Windows

Company of Heroes

Description

Company of Heroes, from the developers of Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War, is a real-time strategy game that drops you into the fray of World War II Europe. From the bloody beaches of Omaha to the deadly firefights of the Bocage, you attempt to lead your troops to victory one battle at a time.

What really sets Company of Heroes apart from other real-time strategy games, much like Relic Entertainment's previous entry, is that you no longer train and control individual troops. Instead you deploy squads of soldiers. Players must train a balanced assortment of units in order to obtain victory over their adversaries.

In addition, resource gathering has gone in a different direction from that of other RTS games. Players must attempt to capture and control strategic points which bring in the much needed resources of manpower, munitions and fuel to build and train new units.

The game's Essence engine brings a level of depth to RTS games with deformable terrain and completely destructible environments. Units will take cover in burnt out craters and tanks can decimate buildings suspected of containing snipers.

The game comes with three modes of play -- single-player campaign, single-player skirmish and online multiplayer.

Alternate Titles

• "Company of Heroes: Kompania Braci" -- Polish title

Part of the Following Groups

• Company of Heroes series
• Game Engine: Essence 1.0
• Middleware: Net-Z
• Middleware: Rendez-Vous
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Scripting language: LUA
• Technology: amBX
• World War II games

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User Reviews

Deep and engaging, but not flawless	D Michael (221)
Company of Heroes is no RTS Relic	Rambutaan (299)
Not so realistic as it claims, but brilliant fun nevertheless!	SifouNaS (1213)
RTS Revolution!	Filip Jankowski (6)

The Press Says

Eurogamer.net (UK)	Sep 25, 2006	10 out of 10	100
Yahoo! Games	Sep 12, 2006		100
GamePro	Sep 12, 2006	4.75 out of 5	95
DarkZero	2006	9.3 out of 10	93
ActionTrip	Sep 19, 2006	93 out of 100	93
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Oct, 2006	90 out of 100	90
PC Action	Oct 07, 2006	90 out of 100	90
FZ	Oct 22, 2006		90
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2006	9 out of 10	90
GameCell UK	2006	9 out of 10	90

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Trivia

As of September 2006, Company of Heroes is fairly unusual for a retail game of its kind. Unlike hundreds of other games on the store shelves, Company of Heroes does not require the CD-Rom to be present in the drive when you play.