Company of Heroes (PC)

Company of heroes is an action strategy game developed by the award winning Relic Entertainment that brings to life the epic story of a US Army company during their fight to win the war. Set in World War Two you will fight in missions ranging from the D-Day invasions through to some of the most pivotal battles of the war, all in a very clever cinematic style. I bought CoH for a change of game play since my ever-increasing shelf of first person shooters ...
...campaign mode you control Able Company headed by Sergeant Conti (the main character) through a huge range of missions. You start of (like most WWII games) on the sands of Omaha beach with your first task of getting 25 men ashore, not exactly an army's worth of men but hey! From then on you are tasks with specific objectives such as to destroy enemy Flak emplacements or to destroy the bunker. You are also given 1 or 2 secondary objectives for which ...

MadMike542 23.07.2007 (22.07.2007) · Read full review
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...but also came with a Company of Heroes mouse mat (this was an introductory offer only) but also a copy of Dawn of War! If I didn’t already own Dawn of War this would have been two great games for the price of one. This game is a much needed shot in the arm for the RTS genre and has taken things to the next level. ...

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Company of Heroes (CoH) is a World War 2 Real Time Strategy (RTS) game from THQ and Relic, the makers of the brilliant and multi-award-winning Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series. The game puts you in charge of three companies of the US Army, fighting from D-Day up until the German forces are driven from France. You can also play as the Germans in skirmish mode or online. GAMEPLAY Basic gameplay is much the same as many other RTS offerings - you ...
...sometimes in command of Fox Company (Airborne), sometimes Able Company (Infantry) and sometimes Dog Company (Armoured). It has its moments of brilliance - D-Day just as dramatic as it should be, as well as a desperate last stand on a hill, a night fight with Fox Company scattered across the map by the wind and so on. But the missions quickly become repetitive - go here, blow that up, take that point, shoot him etc. GRAPHICS CoH uses the "Essence ...

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The idea of the game is to collect resources to enable you to build a force strong enough to capture and defend Strategic Victory Points dotted around the map or annihilate the enemy’s base and all their troops. What game type you play all depends on what is chosen before the game has started. The victory point is much like that experienced in Battlefield 1942 where the host can chose, before the game has started, whether to go for 250, 500, or 1000 ...
...control than another, the other side's "tickets" start to decrease. When one side runs out of tickets they lose. Players collect three resources: Fuel, Munitions, and Manpower. Manpower is necessary for all units, but is particularly useful for infantry. Munitions allow players upgrade individual squads or vehicles and use special abilities. Fuel is necessary for players to purchase tanks and other lighter vehicles, as well as global upgrades. When ...

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...enemy. Unlike other RTS games Company of Heroes isn't just about blowing up the enemies base, though "annihilation" is one of the victory options in skirmish and multiplayer. The default option is a tug of war battle to capture and hold a set of victory points, the more points you control the faster you win, making this game very unique. People who love multiplayer games will love Company of Heroes, its pace can be ruthless and provide an exhilarating ...
...can play against a number of opponents. You have to capture resource points as usual, and the use of defenses only come into play much later on, as at the beginning there is a big push forward to capture the resource points, and small scale battles, while near the end, much larger battles take place that look amazing due to the graphics in game. Skirmishes are a good start for players before you start playing multiplayer games as it provides you ...

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This is one of the best strategy games I've played since the C&C series. The story line is very gripping and from what I know, it's quite accurate to the real turn of events - although I never studied very far into this part of the war, it was more like they landed on the beach, and that was it! It let's you take on a commanding role for a WW2 game, rather than the regular first-person. The game does require a very high spec to run. I have 3.2GHz ...
...long loading times and initial 'jumpiness' at the start of a mission (jumpiness only last about 30 seconds though). The minimum spec is: -DVD ROM (only comes as a DVD version) -2.0GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent -512 MB RAM -64 MB Video Memory -6500 MB Hard Drive Space and recommended is: -DVD ROM (only comes as a DVD version) -3.0GHz Intel Pentium or equivalent -1024 MB RAM -256 MB Video Memory -6500 MB Hard Drive Space Now let me tell ...

mitz101 31.01.2007 (01.02.2007) · Read full review
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...- Overview - Company of Heroes is a RTS game, made for the PC by Relic Entertainment. As a fan of RTS games, and after playing other Relic games like Dawn of War for example, I had high hopes when a new game was announced, espically as it was set in World War Two, and there haven't been all to many good RTS games based in World War Two. The basic idea of the game follows Dawn of War, where you hold places, and aquire materials, to buy more troops, ...
...on the map. However, in Company of Heroes, if you aren't above your model, for example, on the other side of the map, then it will sound as if it is coming out of a Radio. This is a small little feature that I found very good. - Problems - As with all things, there is a plus and a negative. I found that this game would crash now and then, the game just slowing down to a complete stop. I was never able to find the cause of this problem. Also, unless ...

