![]() ![]() ![]() The controls are sluggish, your troops are slow-witted, and the first handful of missions are not very interesting. My first impressions of CoH2 are almost all negative. ![]() As I said, the choice of the Eastern Front as the game's focus could not have been more appropriate. It seems like Relic has bitten off more than they can chew, and along the way have made some unfortunate design decisions, making it feel like the game is buckling under its own weight. Nevermind about what I said about Edge, Quarter to Three was the most critical of CoH 2, but looking at other reviews of games, Tom Chick seems like the Armond White of videogame journalists:Ĭompany of Heroes 2 might be the steepest tumble from game design genius to crassly missing the point that I’ve ever seen.And therefore I say at the outset that no, Company of Heroes 2 does not live up to those expectations. Counteracting that are the core mechanics, which are as enjoyable as ever, and there are smart new missions to test series veterans. Even now, I can’t wait to finish this review and sink some more hours into the multiplayer which, coming from an avid admirer of the original games, is testament to how well Relic Entertainment has made a game for the fans, but also presented a whole lot more.Īttempting to explore the Eastern Front thematically proves misjudged, while persistent unit stupidity is wearing thin after seven years and four games. These gripes really do pale in comparison to the overall achievement of a sequel that is absolutely well worth the wait. But the final result, despite the small losses along the way, is a winner.ĪusGamers has given the game its highest praise saying: It’s sometimes clumsy, a game that can’t maintain all its systems, with too many disparate moving parts to feel consistently coherent. Like the Red Army it depicts, it wages its war by throwing everything forward at once, and like that Red Army, too many casualties were left to die along the way. Here are some quotes and scores from other websites: Still, people have considered it a worthy sequel to the original. The consensus for now sounds like that this game is very good but not great enough to revolutionize the RTS genre like its predecessor did. ![]()
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