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Title: Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Fronts
Post by: Jacko on April 20, 2013, 04:16:10 pm
The closed beta has opened (wat  :lol:), like CoH2 on facebook to get a beta key: https://www.facebook.com/companyofheroes/app_351292091639277

Everyone who played CoH1 will instantly know how to play, tho the mechanics are deeper and more thought out. Initially I was a bit put off on how similar it is to the original game and the expansions, but after playing it 10+ hours I find it to stand well on it's own feet. Not liking the whole reward system/ranking up at all, but the customization is nice.

The battles flow back and forth, and is a nice change of pace to say Starcraft (which I play regularly). Here you focus more about making the right decisions, like  flanking, what resources to hold, if to engage during a snow storm instead of fine tuning mechanics, refining builds and microing. All that is still important and in the game, but the focus is shifted away from base building to combat.

The battles are.. elegant and immersive, though they can be over brutally fast if you're outplayed (my personal favourite is luring several veteran units into pinned position then calling in all my artillery on them).

If you enjoy highly competitive strategy games, with more focus on combat than base building, less microing and more decision making, try it out.


Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Tot. on April 20, 2013, 04:21:49 pm
Funny thing is that they tried to advertise line of sight etc. as innovative features in RTS genre, when in fact it's only innovative in the sense that the makers of CoH woke up, realized how much better Men of War games are than their popamole and decided to rip off the features. Same as they did with direct control before.

In CoH 3 they'll probably advertise it as 'first RTS ever to have fully destructible maps', still oblivious to the fact that MoW series did that ten years ago. Or rather hoping that their audience isn't interested in more realistic games anyway and has no idea.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Leesin on April 20, 2013, 04:42:09 pm
Had it pre ordered so ive been playing it for a little while, though i play strictly russians. Its definitely a good game, i enjoyed the
original and im enjoying this, it needs some fine tuning but thata what beta is about. Tot, sure men of war has these things, but who cares, two different games and id rather play coh. Tip for Russian players, conscripts are awesome, make sure to get atleast 3 units of them and unlock molotov and at grenades for them, using oorah ability you can devastate german posistions with epic flanking maneuevers. Also try to take the main fuel cap points and hold them, if the germans have them and the game lasts a while chances are they will overwhelm you with masses of their OP armour lol.

Excuse the bad writing, on my phone writing this shit lol.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Tot. on April 20, 2013, 04:55:00 pm
Quote from: Leesin on April 20, 2013, 04:42:09 pm
men of war has these things, but who cares, two different games and id rather play coh

False advertising is the point and I think we should care when big company thinks their customers are idiots.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Tor! on April 20, 2013, 05:19:13 pm
I loved the original, had a blast with CoH:online (with exeption of some vet units) and having a blast with this as well. I was also put off at the start, but came to realise how good it is. PM me if you ever feel like playing, me and Logen have done a few games  :)
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Iymore on April 20, 2013, 05:20:03 pm
hard
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Logen on April 21, 2013, 12:18:25 am
yes jacko we must play
tor is a dota-addicted weakling
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Casimir on April 21, 2013, 01:30:23 am
is there a way to squad up on this?
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Leesin on April 21, 2013, 07:55:24 am
Quote from: Casimir on April 21, 2013, 01:30:23 am
is there a way to squad up on this?

Pretty sure you can just steam invite friends into your party and then you can search for public games, but I'm not 100% as I don't have any friends on steam that play it.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Overdriven on April 21, 2013, 10:27:23 am
Actually CoH is one of the few RTS games I've played online that doesn't involve bum rushing the enemy base within the first few minutes like Starcraft 2 and AoE. For some reason the MP seems to be much more about building your resources and fighting over the resources on the map than instantly dicking over your opponent because you memorised a build order. I also find it much easier to combat moves where people do try and do that. The games actually last for a relatively long period quite often.

