Posted on: Saturday, December 1st, 2012
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Comments: 13
The Eastern Front Is A Harsh Mistress
Every war has its turning point, and the icy fields of Russia await!
I must confess a soft spot for the Company of Heroes series, and with the latest trailer released by Relic Entertainment my fancy has certainly been tickled. There has already been an incredibly detailed fan made mod that brings the entire Eastern Front into the current Company of Heroes games, but now Relic has set its sights on showcasing the brutal war in the snowy fields and thick mud of Russia.
While the trailer moves quickly it does highlight a rather interesting new feature showing Soviet KV-1 series tanks crossing a frozen lake before being sent to the icy waters below by an artillery barrage. Could this scene just be a scripted event in the campaign, or could we see this being used in the multiplayer battles that will rage online? Either way I call the ability to use the Katyusha Rocket trucks a win for everybody, well except for the guys on the recieving end.
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13 thoughts on “The Eastern Front Is A Harsh Mistress”
Yeeeeeeeesssssss!
I have to admit I was really hoping to see more of the actual gameplay. I’m hoping the team balance is a little better than in the original CoH, but what I’m most interested in is seeing how the factions will play out
I totally love Company of Heroes, and i played the Eastern Front Mod extensibly, i at this point, unless the game features a full soviet campaign and not a lazy three mission storyline and the soviet faction is fully recreated i’ll stick with the mod, 5 stars to the mod developers and thanks for the oportunity to play with a good built faction
If they condensed the entirety of the war on the Eastern Front from the time Germany began to the time that Russia was at Berlin into 3 missions, I would be both astounded and flabbergasted at the same time. Something tells me we can look forward to another long, well thought-out 15 or more mission campaign
I won’t buy this game because there is no German campaign. There was a lot of complaints because CoH1 didnt had a one and it seems they didn’t learn from their mistake. Plus, I am so feed up with this bullshit stereotype of the German beign the “bad guys” and the soviets “good guys”.
Well outside of the “good guy/bad guy” argument, the fact is that Germany lost the war.
The original CoH had the Opposing Fronts expansion, which let you play 8 missions I believe as the Panzer Elite, because the Panzer Elite actually won that section of the war (temporarily). It would be pointless to play as the losing faction in a campaign mission style. Just look at the Falaise pocket 3 mission-long expansion from Tales of Valor. That’s basically what the German “campaign” would be. Unless you’re referring to the sections of the war where Germany was completely stomping on everything, but those wouldn’t be fun to play either.
If you want to rewrite history, go play Total War. At least they’re making a game on the Eastern Front, something no other RTS (nothing as good/big as CoH, anyway).
My biggest worry is that they’ll make Russians the “mass out/zerg” faction, which would piss me off.
You know… for a long time I haven’t seen a game about Soviets, except Metro 2033 (and it was amazing IMO). Especially I haven’t seen this kind of a thing, I was bumped by the teaser when they actually showed how brutal were the losses on the eastern / northen fronts…
I really hope that they will bring those battles to life in game, like the battle of Kursk (the biggest tank battle in the history of mankind)
Thank you THQ!
To my understanding ice will operate in a similar way to bridges in the original company of heroes so ya, you could destroy it in multi-player and the tanks will fall into the water, although I guess in the original engineers could repair bridges, and I don’t really see that happening with ice lol
Nonsense, my Sturmpioneers will pull out their welding torches, and weld the ice back together! Science be damned!
@Ken, Yeah, and the speed at which they rebuilt bridges and such was ridiculous as-is. Here’s for hoping the ice stays dead
@Setch, Only the best in German engineering! Ja, we’ll fix it
The trailer has a horrible and dated format. Do they really have to put the clashing build-up music everywhere? I’m just expecting some raspy voice at the end say “THE EXPENDABLES 3. COMING YOUR WAY APRIL 2013.”
Ha, I never thought of that, that is a good point though I suppose they are trying to sell the RTS nature of the game as more action oriented. Honestly though I think it kind of fits the mood, seeing as the Eastern Front had some of the most hectic and meat grinder like battles in the entire war.
This game has got the potential to be completely kick ass! I was a big fan of the first CoH, and the Opposing Fronts expansion was okay, though a little fast paced for me. Looks like they’re keeping with insane amounts of details for an RTS, which I love! Those rocket trucks do indeed look enticing…