Truth be told I never completed the original COH game,
although I still play it from time to time and do some AI bot stomp scenarios
for quick and dirty blog filler material. I do have a desire to ultimately
complete that game as it was well designed and challenging to a degree. After
playing through the first single player mission as the Soviets during the
Battle of Stalingrad, I cannot say the same here.
That first mission plays similar to the first mission in the original game (the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach). In this game, the Soviets are unloading troops from the ferries on the Volga River and the player must zerg rush them forward to take out a phalanx of MG nests, heavy artillery pieces and Panzers. For some reason it just felt like the whole process lacked the soul of the first game/mission.
I am glad Steam has this on a free play weekend, because
this has helped me to not make the mistake of buying the base game (all the
bells and whistles content has to be purchased separately as add on packs, a
terrible business decision for the COH legacy to end on). From this very brief
introduction to COH 2 I can firmly say that if I ever do pick it up, it will be
down the road when the whole package
is marked down to $4.99.
A lot of work has gone into this game (it is easy to tell),
but it just does not come off as anything remotely deserving the COH label.
Mission failed is more like it.
Hi Tim. Thanks for posting this! I had no idea about the free to play weekend and if I had encountered COH2 at this reduced price I might have bought it before playtesting. I probably spent about a year playing COH after my re-entry into gaming and I loved the original release (I got it for about $4 on sale if i remember correctly).
ReplyDeleteI will give the developer credit for including a post un-install Survey Monkey survey for the game.
ReplyDeleteI'm too much of a purist to come anywhere close to CoH. "Light body armor"? 1942?
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