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Noticed now that the last one has CoH stuff.Īnyway, the Master collection, its just a lot of expansions, right? So I still need to buy the CoH 2 licens. Includes 9 items: CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West, CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces, Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes 2, Company of Heroes 2 - Case Blue Mission Pack, Company of Heroes 2 - Southern Fronts Mission Pack, Company of Heroes 2 - Victory at Stalingrad Mission Pack, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor Includes 8 items: CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West, CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces, Company of Heroes 2, Company of Heroes 2 - Ardennes Assault, Company of Heroes 2 - Case Blue Mission Pack, Company of Heroes 2 - Southern Fronts Mission Pack, Company of Heroes 2 - The British Forces, Company of Heroes 2 - Victory at Stalingrad Mission Pack Even the main menu just feels depressing in its utility, with multiple multiplayer modes, the COH2 store and TwitchTV streaming channels all crammed in there – by all means it’s great to have access to these things but does it have to detract quite so much from the focus and sense of occasion when first playing the game and entering the campaign.Originally posted by MECHA_CAT:What for a saleīuy Company of Heroes 2: Master Collection The new map is more difficult to interpret and resource counters are more difficult to read. This crude implementation also applies to the UI, which feels cluttered and confusing. However, the frequency with which you are able to pull in fresh troops, and that they appear from off map even though you have a base, just breaks the sense that you’re micro-managing a small section of a larger battle.
You can call in fresh troops every few minutes, with them able to bolster existing experienced squads or just head out on their own. Worse is that the new game mechanics introduced to reflect these brutal tactics (the shooting of retreating troops and an endless supply of cannon fodder conscripts) are about as uninspiring as it comes.
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Not to mention, it doesn't half put a downer on things.Īdd in that the voice acting and dialogue during the cutscenes are about as generic as a summer super hero movie and the animation, although a marked step up from the first game, looks thoroughly dated and you’ve got a fairly underwhelming experience with which to drive the story forward. This depiction of the Russians as still being the bad guys even though they were helping the West out, while based on some degree of fact, is dealt with poorly and the moralising sits at total odds with the way the game actually feels to play. Isakovich is played as the innocent man, doing his duty and regretting it afterwards, while his commanding officer almost takes pleasure in recounting the stories.
Soldiers freeze to death if away from fires or shelter for too long, they get bogged down in deep snow and rivers freeze over, providing the ability to send the enemy to a watery grave if you smash the ice while they’re crossing.ĭuring these conversations it’s revealed just how barbarous and callous the Russians were to their troops, with soldiers shot for retreating (Order 227), new recruits treated like literal cannon fodder and whole units left behind to die. The result is that the chief new game mechanic is dealing with the cold. The new game is again set during World War II, but this time the conflict has moved from the Western to the Eastern front, where things are a little chillier.
This tight focus on small-scale battles hasn’t changed much in Company of Heroes 2 but several other things have. The balance is always a delicate one between venturing out to capture resource points and defending what you’ve already got, and getting that balance right is what makes the core gameplay of the franchise so much fun. Resources are gained by controlling sectors on the map, which you have to claim by positioning troops at them for some time. You can build small bases but the cost of buildings and vehicles is high, with bigger units putting a large drain on your fuel, munitions and manpower – the three resources in Company of Heroes.
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For those unfamiliar, the Company of Heroes series puts the player in control of relatively small squads of soldiers and mobile armaments to create a focus on small-scale tactical warfare.