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PC Company of Heroes 3

Unread postby icycalm » 13 Jul 2021 20:35

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https://www.companyofheroes.com/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677 ... _Heroes_3/

Relic wrote:Bigger and better than ever, Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. ​In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story... what's yours?


This AND AoE4... They have been busy.

You can play it right now, btw:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1634 ... a_Preview/

Relic wrote:Welcome to CoH-Development, our new approach to ‘community-focused’ game development. This pre-alpha preview will be available to play from 12 noon PDT, July 13th. Downloadable from 11am PDT July 13th. Play an early pre-alpha preview for free and help shape the game.


Some new features that sound interesting to someone who hasn't played the previous games:

Relic wrote:New Dynamic Campaign Map

The new Dynamic Campaign Map delivers full ‘sandbox-style’ gameplay, allowing players to command the overall war effort and experience an unprecedented level of strategic choice. Establish vital supply lines before deploying rear guard defenses to secure your advance. Launch air and naval strikes to weaken and scatter enemy forces or liberate a nearby town to develop a Partisan spy network.


That sounds pretty good.

Relic wrote:Full Tactical Pause – Battle like never before!

Test out our new and completely optional ‘Full Tactical Pause’ feature, delivering total control over the pacing of your single-player battles. Queue up everything whilst paused – from build orders to movements or unit abilities – then unleash lethal precision plays to gain the edge in battle.


So only the MP is real-time...

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Announce Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0nWPG_cFqY

Gameplay Reveal Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwBOk-2vWZs

The second video demands that I verify my age by giving them my credit card number or uploading my ID lol. You can watch it on the GameSpot channel without this bullshit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6FOau5Mmvk

TBA.
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Unread postby icycalm » 13 Jul 2021 20:51

Graphics look pretty incredible. Not as good as in the bullshots, but still incredible. Maybe on a 4K screen with full anti-aliasing it will look closer to the screens.

Anyway, the Mediterranean setting is rendered with stunning detail and beauty. The sun and colors pop out so much that I couldn't help but think that it clashed with the war theme. I get an urge to go on holidays when I see this, not fight a war ffs.


P.S. This series is RTT, not RTS. Pass it around. That's why it's so much more popular than real RTSes. And even as RTT it's not very complex from what I can see. That's how they have enough players to be able to afford these graphics.
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