Company of Heroes
 

Company of Heroes is a 3D RTS game set in WW2. The game revolves about control points (which gives you resources) and tactical management of individual units. While I'm not really into RTS since Starcraft, I think this one is really nice.

I've tried about every "acclaimed" RTS, but most of them are either way too fast or only about who can gather resources the fastest (click click click), or where the game revolves about nothing more than sending the most units in. What makes this game different is that you can only build a small number of units (a company, sort of). While the number increases for every control point, you're still limited. So you value each unit you already have, which suits my playing style perfectly.

Anyone else playing this? The base game should be available really cheap, I got it for free with my graphics card. There's also a stand alone expansion, with completely different gameplay.

There is actually a gold pack too as well as being available on Steam.

I'm not currently playing, though. My RTS time has been devoted to Sins of a Solar Empire. It's a slow, space RTS with research trees. Very nicely done. They just released a demo too.

Well, I have a weak spot for WW2. Although I like science fiction, combat always seems fake. Just like it does in modern warfare games. I mean, you shoot a very advanced missile, it should hit, and you should kill the target. Laser, mass drivers, same story. WW2 is different, because it's believable that you'll shoot and miss. And there's a certain charm of historic units and places. Opposing forces (the CoH expansion) even has dutch maps (operation market garden and so on).

Still, accuracy isn't the main goal. Luckily not, Sudden strike is way too hard. A skirmish game lasts 15 minutes if you don't screw up, so I can manage to squeeze in a quick round more often than not. Online shooters, civ or FM always take hours of my time.

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Bumping this thread for some undisclosed participants at the recent CDZ meeting (you know, propain).

hehe. Just read some reviews about this yesterday and they were very positive. Gonna go and find it in my local gamestore soon and get back to you.

Apart from that I;m gonna open a DS games thread just for you :)

This is not a DS game though is it?

no it's a PC game. The DS thing came up because Shabba and me talked about DS games as well at the CDZmeeting

10 euro's at Bart Smit!

time for a visit then :)

Bart Smit now sells it for 5 euro (also in their online store). Somehow I haven't got the idea I stressed enough how great this game is. It's totally worth 5 euro.