Company of Hero's or Zero's (Company of Heroes (PC))

Member Name: S3Matt

Product:	Company of Heroes (PC)
Date:	25/08/07 (87 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A bit different to the genres norm, Destructble Terain

Disadvantages: Games can take a while to complete, AI can get infureating

Company of Heroes the Strategy PC game from THQ the makers of the award winning Dawn of war.

This game being of the Strategy Genre will be familiar to those interested in that particular genre and the game play and set up will be easy to pick up quickly, even more so will those players of Dawn of war as it is very similar in the way that it plays.

Graphics:
The graphics are what you would expect of a game of this age and type and increases with the power of the PC system you own as you increase the settings. There are no noticeably glitches and it runs smoothly.

Game play:
based in the Period of the second world war you take control of a US army and all the associated equipment of the period In the campaign mode you usually start of in one part of the map with a home base or a few troops to capture a near by base. The way the game plays is slightly different from games such as Command and conquer in that yes while needing Resources to build new units and buildings it is not collected but captured. there are strategic points all over the map which divides up the map into areas the more of these areas you have control over the faster you collect resources but only if they are connected to the home base section and not cut of by enemy territory. Units are purchased and built using these resources (Fuel, Ammo) the units themselves look good and different from other games in this genre. One of my favorite aspects of game play in this game is the interaction with the map features and units. Tanks can drive over walls through bushes and troops on the ground as would be expected, troops can occupy buildings and outposts fortifying them but with this the building are also destructible if fired on by artillery or tanks in fact nearly anything can be blown up of destroyed in some way, and that gives it amazing realism.

Features:
Destructible terrain is one of the best features of the game and is one of the most fun aspects as you rejoice as your tank destroys the occupied building that has been holding up you advance

Maps are conquered by territory's that give increasing levels of resources but this can be cut down is not connected to reenact what would be cut off supply lines.

Units Close as possible to Historically correct as they can be for a game such as this.

Maps can take a while to complete and conquer at times especially when the AI goes around your man advance and cuts the supply lines limiting your army's growth.

Can become tedious as many of the missions are very similar and when the AI repeatedly runs around your troops capturing locations all over the place and a chase the flag ensues.

All in all it is a Great game for the genre as it adds a bit of verity and provides something that little bit different to the norm.

Summary: Different Game play to what you expect but is all good, give it a try.