This is all part of the five-year plan, director Quinn Duffy told Eurogamer. War Spoils should keep progression through Western Front Armies interesting, but in the long term Relic will use it to add new content to COH2, hopefully for years to come. The skins do exactly what they say on the tin and make your vehicles look prettier. You can bring three of these into a match. The intelligence bulletins are passive buffs, such as "reload faster". You can pull three commanders into your loadout before the start of any match, but you can only unlock one during a match. War Spoils gives you rewards after each game, including commanders, skins and intelligence bulletins. But I get the impression Relic is more excited by the addition of War Spoils, the new content delivery system that it hopes will fuel the game's success in the future. The expansion's armies add new strategies to COH2, and play significantly differently to warrant investigation. Just be aware of its painfully slow turning circle. Speaking of tanks, the Jagdtiger is just about the most devastating tank in the game. Here's the trick: the Oberkommandos can convert resources as you see fit - perhaps you want to convert munitions to fuel, or vice versa - giving the army a flexible resource system that is unique.Īs the German Oberkommando West, you want to use abilities such as the Assault Artillery to barrage a target area with high explosive shells followed by a smokescreen, then push forward with your infantry and tanks. The Supply Halftrack can be positioned on captured territory in order to generate more resource or income (the infra-red Halftrack can see into the fog of war). The Panzer Fusiliers are light infantry that can recon territory, and the Sturm Offizier inspires troops to fight harder. One low-cost ability makes infantry push through enemy lines and capture enemy territory more quickly. In terms of strategy, the Germans benefit from a unique resource system that revolves around breakthrough tactics. Their tanks are high cost, but incredibly tough and pack one hell of a punch. The German Oberkommando West, however, are battle-hardened German veterans who use the heaviest armour around. The new vehicle de-crew feature is exclusive to the US, too.
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I was able to upgrade one squad of troops by having them physically take new weapons, including bazookas and the BAR rifle, from a weapon rack back at home base. The thing with the US Forces is they can adapt to any situation they face. One of the US Forces' particularly devastating abilities is the P-47 rocket strafe, which calls in a P-47 Thunderbolt to patrol an area and attack vehicles on sight with a high velocity rocket strike. They have the Paratroopers, which can drop in anywhere on the map, and the ability to paradrop the M1 75mm anti-tank gun, which can be manned by allied infantry, and the 50cal M2HB heavy machine gun, which tears apart groups of enemy infantry. It adds two new armies, the US Forces and the German Oberkommando West, eight new maps and, crucially for multiplayer enthusiasts, new strategies.įor example, the US Forces are versatile, flexible, mobile and upgradeable. But the game's first major expansion arrives with next month's launch of the standalone multiplayer The Western Front Armies, which Relic has been working on since COH2 released in June 2013. Relic has already released 20 updates for COH2 (at the same point in COH1's life it had released eight). It's all part of this transition we hear so many developers talk about: to games as a service. The successful launch of the game established COH2 as a platform, Relic says, which can be used to release new content to its loyal, active audience for years to come.
Relic Entertainment has a five-year plan for World War 2 real-time strategy game Company of Heroes 2, a plan that includes a raft of expansions, updates and - potentially - new armies.
Relic Entertainment director Quinn Duffy.