Don't buy Company of Heroes!

[Cheezy the Wiz]

It sucks. I paid fifty bucks for it. I thought it was a FPS. I saw the commerical, didnt research it, and just bought it. Now I'm trying to see how many emoticons I can justify in this post.

 

[Ecclesiastes]

How in the world did you not know? Anyway, I did buy it for fifty and although the treviews say otherwise, even for an RTS its gets stale very quickly.

 

[Volum]

YOu tought it was an FPS? AHhaah, what made you think that? I have it but havent really played it in the last days, i dont know why. For some reason it just dosnt compell me to come back. Dunno why.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Company of Heroes has been getting some pretty fantastic reviews (all of which making it clear it's a RTS ). From what I've seen, I'd agree with them.

I'm not that big a fan of WW2 RTS though. As much as I love Panzers, for some reason I just don't find myself coming back to it.

 

[steviejay]

YOu tought it was an FPS? AHhaah, what made you think that? I have it but havent really played it in the last days, i dont know why. For some reason it just dosnt compell me to come back. Dunno why.

maybe he thought it was a FPS due to the copious amount of similar WW2 FPS games that come out

i've heard good things about it but I probably wouldn't buy it, just sent £80 on Saints row and Dead Rising, I'm good for the month

 

[deo]

Well, I wont buy it, I'm bored of WWII RTS games for a while.

 

[RameNoodle]

Its an excellent game. I find it quite addicting, and I recommend it to people looking for a good RTS.

 

[croxis]

Every game that comes out is about WWII, if it is not about WWII, then it isn't a real game.

 

[Kozmos]

How can you just go out and buy a game without checking it out or anything? That's just plain stupid. Especially if you cant return the game.

 

[carmen510]

I love WW2 and such. However, the WW2 FPS games have been copy after copy. WW2 RTS isn't much better, but I love Company of Heroes. (Didn't get it though) C'mon, it was made by Relic, creators of Warhammer 40K!

New game ideas: WW1, American Revolution, Mesopotamia, Korean War, Spanish Conquisidors, Holy Roman Empire, Hundred Year War, English Civil War, etc.

 

[croxis]

There was/is an american revolution mod for half life, its quite fun having no accuracy! Seriously!

Don't forget the french revolution!

 

[Maniacal]

DIDN'T YOU EVEN LOOK AT THE BOX???!!!

I've heard good things about it.

 

[Xenocrates]

I just got it and I thought it was Ok. Quite good actually, slower than your average RTS. I can't handle something like empire earth, even though I tried, but CoH seems OK to me. Some decent strategy, although the enemy don't seem to counterattack as much as they should.

Not a big fan of RTS's but I'm happy with it! (Perhaps my RTS 'noobitude' is why I'm happy with it?)

 

[Xenocrates]

I've played it for a few days now and I think it's excellent. It starts well but after a few levels it gets much much better. I think you should give it another go; if you had expected it to be an RTS, you would probably not have been disapointed.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

DIDN'T YOU EVEN LOOK AT THE BOX???!!!

I've heard good things about it.

yes I did, and there is nothing to indicate that it is an RTS game.

 

[Tae]

yes I did, and there is nothing to indicate that it is an RTS game.

I knew it was an RTS, but then again I played the demo. I hate RTS's, but this game is great.

 

[Stevenpfo]

Award-winning Relic Entertainment delivers the next generation in real time strategy gaming.

That's the first sentence on the back of my box.

I love the game. I keep switching teams. Trying new strategies. If you get bored make up strategies to stick to. Like no APC's or armor and play as the americans. Make 3 man sniper teams and destroy enemy AT squads and inf sections. If you don't use a certain unit enough or at all play a skirmish with the sole idea of trying to utilize that unit. I learned a lot by doing that.

 

[Maniacal]

That's the first sentence on the back of my box.

I love the game. I keep switching teams. Trying new strategies. If you get bored make up strategies to stick to. Like no APC's or armor and play as the americans. Make 3 man sniper teams and destroy enemy AT squads and inf sections. If you don't use a certain unit enough or at all play a skirmish with the sole idea of trying to utilize that unit. I learned a lot by doing that.

You see, that's the difference between you and I. You enjoy challenges and don't mind losing a lot. Me on the other likes a challange as long as I win more often than not.

Though that is a good idea.

 

[Stevenpfo]

But I won over 90% of the time CoH sin't like other RTS i've tried. Trying new things or doing the unexpected can be good. I won against the computer on the hardest setting last night when I stopped trying to capture points and let the computer have all of them. I collapsed back to my base and defended with some infantry and AT units while my tanks rushed their base to destroy their buildings. I won and I didn't even own one position.

 

[Krupo]

It sucks. I paid fifty bucks for it. I thought it was a FPS. I saw the commerical, didnt research it, and just bought it. Now I'm trying to see how many emoticons I can justify in this post

[smileys deleted to keep the system from imploding]

That's absolutely hilarious - you can probably get full price for it by selling it on eBay - that game is absolutely incredible and one of the best WWII RTS's ever!

But what's hilarious is that a friend of mine thought it was an FPS when he saw the website's splash screen until I told him to look a little deeper and realize what it actually is.

As incredibly silly as your mistake was, I can't help but wonder if you bought the Collector's Edition - to be fair to you, if you really thought it was an FPS you might be excused for thinking that - although the screenshots on the back of the silver case mean you must've thought it's an FPS where you can float above the battlefield (as a paratrooper, I imagine)?