Company of Heroes 2 Announced

[PowerYoga]

there's an eastern front mod for the current COH as well, downside is the russian stuff is vastly overpowered and nobody has the mod so you can't play MP.

DOW2 had none of the magic COH did. Maybe it was the incorporation of the melee aspect, but DOW2 didn't do the MP game very well with the micro aspect.

Oh and one more thing, PLEASE NO GFWL. Please please please please no. That killed DOW2 for me. Relic has great games but terrible terrible MP servers.

 

[Elcs]

there's an eastern front mod for the current COH as well, downside is the russian stuff is vastly overpowered and nobody has the mod so you can't play MP.

DOW2 had none of the magic COH did. Maybe it was the incorporation of the melee aspect, but DOW2 didn't do the MP game very well with the micro aspect.

Oh and one more thing, PLEASE NO GFWL. Please please please please no. That killed DOW2 for me. Relic has great games but terrible terrible MP servers.

DoW2 MP is one of the best RTS MP's going imo.

Also Retribution used Steam servers for MP, moving away from GFWL.

 

[ibex333]

OMFG!!! My prayers have been heard! YES! YES YES!

*Instant wargazm*

 

[ibex333]

Is it PC only?

I really hope it is.

 

[Barfo]

I'd like to see some screenshots and videos.

 

[TehMac]

Screenshot scans are in my OP link.

http://imgur.com/a/67xoi

 

[Maximilian]

Oh and one more thing, PLEASE NO GFWL. Please please please please no. That killed DOW2 for me. Relic has great games but terrible terrible MP servers.

OMFG this x 1000!

Relic online is an amazing platform! Chat/troll in gamereplays whilst your game fills up and it blinks orange when someone joins/says something in game, plus none of the GFWL bs I really hope they stick with relic online.

 

[blastingcap]

Good to hear, re: CoH2.

Regarding the last page of the article: I wondered what happened to them after the CoH: Online beta. I played the single player missions but never even joined a multiplayer game in CoH:O because it was confusing to get into and I felt like I was swimming with sharks who had played CoH 1000 times over.

 

[TehMac]

First official screenshot:

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/122/1224442/company-of-heroes-2-20120507091945906.jpg

Doesnt look that different from CoH1 tbh, altho CoH1 was gorgeous.

 

[heat901]

First official screenshot:

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/122/1224442/company-of-heroes-2-20120507091945906.jpg

Doesnt look that different from CoH1 tbh, altho CoH1 was gorgeous.

For its time COH was a beautiful game.... plus game play always outshines graphics.

 

[Red Storm]

For its time COH was a beautiful game.... plus game play always outshines graphics.

COH is still a fantastic looking game. I can't even think of another isometric RTS that looks any better.

 

[obidamnkenobi]

Good to hear, re: CoH2.

Regarding the last page of the article: I wondered what happened to them after the CoH: Online beta. I played the single player missions but never even joined a multiplayer game in CoH:O because it was confusing to get into and I felt like I was swimming with sharks who had played CoH 1000 times over.

Yeah did the same thing. Played through the SP of the original CoH and did a few skirmish against the computer but realized then I wouldn't be good enough to play against real people so never went online.

I also got it a while after it came out so the people playing then were probably awesome at it. It would just have been lame for everyone if I jumped in there

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Yeah did the same thing. Played through the SP of the original CoH and did a few skirmish against the computer but realized then I wouldn't be good enough to play against real people so never went online.

I also got it a while after it came out so the people playing then were probably awesome at it. It would just have been lame for everyone if I jumped in there

You could learn to be competitive up until the level 6-8 range fairly easily, but then the rankings start to separate the men from the boys. The problem was so many super pros would make alt accounts and re-rank or noobstomp. Playing the computer also really just trains your micro but doesn't teach any strategy to beat a person.

 

[TheSlamma]

For its time COH was a beautiful game.... plus game play always outshines graphics.

it looks better imo, the details and lighting on those T-34's is great

 

[TehMac]

it looks better imo, the details and lighting on those T-34's is great

True, but it's not a draamatic leap. That said, still looks great.


And I'm excited. If their promise about scale comes true, this could be some epic stuff.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

True, but it's not a draamatic leap. That said, still looks great.

First COH was one of the first DX10 games IIRC. That makes it an even more dramatic leap when compared to prior RTSes. There just isn't as far to go this time around (not to mention much less incentive since they've been riding basically the same engine since COH as well).

 

[Rudee]

COH with the Blitzkrieg mod is the most enjoyable game I've played.

 

[Red Storm]

COH with the Blitzkrieg mod is the most enjoyable game I've played.

Can these mods be used in multiplayer?

 

[AHamick]

Yes. My friends and I only play blitzkrieg online

 

[Karsten]

COH with the Blitzkrieg mod is the most enjoyable game I've played.

^ This! ^

 

[thejunglegod]

Those lighting effects look really good, even though the graphics seem to be pretty similar to the first one.

 

[rickon66]

I loved the first COH's, but find it hard to look forward to a game with no American component. As a baby boomer with Father and Uncles who are WW2 vets and as a kid who had to do constant duck and cover drills in case of Soviet nuclear attacks, playing as Germans and Russians is difficult for me.

 

[irishScott]

I loved the first COH's, but find it hard to look forward to a game with no American component. As a baby boomer with Father and Uncles who are WW2 vets and as a kid who had to do constant duck and cover drills in case of Soviet nuclear attacks, playing as Germans and Russians is difficult for me.

How do you think the Russian and German players feel?

Besides, the Russian and German soldiers typically weren't all that bad, hell the German military tried to kill Hitler, and Stalin had mucho attempts on his life as well. It was the leaders who were the real problem, and I doubt you'll see much of them.

 

[Maximilian]

I loved the first COH's, but find it hard to look forward to a game with no American component. As a baby boomer with Father and Uncles who are WW2 vets and as a kid who had to do constant duck and cover drills in case of Soviet nuclear attacks, playing as Germans and Russians is difficult for me.

One word. Expansion pack

Thats two words but you get my drift, the first CoH only really took off for me when the brits and PE were added, it broke the same old wehr vs US every single match and made the game far more interesting.

 

[supremor]

there's an eastern front mod for the current COH as well, downside is the russian stuff is vastly overpowered and nobody has the mod so you can't play MP.

DOW2 had none of the magic COH did. Maybe it was the incorporation of the melee aspect, but DOW2 didn't do the MP game very well with the micro aspect.

Oh and one more thing, PLEASE NO GFWL. Please please please please no. That killed DOW2 for me. Relic has great games but terrible terrible MP servers.

I tried the eastern front mod and as entertaining as it is it was pretty dead and while pretty well made I'm much more excited about a full fledged Eastern front from Relic themselves.

Personally I've always found the Eastern front more interesting and engaging than the western front. I also love playing as Germany in WWII and the Wehrmacht was by far my most played faction in COH. I think too many people have this notion that any WWII era German is a Nazi when the vast majority were just grunts following orders issued by the top Nazi brass.