COMPANY OF HEROES 2

BriT · 25 Jun 2013 at 17:36

Played this for an hour and its pretty good, already stuck on a mission lol def keeps you thinking.

loki101 · 25 Jun 2013 at 19:29

any one know how to unlock the bonus commanders?

This is what Zavvi say I got but I cant find out how to unlock them, and only options seams to buy them on steam?

Pre-order Bonus Content:
Vehicle Skin Packs
Soviet Voronezh Front Skin
German Winter Ambush Medium Weight Vehicles Patterns Skin

Multiplayer Commanders – Commander abilities for multiplayer customisation:
German
Joint Operations Doctrine
Spearhead Doctrine
Soviet
Anti-Infantry Tactics
Conscript Support Tactics
Theatre of War Mini Pack – Single Player / Co-Op Mission Set (post launch release)

Is there meant to be a 2nd CD key that they never sent?

carlazai · 25 Jun 2013 at 21:08

Disc arrived today but it says update is paused...

is this because the game is locked until thursday hence i need a vpn? or are my files corrupt.

EDIT: worked out it was the old beta files. Needed a complete uninstall and reinstall/

NeoReloaded · 25 Jun 2013 at 22:16

carlazai said:
Disc arrived today but it says update is paused...

is this because the game is locked until thursday hence i need a vpn? or are my files corrupt.

EDIT: worked out it was the old beta files. Needed a complete uninstall and reinstall/

The game is out today! Shouldn't need a VPN, mine's working fine. Try restarting Steam.

Yurka · 25 Jun 2013 at 22:47

To my earlier post, this is in my warnings log:

22:18:36.03 SnowCapOverride- can't get 'ObjectSnowCapLimit' variable in material [axis_mg42]
22:18:36.03 SnowCapOverride- can't get 'ObjectSnowCapLimit' variable in material [stug_iii_tread_R]
22:18:36.03 SnowCapOverride- can't get 'ObjectSnowCapLimit' variable in material [stug_iii_tread_L]
22:18:36.03 SnowCapOverride- can't get 'ObjectSnowCapLimit' variable in material [sug_iii_turrets]
22:18:36.03 SnowCapOverride- can't get 'ObjectSnowCapLimit' variable in material [stug_iii]
22:18:52.68 NET -- Peer 4 is sending lag complaints about peer 5
22:18:52.68 NET -- Peer 2 is sending lag complaints about peer 5
22:18:52.68 NET -- Peer 3 is sending lag complaints about peer 5
22:18:52.68 NET -- Peer 1 is sending lag complaints about peer 5
22:18:52.68 NET -- Peer 6 is sending lag complaints about peer 5
22:18:52.68 LagArbitrator::OnPlayerVote - we got a vote!
22:18:52.68 LagArbitrator::OnPlayerVote - we got a vote!
22:18:52.68 GAME -- Frame 10245 - SimKillPlayer - Destroying SimPlayer 1006, reason 5
22:18:52.68 MOD -- Player helier (network kick) (frame 10245) (KillPlayer)
22:18:52.69 MOD -- Game Over at frame 10245
22:18:52.69 GAME -- Frame 10245 - SimKillPlayer - Destroying SimPlayer 1006, reason 5
22:18:52.69 NET -- AsyncJobDriver::StartDynamic - job LeaveSessionAsync, parent SessionInternal
22:18:52.69 Calling ShutdownSession in OnDropRequestMessage, REASON_STATION_IS_LAGGING

Game is running fine then I lag and get booted... doesn't seem much info yet on net with regards to why this is happening... maybe due to old router??

carlazai · 25 Jun 2013 at 22:58

I am getting some strange lag spikes when it shouldn't be worried. Knowing relic a patch season will soon begin and drivers will be updated. Shame but that's PC gaming for you

platypus · 26 Jun 2013 at 18:36

Is it any good then? Worth the wait? Worthy sequel? I'll likely wait until its in a sale and get it anyway, but I see its "only" gotten 80/100 from MC.

havenrl · 26 Jun 2013 at 18:49

Tempted to invest in getting this game ..

Release day lag for the game or something is happening?

Antony101 · 26 Jun 2013 at 20:25

platypus said:
Is it any good then? Worth the wait? Worthy sequel? I'll likely wait until its in a sale and get it anyway, but I see its "only" gotten 80/100 from MC.

It's not a worthy sequel at all, get blitzkrieg for CoH 1 and make do.

Antony101 · 26 Jun 2013 at 20:27

PsychoPigeon said:
it's the same as CoH1. If you want a more real world experience try men of war assault squad, it's awesome.

