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Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Review (continued)
More User Submitted Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Reviews
Date: 2007-12-06
Single Player
This is an excellent game and fun, but I would have liked more in it for the SINGLE-PLAYER. TOO many games are not set up for the single player and should be marked on outside of box as to how much content would be accessible to SINGLE PLAYERS VS MULTIPLAYER GAMING.
Date: 2007-12-03
Some cheese for the whine....
I've been playing CoH since November '06, CoH:OF since it's release. It's a great, addictive game. I love WWII theme games, especially the FPS genre (Call of Duty, Medal of Honor). This truly the first RTS game that ever held my attention for more than a couple tries. I've played one of Relic's other RTS games, Homeworld, which was very good, but I find CoH is much more engrossing. It does have a steep learning curve, especially online, as some of the players are very good, but there are plenty of forums to visit to get strategy tips (GameReplays, Relic, etc), system setup advice, etc. Those forums also tend to whip up much of the P&M you see here in the reviews.
The new factions of Panzer Elite and the British have really spiced up the online play. No longer are you always going to be battling the same opponents with the same strategies. Each faction requires it's own unique style of gameplay and strategies are numerous. Each has strengths and weaknesses, which you must use to your advantage. This is not your typical "amass an army and attack" RTS game, you must be proactive and constantly on the move.
The game is not perfect, it does have it's bugs, but so does the $5000 CAD software package I use at work. This is also just a game, if it's being patched, hit "download" and go pick your nose, read a book or do something constructive. Being PO'd that the patches are too big is moronic. If you've got a 56k modem, don't buy this game if you intend upon playing online. The last patch, which was 136M, took about 6 minutes to download over my cable modem through the in game interface. IMHO, at least this game tells you that a patch is required, unlike may of it's predecessors.
My system is 3 1/2 years old. I run an Athlon 64 3.0 cpu, GeForce 6800GT 256mb card, 1 gig memory, 80 gig drive and XP Pro. Hardly state of the art, but plenty to play this game online and in multiplayer games. I keep the graphics settings in the midrange and the game runs fine. I've never had a gameplay issue that I couldn't fix with a simple post or search at one of the above forums.
Date: 2007-12-02
continuation of the revolution
Company of Heroes is the biggest step forward for RTS games since Starcraft. Opposing Fronts continues the series and doubles the available armies from 2 to 4! I have been playing for like 15 months and still am not bored.
Date: 2007-12-01
Great Game, sometimes tricky install
This game is a worthy successor to the original Company of Heroes. Despite a few glitches for some users, my entire family, 6 PCs and one Macbook Pro have successfully installed and played this game. Whether it is via LAN or over the Internet, running XP or Vista, we are able to play and have great fun as a family. The only issue is the lack of stable DX10 support. Even though advertised as DirectX 10 compatible, there are lingering problems with nVidia-based video cards and DX10. Stick with DX9 for now and all is well. There is no better game for squad-level strategy than Company of Heroes.
Date: 2007-11-29
Amazing
I know people are comparing OF to the original Company of Heroes, but having nd it keeps getting better. played this for months I can safely say it is simply awesome. It has a few bugs, but those are gradually being phased out in the patches rolling in..
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