Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts delivers a moving singleplayer and fantastic multiplayer.
The main addition to the game is the 2 new armys, the defensive British 2nd Army and the fast and hard hitting Panzer elite each with their own set of historical missions. The British are tasked with the preparation and attack on the french city of Caen and the Panzer Elite must stop Operation Market Garden from succeeding.
The missions are well made, powerful and moving they do manage even if it is just a little the horror and sacrifice men had to bear in the war. You may make a large victory but many losses have been on your side too and the game points this out all too willingly leaving a bitter taste to your victory and pushing you on to end it all the more.
The factions themselves are good and unique there quite oddball in comparison to the more conventional USA and Whermacht. Britain uses command trucks for building their units making their base mobile and adaptable whilst also possessing the best defenses in the game and powerful stationary artillery. The panzer elite use fast halftracks and versatile infantry to strike hard until bringing out more powerful units like the marder 3 a AT gun on tracks and the panzer 3 infantry support tank that can tear through hordes of infantry. Many of the Panzer Elite vehicles can also "Lock down" trading mobility for improved firepower such as speedier firing or more accurate shots.
The gameplay is the same, capture strategic points to gain more territory and resources and either hold onto victory points or destroy your enemy depending on the rules set before the game. Just like the old armys the new armys can choose a company commander which gives them unique powers, bonuses and units such as Churchill tanks, gliders that crash into the map and spew out commando's to setting booby traps on strategic point and calling in the fearsome Jagdpanther tank.
The audio is excellent, the music is powerful and of top quality it also changes depending on what is happening on screen all the gunfire sounds correct rifles sound powerful but pathetic compared to a 25 pounder cannon who's booms can be heard all over the level. The voice acting is of good quality while getting all the new accents for the new armys sounds somewhat daunting Relic pull it off and the funniest moments of the game are the exchanges between soldiers and when addressing the player the lines are best left for you to discover rather than reproduced here with much less humour but know what there is a great variety of dialouge and responses in the game you will find yourself finding new lines even when you have had the game for awhile.
Overall Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts delivers one of the best expansions yet with great new features and is also standalone meaning you do not need the original to play and can also play against those who do not have the expansion online as well. Opposing Fronts is well recommended to anyone who enjoys RTS or who wants to try it.