For that reason alone I'll probably buy this as I played the first and expansions a lot.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Havoco on April 21, 2013, 11:00:16 am
Yeah, instead of the winner being who spams which unit or who knows their build order the best it's making the best move combat-wise. I liked the previous CoH games but I think I'll hold off on this one until at least the open beta comes out.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Jacko on April 21, 2013, 02:37:31 pm
Quote from: Tot. on April 20, 2013, 04:21:49 pm
Funny thing is that they tried to advertise line of sight etc. as innovative features in RTS genre, when in fact it's only innovative in the sense that the makers of CoH woke up, realized how much better Men of War games are than their popamole and decided to rip off the features. Same as they did with direct control before.

In CoH 3 they'll probably advertise it as 'first RTS ever to have fully destructible maps', still oblivious to the fact that MoW series did that ten years ago. Or rather hoping that their audience isn't interested in more realistic games anyway and has no idea.

Well, they are two different games. Men of War focuses more on micro managing. I really enjoy the singleplayer but I find  the multiplayer tedious (clunky UI and inventory management). Realism is a bad balancer for a game (commanding an army is not about who wears what. That's just a bad boss peaking over your shoulder and telling you what to do). What marketing has said I have no idea. It is innovative for a competitive RTS. Has it been done before? Yeah, but it's still a good implemented feature.

Quote from: Havoco on April 21, 2013, 11:00:16 am
I liked the previous CoH games but I think I'll hold off on this one until at least the open beta comes out.

Well, just like it on facebook and you'll get a key.

I play germans, usually focusing early on holding on (2 pio, 1-2 grenadier, mortar) then switching up to PGs and Stugs (Jaeger Doctrine). Late game usually a mix of mid high tier tanks hopefully with some veteran PG's and Grens (some games I even manage to keep the mortar alive to vet 3, hah!).

I play extremely aggressive, always capping always running around flanking. It works well since people tend to camp a lot. People keep forgetting that when you camp you lose the ability to choose your engagements.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Casimir on April 21, 2013, 02:48:03 pm
My first game involved me picking a general with a shit ton of passives I didn't use, my own fault for not checking carefully what units he buffed. Still manage to come top of my team and 2nd in  the 3v3. Katyusha rockets are much better than calliopes ever were.

Let that hellfire fall.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: [ptx] on April 21, 2013, 03:36:45 pm
Quote from: Tot. on April 20, 2013, 04:21:49 pm
Funny thing is that they tried to advertise line of sight etc. as innovative features in RTS genre, when in fact it's only innovative in the sense that the makers of CoH woke up, realized how much better Men of War games are than their popamole and decided to rip off the features. Same as they did with direct control before.

In CoH 3 they'll probably advertise it as 'first RTS ever to have fully destructible maps', still oblivious to the fact that MoW series did that ten years ago. Or rather hoping that their audience isn't interested in more realistic games anyway and has no idea.
Seriously? CoH is an evolution of Dawn of War games, also made by Relic...
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Tot. on April 21, 2013, 04:08:57 pm
Quote from: [ptx] on April 21, 2013, 03:36:45 pm
Seriously? CoH is an evolution of Dawn of War games, also made by Relic...

And what does that have to do with anything I mentioned? Reading comprehension fail?
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Leesin on April 21, 2013, 05:09:03 pm
Tot just mad that no one plays Men of War with him.  :lol:
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Casimir on April 21, 2013, 05:38:37 pm
my entire time on men of war is spent collecting all the tractors and civilian cars on a map and lining them up.  If that means blowing my way through enemies to get them so be it.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Jacko on May 24, 2013, 01:03:34 pm
If anyone want to play some Stress test beta:

http://www.coh2.org/topic/3142/coh-2-server-stress-test

Just send an email to the address (in the forum post above) and you'll receive instructions. 
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Closed Beta
Post by: Jacko on June 04, 2013, 08:48:15 pm
http://community.companyofheroes.com/forums/community-news-feed/topics/Letter-from-the-Producer-6-Open-Beta

Puny mortals, fear my HT-flamer!
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: BASNAK on June 06, 2013, 09:54:12 am
Tried it out yesterday. Quite intredesting and some nice changes from the old CoH. I prefered the old commander selection UI though.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: Armpit_Sweat on June 06, 2013, 12:31:39 pm
Check out my mod for Men Of War, if you havn't used it yet :)

http://digitalmindsoft.eu/forums/showthread.php?10225-BM-Mod (http://digitalmindsoft.eu/forums/showthread.php?10225-BM-Mod)

(click to show/hide)

kept it running since Faces of War!

