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