FrozenLiquidity
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There's a new game coming up shortly, that I'm sure you'll enjoy.
If you're a CoH fan like I am and love the tactical style of gameplay it provides, then check out this game that's coming out shortly (March 17). It's called "Men of War". There's a demo available now.
Game site: http://www.menofwargame.com/
Review of EU release: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_facesofwar_pc
Demo version: http://www.gamershell.com/download_39500.shtml
The voice acting is pretty terrible, but the game seems to retain all the elements that made CoH a blast, and add more control, options and feel to all the units. Yes, I know that there were two prior releases from this developer (S:HoWW2, Faces of War) but these games never even hit my radar until I was looking into Men of War. Looks like I have some catching up to do with my gaming. Anyway, about the game...
If you've read the review, there's not much more I can tell you to sway you if you're not already interested, but if you want my take then read on. As I said before, it seems to retain all the elements that made CoH enjoyable; fun missions with fully destructable terrain, being able to upgrade/vet units, using dynamic cover, manning enemy weapons and having directional armor and good graphics. It's all there, with the addition of throwing in the option to take direct control of any unit (not quite FPS style) and go rambo with him. You can also pick up weapons and items off of the ground or corpses, cook a grenade for a second or two before tossing it (Nazis have no time to dive!) and use all sorts of emplacements or mobile guns that you find lying around. The demo seemed to include a little something for everyone and I have found it not only enjoyable, but quite replayable.
I immensely enjoyed taking direct control of one of my units and scrounging up all the rifles I could (most of my men were armed with SMGs) and sending this unit into the enemy held village and picking guys off. I was impressed that when my unit went up to a window in a house, he'd break the glass out so it was a viable place to shoot from. I was also thrilled that when my tank got hit in a tread, that is was immobilized and I'd have to provide cover while one of the crew (or supporting infantry) got out and fixed the vehicle. Being able to switch ammunition types was welcome, and the difference between AT and HE rounds was apparent. Even when I ran out, I was able to have soldiers scrounge up ammunition from the same caliber AT guns that were around the map. The only real gripes I have about it is that the controls are bit awkward (but remappable), the voice acting sucks, and my soldiers get their helmets shot off far too often! Haven't these guys heard of a helmet strap? Well, one things for certain, I will be buying this as soon as it's released in the US.
Just so those of us who are short on cash don't feel left out, if you're looking for more gameplay options to extend your enjoyment of Company of Heroes, here's a few mods for you.
Battle of the Bulge - Edges towards more realism and introduces a whole new territory capture system. Brilliant! http://www.moddb.com/mods/battle-of-the-bulge
CoH: Eastern Front - While still unreleased, it's going to bring a taste of Russia to CoH. Relic isn't going to add the Russians to the game, so this mod team has tasked themselves to it. http://www.moddb.com/mods/coheastern-front
Finally, if you're just looking for some more CoH action, the 2nd expansion pack "Tales of Valor" is just around the corner and looks like it's shaping up pretty well.
If you're a CoH fan like I am and love the tactical style of gameplay it provides, then check out this game that's coming out shortly (March 17). It's called "Men of War". There's a demo available now.
Game site: http://www.menofwargame.com/
Review of EU release: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_facesofwar_pc
Demo version: http://www.gamershell.com/download_39500.shtml
The voice acting is pretty terrible, but the game seems to retain all the elements that made CoH a blast, and add more control, options and feel to all the units. Yes, I know that there were two prior releases from this developer (S:HoWW2, Faces of War) but these games never even hit my radar until I was looking into Men of War. Looks like I have some catching up to do with my gaming. Anyway, about the game...
If you've read the review, there's not much more I can tell you to sway you if you're not already interested, but if you want my take then read on. As I said before, it seems to retain all the elements that made CoH enjoyable; fun missions with fully destructable terrain, being able to upgrade/vet units, using dynamic cover, manning enemy weapons and having directional armor and good graphics. It's all there, with the addition of throwing in the option to take direct control of any unit (not quite FPS style) and go rambo with him. You can also pick up weapons and items off of the ground or corpses, cook a grenade for a second or two before tossing it (Nazis have no time to dive!) and use all sorts of emplacements or mobile guns that you find lying around. The demo seemed to include a little something for everyone and I have found it not only enjoyable, but quite replayable.
I immensely enjoyed taking direct control of one of my units and scrounging up all the rifles I could (most of my men were armed with SMGs) and sending this unit into the enemy held village and picking guys off. I was impressed that when my unit went up to a window in a house, he'd break the glass out so it was a viable place to shoot from. I was also thrilled that when my tank got hit in a tread, that is was immobilized and I'd have to provide cover while one of the crew (or supporting infantry) got out and fixed the vehicle. Being able to switch ammunition types was welcome, and the difference between AT and HE rounds was apparent. Even when I ran out, I was able to have soldiers scrounge up ammunition from the same caliber AT guns that were around the map. The only real gripes I have about it is that the controls are bit awkward (but remappable), the voice acting sucks, and my soldiers get their helmets shot off far too often! Haven't these guys heard of a helmet strap? Well, one things for certain, I will be buying this as soon as it's released in the US.
Just so those of us who are short on cash don't feel left out, if you're looking for more gameplay options to extend your enjoyment of Company of Heroes, here's a few mods for you.
Battle of the Bulge - Edges towards more realism and introduces a whole new territory capture system. Brilliant! http://www.moddb.com/mods/battle-of-the-bulge
CoH: Eastern Front - While still unreleased, it's going to bring a taste of Russia to CoH. Relic isn't going to add the Russians to the game, so this mod team has tasked themselves to it. http://www.moddb.com/mods/coheastern-front
Finally, if you're just looking for some more CoH action, the 2nd expansion pack "Tales of Valor" is just around the corner and looks like it's shaping up pretty well.