And btw, Men Of War is so ahead of CoH in every way :)


Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: Casimir on June 06, 2013, 02:37:23 pm
Last time I I played MoW I spawned a single Russian officer and spent most of my time shooting my team mates when they refused to advance.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: Tor! on July 15, 2013, 11:06:54 pm
Anyone playing this? I'd love to have some skirmishes, have not dared automatch yet  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: Casimir on July 16, 2013, 11:37:58 am
Yeah I've played a bit of campaign and some automatches against players and AI. 3v3 is my preferred game size but im happy to play others.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: Lars on July 16, 2013, 01:01:50 pm
Quote from: Casimir on June 06, 2013, 02:37:23 pm
Last time I I played MoW I spawned a single Russian officer and spent most of my time shooting my team mates when they refused to advance.

Lmao "Bljeeee davai suka! Blyat suka!"   and then you insert the subtitliski, so also non-Ruski can understand.  Subtitliski are very important
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: Tor! on July 16, 2013, 05:43:23 pm
Add me on steam to play; Toronado
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Open Beta!
Post by: Jacko on July 18, 2013, 10:32:19 am
Haha, played a lot. The campaign was okey. Mostly play 2v2 as german. I dabble in the occasional 3v3-4v4, but those are much much more random. If anyone wanna play you can poke me on IRC. 
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Ganner on August 01, 2013, 01:20:22 pm
Anyone play this after release?

I love the original and have the 2 expansions, but when i saw the fifty billion DLCs there just after release it turned me off.  The skins is one thing but it sounds like 6 of them are actual leveling paths which should of been included in the base game not a damn day one dlc.

So whats the story?
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Casimir on August 01, 2013, 02:02:46 pm
Although the Commander dlc can be unlocked via levelling, buying them simply unlocks them early.

All the commander paths are pretty well balanced as well and the starting three for each faction are as good as the other ones.

For the skins there is one winter and summer set for each faction that can only be unlocked via purchase while there remains others which are unlocked via levelling.

As i understand it the DLC game design options were put in place while the game was under the direction of THQ (who as well all know was struggling seriously), once sega brought relic there was really no point in changing it as they were happy to take the cash.

Biggest complaint about the game is the small amount of MP maps.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Tor! on August 01, 2013, 03:01:19 pm
No dedicated 1v1 maps, I really miss Angoville, Langres and Semois.  :|

After just a couple of games though, I have to say that I liked the first better for 1v1 aspect atleast. Allied v Wehrmacht in old one just felt so perfectly balanced, and the focus flanking / defending flanks was great fun. In CoH2 vehicles just pop out to damn fast in my opinion, rendering the german t1 pretty weak.

What's your thoughts? I only play 1v1 so I have no clue about how the other gametypes feel like.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Casimir on August 01, 2013, 03:24:43 pm
Playing 3v3 and 4v4 the game seems reasonably balanced.  I agree Germans are definitely at a weakness at T1 compared to ruskies but arguably have far better equipment at T3 and T4. 

Most of my gameplay has been as Germans so i can't give a solid answer, but in larger games it seems well balanced.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Tor! on August 01, 2013, 03:39:32 pm
Strong t3-t4 alright, but SU-85 negates it pretty good. Play the ruskies right and you got your SU-85 by the time the german get P4's. Let's do some 1v1 soon!  :P
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Jacko on August 05, 2013, 08:10:20 pm
German T1, weak? Hah! It's extremely potent, so much so that I sometimes just skip T2 and go straight for T3 (depending on how much fuel I've been able to grab), then backteching to T2 or continue to T4 and Panzerwerfers.

