Company of Heroes

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $11.08

Features:

• From the award winning RTS studio Relic
• Redefines RTS genre, visceral WWII gaming experience, bringing soliders to life
• Proprietary Essence Engine delivers unparalleled graphics, destrutible battlfield using havoc engine and rag doll physics
• 2-8 player multi-player competition via LAN or internet with Clan Support

Accessories:
Company of Heroes Official Strategy Guide (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames))	PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Great Game, but... [Posted on 2007-10-04]
Some background: I'm 40. I own a PS2 and a PC. I "game", but I'm not hardcore.

Company of Heroes is an excellent game. The game play is challenging, the interface easy to use, the controls are easy to pick up. The AI work pretty well. Opposing forces will try to flank you, and can often out maneuver you if your not paying attention. There are some quirks in the AI, such as when you command 3 tanks to move simultaneously, they often bunch up and run into each other. A refined AI will allow the AI to 'recognize' each other and avoid these kind of conflicts. Maybe a developer patch?

The team at THQ also did a great job with the environments. The sound scape is well defined and immersive. The physics are also well done. I also appreciate the "realism". ALL Buildings show damage when attached and can be completely destroyed (and not just "story points"). An artillery barrage leaves craters in the ground, which your units can use for cover. Tanks you may have just destroyed can be used as cover for your troops as well. Great realism!

Where the developer obviously meant for the game to excel is the graphics. Detail is amazing! The game is rated "M" for a reason. Explosions cause physical damage to units. Troops die on the field. The game's standard play modes is an 'above and behind' view of the field. The game gives you the ability to zoom down from the "above the field" view to a ground-level view of the soldiers, the equipment, etc. An amazing feature.

My only negative about this game: The system graphics requirements are pretty heavy. My PC is about 1 year old, and with the 1st-generation ATI PCI-e card I have installed, I can get nowhere near the highest level of detail. I've got a lot of detail turned way down to get the game playable. Now, understand that the gameplay still is amazing, even with the lower graphics settings. But I am now looking at getting a new Graphics card because of this game.

I would give this 5-stars overall IF not for the issues I experience with the graphics.

Buyer be warned...before investing in the game, make sure your PC can handle it. If it can, you will be rewarded with a great RTS game!

Back to the ol' 1940's [Posted on 2008-02-22]
This game it's incredible, I started using it on a PC with XP and DX9, and now that I'm using my computer with vista and DX10, the graphics updates are awesome!!!
The game gives you hours and hours of replay-avility, with one of the toughest AI's on strategy games ever!
Have to get the expansion!

Company of Heroes [Posted on 2008-02-25]
Incredibly detailed real-time-strategy, and pretty authentic as far as units and maps. Pretty challenging computer AI, but another one of those games thats sooo much funner against other humans.

One heads-up would definetly be on the language. The F-bomb gets dropped several times thru-out a typical game session from the units your commanding, and I'm not aware of anyway to turn a filter/censor on.

peter035 [Posted on 2008-04-13]
Not a first person shooter, deceptive artwork on case to make you think it is. Strategy game, found it boring.I like strategy games.Cheesy graphics.Soldiers or "units" are symbols not charecters.Terrain is simplistic.Game of the year? What a joke.

Company of Heroes [Posted on 2008-04-21]
This game definitely lives up to its bill as the Game of the Year! I was actually thinking this game was a first-person shooter game, like a Call of Duty; but this is just fine though. I really enjoy the realism. I very much am looking forward to getting the extensions on this game.

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