I play MoW, it's a wonderful game. In CoH 2 it took 9 76mm AT guns to take out one enemy light tank.

CoH 1 + Mods is by far a much better game.

The Running Man · 26 Jun 2013 at 20:50

loki101 said:
any one know how to unlock the bonus commanders?

This is what Zavvi say I got but I cant find out how to unlock them, and only options seams to buy them on steam?

Pre-order Bonus Content:
Vehicle Skin Packs
Soviet Voronezh Front Skin
German Winter Ambush Medium Weight Vehicles Patterns Skin

Multiplayer Commanders – Commander abilities for multiplayer customisation:
German
Joint Operations Doctrine
Spearhead Doctrine
Soviet
Anti-Infantry Tactics
Conscript Support Tactics
Theatre of War Mini Pack – Single Player / Co-Op Mission Set (post launch release)

Is there meant to be a 2nd CD key that they never sent?

Hi I'm in the sane situation but different reseller. Ive sent them a note to see whats going on.

NeoReloaded · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:11

carlazai said:
I am getting some strange lag spikes when it shouldn't be worried. Knowing relic a patch season will soon begin and drivers will be updated. Shame but that's PC gaming for you

Same here. I thought it may have just been a very demanding game, but as I get the same bench mark score what ever settings I have I think it's just a bit poorly optimized

youdsy · 26 Jun 2013 at 21:57

any news on a demo?

frankmcg · 27 Jun 2013 at 12:00

Surprising lack of hype for this. I thought this was supposed to be one of the "big" PC releases of the year?

Should I drag myself away from SC2 to play it? I quite enjoyed the single player in the original but couldn't ever win in multiplayer.

MikeB · 27 Jun 2013 at 12:54

Is the multi playing working better than beta?, was a joke on that with massive lag spikes and constant player drop outs

carlazai · 27 Jun 2013 at 13:01

Antony101 said:
I play MoW, it's a wonderful game. In CoH 2 it took 9 76mm AT guns to take out one enemy light tank.

CoH 1 + Mods is by far a much better game.

Remember this is a Relic game that will require extensive patching before its balanced. Unfortunately they are not blizzard who are able to spend 12 months just balancing a game they have basically finished

Puppetmaster · 27 Jun 2013 at 13:20

MikeB said:
Is the multi playing working better than beta?, was a joke on that with massive lag spikes and constant player drop outs

I have played it quite a lot since it was released (lacking a lot of sleep tho!). I have had very few problems with lag and people dropping in the game. Seems a lot better than in the beta

carlazai said:
Remember this is a Relic game that will require extensive patching before its balanced. Unfortunately they are not blizzard who are able to spend 12 months just balancing a game they have basically finished

Coh wasn't very balanced at all when it first came out. Took ages to be balanced. At the moment I would say the things that imo need fixing the most is the german strafe vs the russian one. It instantly pins any infantry even remotly close to the target area, even if they are retreating. By the time your men are not pinned, the strafe happens again. Russian one is pretty poor as its only in a small area and doesnt really pin. Think it does more vs light vehicles tho. The other thing is the range on the Elephant and ISU-152. Can shoot stuff from what feels like half the map away which to me is insane. Oh and T-34/76 seem a bit crap for the fuel cost.

Antony101 said:
I play MoW, it's a wonderful game. In CoH 2 it took 9 76mm AT guns to take out one enemy light tank.

CoH 1 + Mods is by far a much better game.

Germans don't have any light tanks as far as I am aware? Stug is an assualt gun, PZIV & Panther are mediums, Tiger is a heavy tank. Not sure what you would class the ostwind as but not a light tank. If you had used up more than half your pop cap with AT Guns, then you are doing something wrong and obviously don't understand how to play the game. This isnt CnC where you can just spam one unit and win.

In the early Beta days I wasnt that impressed but after playing it for awhile its gotten a lot better. Definitly a grower. Really enjoying it now.

loki101 · 27 Jun 2013 at 13:39

The Running Man said:
Hi I'm in the sane situation but different reseller. Ive sent them a note to see whats going on.

Zavi replied and emailed me a CD-Key for pre-order bonus.

Korsun · 27 Jun 2013 at 21:18

Well I've received my copy today. First impressions not good, it doesn't support SLI fsk! Not as good as COH1. So far very disappointed........

Soviet · 27 Jun 2013 at 22:24

Forgive me, as I'm knackered and haven't found the answer skimming through this thread; but is there a decent Co-op/Skirmish (Player vs AI) in this game?

Not too interested in online play, but had a lot of fun back in CoH1 Skirmish mode.