Unless you're in a really good position as germans, there is no point in making armors until you can overwhelm the SU85s. Lately I've been toying around with lots of Scout Cars and the german Call in arty halftrack. That incendiary attacks is great stuff, especially since it comes really fast into play. 
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Reyiz on December 16, 2013, 08:37:59 am
do you guys still play COH 2 ?
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Jacko on December 17, 2013, 07:18:35 pm
Yes, for some reason  :lol:
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Leesin on December 17, 2013, 07:33:26 pm
I play it quite often, though I only play as ze russians.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - SU85 OP, nerf HMG42!
Post by: Reyiz on December 17, 2013, 09:31:27 pm
good, i was looking for noobs to play with  :D
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Jacko on January 16, 2014, 11:01:45 pm
Well, it's free this weekend. Can't really recommend buying it, too much payed Commander shenanigans going, but if it's definitely worth checking out for free, still a damn fun RTS.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Leesin on January 17, 2014, 04:51:39 pm
Well people can try it this weekend and it's also on sale for £10 which is nice and cheap for this awesome RTS. Meh, some of the payed commanders are a bit lame but they're gradually balancing this shit, ATM I play mostly with the Shock Rifle Frontline commander ( Soviet ) and I do pretty well in most games.

 I like that commander because I love Shock Troops. To those that are clueless, they're a very tough Infantry unit that is one of the best Anti-Infantry Infantry units in the game when it comes to CQC, they eat the majority of German infantry for breakfast and then shit them out onto the more elite German Infantry units as they kill them too. But you've got to get these guys in close because that's where they shine, luckily they're tough and can throw grenades and smoke grenades, meaning any reasonably smart commander will easily close the distance on the target without taking too much damage. They give me a hard on.

Also that commander gets the IS-2 tank, which allows me to bring out a late game heavy tank that helps me compete with the Germans annoying as hell Panthers and Tigers, it's also a pain in the ass to any German infantry that isn't supported by enough AT.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Tor! on January 17, 2014, 05:25:30 pm
Is it just me who thinks that vanilla CoH (Allies / Wehrmacht only) was a lot better game?
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Leesin on January 17, 2014, 05:40:46 pm
I think it was better in some ways but I also did like the other Armies aswell as the vanilla Allies/Wehrmacht. My problem is that it just feels out dated to me, guess I played it enough and I will leave the nostalgia where it is.

I think CoH2 has improved in some ways but there are still some glaring issues. One thing that really pisses me off is the slow responses and sometimes terrible pathfinding of units in CoH2, which apparently they're also improving, I just don't remember them being this bad in CoH1.

I also think they should try to make combat a little less random, I do enjoy the randomness but sometimes it's a bit too random and you see too many "lucky" things happening, meaning it detracts from the overall strategy/tactics of the game. A couple of really lucky things happening would be fine, but too often do I see some really lame shit happen due to the extremes of the randomness lol, whether it's in my favour or not it needs to be toned down a tad.

Basically, I struggle to go back and play the older games of the series unless the sequels are terrible, and I don't feel CoH2 is terrible, infact it's the most entertaining RTS games I've played in recent years. I guess as much as I'm not "graphicist" ( I play Dominions 4 for instance ), I don't spend money on upgrading my PC to just play ugly looking games, even if they're slightly better in gameplay terms to the sequel, I'd rather just forget the old game and enjoy the beauty of the newer game  :lol:. Massive combined artillery and rocket bombardments in CoH2 are boner inducing.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: pingpong on January 17, 2014, 08:15:30 pm
That -66% off  sale sure is tempting but Men of War: Assault Squad 2 is coming out next month, with dat epic mission editor! So its no wonder they are dishing out free weekends now. :P
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Jacko on January 17, 2014, 08:25:02 pm
I'm (still) having fun with CoH2, but is has a long while until it's as well polished as the original.

