What's more, the battlefields themselves have at least as much character to them as the various infantry squads and vehicles as your disposal. Yet by attacking a tank's vulnerable sides and rear armor with explosives, it's possible to turn the tables on these lumbering threats.turning one of the most basic confrontations in Company of Heroes into a thrilling cat-and-mouse game, much more than a typical clash between a couple of RTS units. Infantry seem almost helpless against tanks, and you'll hear the men screaming as tank shells explode around them, sending bodies flying, while lucky survivors dive out of the way. Vehicles are shown to scale, so tanks and other armored vehicles look big and imposing, and, indeed, they are. They may be ordered to occupy any building on the map, and you'll see them shutter the doors and take aim out the windows. Infantry move in teams, darting from cover to cover.
Provided you have a powerful-enough system and graphics card to fully appreciate the visuals in Company of Heroes, you'll quickly be struck by the level of detail depicted in the game. Now Playing: Company of Heroes Video Review The frenzied combat of World War II is translated believably into Relic's lavishly produced, fast-paced real-time strategy game.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's So if you're unfazed by any of that, you'll find that this latest real-time strategy game from the developers of Homeworld and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is one of the best, most dramatic and exciting examples in years. Company of Heroes trades a wide breadth of content for an extremely detailed look at WWII-era ground combat, and its action is so fast paced that it's best suited for the reflexes of an experienced RTS player. This and the game's highly authentic-looking presentation are its distinguishing features, and it boasts some frantic, well-designed strategic and tactical combat to match. Many other recent WWII games have also drawn influence from Steven Spielberg's landmark film, but Company of Heroes is even more graphic.
Set during the invasion of Normandy toward the end of the war, Company of Heroes takes its cues from Saving Private Ryan, by portraying both the sheer brutality of the war as well as the humanity of its combatants. Company of Heroes is a visually stunning real-time strategy game that depicts all the violent chaos of World War II with uncommon intensity.
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