Multiplayer: well done; but not as good as in Dawn of War Part 1 (in my opinion ^^)
The installation / registration / update / hotfix / port forwarding:
1. estimated 20-30 minutes for "steam" Application and Game Update
2. ~ 10 min Windows Live Login
3. pushed launched game "Single Player" button. Then came some errors that the update will not load automatically can ...
4. Felt hours any forums searched. Finally, a hotfix loaded
5. Well Hokage ... your Windows LIVE is not up to date ... it came a renewed error, so the latest live version will not load could.
6. Again looking like hours to load this update manually -> success!
7. Once again tried the Game to Start "connect to Windows LIVE is not possible"
8. Well once again searched the forums, what it could be ...
ahja a few special ports share the router.
My personal conclusion:
the ~ 3 hour procedure to make the game ready for use, is a real disgrace! I could only not believe all the reviews could be right. But now I was disabused.
I really EACH would strongly discourage people to buy this game.
The game can be as good as it wants - this "copy" brings the fun factor to zero.