There are some weird balance issues going in. Foremost Soviets potential for wiping fully vetted squads is too strong. There are so many Soviet abilities (including 40 muni mines) that will entirely wipe a squad that every time I head out with an Ost army I know I will lose at least 1 squad, regardless of micro. Literally nothing I can do, not even an instant retreat from a Vet 3 Pgen squad will save it from being wiped by a KV-8. A game based so much on vetting units should not be luck based (and one sided). It's just bad mechanics.

1 CP call ins such as Shock/Guard is still broken if you ask me, the same for the Soviet Industry Commander with the 4 min T70. Too many hard counters, not enough room in the meta for other thing than new Commanders.

Relic still have a long way to go.


...And yet I still play it. Underneath all that grime and dirt, there is polish and solid mechanics. We just need to cut out all the BS first. 
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Leesin on January 17, 2014, 08:31:30 pm
Quote from: pingpong on January 17, 2014, 08:15:30 pm
That -66% off  sale sure is tempting but Men of War: Assault Squad 2 is coming out next month, with dat epic mission editor! So its no wonder they are dishing out free weekends now. :P

Perhaps, but aside from the obvious similarities they're two really different games, this could be a last ditch attempt to grab some MoW fans and hope they buy some DLC too but personally I can't see them pulling this off just because of MoW AS2 being released in a month, I think really their aim is to get people to like the game on the free weekend, buy it for the big discount, then hope they buy skins, commanders and other DLCs to make more CHA CHING.

Quote from: Jacko on January 17, 2014, 08:25:02 pm

1 CP call ins such as Shock/Guard is still broken if you ask me, the same for the Soviet Industry Commander with the 4 min T70. Too many hard counters, not enough room in the meta for other thing than new Commanders.


Shocks cost 440 and reinforce for 36mp each, regardless of how early you can deploy them, if they're used unsuccessfully early in the game it'll damage the Soviet player a lot more than it would later in the game, so using them early is a risk that can hurt the soviet player himself. Plus if they're bought early you're extending the time taken to build the Tier 2 building and also give more reason for the German player to bring out more Anti-Infantry hard counters asap. Guards I can't comment on because I don't use them.

But yeah, the industry commander is a tad bullshit, I think it was nerfed already but it seems like it could do with more nerfing.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: LordBerenger on January 17, 2014, 09:15:54 pm
Wish someone made a mod with Japan vs USA or USA vs Germany, Brits vs Germany or something. Russia is just too shitty and boring. If i were to play this i'd be Germany 24/7

Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Jacko on January 17, 2014, 09:32:30 pm
Shocks are fine in 1v1. It's just 2v2 and up that everything goes horribly wrong. Upkeep wise Pgrens are still more expensive at 45 per troop. It's silly they come in at 1 CP, it ruins the pace of the game if you ask me. Judging by the forums I'm not the only one disliking them either. Just moving them back to 2 CP would solve the issues surrounding them (there is basically no counter to them at that stage of the game unless you want to take 3 of your 4 troops to maybe push them away).
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Leesin on January 17, 2014, 10:35:48 pm
Moving them back to 2cp with 0cp Assault Grenadiers? no way. They are counterable just like the Ass Grens are, yes the Ass Grens aren't as strong or viable late game, but they force Soviets in the very early game to step up their Anti-Infantry or watch their conscripts get eaten.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Jacko on January 17, 2014, 11:03:12 pm
Ass grens are available to 1 pay commander, while shock/guards are on of the most common units in Sov commanders.. And even then, they are not half as strong as either of those 2 units (or as versatile). They (shock/guards) are even earlier than any possibly weapon upgrades for the Ost. It was a bad, unneeded decision to move them to 1 CP, which no one in the right mind support.

Move ass gren to 1-2 CP as well, I don't care about pay commanders, they are already breaking the game enough as it is.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Leesin on January 17, 2014, 11:52:21 pm
Jacko typical German player bias, been shook by the Shock Troops, shake quake, Shock Troops fo lyf mang.

