I was told I need at least 100 hours in this game before I review it.
I’m. Uh.
I’m not doing that.

Company of Heroes 2 is a historical Real-time Strategy game developed by Relic games and released in 2013 on PC. Then again in 2015 on Linux and that other OS no one cares about.

Set in the fictional land of “Europe”. Company of Heroes follows two campaigns during this little squabble known as “World War 2” by most, and “That crazy Hitler guy’s at it again” by others. The original campaign follows the story told by former Lieutenant Lev Abramovich Isakovich of the Soviet Red army to NKVD Colonel Churkin from within a Gulag in 1952. Isakovich tells the Colonel about his experience during the Great Patriotic War, which was the Eastern Front of World War 2, if you didn’t know. From there you go on a series of missions where you have to fight the Germans across the Soviet front starting from Operation Barbarossa in 1941, to the battle of Berlin in 1945. Anything else I say would be a spoiler.
Don’t say that THIS was a spoiler, its in a history book, try reading sometime.

The other Campaign is a DLC I don’t remember paying for, I think I got it for free. You play as the American army during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. Ardenne Assault is a more free form campaign where you choose from four army divisions in your bid to take Ardenne from German Forces. Well actually, you don’t have much of a choice unless you shell out an extra 6 Canadian fun dollars for the American Rangers. Other than that, you have Able Company, Baker Company, and Dog Company. Each company focuses on an American gameplay style, with Able being Airborne, Baker being mechanized, and Dog being Support. Each one has some unique story missions in between just taking territory from the Germans until the Battle of the Bulge is now the Standing Around of the Bulge.

If you put a gun to my nuts and made me choose, I’d probably have to go with Ardenne, but that’s mostly just because I have a thing for the Yankees during WW2. Something about the way they talk, fight, and dress, at least in media, gives them this uniqueness to me, like they just dropped out of a completely different war from a different plane of existence.

Other than that, the Soviet campaign is still fun, at least through the amount I got through. It plays like a traditional COH campaign, which I like. It takes liberties, of course, but you know, you can’t expect a history book out of a video game.
Or you can, just play a Graviteam game or something.

Okay but, hows the actual game? Glad you asked.

Company of Heroes 2 takes from the first game, an RTS about taking points and building your base, amassing an army, and turning the other guy into soup. Outside of the campaign, you pick your faction from the Yankee doodles, the guys from Enemy at the Gate, Ze Germans, Ze other Germans, and that Island Tom Hardy is from.
Each one plays unique, and that uniqueness is split between modifiers, like what Regimental commanders you pick and how much you want the Brazilian guy you’re playing with to call you slurs.

When the game starts, its a mad rush to take points and victory points while also building up so you don’t get squashed like a miserable bug right away. Combat is a cover based affair with some units better for shooting from a distance while others are for rushing the enemy down and negating their cover bonus.

Cover works in colors with yellow being alright cover, green being great cover, and the shield with a line through it meaning you’re going to die. As the game goes on, you gain XP to unlock new abilities as well as new buildings so you can send larger, angrier, hornier things into the battlefield. Such as the King Tiger, or that tank that blew up in Fury.

I shouldn’t say that, I’m a big M4 Sherman fan.

The amount of action going on in each battle is crazy, trying to get the upper hand against your opponent while also micro managing everything is something way out of my league, which is great because I only like to play single player or comp stomp, the competitive is a different ball game.
I have a friend that’s top 100 on the ladder, and he’s basically post human at this point.

The quality is also top notch, a lot of banter and comments between units, the guns all sound boomy and loud, and there’s an actual impact when someone gets shot. People hit with explosives rag doll and go flying, buildings can be destroyed and leveled, and sounds echo from a distance, so you know if someone is getting their ♥♥♥♥ flattened by artillery a few miles away. Its NUTS. Sometimes I just want to sit around and watch, but that will usually lose you the game.

It’s a fun time, although I’m not cut out for the real meat and cheese. I haven’t even talked about modifier, like new regimental commanders and other fun stuff you can unlock through the game store. I’m not sure how much of it you have to spend actual money on, but from what I [s]understand [/s] guess you can unlock it by just playing the game.

Its a good time, get it on sale or on a discount. Though I’ve been saying that about basically every game I’ve played recently.


You are going to the front, Comrade, I’m too important.

Anti-Tank rifles are Anti-people rifles as well.

