![]() It’s been confirmed there will be four factions in the game – the British Commonwealth (no confirmation of Australian or NZ troops, but given our strong involvement with the area at the time it seems likely), the DAK, the Wehrmacht (the regular German army likely for the Italian campaign since the DAK didn’t operate there) and the Americans.Īlso pleasing to single-player gamers like myself is the news there’s not one but two campaigns – one set in North Africa, and the other in Italy. The hands-on mission I played involved several terrain types, including a battle in a village. ![]() The whole experience was well paced and exactly the sort of thing I want to see in an RTS, so I’m very keen indeed to play the full game when it launches in November. The mission also encompassed different strategic environments – trenches, open desert, and a village – giving an idea of the different ways units can be deployed and fight depending on the terrain and available resources. ![]() Working out how to implement airstrikes was an interesting experience – the changing combat areas meant I might call in the Stukas, to take out British units, have my own units advance, and then everyone got caught in the bombing zone. The Afrika Korps will be a playable faction in Company of Heroes for the first time.Ĭapturing field guns was present in Company of Heroes 2 and it’s definitely back here I had a great experience when a squad of infantry were able to fight their way to an abandoned field gun, capture it, then turn it on a troublesome British tank that had been blocking my path. One aspect I really liked was the ability (with the appropriate unit) to salvage enemy vehicles and repurpose them for your own use – rather than trying to crank out panzers, I was able to salvage a number of British tanks to swell my ranks. The mission was a great opportunity to try out some of the different vehicle and infantry types – notably Panzer tanks, grenadier infantry, 88mm artillery, and Stuka dive-bombers. The mission cast the player as the German Deutsches AfrikaKorps (DAK) attacking a British position, aided by Italian units (played by AI). I was very impressed with what I experienced. Company of Heroes 3 (developed by Relic Entertainment and being published by Sega for PC) is set in Africa and Italy during WWII and I’ve had the chance to play a hands-on preview of the game.
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