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Company of Heroes the Strategy PC game from THQ the makers of the award winning Dawn of war. This game being of the Strategy Genre will be familiar to those interested in that particular genre and the game play and set up will be easy to pick up quickly, even more so will those players of Dawn of war as it is very similar in the way that it plays. Graphics: The graphics are what you would expect of a game of this age and type and increases with ...
...increase the settings. There are no noticeably glitches and it runs smoothly. Game play: based in the Period of the second world war you take control of a US army and all the associated equipment of the period In the campaign mode you usually start of in one part of the map with a home base or a few troops to capture a near by base. The way the game plays is slightly different from games such as Command and conquer in that yes while needing Resources ...

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...gore As RTS games go, Company of Heroes lives by the same principle. Build, gather resources, go up tech levels, conquer Nothing new there, right? Well, not exactly. Instead of catapult and arrows, you now have Sherman and Panther tanks. Long gone are the days of knights on shiny armor, enter the flame thrower, the PAK guns, 88's, Thunderbolt's..... The game it's divided on 3 main type of play: Mission: You lead American soldiers from D Day ...
...of paratroopers on the night before the landings, trying to eliminate all the enemy troops....You get the point. A bit more about the missions later Skirmish: It's You x Him (Him being the PC). A fun way to get your strategy up to scratch. And also to give you fits of rage. Difficult and nerve racking, satisfactory every time you manage to blow up your enemy to infinity and beyond. You have a choice of playing one on one with the computer, or ...

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if your a fan of real time strategy or ww2 games this is a must buy! graphicaly its up there with the best, providing you have the capable software and even if your graphics cards arent up to date it should still run smoothly with slightly less detail, however this doesnt detach from the enjoyment that can be had. This game has hours of play back from start to finish the campaign will set you back a good 15 hours and no doubt your want to play through ...
...the medals avaiable and to truely challenge yourself because belive me this game is not a simple case of build up a army for long enough and you can simply swap the opposition. Enviorments change from game to game as the destructable buildings and scenory play their part constantly making you change your tactics to try to outsmart the tough A.I. No skirmish is ever the same because of this and the range of weponary available changes depending on ...

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Company of Heroes is an RTS like no other - its an RTS with tactics. Unlike many RTS games it isnt a simple case of bashing each other with big sticks like age of empires or a swamped, confused melee like Dawn of War. CoH is a great game if your looking for realism and gameplay as it requires thought and planning in order to win, you cant put infantry up against tanks and let them shoot it out, neither can you leave tanks unproteced from artillery. ...
...rounded basions of defense. Company of Heroes has some other interesting new features, such as the company commander system, which lets you choose one of three different upgrade paths that reinforce your faction's core strengths. For example, the Allies' airborne path lets you send in paratroopers and call for support in the form of bombing runs, whilest the Axis' blitzkrieg doctrine lets you deploy the Nazi army's more powerful units such as the ...

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...get this game. Additionally, there is a special offer on at the moment which gives you Warhammer: Dawn of War free with Company of Heroes. You should definitely seek out this offer as Warhammer is a great game in its own right which adds terrific value to the whole package. ...

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Company of Heroes is a WWII based squad sized battle game with some innovative twists on the normal strategy genre. The game revolves around the capture of points on the map which give you one of three types of resource (ammo, manpower and fuel). Thes reources can then be used to buy troops and upgrades at your base. The game follows an escalation theme where you start out with engineers and basic soldiers and end up with powerful tanks. So far ...
...out from the crowd. 1. The cover system and ability to destroy any scenery on the map with the appropriate weaponry. This is crucial and you willl really see the difference the first time two equally powered groups face off but one has higher ground and is behind a wall. Using cover is easy as the cursor shows exactly where your troops will take cover when you move them, intuative and brilliant. 2. The strategy system, as you cause casualties ...

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One of best games released in recent times, many others have tried to create a war simulation strategy game and this simply blows everything before it out of the water. WWII now becomes your very own battle, being a real time strategy you can save for resources to bring in more soldiers and try to stand firm from German attack, or if your tactics are more based on attack is the best form of defence this is still very much your game. The whole map ...
...point or why not take a building down? Send the tank it and eliminate it to get behind enemy lines? Every crucial battle fought in WWII is incorporated into the game, the levels as they are called can last from a minimum of one to two hours from my tactics anyway! Build your defence and attack in a realistic way is the only way to achieve the goals set. This game really has no weaknesses what so ever, the map its self is very detailed and all very ...

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I was given this game for christmas; i could not have asked for a better game. I am an experienced RTS player, but this has go to be my favourite. It came with a free copy of Dawn of War, which, when you add the expansion packs, becomes an excellent game. However, there are a few similarites between the two games, but nothing that can change my opinion. It was a breeze to install and when you first play it, it is a good idea to play through the ...
...aspects other games of the same type lack. For instance, troops will automatically use cover. The sheer number of troops that are available; this means you can outflank the enemy, something i have found lacking in previous RTS and it makes this much more strategic. i loved this game becuase of it's beautiful natural enviroments and becuase of the complexity of the troops movement. I would recommend this to anyone who has a few hours to spare; time ...

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