Company of Heroes III
Base Game:
1940 setting. France vs Germany.
Expansion Pack:
1940-41 setting. United Kingdom vs Italy
Benefits:
- Doesn't repeat parts of the war already covered, but does still stick with the WWII setting.
- Doesn't take us into completely alien types of combat like a Pacific game might.
- Allows North African setting which would be new in the series.
- Allows French and Italians, 2 brand new factions (vs 1 new faction for CoH2 since PE and OKW are both just "the other Germans").
- Would allow Germans to feel quite different as a light weight, mobile striking force instead of dug in heavy hitters.
- Actually allows a non-German axis faction to be viable in the MP for the setting!
- No Tigers, no Panthers. Lets us use early war tanks as viable stock units for more variety instead of cliche stuff we see every WWII game.
- NO PANZERSHRECKS