COMPANY OF HEROES 2

Having played as Russia the last few nights, to jump in the deep end so to speak, I think the starvation of the fuel points is paramount. Letting them have both is calling for instant panther spam. Its unreal how much man power you have to sink into killing panthers and that's without them having any support. Through in a panzer group with mg42 or a Ostwind and it isn't looking pretty.

Going to go for T34 RAM spam as you can generally get 3-4 T34s out before the axis tanks start appearing. Not sure if the RAM kills main weapon?
 
Downloaded the beta tonight. Even on medium settings I can't get anymore than 10 fps, is that about right on a laptop of my spec?
i5
GT550M
4GB of DDR3
 
Well I've sunk a good amount of time in and can say I am thoroughly bored already, the doctrines are boring and uninspired and the gameplay just feels flat and empty meaningless without soul.

Coh 2 is a mere shadow of the ATG game company of heroes an imposter an attempted copy of a masterpiece.

Btw do the people that think the cameras too zoomed in play startcraft II ? :D

Cant fathom why anyone would play this over coh 1 ? scratching my head really as coh 1 has better everything in every category.
 
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Gave this a very brief go and wondered what the hype is about. I wasn't a massive fan of the original, but this didn't feel like any sort of advancement. I may give it a longer go tomorrow.

I'd also suggest the German's perspective would make for a more interesting campaign, especially as the tide of the eastern front changes and they end up on the back foot. Rather like Close Combat 3.
 
Having gotten to grips with the Russian side now, though mostly been playing as a 3v3+ than 1v1 or 2v2.

It is different to COH1 however I think it's got potential to beat it, after sending a fair bit of Sunday getting the hang of it and how to beat the german panther & flamethrower spam I'm enjoying it a lot.

They need a few unit tweaks along with the command chain, but apart from that I'm quite impressed with it.

You definitely need a variety of units to be able to effectively counter the german main units and stay in front of them with regards to tactics as well as play aggressively which is more of a new play style for me in RTS.
 
I do like the game but I think I'll just wait until it goes on steam sale at some point. I've installed the Eastern Front mod for Company of Heroes, which adds the Russians to the first game. The AI is a bit better in COH2 and there are Blizzards, other than that there are only really the odd tweaks from the original, not worth £40 (or more for the collector's edition).
 
Well i have never played company of heroes 1 and jumped straight into 2 and must say its taking some getting used to but I'm enjoying it. Match making at the moment isn't very good due to the smaller numbers of people playing but i see the potential when released and i can play people more my level.

An enjoyable game with some great battles.
 
Yeah, from what I've played so far £40 is much too steep for a few minor improvements over COH, and the addition of the Russians.

If you've played Eastern Front, which I have a few times, it's even less improvement as I've already ran around with T34's and IS-2's bashing the Germans :D

One thing I do like is the ability to steal enemy vehicles when you've killed the crew in them - only captured a StuG so far, but hoping to snaffle a Panther, guard it while I repair it and then go on a massive killing spree with it!
 
It plays like CoH WITHOUT any expansions which is fantastic. It's like going back to the good old days before they ruined it. It's a shame there's not any major new features but I've had a blast playing it.

I'm not too keen on the auto-matching though. I do hope they bring in a proper ladder.

Edit: £40 is indeed to steep which is why i paid £27 for it. There's places selling it for less than that but I'm not 100% sure they're reputable.
 
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I started playing the beta way back when i first pre-ordered and had quite a big break from it and coming back im a bit lost. Firstly the games not installed on steam anymore for some reason but it is there to reinstall. I got an email from GMG to say its ready for download but that must be for another test of some description? On the official website it says you can play the open beta till june 18th but then goes on to say theres a double xp weekend on 22-23rd. So you can still play it after today i assume. Not sure if its just not clear or im being stupid.
 
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I read that but the official site mentions it closes today on one hand then suggests we should be playing this weekend so doesnt really tally up. Also doesnt explain why its vanished from steam and needs to be reinstalled.
 
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