Completing them can guarantee more experience, resources and important information. Even with a main objective in progress, it is possible that other tasks will be given to your platoon. This way, it is possible to unlock more abilities for them, which can make a difference in the next missions.ĭuring raids, you can also pick up enemy vehicles and equipment for your battalion. Surviving soldiers become veterans over time, as they accumulate experience on the battlefield, and can be promoted. So if you feel that your squads are being drastically crushed it’s good to retreat. Keeping your soldiers alive is obviously very important in Company of Heroes 3. When you leave the pause, you will be able to see the result of the choices you made. During the pause, you can order certain units to use cover, better position other soldiers, retreat, or even attack. It’s a lot to worry about at the same time, and again to help newcomers it’s possible to pause the game (during these forays) and consequently watch the clock to analyze more calmly what needs to be done. Exceeding this limit can result in the death of your ally (who had valuable information), loss of an important source of resources or even failing every mission, which will have negative consequences for your campaign on the general war map.
You won’t have all the time in the world to complete these quests and some objectives have a time to complete. Incursions to complete specific objectives are more focused on action, with more freedom of unit mobility, and strategy – you need to recruit soldiers, position them well on the battlefield and evaluate the best conditions for taking down targets, conquering forts and important routes of supplies. The game will provide you with a local incursion to complete your objective and that’s where the action and strategy of gameplay comes into play.Īfter a short cutscene with the mission briefing, the player will be taken to the map of the region where the conflict started in the general map is taking place. During their turns, still on the general map, the player will receive missions from their allies to capture certain areas, shoot down targets or even rescue informants.ĭepending on the type of mission, the task will be more complex than just one exchange of fire (on your turn or on the enemy’s turn) on the map. This tactical gameplay will be present on the overall game map, but you can go beyond that. In Company of Heroes 3, you won’t just be restricted to moving in turns, spending action points to do so. It is likely that this tutorial can be skipped, for those who do not find it necessary. The level of challenge matches past games, the difference is that it has an “easier” part now to help new players.
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If such a tutorial is part of the final version it will be a big plus to attract new players.Īnd just to let veteran fans of Company of Heroes calm, it’s not that the game is any easier. I could see some of this during the nearly five hours of gameplay I played, which allowed me to finish two big missions and explore a bit of the overall map.Ĭompany of Heroes 3 pre-alpha (Image: Disclosure/Relic Entertainment)Īt least in the pre-alpha version there was a tutorial to explain the basic gameplay functions, for example: choosing a place to build your tents, recruit squads, position units, use the environment to your advantage (like not forgetting to use the covers to protect yourself), make upgrades of your soldiers and suggestions for completing objectives. Relic Entertainment developers claim that Company of Heroes 3 is friendlier to newcomers to the franchise. From creating new barracks (for recruiting squads) to better positioning your soldiers on the map (and ensuring that each unit is well equipped and with the right skills), the probability of a rookie getting lost is real.
If you are not a player used to RTS (or real-time strategy) it may take you a little longer to understand the various actions that need to be taken in each of your turns. Other than that, the region’s mountainous relief is notorious on the overall map and will require the player to think carefully about the path to follow, especially due to the verticality of the map – which can be an adversary for the visibility of their squads. I am not going to evaluate, at this moment, the look of the test version because I believe it is far from the expected final result. Company of Heroes 3 pre-alpha – Part of the overall map (Image: Press Release/Relic Entertainment)
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