What do you get when you cross DOW with WW2...COH
Company of Heroes story mode is split into a number of key battles that led to the defeat of the german army starting with:
D-Day.
Able Company's assault at Omaha Beach during the D-Day of Operation Overlord. Able Company must first breach the Atlantic Wall, then take out German bunkers overlooking the beach
Battle of Carentan.
On the night before D-Day, Fox Company must first regroup after the chaotic airdrops at the crossroads near Vierville. After D-Day, Fox Company is then tasked to capture the town of Carentan to secure a link between Utah and Omaha Beach and to defend it against the expected German counterattack.
Battle of Cherbourg.
Able and Dog Companies form the spearhead of the Allied advance to secure Cherbourg and its deep-water port. En route to Cherbourg, Allied supply routes are threatened by elements of the Panzer Lehr Division commanded by Hauptmann Schultz.
Operation Cobra.
American forces begin to approach the city of Saint-Lô and Able Company begins approaching from the north. German defenders at St. Fromond hope to stop Able's advance by blowing up the only bridge leading into the town. German defenders at Saint-Lô decide to hold out against American forces by heavily fortifying the city center, but Able Company plans to surround and trap the German defenders at the city center rather than a head-on assault.
Operation Lüttich.
After losing their commander, newly promoted Sergent Conti is taking command of Able Company. Able Company is taking a break from the war and has been reassigned to Mortain to relieve Dog Company at Hill 317. Unfortunately, the respite is only short.
Falaise Pocket.
The last section of the single player campaign deals with the destruction of German forces in the region. Allied forces are racing to trap the Germans before it can escape. Baker Company is assigned to shut down one of the escape routes at Autry, but Schultz's Panzergruppe, which escaped the destruction of the Panzer Lehr division, annihilates them.
At the end of this chapter in the game it tells us that Able Company had suffered an 80% casualty rate by the end of World War II. Just something to keep in mind.
Company of Heroes came out on September 29, 2006 and its System requirements are:
CPU: 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent
Hard Drive Space: 6.5 GB
DVD-ROM: 8X DVD-ROM
RAM: 512 MB RAM
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c 64 MB VRAM with Pixel Shader 1.1
Company of Heroes also has two expansion packs. The first one Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Which is a standalone game featuring the British and the German Panzer Elite. Owners of Opposing Fronts will be able to play against owners of Company of Heroes and vice versa, although only using the armies from the game they own. The second one Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor is also a stand alone game and adds even more to the mix.
So if your a RTS fan and a World War 2 fan and have not yet looked at or picked this game up then now is indeed the right time to do so.