Oh, I've had a grand old time on Company Of Heroes 2's battlefields. Cover, unit formation and vehicle facing could also mean the difference between a grand push and an embarrassing bloodbath. Supply lines, resource types and battle lines meant you could deliver some punishing blows by being in the right place at the wrong time. Whether on the muddy fields of 1940s France or the blood-soaked hellscapes of the 41st Millenium, capturing resource notes was key to both powering your war machine and gaining intel on the field.Ĭompany Of Heroes was even more granular. While contemporaries like Starcraft focussed on high-speed memorisation and counter-play, Relic's games always felt a little more manageable. Likewise, the rest of the wartime franchise has been cut to a quarter of the cost 'til Sunday evening. Company Of Heroes 2, the high point of their World War 2 operations, is free to download this weekend. Between Homeworld's space opera spectacle and Warhammer 40k: Dawn Of War's grimdark bombast, they somehow found time to make a little series of down-to-earth tactics games about the greatest tragedy in modern history. There have been plenty of rumours about a third game in the series, although Relic currently has its hands full developing Age of Empires 4 for Microsoft.Relic used to make some absolute corkers, huh? They've finally found their way back in the spotlight with Age Of Empires VI, but if you were kicking about the RTS space in the 00s, they were akin to gods. In January the developer released a 64-bit update for Company of Heroes 2 that enabled crossplay between Steam and Microsoft Game Pass / Windows Store users. Relic has kept on top of Company of Heroes 2 in the eight years since it came out.

Harman returned in November 2014 to review Ardennes Assault, calling it 'a worthwhile addition to the Company of Heroes war chest and one that rewards investment and exploration with a tactically satisfying campaign'.

'While Company of Heroes 2 sometimes makes you feel like you're fighting the game as well as the enemy, if you take time to understand the systems at work beneath the carnage and pick and choose your battles wisely, you will ultimately be rewarded by a deep and enjoyable RTS,' wrote Stace Harman in Eurogamer's Company of Heroes 2 review. Relic's superb World War 2 real-time strategy game and its standalone single-player campaign are free to download and keep via Steam now until 3rd June 2021.Ģ013's Company of Heroes 2 is widely regarded as one of the best RTS games around.

Company of Heroes 2 and Ardennes Assault are free to download and keep forever on Steam this weekend.

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