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Editorial Review:
Last year’s Company Of Heroes was probably the best new real-time strategy game on the PC for ages but it didn’t quite do as well as it deserved – probably because the whole World War II setting is starting to look a bit overdone nowadays. This standalone expansion provides a second chance to experience not only the best strategy game for ages but also one of the few games to do anything original with the WWII theme. For a start you don’t actually control American troops in the game but either the British 2nd Army or the German Panzer Elite. (You can play though the missions as the U.S. Army and Wehrmacht if you have a copy of the first game to hand though.)
The Allied single player campaign revolves around the Battle for Caen, shortly after D-Day, and features the three primary regiments from the campaign: the Royal Canadian Artillery, the Royal Commandos and the Royal Scottish Engineers. The unique way the 2nd Army’s technology tree works allows access to all manner of new weapons and tactics including creeping barrages, Horsa gliders and three variations of the Churchill tank.
Meanwhile, the Panzer Elite campaign centres around the German opposition to Operation Market Garden. Here you can control the 2nd SS Panzer Corps and Luftwaffe paratroops. Ironically while the British are focused on defence the Germans specialise in speed and mobility with many varieties of tanks of and halftracks. With the same stunning graphics as before it invigorates both the real-time strategy game and the WWII game all at once.
Harrison Dent
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
The best addition to any RTS game Having played CoH since its release I just had to buy this expansion pack, well..... if you can call it an expansion pack. The good thing with CoH/OF is, it comes with the original CoH which is a plus. INSTALLATION - I had no problems with installing this game, just like any game out there, there are a couple of patches to download, I would do this out of game prior to installing it, is faster than letting the game download them. GAMEPLAY - CoH/OF introduces 2 new armies, the British Common Wealth... more info
Toy soldiers The original was pretty good, coming in around 3-4 stars, and this add on is no slouch either. Can't believe all these comments about crashing - i have never had a problem with either the original or this add on. It runs flawlessly. However much i like this game though, there are issues that bug me. For a start you don't get attached to your troops, because there is no continuity between missions, you can't take a set of men and machines through from mission to mission a la desert rats vs africa corps.... more info
Fatally flawed Opposing fronts is a stand alone add on to the original COH game. First of all, I've had comapny of heroes for a while and it is brilliant, interesting, varied and has two well balanced sides and a wealth of units you can use for different applications each with individual skills and upgrades. Opposing fronts adds two new armys to the mix, the british and the german panzer elite. The british have a rather sparse collection of units, commandos, basic infantry and some tanks, all of which take ages... more info
Sublime A lot of people complaining about the download and patching, all I have to say is you can in fact skip this step by disconnecting from the internet, unless you're here for the multiplayer. On the game itself. Brilliant RTS, graphics are superb, audio is excellent, and gameplay is great.
