Company of Heroes 2

A little unbalanced but very very fun, I prefer the long drawn out battles of this game to the quicker style of COH3.

The more I play the greater is the dislike I have for this game. Its writing is childish, especially in the main campaign with its portrayal of the Soviet army, and the mechanics are poorly thought out, counterintuitive, and confusing.

Superior in almost every conceivable way to CoH 3, still holds up but is and always will be plagued by optimization issues and rampant cheating/leaving.

Still gonna play it anyway because it's just THAT good. 1,000+ hours of nothing but cherished memories and reality TV worthy crash outs.

8.5/10 would recommend

Despite being a older game and having newer siblings of the series, it is just as good if not above par of COH 3 and 1. The games modding is also good for those who like to f around with files.

Pretty much unplayable on m4 mac. I couldn't get past about the third campaign level without crashing to desktop and skirmish crashes about every third of fourth game.

In an age where good RTS games are few and far between, this game is pretty fun. the AI sucks, most of the content is behind paywalls, and the game shows its age in general.

Still, it's a fun game to play with friends.

A game that whenever you invite the blokes to play would get you cursed tf out, but they would log in anyways. Sweaty af 10/10

The game is great, it requires thought and tactics.

Even after all these years, Company of Heroes 2 is still one of the best real-time strategy games out there. It’s a game that never really gets old. Every match feels different, and there’s just something deeply satisfying about how it all plays out.

You don’t just pump out troops and send them forward. You have to capture and hold points on the map to gain resources like manpower, munitions, and fuel. These let you build new units, upgrade your troops, or call in special abilities like airstrikes and artillery barrages. It’s all about smart territory control, not just brute force.

Your infantry comes in squads, and they perform way better when placed in cover. Positioning really matters. Machine guns can suppress enemies and pin them down, forcing you to think about how to flank them or use grenades to clear them out. Vehicles are also very tactical. Tanks have weak spots depending on where they’re hit, so keeping their front armor facing the enemy is a constant concern. And when tanks take damage, they actually react. Sometimes they tilt, catch fire, or lose functionality. It’s a cool little touch that adds a lot to the experience.

Weather also plays a role, especially in some campaign missions. Troops can freeze in deep snow if you don’t get them to shelter or set up campfires. Movement slows down, visibility drops, and it really forces you to rethink how you playd and push your opponent. It’s not just a visual effect, it affects how you play.

One of the best things about the game is the destruction. Buildings crumble, trees fall, walls break down. The battlefield evolves over time, and it never feels static. You might start a battle fighting over a farmhouse and by the end, it’s rubble and smoke.

The sound design is top notch too. Gunfire cracks in the distance, tanks rumble across frozen ground, and your soldiers shout out orders and warnings. It all adds to the immersion and makes battles feel chaotic in the best way.

Skirmish mode is endless fun. Whether you're playing against the AI or teaming up with friends, no two games are ever the same. And the campaign is a real highlight. Each mission feels handcrafted with different objectives, pacing, and setups. Some missions are slow and tense, others are fast and explosive. It never feels repetitive.

Sure it sometimes can be overwhelming and the amount of managment is pretty high in the game but after a while you get used ot it. But i'm still amazed how quick some players are in the skirmishes and is fun too see how much you still have to learn comparing to other players. The spectate mode in the game can teach you a lot.

Overall, this game is one of those rare strategy games that feels both deep and fun. It rewards smart play without ever becoming dry or overly technical. Between the tactical gameplay, the attention to detail, and the sheer amount of replay value, this one easily gets a 10 out of 10 from me. Still an absolute classic.

i build a solid defence and just sleep while listening to the sound of the ensuing battle

Truly once of the most solid RTS experiences available with some excellent WW2 flavor

good game , lots of action and several units

I recommend PvV for beginners.
After you have a good understanding of the factions=>PvP.
Lots of time to develop (100/1000+h)

The game’s visuals are impressive, capturing the harshness of the Eastern Front with detailed environments and solid animations. The soundtrack and voice acting also do a great job of immersing you into the historical context and emotional weight of the story. Awesome multiplayer with friends too.

It's fun, but lacks a large amount of QoL you'd expect from anything.

It's 2025 and they never even added re-keybinding. ??? Is this just proto-civilization knowledge to you, Relic?

This is a great game, although it has the issue of charging you for way too many add-ons.

I like this game, but sometimes the gameplay is a bit difficult but that's a good thing so when playing i don't get bored easily, both in terms of the epic story in Russian faction, and in terms of the light but challenging gameplay i like, just a criticism for the story in the section ("Ardennes Assault") add the story in my opinion is not good for that section, it's big loss if you buy it.

A great, action packed RTS game that's fun to play even in 2025. Very few RTS games makes the player feels like each squad, each tanks and each building are so precious and versatile. It's also a very beautifully realized representation of World War 2, with each factions playing very differently from one another. A shame that most of them a sectioned off as DLC, but at this point they are cheap enough anyways.

Great game. Good fun. Some of the modes can be played coop, which is also fun. Highly recommended.

The game is fantastic, but if you play it online, you will have a horrible experience. Long story short, it's occupied by the kind of people who wouldn't go amiss on 4chan.

I think that says it all.

