![]() And if you’re worried about the whole pay-to-play thing, look back at my play experience in this preview. If you liked the original’s multiplayer, this is revamped in a way that rewards you for continual play. I laughed a nervous laugh.Ĭompany of Heroes Online is giving you a perfect excuse to start playing and ever stop. ![]() ![]() I did have enough to use some of my Commander Abilities, but it wasn’t enough. THQ staff and other onlookers winced as my army slowly crumbled. Suddenly I noticed that a massive tank was on my front doorstep. I was mindlessly frolicking across the lower right side of the map, thinking I may finally have enough resources built up to try some fun stuff. While I was busying creating and then toying with each new troop or vehicle, my opponent was taking his time, slowly building up his side so that he could create tanks. It sports a nice, dark look, with small but highly detailed buildings, vehicles, and locales. The game looks great, or at least it did on the higher end gaming PC I was previewing it on. You’ll drop in your division’s own heroes, plop down crazy war abilities, and scramble to build your side up with upgrades, working frantically to make sure you aren’t caught with your pants down when the enemies roll into your camp. You’ll choose from six divisions, each with their own powers, and then go up against up to eight players on the map. ![]() In CoH Online you’ll command your company to gradually move across Europe in the second World War. I didn’t feel up to going against those seasoned players, so I took on a fellow games writer at the event. When I played it, the game was running an open beta in Korea, and we saw people online, having a blast. It is coming out this September (it was originally announced for Asian territories), but I had a chance to play this WWII-era RTS a couple of weeks ago from an early English-language version. ![]() Company of Heroes Online is a free-to-play multiplayer real-time strategy game from the people at Relic, which are the same guys that made Dawn of War and the original Company of Heroes, of course. ![]()
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