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Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2023, 14:33 PMblusonicx

Dear Company of Heroes Community,

we have now been patiently waiting for a successor to company of heroes for many years. But what we get delivered is a shame for this series. You have to put the truth on the table as it is, without glossing over anything. Maybe Relic didn't have the money, they know best. The graphics are and remain the biggest mistake on the part of Relic. One has to assume that Company of Heroes 3 should have existed for many more years, and this is where the problem begins. The graphics engine looks old and doesn't keep up with the times. In 2023, people expect a certain minimum, which is nowhere near being met or satisfied here.

I just can't content myself with the thought that I should be happy that there is a sequel at all. I bought Age of Empires 4 just to continue supporting Relic. I spent 20 hours playing the game. But here, too, Relic had already received criticism about the graphics of AOE4, the same error now seems to be happening with Coh3, in a probably somewhat more serious case. But not only the graphics are a problem, but also the physics engine. It's hard to believe that Coh2 looks much more coherent than its successor. Usually, a successor always builds on the strengths of its predecessor, and that's exactly what you don't see here.

Another point is that Coh3 seems very slow, develops little dynamics and the whole gameplay seems very unemotional, which is also due to the bad sound design. There are so many things that just seem wrong that one quickly wonders how far Coh3 will even have a chance.

I've already mentioned several times in my stream that it would make sense to offer the multiplayer mode as a standalone game for free. If reasonable skins were offered in the shop, I would be the first to spend money on them. And so Company of Heroes could finance itself and you could invest more money for further development. Games like League of Legends or Fortnite are the best examples of how well this can work.

People hate pay to win but love buying skins.

Another problem that arises with Coh3 is the attempt to make the series more interesting or suitable for the masses of players. I consider this a dramatic mistake. Likewise, to offer the game on console. It's hard for me to imagine that console gamers tend to buy and/or play games like Coh3. In my opinion, the resources for this are wasted time that should have been better invested in a pure PC game. If gamers are interested in RTS, in almost 100% of all cases there is a corresponding PC at home.

Another thing is the ugly interface. A Coh3 interface should be as compact as possible, but at the same time offer all necessary information and functions. I absolutely don't see that here. In the tech demo you couldn't even adjust the interface and make it smaller like in Coh2. At the same time, customizable hotkeys are still missing, as they have been for many years. The ugly icons do the rest.

What I miss about Coh3 in general is the passion for the game that I could truly feel in Coh1 and COh2 at the time.

Coh3 seems to me like there has to be a sequel, but you just can't bring the necessary soul back to life anymore.

I almost feel sorry for Relic, as I believe they are trying really hard with the resources they have left, but will not be able to meet the high expectations of the Company of Heroes core community.

Jump back to quoted post23 Jan 2023, 14:41 PMgandamula

Maybe, there are new players who grew up playing Mobil games and Coh1 widows who are happy with the similarity between coh and coh3, but personally, and from what I'm seeing on YouTube and other sources, coh2 players are not pleased with the coh3.
I don't like the mechanics of the new game at all, and I'm not just talking about the graphics it's to far from coh2 but confess that I actually expected a continuity and not something almost completely new, but it could be my fault.