Company of Heroes 2 & Ardennes Assault

[oscar]

Yeah I thought if anything the Allies licked the Soviet Union's nuts and turned a blind eye to their (many) crimes. Principally due to FDR's naivety but perhaps also due to a strategic fear that Stalin might reach a peace with Hitler if he started doubting the Allies. Sounds pretty dumb and (as said) anachronistic to be reporting about the failings of communism. Hopefully it was a mistake or the game ends with the journalist's reporting and concerns being censored and locked away somewhere.

As for if the Second World War can still be fresh, the CoH expansion dealt with Operation Market Garden (which was also done pretty well in Close Combat 2). Men of War was quite varied as well with Crete, Afrika Korps v Commonwealth, Operation Torch and the Eastern Front. Never played the expansions.

But yeah, I felt Company of Heroes hit a nice sweet spot between RTS and simulator, removing some of the annoying and un-fun things from both. The really impressive audio and detailed (still look damn nice today) graphics didn't hurt either.

 

[.Pixote.]

I would like to see the Italian campaign from 1943 - 45. Being allowed to play as the Germans is a must.

 

[Father Walker]

The problem isn't the Western theatre, the problem is "LET US DO D-DAY FOR THE 500th TIME, AND THEN FOCUS ON THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE AMERICA FUCK YEAH"

Wait. Wasn't WW2 won by US airborne? o_O

 

[RedScum]

Ahh glorious soviet

 

[circ]

ALL IS FORGIVEN RELIC WELCOME BACK.

I wouldn't mind the pacific theatre and playing as japs. Or if you include brits, include some infantry tank busters goddammit.

Oh eastern front? Nevermind.

 

[Icewater]

My body is ready.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Careful guys. Whenever the 'Dex is showing optimism, the drop height will be much higher afterwards.

 

[Helly]

Yay for another ripoff of Men of war with all the fun parts missing !

 

[markec]

I hope they wont pull DoW2 again but I dont care about SP only MP, and if thats done well Iam buying this on day one, even if knowing how Relic is not really into that balance thingy.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Would be interesting to play the British North Africa campaign in an expansion pack or something. I think deserts would look great in the CoH engine.

 

[Erzherzog]

I think British North Africa is one of the best WW2 settings period. You can dick around with the height of the dunes and such or have some sparsely populated cities, let's infantry and tanks have fun.

 

[spectre]

I second that. Pacific and Mediterranean theaters need more dev love.
Here's hoping that they expand on the CoH formula, not attempt to reinvent it.

 

[Kane]

My body is ready.

 

[InspectorRumpole]

Sweet news!
Always liked the game, and i recently picked it up to play it with some friends, cause it's dirt cheap on Steam at the moment. €7.99 for the game + both expansions.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Has Crete been covered in any other games aside from The Operational Art of Wars and Steel Panthers? Oh yes, Panzer General 1 had a Crete scenario as well.

 

[spectre]

I think Men of War had a Crete mission. Forgot which part was it exactly, but it was the one of the first missions in the campaign.
Actually, MoW had a pretty diverse selection of scenarios. Pity the game is so hit and miss.

 

[markec]

Here is one good replay for owners of CoH http://www.gamereplays.org/CompanyofHeroes/replays.php?game=25&show=details&id=239233

 

[Occasionally Fatal]

Nice. Eastern front is pretty cool. Wonder if there will be a German campaign though. DoW2 was fairly meh for me, hope Relic still has that CoH magic. And yeah, a Desert Fox campaign/game with dunes, dust, and sandstorms would be great. Wonder if your soldiers would get dysentery though?

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Company of Heroes 2 gameplay trailer

 

[Brayko]

Shit.

 

[circ]

Didn't see much gameplay. Just jumpcuts of zoomed in explosions and mobiles. Probably because it's the exact same game with reskinned factions.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Yeah, it's like they're afraid of showing the real game, knowing it's a turd. Will Relic go out of business with a bang, or a whimper? I can't say, but THQ in all it's wisdom is aiming for a March 2013 release, you know, the same month the SC2 expansion comes out.

It's like THQ fucking wants to go out of business.

 

[DemonKing]

Didn't see much gameplay. Just jumpcuts of zoomed in explosions and mobiles. Probably because it's the exact same game with reskinned factions.

I don't care - they had me at "2".

 

[Twinkle]

"Every choice has a consequence"

Whom are they trying to appeal to?

 

[Don Peste]

I'll wait for Humble THQ Bundle 2.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Damn, model swap total. At least they got a KV in there.

Relic truly is a shadow these days.