Should i buy this game?

[Superman]

Company of Heroes is my fav RTS game of all time, played so much online. I read that Company of Heroes 2 has mixed reviews. Why is that? Whats the difference of Company of Heroes and 2? Is it worth for multiplayer?

[Fang]

You know how you pick one of three commanders in CoH1 per faction? In CoH2 there are a lot more per faction - but you have to buy them. Either with real money or a virtual currency. That's where the majority of the negative reviews stem from. Also you can buy skins for your units (same method) and slight buffs for units (3% accuracy for riflemen for example) - all of which you can pick 3 per match.

The gameplay at its core is exactly the same - though obviously balanced a little different.

The USA, British, and the Oberkommando have to be bought. CoH2 only starts you out with the Soviets and the Wehrmacht.

CoH2 uses a completely different style of play per faction - the factions that are in both games do not play similarly in any way whatsoever.

Balance is always a contested issue. Not gonna go into that. Some people think some factions are OP. Endless banter.

Yes it is worth it for MP. In fact that is exactly the reason to buy this game. It has a campaign (2 if you buy Ardennes Assault) but the MP is the reason this game still has a good number of players. (2000-5000 a day). You can play custom games, co-op VS AI, Co-op "challenge" campaigns, and of course PvP.

[Superman]

Originally posted by Fang:

You know how you pick one of three commanders in CoH1 per faction? In CoH2 there are a lot more per faction - but you have to buy them. Either with real money or a virtual currency. That's where the majority of the negative reviews stem from. Also you can buy skins for your units (same method) and slight buffs for units (3% accuracy for riflemen for example) - all of which you can pick 3 per match.

The gameplay at its core is exactly the same - though obviously balanced a little different.

The USA, British, and the Oberkommando have to be bought. CoH2 only starts you out with the Soviets and the Wehrmacht.

CoH2 uses a completely different style of play per faction - the factions that are in both games do not play similarly in any way whatsoever.

Balance is always a contested issue. Not gonna go into that. Some people think some factions are OP. Endless banter.

Yes it is worth it for MP. In fact that is exactly the reason to buy this game. It has a campaign (2 if you buy Ardennes Assault) but the MP is the reason this game still has a good number of players. (2000-5000 a day). You can play custom games, co-op VS AI, Co-op "challenge" campaigns, and of course PvP.

Wait, command tree i have to pay? How much total to have them all unlocked?
And is gameplay more casual? Or can you buy snipers and do sniper spam? Are multiplayer maps bigger or smaller? Like is it important to get fuel and ammo to buy army? Because my favorite map is The Scheldt in Company of Heroes 2.

[Felinewolfie]

The entire game is like 600$. But you don't need to have all of that, and you gain supply just playing the game, and it's never a problem. Just ignore it :)

[Superman]

Originally posted by Felinewolfie:

The entire game is like 600$. But you don't need to have all of that, and you gain supply just playing the game, and it's never a problem. Just ignore it :)

So it's pay to win style?

[Maschinengewehr]

Originally posted by Superman:

Originally posted by Felinewolfie:

The entire game is like 600$. But you don't need to have all of that, and you gain supply just playing the game, and it's never a problem. Just ignore it :)

So it's pay to win style?

Absolutely not.

[Fang]

Originally posted by Superman:

Originally posted by Fang:

You know how you pick one of three commanders in CoH1 per faction? In CoH2 there are a lot more per faction - but you have to buy them. Either with real money or a virtual currency. That's where the majority of the negative reviews stem from. Also you can buy skins for your units (same method) and slight buffs for units (3% accuracy for riflemen for example) - all of which you can pick 3 per match.

The gameplay at its core is exactly the same - though obviously balanced a little different.

The USA, British, and the Oberkommando have to be bought. CoH2 only starts you out with the Soviets and the Wehrmacht.

CoH2 uses a completely different style of play per faction - the factions that are in both games do not play similarly in any way whatsoever.

Balance is always a contested issue. Not gonna go into that. Some people think some factions are OP. Endless banter.

Yes it is worth it for MP. In fact that is exactly the reason to buy this game. It has a campaign (2 if you buy Ardennes Assault) but the MP is the reason this game still has a good number of players. (2000-5000 a day). You can play custom games, co-op VS AI, Co-op "challenge" campaigns, and of course PvP.

Wait, command tree i have to pay? How much total to have them all unlocked?
And is gameplay more casual? Or can you buy snipers and do sniper spam? Are multiplayer maps bigger or smaller? Like is it important to get fuel and ammo to buy army? Because my favorite map is The Scheldt in Company of Heroes 2.

