So is it worth buying?

[GRP]

I was thinking about buying this but I saw that there are a lot of bad reviews.
It's been a while since I played a game of this genre. I only played COH2 a few years ago.

[Slim]

It really depends on what you're looking for. I can't say much for single player because I've never enjoyed playing against the Ai in the series. Gameplay wise it is closer to CoH1 in style than CoH2 which I believe was a mistake.

UI and controls are better since you can adjust your hotkeys ingame without a 3rd party app which is new and probably the best feature. Graphics are HD which is new for the franchise. Game play in general is faster paced so you won't experience many, if any, hour+ long matches. Similar to every other CoH there is a meta that has to be played to be competitive. Currently, there isn't much of a selection of different Battlegroup features to allow much variety in gameplay and there is a severe lack of maps to play on.

There will be a patch for the 1 year anniversary which will add a few more. Not enough imo. If there is a sale, which is within your budget, and you're interested in a more modern CoH sure. If you're looking for a solid RTS game I dunno. Maybe something like Starcraft 2/AoE4 would be a better choice.

I just feel like the genre in general is in its last dying breaths.

[Noroc]

No, absolutely not

The game is broken and the devs are either not allowed to fix it or they just don't care.

The new maps coming out are just old maps from the previous games because it's to hard to put in effort to make new ones.

[Maraxus]

Also interested in trying this for the campaign, really enjoyed 1 and 2 but the mixed rating and uncertainty of further development is kinda putting me off. : /

[Wu Wei]

the game is not dying. there are around 1k - 3,5 K players reagularly nerw patch will bring 7 new maps. and who cares if they are new or remade ?

the last patch in december improved the game in many different aspects.
i recomend it this will be a great game in some time when tehy ad new battlegroups and balance

[robert.miller65]

Give the game a try for your self. that is the only way you will know if is good for you. And if it is not than you can refund.

[TPTI]

yeah because I try an RTS with amazing reviews (nostalgia) and uninstall them but play this, never tried COH 2
And this is a good challenge
Action straight away unlike other strategy games where you build for 10 minutes then your teammate quits etc, this doesn't happen in this game - much better COH

The UI looks good to me, haven't tried COH 2, but tried other RTS' that were critically acclaimed, with a much worse UI than this, needing hundreds of UI mods. This UI fits my monitor perfectly

[King_CrimsoN]

Allies in coh3 are what allies in coh2 should have been. Its why you see so much salt in the discussions.

[3DViRuS]

not worth buying. coh2 and even coh1 was way better. Lacks of everything and after the update keep crashing like there is no tomorrow. waste of money

[76561199369698173]

Dont worry game is good its just lots of haters around, ppl dont like losing in this game.

[GRP]

Hummm many different opinions. Difficult to decide whether to buy or not

[[livE]Unknown_Genius]

Originally posted by 3DViRuS:

not worth buying. coh2 and even coh1 was way better. Lacks of everything and after the update keep crashing like there is no tomorrow. waste of money

CoH 2 was only worth buying fullprice years after release aswell and CoH 1 did have a ton of issues, especially with one skill trees anti-air guns balancing in particular until the patched and rebalanced steam version released, most bought CoH 2 for 50 cents on keysellers after they shipped it with every graphics card possible and people sold their keys.
Is it better than CoH 2 on release or the original shipped CoH 1 version? Yes, by far. Can it compare to what CoH 2 has become after years of live service or after they fixed up CoH 1? Yesn't - CoH 3 is a good game by their release standards, I'd however suggest buying it on sale like it's the case with most other games unless you're a big fan of a series and know how things work out with the company you're buying from.

Edit: Also if you'd want alot of maps to play on, wait a bit more, there's not too many maps in yet, so.. in that case it's probably worth holding back 1 or 2 more years.

[76561199369698173]

Originally posted by GRP:

Hummm many different opinions. Difficult to decide whether to buy or not

jeez dude its a 30$ game not 1000

[GRP]

Originally posted by livEUnknown_Genius:

Originally posted by 3DViRuS:

not worth buying. coh2 and even coh1 was way better. Lacks of everything and after the update keep crashing like there is no tomorrow. waste of money

CoH 2 was only worth buying fullprice years after release aswell and CoH 1 did have a ton of issues, especially with one skill trees anti-air guns balancing in particular until the patched and rebalanced steam version released, most bought CoH 2 for 50 cents on keysellers after they shipped it with every graphics card possible and people sold their keys.
Is it better than CoH 2 on release or the original shipped CoH 1 version? Yes, by far. Can it compare to what CoH 2 has become after years of live service or after they fixed up CoH 1? Yesn't - CoH 3 is a good game by their release standards, I'd however suggest buying it on sale like it's the case with most other games unless you're a big fan of a series and know how things work out with the company you're buying from.

Edit: Also if you'd want alot of maps to play on, wait a bit more, there's not too many maps in yet, so.. in that case it's probably worth holding back 1 or 2 more years.

Thank you. I'll wait for a sale then!

[rolfvonsmirker]

No. Dead game.

[T-70 X-Wing]

lets agree on a compromise wait until its on sale