Warhammer 40,000 fans complain about Dawn of War beloved Intro Cinematic
Blog Andrew Joseph 11 Aug , 2025 0

Space Ocean screams back! According to many Warhammer 40,000 fans, they have complained about the new version removed from Dawn of War (the iconic cinema film of Dawn of War of War of War of War of War of War of War) to promote the upcoming “authoritative version.”
Take a deep breath…Last month Developer Relics Entertainment released a “enhanced” version The Dawn of the War Introduction Movie Accompanied by the announcement of the August 14 release date. The video below reveals conversations inserted from the 2004 War Real-Time Strategy game to replace some of the original audio along the way. The main part of the change is to remove the “icon” (at least for Warhammer 40,000 fans!), the throat screams yelled by the Space Marines, who leads the Blood Crows to fight the weird orcs.
As Dawn of War heard in the War gameplay, Gabriel Angelos's battle is a battle of Gabriel Angelos. The thing is, there isn't even Gabriel Angelos screaming in the trailer. This is a Blood Crow Sergeant. And, war fans say the new dialogue is poorly replaced by the replacement hero scream.
But further changes bother fans. Some say that the dramatic entrance of Fearless Distance was “destroyed” because of the addition of sound lines that were scattered in the heart-warming sounds of attacking the cannon and released on the enemy lines. A new Ork line is also inserted.
I asked about the relics…feedback at that time, The studio response shows that the whole thing surprised itand tease the course corrections.
The course correction now comes in the form of a new version of enhanced introductory film and restores the original audio. Yes, that space ocean scream is back, bringing fear into the hearts of the likely bewildered orcs on the ridge.
Check out the new video below:
As a war fan, Dawn, seeing the introduction of the film returns to its roots, but it also looks satisfying. As I talked about last month, there is no doubt about the look, feel and old-fashioned audio of the original introducer. It reminds fans of time in PC Gaming history when RTS ruled Roost, Astra Militarum was known as the Imperial Guard, and Warhammer 40,000 Superfan Henry Cavill just finished filming Hellraiser: Hellworld. The initial rekindled the hazy summer memories, my roommate desperately tried to surpass my attack. New and “improved” introduction movies are too clean.
I interviewed design director Philippe Boulle when I announced the final version in MayWe poured in at dawn of the war introduction film. According to Boulle, this is why it is so great:
“It was an amazing achievement in terms of loyalty at the time. We didn’t really see the 40k at the time and did stand up and grab you like reaching out and saying, ‘Hey, that’s great. You need to be careful.’ It’s still going to be played in the game.
“When we looked back at it, it was surprising that the guidance did stick. It was the key to being underestimated. At a time when the rendering was excellent, but what really stuck was the rhythm, the drama, the drama, the drama, the ending, this guy ran around the hill, ran up the hill, shot, played that drop, it wasn't needed, it was just anything that could work, it was a thing that could work.'”
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