Company of heroes 3 news11/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Keep up to date with all the best games set to launch later this year with our guide to new games 2023. "With an ardent desire to satisfy strategists who enjoy competitive multiplayer and single-player campaigns alike, Company of Heroes 3 revives the series almost a decade on, and is likewise its most ambitious undertaking to date – helping propel it to one of our most anticipated new games for 2023." Developed by Relic Entertainment, the real-time strategy game retains most of. "Company of Heroes breathed new life into the well-established and somewhat waning military RTS scene in 2006, before Company of Heroes 2 breached the scene in 2013," Joe wrote in his feature, Company of Heroes 3: How Relic embraced a "player council" to refine its long-awaited RTS. Company of Heroes 3 is the newest installment in the 17-year old series, this time set in the Mediterranean Theater. ![]() For players that enjoy their competitive action, CoH3 has a huge online multiplayer and co-op vs AI offer, with more factions, mechanics and units than ever before." We can’t wait to pour dozens of hours into it, as it’s one of our most wanted titles of 2023 – and we’re certainly not alone in that."In single-player modes, the turn-based Italian Dynamic Campaign offers a sandbox-style gameplay experience with new levels of strategic choice, whereas the sweeping deserts of North Africa allow for a classic, narrative-led single-player experience. It’s a familiar mix of strategy and tactics, but the added layers all feel like they could provide fans with subtle and major improvements. The expanded roster with a larger diversity of units is an improvement, and from our brief look at the game it also feels like they’re trying to carry that added diversity over to mission structures and objectives. Gameplay-wise, they’re not breaking too far from the Company of Heroes mold here, but that’s good news for longtime fans. ![]() Relic had already made some of the best looking RTS games with Dawn of War III also still holding up well, but what’s impressive about COH 3 is not just the amount of detail that they’ve poured into the game but also the sheer number of units that can be on the screen at once – between ground units, vehicles and backup coming in from above, there’s a massive scope to even the smaller battles here, and it’s hard to get completely immersed in it all. It’s also been ten years since Company of Heroes 2, and the sequel is gorgeous to look at. The campaign structure is also said to be more dynamic in nature though, feeling less scripted and pre-defined in how you want to approach the larger conflict – with optional missions and different roads that can lead to success. Included in the base game as a North African campaign and one that takes place in Italy – two of the lesser explored WWII combat arenas, and two that offer a good mix of different nationalities and characters fighting on either side of the conflict. What we haven’t seen yet are some of the storytelling aspects that give the game additional character and dramatic flair as you’re playing through the campaign – but seeing as how that’s always been a staple of the series we have little to worry about on that front either. We’ve had very limited hands-on time with COH 3 thus far, but what we’ve seen so far has felt like a wonderfully refined take on the classic formula, with small tweaks to the gameplay and a nice layer of audiovisual polish. Relic’s return to the Company of Heroes franchise is coming out on February 23rd, and with Company of Heroes 3 SEGA might already have a PC GOTY candidate on their hands – in February, though that’s kind of what happened with Elden Ring last year as well. It may still be very early in the year, but devout PC gamers who enjoy RTS games have one of their ‘game of the year’ candidates coming out very soon already. ![]()
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