Resource points are scattered around the map and obtainable by all soldiers and some tanks, so there is ample room to level up, as it were. The game needs you to manage three distinct systems: manpower, which is used to recruit soldiers munitions, which are used to pay for upgrades and finally fuel, which is used to purchase vehicles. This made me declare the cold as my greatest enemy and mutter curses at my PC… but I wouldn’t have had it any other way. One of the game’s early campaign levels focuses around Order 2007, and it provided a damn good challenge, forcing you to constantly push forward, regardless of how many troops you lose to enemy fire.Īnother level focuses on the harsh Russian climate, and utilising the aforementioned Coldtech weather engine, slowly kills your soldiers unless you can get them into buildings or next to a heat source. The Lieutenant disagrees with the unethical ways of motivation - mainly so Order number 227, where if you retreated without an order to, you got shot down on the spot. At any rate, the game’s story follows a Lieutenant in the Russian army who’s being persecuted after the World War II for not following orders.

They seemed unfinished and not quite polished. The engine also includes new line of sight functionality called TrueSight, and dynamic weather systems influenced ColdTech systems that we’ve highlighted in an earlier preview.Īs I jumped straight into CoH2’s story, I was rudely shocked by the quality of its cutscenes. Now that I’ve got your attention, allow me to rewind and sum this up.ĬoH2 is truly gorgeous, with great smoke, lighting and general detail provided by its new Essence 3.0 engine. I’d even go as far as to call it my pick for RTS of the year, and if it wasn’t for the game’s horrible cutscenes, I’d maybe even go as far as game of the year.

Company of Heroes 2 is the sequel to the 2006 RTS of the year Company of Heroes, and let me tell you, Relic have pulled no punches in delivering a fantastic RTS.

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