There are a little over 100 battles in World War 2, winter is the only reason we have this one. So just to put this in perspective, main game takes place over four years, this campaign involves 30 days. The whole Battle of the Bulge stretches over the period of one month. Really the only reason we have this expansion is because Company of Heroes 2 is loaded full of winter terrain and probably could not cost effectively do any other battle. Winter invasions have a historically poor precedence, however this one having caught the allies by surprise was very successful. The Battle of the Bulge begins in the winter when the Nazis pull off a stunt no one expected, they attacked in the winter. I guess Company of Heroes 2: Battle of the Bulge just wasn’t as nice sounding.

Okay, Ardennes Assault, also known as THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. I’m getitng side-tracked again, this god damn review is about the Ardennes Assault! Adding in really powerful new factions adds a buy to win element to the game that no one should ever except. However the new factions should have been free. It’s worth noting that there are three other DLCs, of which two add new factions. Does it make up for the failure that was Company of Heroes 2? For anyone who still disagrees, consider the over exaggeration of Canadian and American forces in the war, and the focus on a very small segment of the Russian army’s effort.īut this is about the Ardennes Assault. To this day Relic has not issued any sort of apology for what is clear racism. The game often portrayed the Nazis as the victims and the Soviets as anti-human aggressors… despite them trying to liberate their own country from the Nazis.

It was the first Company of Heroes game that wasn’t about heroes, but was instead focused on horrors of war. This was due to the implicit racism in the game. Russians turned on Metacritic and made consistent low ball scores to bring down it’s total rating. The game was also not without controversy. When it launched you only had two factions to choose from for multiplayer, super awesome Nazi death ball, or Soviets who run into bullets.

But everyone knew Company of Heroes 2 had some serious problems with it. And when it came out, it was the biggest disappointment of the century. Company of Heroes 2 was no doubt the most anticipated game of the century.

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