Maps are the same sizes as always. Some CoH1 maps have been ported to CoH2 aswell.

Resource points are the same (Manpower points, fuel, ammunition, victory points), but you can't build observation posts on them anymore. Infantry (and some unique light vehicles like kubelwagens) only need to remain CLOSE to the points and can still fight back. Instead of obsevation points you can now build Fuel and Ammunition caches over manpower points so that they also supply ammunition or fuel. (Between you and me, don't worry too much about this. It's not such a radical change really).

You can still do a sniper spam for some factions, but as I said the faction design is different now. Some factions do not have snipers, other have earlier machineguns, or better mortars, etc.

As for commanders, yes each commander has a unique command tree. You start off with 3 commanders for the DLC factions and have to buy the rest. I don't remember how many commanders you start off with for the vanilla (Soviet/Wehrmachts) factions, but I believe more than 3. You can buy more commanders either via DLC/Microtransactions or the in-game shop. Once a commander is unlocked it is permanently available. By playing the game you get free in-game currency to spend on commanders and skins.

You "equip" 3 commanders for a match. In-game you can choose 1 of the 3 just like in CoH1. The only difference is there are now like 20+ commanders or so (or command trees if you will) and you can buy them.

I suggest you google this system and/or watch a few YouTube videos on customization. Unless you have specific questions.

[The Penske file]

you can generally get a large chunk of this game (eastern and western front armies bundle) for about 10 bucks either on steam sale or on grey market sites.

This will ususally not include the british or all commanders, but you won't be needing those to play competitively. playing games will earn you supply drops or credits which can be either commanders or the means to "purchase" commanders without paying. If you are really turned on about a specific commander you can buy it for a few bucks, but you can also play for 1000 hours without ever feeling the need for additional purchase.

This game has a small player base compared to big rts like DOTA and HOTS, but there is nothing else like it and an absolute must for fans of rts and ww2!

[I__KOJA__I]

NO

[drazan]

also remember that when you buy the game, and when you register you get FREE 20 or 30 thousand supply points

those can be used to buy 2 commanders you really want, or buy some intel bulletins you would really want

[Jack Sparrow's Vindication]

Yes. If you liked CoH1, you'll like 2. If you're in doubt wait for the winter sale and it'll be 75% off for the complete (DLC included) edition.

For campaign and skirmish it;s worth it alone.

[Jaypinguin]

Originally posted by drazan:

also remember that when you buy the game, and when you register you get FREE 20 or 30 thousand supply points

those can be used to buy 2 commanders you really want, or buy some intel bulletins you would really want

Hang on, where do i register to get that stuff? I don't think I have and would definitely like to buy some Intel bulletins.

I came back after a long while, and enjoying still. Good game.

[IGOTTAFINDBUBBA]

only worth it for the multiplay humans vs ai. dont pay extra for noob army british, also its the most stable game which is why i play it even when i dont want to

[Zapp Brannigan]

Get it. If you liked 1 you should really like 2. The majority of negative reviews are because when it launched it really was more of a P2W model. Now it's more play to win. You pretty quickly earn credits to buy additional commanders. I've probably spent $40 total on CoH2, which has gotten me the base game 3 years ago and all the expansions. I own every commander, but I've only used credits earned through playing to buy them.

Plus, while the commanders add great variety to the game, they rarely decide a battle. I've played plenty of MP games where I didn't even select a commander, just relied on the base tech and been fine.

It's a great game. It's not unusual to find 4,000+ people online playing, even though it came out 4 years ago. Everybody ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it but they can't stop playing.

[drazan]

Originally posted by Jaypinguin:

Originally posted by drazan:

also remember that when you buy the game, and when you register you get FREE 20 or 30 thousand supply points

those can be used to buy 2 commanders you really want, or buy some intel bulletins you would really want

Hang on, where do i register to get that stuff? I don't think I have and would definitely like to buy some Intel bulletins.

I came back after a long while, and enjoying still. Good game.

https://sso.relic.com/signup i believe

https://steamcommunity.com/app/231430/discussions/0/135512931361904558/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/231430/discussions/0/135510194253985860/

[zaku49]

At first I hated this one, the longer I played the more I loved it :P, so if you liked the first one you'll like this one for sure, plus it has more players and no hackers, first one has hackers for sure, I would know, I tried them lol. You can unlock everything by just playing the game, I got everything I wanted without spend any extea $.