, so I say it is worth that price.

it is better to buy this game for the Emperor, than save the money for yourself.

I played the original OFF for the first time more than a decade ago already, and it was a surreal experience back then. I played it for free and all because a guy named Mortis Ghost decided to not charge a dime for the masterpiece he created (also because of all the copyrighted content included in it lol).
This rerelease allows me not only to have one of my favorite RPG games on steam for the first time ever, but also to finally be able to Support Mortis ghost in a way. If you've been keeping up with the developer interviews you'll always hear the same sentiment from them:

"We're all doing this for Mortis Ghost"

This rerelease is a love letter to Mortis Ghost and a way to show him that we, the people that played the original game from 2008 to 2025, loved what he did and want to support him in any way we can. I am proud to be able to purchase this game, knowing the money will go to the guy that gave us this amazing piece of art. This is my way of saying "Thank you, Mortis Ghost, thank you for creating OFF"