I think the different feel of the game largely stems from the unit voices and sayings, it was one of the first things that I noticed. In CoH1 the units had different accents, but there seems to be less variety in CoH2. The voices are much more sullen now, and not so spunky. "Johnny on the spot with a .50" has been replaced with, "You need screening units?"
Personally, some of the pure exposition lines (like above), destroys the realism for me. What kind of conscript responds/identifies as a "screening" unit? When blizzards are subsiding your hear, "Normal weather is returning." The fuck is that? Blizzards ARE normal weather -- in fact, it's supposed to be so big and normal that the publisher marketed around the mechanic. A voice like that is pure exposition meant to signal to the player that they can now move about "normally," and the devs sacrificed the chance to do something a little more creative like, "Quick, thaw out the food, I'm starving," or, "Break time is over." "Normal weather returning" is the kind of line that competitive players will eventually cringe at because they don't need to be told about the weather cycles and what it means for gameplay.
In short, yes, I think the voices in CoH1 were more entertaining, but could also be cheesy at times. In Coh2 the voices are more realistic. One of the best I've heard so far, "They shot my friend right in front of me."
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