I was told I need at least 100 hours in this game before I review it. I’m. Uh. I’m not doing that. Company of Heroes 2 is a historical Real-time Strategy game developed by Relic games and released in 2013 on PC. Then again in 2015 on Linux and that other OS no one cares about. Set in the fictional land of “Europe”. Company of Heroes follows two campaigns during this little squabble known as “World War 2” by most, and “That crazy Hitler guy’s at it again” by others. The original campaign follows the story told by former Lieutenant Lev Abramovich Isakovich of the Soviet Red army to NKVD Colonel Churkin from within a Gulag in 1952. Isakovich tells the Colonel about his experience during the Great Patriotic War, which was the Eastern Front of World War 2, if you didn’t know. From there you go on a series of missions where you have to fight the Germans across the Soviet front starting from Operation Barbarossa in 1941, to the battle of Berlin in 1945. Anything else I say would be a spoiler. Don’t say that THIS was a spoiler, its in a history book, try reading sometime. The other Campaign is a DLC I don’t remember paying for, I think I got it for free. You play as the American army during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. Ardenne Assault is a more free form campaign where you choose from four army divisions in your bid to take Ardenne from German Forces. Well actually, you don’t have much of a choice unless you shell out an extra 6 Canadian fun dollars for the American Rangers. Other than that, you have Able Company, Baker Company, and Dog Company. Each company focuses on an American gameplay style, with Able being Airborne, Baker being mechanized, and Dog being Support. Each one has some unique story missions in between just taking territory from the Germans until the Battle of the Bulge is now the Standing Around of the Bulge. If you put a gun to my nuts and made me choose, I’d probably have to go with Ardenne, but that’s mostly just because I have a thing for the Yankees during WW2. Something about the way they talk, fight, and dress, at least in media, gives them this uniqueness to me, like they just dropped out of a completely different war from a different plane of existence. Other than that, the Soviet campaign is still fun, at least through the amount I got through. It plays like a traditional COH campaign, which I like. It takes liberties, of course, but you know, you can’t expect a history book out of a video game. Or you can, just play a Graviteam game or something. Okay but, hows the actual game? Glad you asked. Company of Heroes 2 takes from the first game, an RTS about taking points and building your base, amassing an army, and turning the other guy into soup. Outside of the campaign, you pick your faction from the Yankee doodles, the guys from Enemy at the Gate, Ze Germans, Ze other Germans, and that Island Tom Hardy is from. Each one plays unique, and that uniqueness is split between modifiers, like what Regimental commanders you pick and how much you want the Brazilian guy you’re playing with to call you slurs. When the game starts, its a mad rush to take points and victory points while also building up so you don’t get squashed like a miserable bug right away. Combat is a cover based affair with some units better for shooting from a distance while others are for rushing the enemy down and negating their cover bonus. Cover works in colors with yellow being alright cover, green being great cover, and the shield with a line through it meaning you’re going to die. As the game goes on, you gain XP to unlock new abilities as well as new buildings so you can send larger, angrier, hornier things into the battlefield. Such as the King Tiger, or that tank that blew up in Fury. I shouldn’t say that, I’m a big M4 Sherman fan. The amount of action going on in each battle is crazy, trying to get the upper hand against your opponent while also micro managing everything is something way out of my league, which is great because I only like to play single player or comp stomp, the competitive is a different ball game. I have a friend that’s top 100 on the ladder, and he’s basically post human at this point. The quality is also top notch, a lot of banter and comments between units, the guns all sound boomy and loud, and there’s an actual impact when someone gets shot. People hit with explosives rag doll and go flying, buildings can be destroyed and leveled, and sounds echo from a distance, so you know if someone is getting their dick flattened by artillery a few miles away. Its NUTS. Sometimes I just want to sit around and watch, but that will usually lose you the game. It’s a fun time, although I’m not cut out for the real meat and cheese. I haven’t even talked about modifier, like new regimental commanders and other fun stuff you can unlock through the game store. I’m not sure how much of it you have to spend actual money on, but from what I [s]understand [/s] guess you can unlock it by just playing the game. Its a good time, get it on sale or on a discount. Though I’ve been saying that about basically every game I’ve played recently. [url=https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/curator/7124597/] You are going to the front, Comrade, I’m too important. [/url] Anti-Tank rifles are Anti-people rifles as well.