Company of Heroes Anthology - bargain @ PLAY

[Darren S]

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/9351525/Company-Of-Heroes-Anthology/Product.html

Only £17.99! I paid that for the Tales of Valor expansion pack alone, the other month - and its included in this.

The best RTS game on the PC (imo, of course) currently out there. The Tales of Valor campaigns are weak and very small, but that expansion adds a lot in terms of online functionality.

The previous two games in the set (Company of Heroes and Opposing Fronts) both contain superb campaign modes that are both rewarding and entertaining to play.

The final plus point is that the game (graphically) is very scalable. You can cut back on a lot of the eye candy for it to run smoothly or ramp it to the max for the Royston-Machines out there.

A definite 9.9/10 purchase!

D.

 

[Darren S]

Now only £9.99. I cannot recommend this highly enough! :approve:

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/9351525/Company-Of-Heroes-Anthology/Product.html

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[Ja5on]

+1 spend many hours playing it while olffshore on your recommendation

 

[Darren S]

+1 spend many hours playing it while olffshore on your recommendation

Ah, then I'm useful for some things then!

How's the Evo keeping, m8?

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[Ja5on]

it got a wee boost problem just now, still waiting to get it fixed

 

[Cookie]

I quite liked the Tales of Valor campaigns tbh.. short and sweet

 

[Darren S]

I quite liked the Tales of Valor campaigns tbh.. short and sweet

A little too short, I thought. The ones from the middle game 'Opposing Fronts' were superb, imo. Really liked the British campaign in that one.

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[DrR]

What type of game is this? Can't remember what a RTS is, is that like AOE?

 

[Darren S]

What type of game is this? Can't remember what a RTS is, is that like AOE?

Similar to Age of Empires m8, yep. But I would say it's far more focused on your units, rather than the buildings & bases that you create. Each army is different and each branch of that army has it's own pros & cons. Like the Yanks have Infantry Company, Armour Company or Airbourne as their three 'factions'. Play on a map with little fuel resource and the Armour Company will find it a hard slog as they mainly require fuel for the production of their tanks and armour. The Germans generally need a LOT of fuel for their Panzer specialities as well.

It's a definite grower of a game. I didn't really like it at first as it's quite unique in the way it plays. I tried it a few times though and when I got stuck into the campaigns, it pulled me in! It's still sits at the top of my RTS throne and it will take something really quite special to knock it off the top spot.

Oh, and it's one of the few games with DX10 support built into it. It does look prettier in Fista than it does in XP.

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