Game is really average now after all the "balance patches". back when i played in 2014 game just felt different now all these commander nerfs are kinda sad.
coh2 in 2014 8/10
coh2 in 2025 4/10
commanders that once had purpose are now gone AT conscript, partisans, stg44 shock troops, t34 60 fuel cost, tiger ace and many others now just boring and kinda garbage but you can spam penals now for AT thats good right?

Go play company of heroes 1 or 3 at least those games have some good balance and story modes this game just sucks.

my girlfriend almost sold my steam account because of this game get this game without a girlfriend you will have a better experience

One of my favorite RTS games. It doesn't offer as much in the way of defensive base building, but the tactical squad command is great. I love the cover system for units as well as the line of sight system which creates more tension in tight urban maps. The game is what I would hope and expect a modern RTS brings to the table. My only desire would be more/better base defensive options.

Best RTS game I've ever played! would suggest to a friend who's into war and strategy.

Game is buggy and crashes maybe 1 out of 3 times. It's a fun, short game but with somewhat shallow play patterns. Online matches with humans seem to be rare.

A friend of mine plays this game I got it because of that.
It'S really a great game. But do yourself a favor and buy it on sale cause it will be much cheaper since it is this old.

its a fun game with a interesting campain and fun with friends

great game dawid maz is a turkish bot from bydgoszcz

Almost as good of a campaign as the first CoH. Almost as good graphics, mechanics, and QoL as the third CoH. All around the best CoH. Enjoying the multiplayer.

Game is very enjoyable,campaign is pretty fun and multiplayer is very competetive. Sadly game lacks any penalty for being AFK or straight up leaving the game,which even though you get Bot to play instead of player,it still is guranteed loss,unless your enemies are playing game for first time. Also due to small playerbase it is often big skill gap youll be facing,one game you have newbies against you and next day you have full blown veterans who will decimate you. I would still recommed game to users who enjoy RTS with WW2 theme

Great game, recommends buying eastern front armies pack

Built MG nest. Enemy walked around it.
Called in penals. They died.
Conscripts threw molotov at a tank.
T-34 rammed a tree and exploded.

rng/10

Honestly, I wasnt expecting much from the game. Its an older game, and I thought it would be just an ok playing experience. However, I was not expecting the amount of fun I was gonna have. The levels are challenging in both campaigns, and the skirmishes are more fun than I was expecting. Overall a great game

ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND!!! Especially on 75% sale, cop the british forces as well. VERY FUN!

Soviet campaign is basically "Enemy at the Gates" the game, but the actual gameplay is pretty fun nevertheless

Bit sad that CoH went from a great series to, alright and then to kinda bad - if your not interested in multiplayer its tough luck I suppose

I tried persevering, but the point and click, point and click mechanics are just so boring. Sorry.

For a game that's 11 years old, it runs absolutely terribly, especially considering how outdated it looks, even by 2014 standards. Instead of quickly taking cover in this game, I’ll be quickly taking a refund.

Nice game was ruined by greed - if You wanna win, You better buy for extra packages. Not enough that you paid for the game, now pay for extras. Please don't, this game is nice example to say no to extra payments.
Use your brain.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
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☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
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☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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When you play in custom game vs. the computer...you can't win 'cause the computer can create a tank quickly while you are still in your level 1 with foot soldiers.....one of the stupid game invented

Great game, really fun. Shows interesting parts of the war that otherwise weren't covered. A bit inaccurate with some of the Soviet stuff, but generally pretty good.

If you're looking to do the Ardennes Assault story, don't. It's riddled with game-breaking bugs.

Main game is great, the campaign, multiplayer and faction variety makes it a game you'll be playing for hundreds of hours. Some might say it's better than Company of Heroes 3.

The "review" is really just an outlet for my frustration over the game-breaking bugs in the Ardenne DLC campaign. Some enemy units are literally unkillable, in my case a light tank that was following my units and dealing damage, but for some reason couldn't be destroyed, making the story impossible to complete. This is 11 years after release, so a bug-report is pointless.

Ivans butt cheeks are incredibly lathargic, PLEASE FOR GOD SAKE WE NEED MORE RNG

FOMO, unobtainable steam achievements, and in-game purchases adding up to over $181. This is the only game that ever crashed my GPU (twice) necessitating a hard reset. Decent idea for a game but absolutely needs TLC and better monetization.

This community is genuinely the most toxic conglomerate thing i've seen. I'll keep playing for 500 more hours

Funny lines and decent gameplay but boring story.

Not my cup of tea. I'm not a big RTS fan so my opinion is quite biased. I found the controls quite confusing. The tutorial was useless. I didn't know how to do anything that was asked of me and my men. Even after finding the appropriate group and corresponding buttons, I had difficulties at the last step because I didn't know to L or R click or if my command even worked. Too many commands and various troops spread across a zoomed in landscape that looks the same everywhere is not helping. All of this in real time is just a frustrating clusterfck.

The goat. I don't think any amount of content can bring company of heroes 3 to a playable state. The core gameplay, visuals and atmosphere is too flawed. Until we get a company of heroes 4(probably never considering the failures of relic), this is the game to play.

COH1 is better, but this is still worth the buy IMO. The modding community makes up for what the vanilla game lacks.

RNG bullshit game. Observe how a grenade or howitzer shell lands in the middle of a group of infantry, and only 1 or 2 units die. Or conversely, watch your elite infantry get wiped from 100 meters away while retreating. Also, online play is terrible. Inept teammates, salty messages in foreign languages...you get the idea.