Hello,

I purchased this game on release earlier this year. I have previously played Company of Heroes 2, and other Relic titles.

This game released with two campaigns and multiplayer from the beginning. The two campaigns were a total war-like invasion of Italy campaign, and a sequenced campaign based on Rommel in North Africa. Two great scenes for what should have been great campaigns.

The total war-like campaign was incomplete. Mission triggers would lock up making it unable to progress the campaign in nearly all the mandatory missions. There was a wide option to choose how to advance your forces (should i use bombers to soften the Germans before advancing my armored division, or use my newly created battleships to shore bombard?) but practically they did nothing to make the campaign easier, even on harder difficulties. The AI was incapable of defending settlements to the point you could run multiple divisions through a gauntlet of fire and attrition on the campaign map, take the required settlement, delete the depleted division and just recruit a new one. This has not been improved since launch.

Multiplayer:

On release an absolutely heavy German bias. For whatever reason on launch Relic decided giving the German-Italian faction a unit that could throw its own smoke at zero munitions cost, move faster when running out of smoke, and attack ground with a flamethrower (and the unit had 2 of them). This unit at vet 1 also got a heatseeking AT satchel for light-medium anti armor.

There were several units like this, and after a few months they were patched all the way down into uselessness.

This is a trend that has continued the entire time this game has been out. Paradrop planes being shot down by AA? Relic didn't buff their health, they just made paradrop planes invincible.

From Launch to present Relic has prioritized cosmetic sales. Before any unit buffs or nerfs, long before any attempts at fixing the campaign ai, Relic unveiled their cosmetic store.

The player pop has dropped from 19,397 peak to 2,620 peak in under a year.

Now in order to get additional sales they are releasing an expansion for 17 dollars that includes a couple multiplayer maps, battle-groups that are more likely than not broken and won't see patches until well into the new year (if their track record is anything to show for it), and more cosmetics.

Do not buy this game. Don't buy it for 60 dollars, don't buy it for 48 dollars, don't buy it for 20 dollars. You will be disappointed.

Hello, I purchased this game on release earlier this year. I have previously played Company of Heroes 2, and other Relic titles. This game released with two campaigns and multiplayer from the beginning. The two campaigns were a total war-like invasion of Italy campaign, and a sequenced campaign based on Rommel in North Africa. Two great scenes for what should have been great campaigns. The total war-like campaign was incomplete. Mission triggers would lock up making it unable to progress the campaign in nearly all the mandatory missions. There was a wide option to choose how to advance your forces (should i use bombers to soften the Germans before advancing my armored division, or use my newly created battleships to shore bombard?) but practically they did nothing to make the campaign easier, even on harder difficulties. The AI was incapable of defending settlements to the point you could run multiple divisions through a gauntlet of fire and attrition on the campaign map, take the required settlement, delete the depleted division and just recruit a new one. This has not been improved since launch. Multiplayer: On release an absolutely heavy German bias. For whatever reason on launch Relic decided giving the German-Italian faction a unit that could throw its own smoke at zero munitions cost, move faster when running out of smoke, and attack ground with a flamethrower (and the unit had 2 of them). This unit at vet 1 also got a heatseeking AT satchel for light-medium anti armor. There were several units like this, and after a few months they were patched all the way down into uselessness. This is a trend that has continued the entire time this game has been out. Paradrop planes being shot down by AA? Relic didn't buff their health, they just made paradrop planes invincible. From Launch to present Relic has prioritized cosmetic sales. Before any unit buffs or nerfs, long before any attempts at fixing the campaign ai, Relic unveiled their cosmetic store. The player pop has dropped from 19,397 peak to 2,620 peak in under a year. Now in order to get additional sales they are releasing an expansion for 17 dollars that includes a couple multiplayer maps, battle-groups that are more likely than not broken and won't see patches until well into the new year (if their track record is anything to show for it), and more cosmetics. Do not buy this game. Don't buy it for 60 dollars, don't buy it for 48 dollars, don't buy it for 20 dollars. You will be disappointed.