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Reviewed on 2008-07-20

One of the best RTSes in years.
Company of Heroes makes sure that you always have something to do, and that you're always focused on taking and holding map nodes. Positioning and cover are very important as well, so matches end up becoming contests for defensible buildings or fortifications around resource nodes. But even as powerful as cover is, there are plenty of tools to flush your enemies out of their fortifications, from mortar teams to flamethrowers to artillery strikes. It creates a very fast, very focused dynamic which is unlike any other game I've played.

Regarding people's objections to the forced online connection: yes, it is somewhat onerous for those who do not plan to play online. However, the things the game forces you to do (make an account and download patches) arewhat you would have to do to play online anyway... and you really will want to play online. The campaign is good, but the game becomes orders of magnitude deeper when played against other humans.

I very highly recommend this game to any RTS fan.

Reviewed on 2008-07-16

Excellent RTS WWII Game
This is the best WWII simulation in RTS form I have seen to date. The models of the Tanks and characters are very highly detaled. Overall an excellent buy.

Reviewed on 2008-06-26

COH:OF
I want to first state that I really enjoy the play of COH and COH:OF. The problem that I have with COH:OF is the security features of this game. In the original COH you just loaded the game up and you did not need to have the disk to play. This all changed with COH:OF. Now you must either log on to their servers to validate your copy of the game or have the disk in to play. I absolutely hate the trend that companies are going with their validation of games. I have paid for the game. I have a security code with the game. That should be enough. I do not think that I should be the one that is inconvienced because of others pirating software. I hope this is not a direction that THQ has decided to go with all of their future releases on their games. They make great games but I will not support a company that punishes those who actually bought their product with extra security measures. It will be really a shame to see THQ go down the same road that EA games has gone with their products. If you are just looking for a great tactical game this one is it. I just will not support THQ or any company in the future that has these BS anti piracy items in place to protect their profit margin. THQ had it right with COH but they got it all wrong in COH:OF with this addition of anti piracy items that they have added to this good game.

Reviewed on 2008-06-06

Excellent Game
Both of them COH and COH:OF, are great games! I have play a large number of real time strategy games and this series is the most fun and realistic ones I ever play.

There are four Forces to play with, the American, the British, the German Werhmack and the SS Panzer Elite, where each one of these forces has 3 different ways of specialization. I must admit that at the beginning I believe that the Allied forces have a significant advantage over the German Forces, but them I discover a couple of strategies to stop the American Tank Rush, and the game took life again! Despite it is a good game in single mode or campaign mode, the real fun and challenge is to play it with one or more friends in multiplayer mode, so if you like to play Real Time Strategy Games this is one of those that you MUST play!! Give it a try!! I recommend it!!

Reviewed on 2008-05-26

I'm taking it back.
I just bought Company of Heroes Gold edition, and after install, the very first thing this piece of software does is launch itself, and then proceed to connect to the internet, and try and force me to create an online account, and download several hundred megabytes of patches. I will not support THQ ever again, they can keep this tripe. I as a consumer never asked for these types of "features", and I'll vote with my wallet.

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Company of Heroes: Gold Edition

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