Company of Heroes 2 - Review

  POSTED June 26, 2013

Company of Heroes 2 is an entertaining strategy game that excels when it pulls out all the stops. Click on Read More to check out The Good, The Bad and the critic scores.

• Many matches are a test of skill and resolve  
• Theater of War missions offer a variety of great challenges  
• Winter maps demand different tactics  
• The best missions emphasize the despair of war  
• Fantastic production values get the adrenaline pumping.

• It's too easy to exploit the campaign's endless conscripts  
• Balance issues and grind to contend with  
• Some tedious missions showcase inconsistent enemy behavior.

7.5

Its barrage of online and offline skirmishes doesn't always hit its mark. But when it finds its target, Company of Heroes 2 delivers a loud and mighty payload.
 

84

Play the original first (it?s cheap) but Company of Heroes 2 satisfied my appetite for more.