What this does is allows for you to make decisions, heading up the coast might keep you on a road, meaning you can get around faster, but it might give the enemy more time to regroup. The other new aspect for the Italy campaign is the new campaign map, rather than selecting a mission from it, instead you have free control to move around the map. Once items have been completed, you can then head back in and start to add more, should you need it, so it does have some versatility. There are only a finite number of moves that you can call upon, so don’t think you can stack 40 moves in the queue and let the game auto-play. As you can also stack commands on a unit, you can have them do a fair number of things in a row, it really is quite a powerful option and perfect for those players, who like me, may not be the ultimate tactical player. Once the tactical pause is lifted, all the actions will play out meaning that your units will go in the directions you chose. So if you are in the middle of a fight and need to split your forces up, one to draw enemy fire and one to flank, you can try to do so in real time, or you can use the tactical pause to give the commands. Moving around the map is cool, as it lets you get an idea of where things are, but where the tactical pause shines is that you can then give commands to your units. In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone the tactical pause, lets you pause the game, but unlike accessing the actual pause menu, this one lets you move around the map. I know that is a basic description of the gameplay, but I want to focus on what is new and for that we start with the tactical pause. When you are in battles they mostly play out the same as they had in the past, you move your units, attack others or capture points, rinse and repeat. As the Italy campaign was the new one, that is where I spent my time and I am glad I did. As for the single player campaign, well there are two this time the one that takes place in North Africa is in line with the general flow of past titles, but the one that is set in Italy, that one is quite a bit different. ![]() The first thing that you should know about the game is there are a few modes, there is the usual multiplayer suite that the series is known for and while it was available in the build I had, the official times were in the middle of the night for me, so I opted to sleep instead. ![]() Later that year Company of Heroes 3 was announced and while it has taken a while, the games release date is now within sight, and Sega and developer Relic were kind enough to give me access to the game, to put it through its paces. After replaying the first game when it was recently ported to mobile devices, I remembered why I did enjoy playing the series. ![]() Over the years I have had a very casual relationship with the Company of Heroes series, I have enjoyed the games, but they are not my go to.
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