Company Of Heroes 2 - The Russian Front Preview

The Bloody Eastern Front

The Russian Winter along with the endless supply of men and machine has brought the final demise of Nazi Germany. Every battle in the Russian front is so fierce that millions of soldiers on both sides have died during this bloody conflict. All the carnage and mayhem are accurately depicted in one of the best RTS (Real-Time Strategy) games of all time – COH 2 (Company of Heroes 2). The hype has never been so intense among strategy game fanatics as COH 2 is destined to debut on March, 2013. This sequel will cover the entire scope of the conflict – starting from Operation: Barbarossa up to the final assault on Berlin. 

The campaign will exclusively cover the soviet side, but the focus of the game is on the lives of soldiers who fought and died on that conflict. According to Relic, the developer and publisher of the game, “We focus more on the soldiers during that time rather than the ideology or the politics of that era.” With the first impressions of the game, I noticed the sheer authenticity of the battlefield. As every weapon the Germans and Soviets used was accurately rendered along with their unique sounds. For instance, the Katyusha Multiple Rocket Launcher is so devastating and the screams of the rocket can really capture the horrors those German soldiers experienced during that time.