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.

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Alternate Titles

"英雄連隊" -- Chinese title (traditional)
"Company of Heroes: Kompania Braci" -- Polish title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Company of Heroes	Windows	$4.19
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User Reviews

Deep and engaging, but not flawless	D Michael (221)
Company of Heroes is no RTS Relic	Rambutaan (391)
Trick or Treat?	Open_Sights (380)
Not so realistic as it claims, but brilliant fun nevertheless!	SifouNaS (1317)

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The Press Says

GamingIllustrated.com	2006	96 out of 100	96
GamePro (US)	Sep 12, 2006	4.75 out of 5	95
Fragland.net	Nov 16, 2006	94.8 out of 100	95
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2006	9.25 out of 10	92
FZ	Oct 22, 2006		90
PC Powerplay	Sep 27, 2006	90 out of 100	90
PC Action	Oct 07, 2006	90 out of 100	90
Netjak	Nov 13, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Gamesmania	Sep 28, 2006	90 out of 100	90

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Trivia

Copy protection

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 while playing.