Despite the dramatic shift in publishers, Relic Entertainment’s Company of Heroes 2 has risen from the ashes of THQ and will be hitting computer screens everywhere on June 25. That makes this one of those rare instances at E3 where a company was showing off a complete game just before it will be released into the wild, and they were happy to be able to finally talk about the game in its entirety and not hold anything back. It’s only been a bit over a year since THQ announced Company of Heroes 2, and here we are with the game about to launch from another publisher. Relic was very excited to show this one off. The original Company of Heroes launched seven years ago, and was an extremely well-received RTS game that put you in command of Allied forces during the Invasion of Normandy. The game started out during D-Day, putting you into the same opening sequence from Saving Private Ryan, while you try to find your bearings. It offered a complete campaign up to the Battle of Falaise Pocket, and two separate expansion packs followed with brief campaigns and new units. However, every encounter was based around the Americans fighting the Germans, with the exception of the Opposing Front expansion which added British units as well.Ĭompany of Heroes 2 shifts all of the action to the deadly and unforgiving Eastern Front, putting you in the uniform of an officer in the Soviet Red Army. Here are the minimum and the recommended system requirements to play Company of Heroes 3: Pre-alpha build: Company of Heroes 3 Pre-Alpha Preview: Minimum system. Throughout the campaign, much like the original game, you will fight through historical battles and locations. All of which were painstakingly researched by the team at Relic. That extends all the way throughout the game, like using multiple microphones to record all of the weapons in the game being fired. The Eastern Front was the location for many of the bloodiest battles of all of WWII, and you’ll play through them while experiencing the bitter cold and the tragedy of war. Company of Heroes 2 is an RTS with both a campaign and a multiplayer element, both of which offer up challenging gameplay experiences.

If you’ve been inside the beta for CoH2, you’ve probably had your ass handed to you more than a few times. Thankfully, it is less brutal than StarCraft 2, but there is no denying that this game is much more difficult than the first installment. The multiplayer game has been ramped up exponentially with multiple new unit types and buildings that you can construct and upgrade. Many units have been tweaked, like Snipers who are now only in camoflauge while standing still. The biggest additions to units are the much welcomed new ability to vault over low walls and obstacles, meaning you don’t have to watch your soldiers trudge the long way around when there’s just a rickety farm fence in front of you.įog of War. Another big tweak is the TrueSight system that works in conjunction with the Fog of War. Like most war-based games, Company of Heroes 2 doesn’t show you the entire map in an effort to simulate what the actual forces saw. Anything beyond their sight is obscured by the “fog of war,” and the unknown.

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