Imagine being General Patton and commanding your troops into enemy territory and fighting over waypoints. Imagine riding your tanks into battle only to see them destroyed. Imagine all of your hard work and all you get is a screen that says "You have been defeated". That is the game of CoH. CoH is by far the best RTS game out there and it holds true to the Strategy aspect of its name. There is no more strategy in any other game then in this one. This one holds the ring that controls them all, all other RTS games should cower at the mere sight of this game. Because face it, cowering is all you do in this game. One of the best RTS games i've every played and one of the hardest games as well. The gameplay in CoH is the same as any other RTS game so there's no reason to criticize what works well. Though the graphics on the other hand are extremely well done and detailed. No other game have i seen a battle that made even the player cringe. The craters made by artillery, the explosions made by sherman tanks, the gunfire made by infantry. All done to perfection, you can't get better then this game it is by far the most detailed RTS i've ever played in my opinion. Granted when you zoom into the game it doesn't look pretty but who's zooming in on an RTS game anyway. The sound is awesome too, even though you're looking from a bird's eye view you're still hearing the sounds as if you were down in the midst of it all. Also, the voices of all of your troops, at first i was expecting the same redundant comments that all the other RTS games have on there units. Though CoH didn't go that route they went true with the WWII era and the voices of your soldiers and what they say are perfect. You won't hear "Lets go kick butt" or "I'm gonna tear them apart" or the infamous "Lets do it". Instead you hear what these soldiers should say like "Krauts on our six!", "Get down soldier!", "Cover me!". The over all essence that this game provides is surreal and extremely well done. Hats off to Relic to make a WWII game that not only tackled the RTS genre but did it with a vengeance. Even though i love this game and its great to play and it holds more strategic aspects to it then any other game its hard to bring myself to play it. I usually just play skirmishes on these games so i can practice for online play. So i set the CPU to easy always to start off so i can get the feel of the game. Though in this game there is no easy setting, you either learn on the fly or you get left behind. You will see PLENTY of "You have been defeated" screens before you get used to how the game works and how to beat the CPU. The bad aspect is that you'll see so many of those screens that you might just stop playing and be angry that Relic made such a great game that couldn't be beat, literally. In all of its great aspects and awesome gameplay holds the mark of a CPU team that doesn't take any prisoners and holds no compassion for anybody. So if you love RTS games and you feel up to the challenge and think you can tackle this boss of a game then feel free, have at it, just don't say i didn't warn ya when you're chopped off at the waist by and MG-32.
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