Codemasters' Support Stopped. Dead. Cold. And so did the game.
It seems there is something fussy in the programming of S:HoWWII that does not like dual core processors. When I say doesn't like it, I mean Blue Screen of Death kind of doesn't like it. Where's the love? Some other suckers that bought the game and then bought a dual core at some point like me might only crash out to desktop, but it seems that very, very few people can actually play this game with a dual core processor. Just check out Codemasters' community forum.
So, there is an obvious bug and there are thousands upon thousands of gamers who are all scratching their head and what does Codemaster ssay? "We don't support dual core nor will we be realeasing a patch or a fix for this issue. We aren't even going to give you a hint as to how to deal with it. Thanks for the money, especially those suckers that bought the game just recently with the totally unreasonable thought that it would work on their computer. Software is unreturnable. Sorry suckers." But then they go and release a patch for Vista (which screwed up DirectX 10, btw) for the two suckers who bought the ultimately flawed new OS. Support sucked.
So, what do I give this game? If I could still play it, I would give it probably an 8.5 or a 9, but since I CAN'T, since I am in fact rating nothing more than a plastic DVD that works better as a cup coaster than it does as a game, I give this game a 1.