Episode 1 of "Company of Heroes History"

I am a very old Company of Heroes fan and recently found myself reminiscing with an old friend about the earliest days of Company of Heroes. After hours of fondly remembering the pros we used to watch, the matches we enjoyed played, and the bugs we loved to hate, I was motivated by the power of nostalgia to seek out some videos or commentaries of those early games. Unfortunately, I found that most were unavailable, and had disappeared along with filefront and mediafire.

Rather than be deterred, I decided to use my considerable freetime (thanks COVID-19) to dig out my Company of Heroes disk, install from version 1.0 and rewatch and recast some of the most iconic games of all time. Episode 1 is now available on youtube. It charts an early post-release battle between th15 (Terror Doctrine) and Archit3ct (Armor Company) on Angoville.

You can expect large scale tank battles (featuring the original Tiger Ace and main gun-equipped Sherman Calliope), infantry sniping panzerfausts, bugged mines, Observation Posts galore, and rifleman squads with 3 BARs!

I realise there is likely a very small and very niche audience for this, but if such an audience exists I'm sure some of you will be here!

Full Series Links:
Patch 1.2
Episode 1 - th15 vs Architect on Angoville
Episode 2 - Smav vs Vitensby on Semois
Episode 3 - Gnug315 vs InuBasha on Angoville
Episode 4 - Team iD vs Team Ti on Lorraine
Episode 5 and the very best replay from Patch 1.2! - Ahenian vs Aniketos on Semois

Patch 1.3
Episode 6 - Ahenian vs Duwanii on Semois
Episode 7 - Aniketos vs Nystrom on Angoville
Episode 8 and the very best replay from Patch 1.3! - Sepha vs Nystrom on Semois

Patch 1.4
Episode 9 - HeroicCompany vs Nystrom on Angoville
Episode 10 - NewName vs Challengerli on Angoville
Episode 11 - Aniketos vs Nystrom on Sturzdorf
Episode 12 and the best replay from Patch 1.4! - Golradaer & KittyMix vs NewName & Gmerc on Rails and Metal

Patch 1.5
Episode 13 - 12azor vs Architect on Beaux Lowlands
Episode 14 - Pros only 4vs4 on Route N13
Episode 15 - Golradaer's Unbeatable Strategy vs nide on Angoville
Episode 16 - Aniketos vs 12azor on Angoville
Episode 17 and the best replay from patch 1.5 - Nystrom vs Exexe on Angoville

Patch 1.6
Episode 18 - Golradaer vs Bentguru on Angoville
Episode 19 - Golradaer vs Nystrom on Angoville

Blitz Episode Links:
Semi-Auto Panzerschrecks
Unlimited Zombie Tanks
When snipers cost munitions
When M8s were literally unstoppable
Testing the Sherman Plasma Shield
When M8s fired sticky bombs

I am a very old Company of Heroes fan and recently found myself reminiscing with an old friend about the earliest days of Company of Heroes. After hours of fondly remembering the pros we used to watch, the matches we enjoyed played, and the bugs we loved to hate, I was motivated by the power of nostalgia to seek out some videos or commentaries of those early games. Unfortunately, I found that most were unavailable, and had disappeared along with filefront and mediafire.

Rather than be deterred, I decided to use my considerable freetime (thanks COVID-19) to dig out my Company of Heroes disk, install from version 1.0 and rewatch and recast some of the most iconic games of all time. Episode 1 is now available on youtube. It charts an early post-release battle between th15 (Terror Doctrine) and Archit3ct (Armor Company) on Angoville.

You can expect large scale tank battles (featuring the original Tiger Ace and main gun-equipped Sherman Calliope), infantry sniping panzerfausts, bugged mines, Observation Posts galore, and rifleman squads with 3 BARs!

I realise there is likely a very small and very niche audience for this, but if such an audience exists I'm sure some of you will be here!

Some of us are still around and remember when relic was king of rts.

Some of us are still around and remember when relic was king of rts.

It was a great time!

oh my goodness, that game was very suspicious hahah. thank you for sharing lol,

makes me want to go back and watch some of nystrom's/sepha's games. also filed me with even more respect for siberian lol

oh my goodness, that game was very suspicious hahah. thank you for sharing lol,

makes me want to go back and watch some of nystrom's/sepha's games. also filed me with even more respect for siberian lol

Haha, I had the same thought! The level of play ramped up very quickly after these humble beginnings!
Stay tuned for some Nystrom/Sepha games in the near future!

Thanks for this, it was odd seeing vcoh played like that but hey, everything starts from somewhere

Thanks for this, it was odd seeing vcoh played like that but hey, everything starts from somewhere

Thank you for watching!

For those of you enjoying the series, you might like Episode 2!

Lol calliope running around shooting infantry HAHAHA

Lol calliope running around shooting infantry HAHAHA

Yeah that was hilarious! I joined CoH around 2009/2010 and it's rly funny to see how everything started and was before my time

Just tagging as I think you might enjoy this

The units are so spread out. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Pros:
* Less prone to rng squad wipes by indirect fire
* Less prone to squad wipes by grenades

Cons:
* I think cover will still have to be clumped up unless you make the walls and objects larger and cover more spread out. Might be a programming limitation
* Less punishing to blobs

Was clumping intentional from Relic's side and why?

Yeah that was hilarious! I joined CoH around 2009/2010 and it's rly funny to see how everything started and was before my time

https://youtu.be/pdM5VjpO6Vo?t=1286

Calliope chasing down Panther to base

Just tagging as I think you might enjoy this

Yeah seen it reminds me of my first yotuube casts

https://youtu.be/pdM5VjpO6Vo?t=1286

Calliope chasing down Panther to base

The units are so spread out. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Pros:
* Less prone to rng squad wipes by indirect fire
* Less prone to squad wipes by grenades

Cons:
* I think cover will still have to be clumped up unless you make the walls and objects larger and cover more spread out. Might be a programming limitation
* Less punishing to blobs

Was clumping intentional from Relic's side and why?

From memory, clumping of infantry units was less of an issue in early vCoH. I think the community as a whole struggled more against supression units such as MGs, which heavily discouraged clumping of units. Furthermore, the game was more about the rush to armor, Tier 3 in the Axis case and Tier 4 in the allies. It was not uncommon to go for a 3 Rifle + Fuel OP start, and beeline straight for a fast Sherman. We would punish such a play today, but it was quite strong in the early meta! With fewer infantry units on the field, clumping wasn't as common. Finally, it's hard to ignore that this was before some blob-promoting mechanics were introduced in Opposing Fronts.

Yeah seen it reminds me of my first yotuube casts

I had no idea! I really hope I'm not treading on your toes here. I'll link your cast of the Episode 1 game in the description of my video, and avoid recasting any games you've already got to. From what I can see, the other legacy games you casted were Nystrom vs Ahenian (1.2), Sepha vs Ahenian (1.2), and Seph vs ffish (1.71). If there's any more out there, please let me know and I'll steer clear.

https://youtu.be/pdM5VjpO6Vo?t=1286

Calliope chasing down Panther to base

Such a great clip!

I had no idea! I really hope I'm not treading on your toes here.

Don't be daft!

I just released a cheeky "Blitz Episode" of Company of Heroes History. It's a shorter video, showing the might of the Terror Doctrine Panzerschreck rush at its peak in 1.2!

Just tagging as I think you might enjoy this

Nice! Thanks

I just released a cheeky "Blitz Episode" of Company of Heroes History. It's a shorter video, showing the might of the Terror Doctrine Panzerschreck rush at its peak in 1.2!

Blitzkrieg under cocaine !