During a (scripted) German counterattack at Salerno, I was told to prepare for the worst.

Unfortunately, I did experience some issues here. And like in Total War games, the AI's competence is important. While visually similar to a Total War campaign map, Company of Heroes 3 doesn't offer the same level of freedom to do what you want. While the idea behind the dynamic campaign is nice, at times it does make me feel like I am merely clicking things and going places just because I am supposed to. It's clear right away that I would have been playing a different battle if I had charged in right away. The next turn when I dropped down into battle, the Germans had been preparing positions. They also matter on the battlefield: at one point, I decided to await a bombardment before attacking a settlement. The system indeed makes for a dynamic campaign that's different on each try, because every choice matters. After a while, requests by the Italian resistance are added for even more strategic choices. It depends on which advice you choose to follow what your objectives will be, for example capturing adjacent regions first or immediately striking at an important port or airfield, which might allow you to call in new company types. On one side, there's an American general who's constantly pushing for action and keeping momentum, while on the other there's a British general who favours a more cautious approach. The storyline is dictated by strategic choices you make. Other nations that were historically involved are represented differently: the British can also rely on Commonwealth troops, including Gurkhas and Indian forces, while the Deutsches Afrikakorps faction can call in elite Italian units and armour for support.

The four playable factions represent the forces involved in this conflict: US Forces, British Forces, German Wehrmacht and German Afrikakorps. While the first two Company of Heroes games took place on the Western Front after the Normandy landings and the Eastern Front of World War 2 respectively, Company of Heroes 3 is about the North African and Italian Fronts between roughly 19. While I've actually become a bit disappointed in their work on the latter game, my experience playing Company of Heroes 3 for this review is very positive.

Relic Entertainment created video game history with the first Company of Heroes in 2006 and recently has been behind the revival of another classic RTS game, Age of Empires IV.

It's safe to say that Company of Heroes 3 is one of the more anticipated RTS games of 2023, especially for fans of World War 2-inspired games.

Company of heroes 3 e3