How is the Single Player aspect?

[TradeGy]

I've played the previous 2 CoH's but I am basically only interested in the SP/vs AI part.

I loved the Ardennes Assault expansion in CoH2 so how is CoH3 compared to that? What about other aspects of SP like skirmish, and whatever else there might be?

[Bulldog]

As for me I always play skirmish vs AI for several reasons.
1. No toxic human players.
2. Stress-free play. Press pause to pause the game to survey the map or get a beer
3. Set up the game any way you like. 1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4
4. Choose which map to play.
5. Choose AI difficulty for both sides from easy to expert.
6. Play with your favorite game mod.

[Sixtus]

If you liked Ardennes, you will love the Italy-Campaign, it's similar, but bigger...

[TradeGy]

Originally posted by Sixtus:

If you liked Ardennes, you will love the Italy-Campaign, it's similar, but bigger...

That sounds good, what about the rest of CoH3's SP and what about the DLC/expansion is that worth it for someone like me?

[CynicDragon]

To me the story modes were kinda lame, coop VS so, is where it's at, you can do 2s 3s and 4s with a search system against a difficulty of your choosing, only like a 2min wait time, very fun. Otherwise you can do PvP mode which is very difficult and near impossible, due to a awful and pointless rank system, this game is solely for coop vs AI, to my assessment, best when fighting against expert ai

[Chicken Fillet Roll]

Originally posted by TradeGy:

I've played the previous 2 CoH's but I am basically only interested in the SP/vs AI part.

I loved the Ardennes Assault expansion in CoH2 so how is CoH3 compared to that? What about other aspects of SP like skirmish, and whatever else there might be?

I loved Ardennes Assault too, COH3 isnt as good as that imo. Not that it's bad either but it's just not the same.

[runtcash]

Shines with coop modes, pvp isn't fun

[Sixtus]

I played the single player campaign three times (normal - hard - expert) and I really liked it.

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by TradeGy:

I've played the previous 2 CoH's but I am basically only interested in the SP/vs AI part.

I loved the Ardennes Assault expansion in CoH2 so how is CoH3 compared to that? What about other aspects of SP like skirmish, and whatever else there might be?

I've replayed both Ardennes Assault and the Italian campaign a bunch of times. I like the COH3 campaign a little better. At first, the COH3 campaign was way too easy, even on Expert mode. They've made it better.

I play a lot of skirmishes against the AI. There are a couple of mods in the workshop that you can use to get better AI, although the standard AI is improving. If you like to play US, try the Symmetric Balance Mod, also from the workshop. I didn't like how Relic made US into an incomplete faction so I added a couple of units to make it complete, as well as let the camera zoom out further so that it feels like a real RTS.

[Galløws]

I was pleasantly surprised by the Italy campaign after hearing so many people trash it. I’ve been enjoying it. The Africa missions aren’t bad, either. About what you’d expect. Def not as good as the CoH1 missions, but serviceable.

I mostly play skirmish vs AI, with other players on my team when I can. Factions don’t seem nearly as balanced as 1 and 2, Not a huge deal if you’re not playing PvP, but hopefully it gets resolved. I’ve always played Wehrmacht/OKW, but the Axis factions seem to be at a disadvantage currently.

[Siokawsi]

Campaign is not bad, it can be pretty fun, has some issues, not perfect, has gotten better with the AI & bug fixes.

Skirmish---> with Vanilla is very spammy, Pacing is too fast paced, more arcady, though has gotten a little better. Some really like the shorter fast paced matches.

Skirmish---> with the right Mod & Mode can be a blast (better than C1 & C2.)
This is only because of the "Spearhead 3" Mod and "RGM Mode."
The same team that did the Sp-Mod for C1 is back (they are doing a great job.)
RGM Mode changes everything & the game can be tweaked to play the way you want it to (so many settings.)

If not for "Nox" (creator of the RGM Mode) and the "Spearhead 3 Team" I would not be playing C3 right now or at least very little of it.

[T-70 X-Wing]

Originally posted by Sixtus:

If you liked Ardennes, you will love the Italy-Campaign, it's similar, but bigger...

its the same campaign but with added movement hell the last mission is siegfried line but objective locations are inverted

[IHaveNoMercy]

The coop vs AI is very bland and boring due to a very lacking balance of factions, and, this is the worst part, if you play with AI vs AI at the same difficulty, your AI is brain dead compared to the enemy AI of the same difficulty.

[blööd]

i dislike the skirmish mode.
i noticed in several battles by now that my team cpu aswell as sometimes 1 enemy just wont move any unit out of their camp. yesterday i played with a friend and 2 AI allies against 4 extreme bots. both AI allies just did not move a single unit out of their base. there was a huge blob of army in their camps. wasnt the first time tho.