Anticipation was told that I am approached with no special expectations for this game. I have also played the first part, but consider him for Vanilla really an underground operation. If you, however, then tried mods like Blitzkrieg you can see how much potential there is in the gameplay. My hopes on the second part were limited basically to the fact that this potential would slightly better exploited than in the first part and a mediocre overall result comes out. Unfortunately, even that did not happen in my opinion.
Here CoH 2 has actually followed some good approaches. Best I start again with the positive properties:
Graphics: Unlike the first part significantly improved, but I must also say that there is another current titles is nothing earth shattering in relation. Actually, you went here just in time. Who, however, have appreciated the HD textures old CoH mods which will definitely not be disappointed, because the textures of the new game just also modded HDs can not match.
Gameplay: Some unfortunately very few good changes are clearly visible here. On the one hand the change I liked exceedingly well at checkpoints system. During the first part checkpoints were always static and just gave a specific resource, the most points in the first successors are not fixed and may vary according to demand either be aligned with ammunition or fuel extremely practical.
Likewise, I think the idea with the Blizzards good because they bring a little more dynamic in a battle (can). Here, however, directly the first flaw in the implementation. The snowstorms seem somehow unreal in the way of their occurrence. You do not fit in the remaining events, and convey the impression of an introduced on the fly features. The course disturbs the atmosphere of the game. In general, the change comes with me but still well away.
Sounds: Also very successful are the sound effects of the game, which applies to both synchronizations as well as ambient noise.
Unfortunately, this is the list of positive aspects again running out. And the list which unfortunately is facing her much longer and more severe.
Once in general: There is a debate about whether you should pull mods for the original CoH with the comparison. In my opinion you should definitely. Because of course Relic has had nothing to do with the Mods of the first part, that's right. Nevertheless, these mods set a marker for the game. As I said, the vanilla version of the first part I think is miserable! The exceed is not art. But stand back with a completely new product behind a Mod a year old game is sorely embarrassing for a professional development studio. In the end I as a player see the game anyway with the Mods of the past, why I should say in a review do not? If the Mod of the last part is better than the new part, which is something that can affect a purchasing decision massively.
Among the negative points in any case:
Actually, the whole thing begins with the start of the game, if one is in fact touted as the first in the main menu on the majority of the screen any DLC that you could buy. Sorry, for something I did not understand! I do not buy me get purposed for 30 euros or more a game about first of all advertising! That's really all sow !!!
Gameplay: The gameplay is serious fun Killer do on that so so vast and partly Needless are that to me it also lacks understanding.. For once there is the damage model mentioned. Something that has already taken care of the first part of massive discontent and became detached from said mods subsequently, was simply taken over completely in the new game. An armored car of the Germans (with improved cannon) is not against a single infantry squad to exactly what it was designed. Because no matter what distance you can fire him at any 20ste shot kills an enemy. Before the enemy unit has been killed it is frozen or has what is closer, in turn destroyed the vehicle. The same applies to tanks, PAHs (conditionally), machine guns, all infantry units You'd think that when two teams face each other in less than 2 meters anybody would even be able to shoot an enemy right? Nope. What the units by far the best you can be, wasting ammunition. Results are always and at any time fluke. Better opportunities you would probably have to be able to let the soldiers use their weapons as a bludgeon.
Another Jahrhundertfail: The PopCap. Unit limit is 100, about it will not do. There is no option to adjust the and they even made a patch that a written this mod does not work anymore. A unit limit of one hundred means something that one can command even 3 tanks at the field next 2 infantry units, then is the end. What the hell are you doing? Of course it makes sense to introduce a population limit OPTIONAL so as not to leave the game for weaker PCs are too demanding, but it's just so no fun being able to afford only about 3-4 combat units in parallel, just because because is so ,
Setbacks were also made at Command Points System. While after selecting the doctrine had a command tree to choose from in the first part, in which you could distribute the Command Points, the latter is no longer necessary here. After selecting a doctrine by the specified skills are unlocked directly from preserved Command Points. A tree does not exist anymore, only one command line. That means less playful freedom and less tactical options. This is still that the necessary 12 Command Points to unlock all reached very quickly. The whole gameplay is lifted as quickly as possible to the highest possible level. To build light armored worth hardly, because the time that you need to treat severe unlock is so low.
And the centerpiece of my criticism: The KI. The is unter.aller.Sau! otherwise I can not and do not want to describe it. It starts with the fact that units blindly run into enemy formations without any command proceeds to set the tanks and vehicles in the middle of a skirmish FLIP that the enemy also yes to the rear fire and ends with this is that tank during the movement have a lower view circle , so enemies can not see during rotation and thus simply ignore commands. For example, a tank destroyer Elefant, the heaviest German tracked vehicle fires at a squad of infantrymen, while being laterally attacked by an enemy tank. The command to attack this armor used the elephant, but loses the sight to the target. Since no visual contact is made, the command is aborted and the elephant turns back to the infantry. The only way to fix that is, the enemy vehicle counter down until it is visible in the movement, and then to fire na congratulations, in the spirit of the inventor. Who thinks now, could be the vehicle indeed call manually and only then give the order to fire, which is unfortunately wrong. For as soon as this command is executed, the tank turns again to the said infantry unit. He does not stand still for a moment and that is why he has at no time visual contact with the target.
In summary annoys you the most about the inane bullshit, to produce their own units in a battle and loses more than once important units in an incredibly stupid way.
Conclusion:
The game has quite a few good ideas that can be implemented would certainly wonderful when you have done more than the bare minimum for it. Behind the Mods of the first part it is but back for miles, not change some good features, unfortunately, nothing. My recommendation: Wait until mods are available for this game, and you will buy the game only. I am very curious what else is therefrom, at least as a basis for further work, the framework is in fact more than adequate. But this can not be a real selling point.
Who then could enjoy in the CoH ungemoddeten version 1 will be, however well served here. Unlike Vanilla of time CoH offers 2 a really solid game play. But supporters of the mods will be rather disappointed.
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