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The storming mechanic feels like a way to just kill enemy units and destroy the enemy strongpoint while keeping the building intact (or I just haven’t seen evictees leave), but that’s balance stuff.

Nothing devastating happened, and there’s fun new stuff like units storming a garrisoned building to evict the inhabitants. When it comes to the actual battles, well… it’s Company of Heroes! There’s some micro, there’s some pinning, tanks apparently now have a side armor value, American units get to choose from two upgrades when leveling up, and so on.

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Not all were available in the pre-alpha, but enough were there to demonstrate why you don’t want to lose your armored company.īy the way, if a company in less than perfect health on the strategic map engages in an RTS battle, you can expect to see infantry units with less than the full number of troops. Skill and ability unlocks (which are there for the RTS battles) also have mutually exclusive upgrades. Companies unlock units, abilities, and skills by gaining experience in the campaign map. The battles also depend on how experienced the units are. Leveraging heavy Churchill tanks is another huge perk to the British companies as opposed to the American paratroopers that can at best get Chaffees for support (which hadn’t even been introduced at that point of war). Fun fact: Archers only entered public consciousness after being so ridiculous in War Thunder. Taking an airport and defending it from an armored counterattack (the first special battle you’ll run into) is much easier if you’re British and supported by Archer tank destroyers. The battles can play out very differently depending on the forces you bring. The Company of Heroes 3 pre-alpha campaign includes two types of British companies (armored and Indian artillery), as well as two American ones (paratrooper and special forces). The anti-tank hedgehogs on the left aren’t there for just decoration… and also there’s a minefield positioned between them. This latest game is trying to strike a happy medium between the real campaign we had in Company of Heroes 1 and the improved dynamic campaign of Ardennes Assault. This ranges from regular base-building battles with special maps and cool objectives (like stealing a German AA gun to stop periodic strafing), to the crowd favorite “no base, just a handful of troops hope you do well.” But if you run into an opposing company on the field, you might just duke it out in a skirmish battle (with some fun objectives). Now, if a company is attacking a special town occupied by enemy forces, you might even play out a bespoke scenario. Really, there’s a surprising amount of depth and mechanics at work on the strategic map. Company abilities are more variable and powerful, like artillery companies being able to engage enemies at range, or special forces companies disrupting enemy supplies behind the lines. For example, medical detachments can heal other units (and provide ambulance call-ins in RTS), while engineers can remove obstacles (an important task as the pre-alpha campaign demonstrates). However, detachments can fight on the strategic map, user their own abilities, and add a bit of support when they’re in range.

The game features the cast hull M4A1 Sherman II tank for the Brits and I’m all for it. They are supported by detachments with no experience levels or unlocks. They are the stars of the show, accruing experience, unlocking units, having their own special abilities and be able to initiate real-time strategy (RTS) battles. As such, you’ll just be pushing around companies on the command map. While the Battle for Monte Cassino and the attacks on the Winter Line in general involved 240,000 Allied soldiers, this is Company of Heroes 3 and not Division of Heroes. This game is set in the Mediterranean Theater, which is a quick way of saying “North Africa and Italy.” But the pre-alpha only includes part of the dynamic Allied campaign that focuses on the push from Naples to Monte Cassino. So, how will Company of Heroes 3 fare? We preview the pre-alpha.

The sequel also came with plenty of DLC that culminated in Ardennes Assault (liked by all but me). Company of Heroes 2 promised the untold story of the Eastern Front, and then regurgitated all of the Nazis myths instead.

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The original entry in the series improved on the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War formula in all ways but one: some questionable DLC.

Company of heroes 3 pre alpha multiplayer