Village near city of Narva, has been under the Ostheer control, but now the soviets are closing in and ready to take the village. Rural landscape, alot of cover (perhaps too much?) and some open areas make for an interesting battles.
It's a matter of taste i guess, i loved vcoh, but i'm okay with coh2. I think vcoh was harder to master, it had different pace and teching. CoH2 has linear teching and isn't as good gameplay wise as its predeccesor, but it's improving.
I would suggest you give it a try and see where it takes you.