I recently started playing DoW for the first time this year (bought the anniversary editions thinking they were the definitive lmao) and I have poured hours into the vanilla game and its DLCs, even vanilla Soulstorm with all its crashes and bugs! (Didn't mod/patch because I prefer to experience what others did at the time on my first go with older games)
I had heard of DoW as a child in the '00s, but never owned a PC and I just saw big guy in amor and was like cool but never saw gameplay or looked into it further. I was excited as all hell to get to DoW 2, of which I have memories of people, forums, and magazines saying it was the best game in the series, especially after 3 was released.
Now I may have been ignorant, or just plain dumb, but I expected more of the same aggresive/simplified Base Building RTS gameplay of 1, in 2... but it isn't. Honestly, I really do not like the gameplay loop of 2. I enjoy the new gear and skill point system but hate the loop of just going from point to point and using abilities from time to time rather than that tug of war/huge battle feeling from 1.
Do I just need to put more time into 2 and understand its systems more, or is it that if I don't like it, I just won't like it no matter what.