On another note I just played a 4v4, got 3 IS-2's and rolled 5 enemy Tigers. I think it's easy for new or not so good German players to crutch on Tigers and when they fail to Micro them vs a 3 IS-2 spearhead their false reality comes crumbling down. Rolled 3 of the Tigers in a 3v3 because they failed micro and I was just blowing the sides off of them and they left it too late to retreat back, lost 1 IS-2 whilst all three Tigers died. Then with my last two IS-2 I found and gang raped two seperated Tigers one at a time. It felt good to get armoured revenge on the Germans because I've often been under the tracks of the Tigers.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Tor! on January 18, 2014, 01:46:18 am
All I really care about is the balance in 1v1, that was the most fun to play imo
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Free to play this weekend 16-19th
Post by: Chagan_Arslan on January 21, 2014, 10:27:53 pm
Its almost certain they will put shock troops back at 2CP, too many german players complained about them as they dont want to try and adapt to it. And from what i saw germans will probably get something very similiar or even better (stormtroopen) with next batch of commanders.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - 25/3 Patch and DLC announced
Post by: Jacko on March 29, 2014, 11:18:39 pm
New patch released 25/3 changed a lot of stuff, gameplay is much more enjoyable (extended early-mid game, infantry dies easier, cover matters more)
Bottom page: http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/company-of-heroes-2-general-discussion/67-coh-2-changelog/page2

New stand alone DLC announced: "The Western Front Armies"
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-28-company-of-heroes-returns-to-western-front
Trailer from 18:00 and forward: http://www.twitch.tv/egx/b/515002354

Still refusing to buy any Commanders, but I might give the army DLCs a go.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - 25/4 Free to play weekend
Post by: Jacko on April 25, 2014, 11:37:37 am
Coh2 is free to play this weekend. Been some massive updates in the last month, game steadily becoming better and better.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - 25/4 Free to play weekend
Post by: Ganner on April 25, 2014, 01:23:35 pm
Wish they would of gone with a pacific theme instead of back to the western front, but i guess they wouldn't really mesh well in combined games. Here's hoping for a standalone DLC or COH3.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - 25/4 Free to play weekend
Post by: Molly on April 25, 2014, 04:58:00 pm
Quote from: Jacko on April 25, 2014, 11:37:37 am
Coh2 is free to play this weekend. Been some massive updates in the last month, game steadily becoming better and better.
How does CoH2 compare to CoH?
I wasn't a big fan of the first part cuz it felt way too fast for me tbh.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - 25/4 Free to play weekend
Post by: Jacko on April 25, 2014, 06:04:48 pm
Plays very similar. More like Coh 1.5 than 2.0, especially now with all the community driven patches (positioning is much more important than before). In general the game is in a much better place balance wise than at release.

I really really don't like their monetizing system with commanders, but I just bought one during the sale anyway (.83 euro, heh). It's not the price, it's the excluding content by putting it behind a paywall that bugs me. Other than that it's fine (paying for skins and singleplayer/coop content).
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - 25/4 Free to play weekend
Post by: Molly on April 25, 2014, 08:02:03 pm
Guess I'll pass then.

The whole game speed in CoH felt wrong for me. Way too fast and hectic somehow.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - Western Fronts
Post by: Jacko on May 30, 2014, 11:29:34 pm
2 New videos on the standalone expansion:


It's currently in Alpha and shaping up nicely (still NDA).
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Fronts
Post by: LordBerenger on June 01, 2014, 12:02:12 am
msg me when they'll ever release a Company of Heroes Mod/DLC/Expansion that covers Pacific Campaign with Japan and USA. Bored of Germans + USA in Yurop and Ruuussssiyaaa vodka vodka
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Fronts
Post by: Jacko on June 21, 2014, 10:11:39 am
Previews of Western front is starting to roll out, here is a Propagandacast from Imperial Dane


Still same old Company of Heroes, but they did good work with the WFA. More worth a buy than the base game.
Title: Re: Company of Heroes 2 - The Western Fronts
Post by: Jacko on June 26, 2014, 10:14:45 pm
So uh, WFA is out: